Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Divine Page : Swami Rajneesh on mandarkaranjkar.com
One day, a little leaf was trying to flow towards its aim. It was just crawling on the earth. With lots of efforts, some how it used to go a few feet a month.But, the leaf was well devoted to its dream, well devoted to its aim. It was moving, though slowly. And one day,…
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Diogenes and poor Alexander the Great 2
Poor Alexander when saw Diogenes for the first times, he was a little bit awkward. This man was sitting in sand and having sun bath on the banks of a river. Alexander was always running with time. Was always running behind his aim. Was under the constant tension about the wars. Exactly opposite was this…
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Diogenes and poor Alexander the Great 1
Alexander the great was one who wanted to conquer the whole world. He was mad with his own ambitions. He was coming to India as a step in the process of conquering the whole world. While coming to India, one day, he reached Athens. All the philosophers and saint of Athens came to meet him except…
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Art is always purposeless
It is said, that a purpose given to a thing reduces its value. Things which have no purpose are always beautiful, precious, priceless. When we attach some purpose to these things, they start to deteriorate. This same rule holds true for art. An art should always be purposeless. Applications should have a purpose to them;…
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The courage of being alone
Humans cannot live if they are left alone. A person cannot imagine his life if he is allowed to live alone, without any one with him. Man forms a delicate bond with everyone around him or rather everything around him. It has been very often found that people who do not have people to be attached with,…
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We love our sorrows
Life is as we say, full of sorrows. Life, as we all say, has mountains of sorrows in it. Life, as we all say, is cruel. Life, as we all say, is biased. The statement with which everyone is in agreement is, life is full of sorrow. Everyone agrees with this at a particular moment…
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A Philosopher’s Brain- Cheapest in the market
I remember today a very beautiful joke, told by the king of jokes, Osho. Once a Philosopher goes to visit a cannibal kingdom to study their philosophy. The king of cannibals was very happy to have such a great philosopher in his kingdom. So, the king personally escorted the philosopher everywhere. Then, the king requested…
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Do not play drums with hammer
Truth can not be spoken in words. All the saints, masters, for the ages have been telling that we can not say even a bit of truth to you through words. One of the most interesting things is, these masters are generally the persons who talk the most. It means, they talk even though they…
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What is this?
The strange smells around, The never heard bells around, Something beautiful is bound, just to happen…. This internal peace, the greener than ever trees, It just means, something is going to happen….. The never seen lights, the never reached flights, The farthest kites, are flying in the sky……. This very light, was never so bright, and yes, no internal fight,…
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Shankar Abhyankar Coming to CoEP- Philosophy Club event
Shri. Shankar Abhyankar, one of the most respected persons in the field of spirituality today. Philosophy Club of College of Engineering, Pune has organized a lecture of Shri. Shankar Abhyankar on 8th April. Shri. Shankar Abhyankar can be considered as the master of wisdom and oratory. He keeps thousands of people enchanted when he talks.…
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