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Dandapani’s Blog
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Love Drives Creation
Seven years ago my wife and I bought a piece of land in a little beach village called Nosara in northwestern Costa Rica. The vision, which I had prior to leaving my life as a Hindu monastic, was to create a Hindu spiritual sanctuary. We did not know where this place would be. We had a few criteria which we were clear about and were not willing to compromise on. The rest I was leaving up to inner ...
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May 13, 2021 2 MINUTES READ
Gratitude and Specificity
When we express gratitude or appreciation, it’s good to remember to be specific. For instance, instead of saying “thank you for being in my life”, you could consider saying “thank you for being in my life and always inspiring me to be a better version of myself”. Specificity mat
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May 5, 2021 3 MINUTES READ
The Missing Link to Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a popular buzzword at the moment with everyone and their grandma wanting to practice it, but most people don’t quite understand what mindfulness actually is. Let’s start by defining mindfulness. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines mindfulness as “the practice of
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Apr 28, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
Making the Case
In teaching or encouraging others to learn to focus, we have to make the case. What do I mean by that? Well, let me tell you a story about how I learned this very important lesson. In 2018, I was invited to speak at the 18th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea. The 3-day
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Apr 23, 2021 4 MINUTES READ
An Extended Hiatus
It’s been 5-months since I sent my last blog post. I was not planning for such a long hiatus from this but moving my family to Costa Rica from the US during a pandemic has been quite all-consuming and at times a little crippling. Thank you to those of you who have checked in wit
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Nov 10, 2020 4 MINUTES READ
An Easy Target
This article, as one of my readers so nicely put it, is about “...success as a subject and a target for criticism.” "If men perceived their own faults as they do the faults of others, could misfortune ever come to them?" ~ Tiruvalluvar Many years ago I was having a cup of coffe
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Nov 1, 2020 5 MINUTES READ
America ... I love
Eleven years ago I made the most difficult decision of my life. The decision to not renew my monastic vows and hence to stop living a life as a Hindu monastic. I left my guru’s monastery in Hawaii and instead of going back to Australia, I moved to the mainland US. Many years pri
