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  • MOVING INTO AUTUMN IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE….

  • Autumn Cooking: Spicy Baked Apples

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  • Autumn Cooking: Creamy Pearl Hummus Salad

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  • Autum Cooking: Making Creme Fraiche / Khatta Malai

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  • CHANGEABLE SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE…

  • Spring Cooking: Beetroot Curry

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  • Spring Cooking: Channa Chaat with Chaat Masala

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  • Spring Cooking: Drying Capsicums

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  • Food and the Body in the Hindu Perspective

    In the Hindu way of life, food (bhojan) goes beyond just a means of body nourishment. It is also believed to influence our mental and spiritual development.

    Many great rishis have expounded on this aspect in our scriptures. In fact, the very first mantra of the Yajur Veda gives a scientific explanation of the relation between food and energy. The body needs nourishing food and the mind needs noble thoughts.

    These two aspects emphasizing the importance of physical and mental nourishment are beautifully captured in the format of a Bhojana mantras followed by a Shanti mantra.

    From food all creatures are produced. And all creatures that dwell on earth, by food they live and unto food they finally pass. Food is the chief amongst beings. Verily he obtains all good who worships the Divine as food. Taittiriya Upanishad

  • A Blessing before Eating. Bhojana Mantra

    Aum annapurne sadapurne shankaraprana vallabhe;

    Jnanavairagya siddhyartham bhiksham dehi cha Parvati.
    Mata cha ParvatI DevI pita devo Maheshvarah

    Bandhavah Siva bhaktashcha svadesho bhuvanatrayam.

    Aum purnamadah purnamidam purnatpurnam udachyate,
    Purnasya purnamadaya purname vava shishyate.

    Aum shantih shantih shantih. Aum Sivarpanamastu.

  • Shanti Mantra

    Aum saha nāvavatu
    saha nau bhunaktu
    saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai
    tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai
    Aum śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

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