Wisdom from a Tree

Nature is an infinite reservoir of wisdom. The mistake we do is that we see Nature but never have the wisdom to view it beyond the veil of Maya. This…

Death Redefined

A person told me “Please define death.” My silence replied “Death is when you cannot breathe in after you breathe out.”Dr S Ramakrishnan wisdomramki.com

Who should prepare for death ?

Man is a social animal. During his journey in life , he gets emotionally attached to fellow humans and confers an identity on them as being “Near and dear ones”.…

My Conversation with a Soul

I attended a funeral yesterday. The graveyard is the only place which brings death closest to you. That experience purges the instinct of self preservation. I met the soul of…

When Turbulence is not Turbulent?

I visited the seashore last week. I meditated on the restlessness of the waves . I asked them “ Why are you so turbulent? The waves replied in a chorus…

Wisdom from a Flower

When I asked the present “ What should I do this moment?” The present took me to a garden and showed me a beautiful flower. The present conveyed my question…

The Obituary of Questions

Life is a stream of ever flowing questions. The questions are “who? why? , what? and when?”. Invariably, we waste our precious present by asking questions which have no answers…

When Suffering was Suffering

The title of this post sounds weird. We experience suffering and most of us , if not all of us carry our baggage of suffering from the cradle to the…

The Monk and the Mystic

I met a monk at dawn. I asked him, “When does a man die?” He smiled and replied, “The enlightened man is the human who dies before he dies."I met…

Which “I” to get detached ?

A friend often tells me “ You have a strong “I”.I replied “ I accept your statement. But you seem to be more obsessed with my “I”than your own “I”.…