Metamorphosis: the journey of the cosmic caterpillar

What the sun and a caterpillar have in common.

May 03, 2020

∙ Paid

Oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
That is whole. This is whole. From the whole the whole becomes manifest. From the whole when the whole is negated, what remains is again the whole.
from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. (listen to audio of Manorama chanting the mantra.)

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