Douglas Brooks

Wittgenstein today. Saturday Philosophers at 5pm Eastern. Zoom in. https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268

You'll find out why the world is all that is the case. And other cool stuff.

Today we're going to ask how our power to reason helps us deal with a non-rational world. Join us.

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Newsletter here. Today we're going to study Meister Eckhart together. Learn how to divide into one.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Aho’ Rajanaka,

I hope this finds you well.
The shortest note eva’, so just a reminder if that’s okay?

Tonight we begin Thursday Poets, 7pm Eastern, Zoom link here:
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328

We will read a few pieces from Czeslaw Milosz, truly one of the giants of the 20th century. If you are not familiar, or it’s been awhile, I’ll provide everything to make this worth your time. Milosz is downright amazing, so I’ll try not to blow it. Let’s learn together. There will of course be an Archive if you can't make it. ONE Sesssion on Milosz, more to come. Poetry is a brew best shared.

Saturday Philosophers, starts this Saturday, 5pm Eastern.

Sunday Mahabharata, 5pm, the usual links for both.

See you tonight, more coming: notes, podcasts, good conversation. Thank you for being such good friends to each other and to me. Rajanaka is good company, time well spent.

Saprema, with affection, Douglas

p.s. Check out his eyebrows, how cool is that?

Poetry Thursdays begin tomorrow. Join us.

Note by Professor Douglas Brooks on Substack Tomorrow evening we begin Thursday Poets, five Sessions on Zoom. We’ll begin with Czeslaw Milosz whose work ventured deeply into the interior of individual, personal journeying but never left the world, never dismissed the realities of culture, society, and, yes, politics. Milosz wrote poetry that...

Sunday Mahabharata, today at 5pm Eastern. Zoom in, you are always welcome.

https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250

Of course no one need care what I think about our American political life and I presume no expertise but as a citizen taught to read and listen closely, think critically, and write argumentatively.

The effort to acquire data, analyze content, sort out facts, use reason and all of our tools to examine what is before us, and then draw whatever plausible (perhaps yet tentative) conclusions that can be drawn, I would call that "yoga."

We are going to do all of these kinds of things whether we admit to any process or not, whether we have any skill and cultivated abilities or not. Krsna called yoga "skillfulness in action": yoga-kausalyam, he says (cf., Bg, 2.20ff.)

Learning to think is the simplest way to summarize the point and unfortunately far too few ever learn or have the chance to learn such skills. And thinking is a skill. If we don't learn to do it well, we'll likely engage life rather less deftly. Life is hard enough. Let's not make it harder by giving up on our critical capacities as human beings.

Employing anything like this definition of yoga, such as it is, I would say a significant number of Americans are not only unqualified for citizenship but also make for some pretty lousy yoga.

Today I wrote about why a significant number of Americans prefer the chaos caucus that is the Republican Party and the Angry Children Table's effort to bring their nihilism to conclusion. Have a go if you like and let me know what you think.

https://contraiety.blogspot.com/2023/10/americas-angry-children-and-real-future.html

Krsna Tales, 5pm Eastern, today Saturday October 14th.
Zoom in, final Session in this series.
Very cool story today. Join us. No promises that Mick, Keith, and Ronnie will show up but they might if they knew how cool this really is.

https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268

Rajanaka Newsletter TODAY in your email or on the Kalliyam Blogspot and the Rajanaka Substack.
Good things ahead. This week's Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday Sessions are postponed till next week: that's important 411. All's good, see you soon.

Sunday Mahabharata at 5pm Eastern, that's in about 45 minutes. Join us.
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250

ZOOM SESSION TONIGHT!
Kali Poetry TONIGHT, Septembr 28th
7PM EASTERN
FOR THE LOVE OF MA: THE POETS AND POETRY OF GODDESS KĀLĪ”
Zoom Link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328

Sunday Mahabharata, 5pm Eastern, two good stories today and I'd wager the farm you've not heard either---and each has something well worth our time.
Join in if you can. Zoom link here: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250

Kali Poetry tonight 7pm Eastern. Zoom in. She always brings it.

Link:
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328

It's September 11th today, and now it's been 22 years. What do we say to those for whom it is only history?

A History of Today, September 11, 2023 Can we learn from history?

Newsletter in your email, join our Substack, and here's the Podcast for this week---some Shakespeare, some Krsna, plenty to share

The Podcast version has all the good bits sans the pitch and the links to Sessions and Archive , the full text with all the information is in your Newsletter, so check your email.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rajanaka/p/on-sentiment-and-nostalgia-with-some?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Rajanaka Newsletter September 9, 2023 Saturday, September 9, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. How ya’ feeling? For all my love of logic this will not be...

All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie.

—-W.H. Auden

We must not lose our voices, resign or relinquish, forsake or surrender. Stay in the conversation and allow, even create what Jung called “collisions.” We collide when the world and our inner self find incongruity, discomfort, impediments or vexations. Our natural tendency is to retreat, allow the withdrawal to bury the experience.

When we can’t “collide” then our circumvention turns this shadow experiences into latent resentments and painful, undisclosed feelings. We usually try to camoufloge and disguise further, dissemble, stifle, and duck. Next thing you know we’re acting out and we don’t know why and it all compiles. So what can we do? We have to unfold the folded lie, as Auden puts it. We have to give permission for the collision and be kind enough, gentle enough, committed enough not wreck ourselves.

There isn’t only one way to lift those shrouded curtains of the soul but it’s not going to be easy because seeing yourself isn’t easy. The power of storytelling, mythic symbolism, and thoughtful contemplation can shelter and at the same time encourage disclosure.

We don’t have to lay ourselves bear, exposed and unprotected to address the inner collisions. But when we commit to the endowments of human genius in the cultural grace of the story, we can learn how to release and unwrap the inner narratives. Myths conceal themselves behind veils of truth so that the anxious unknown becomes less daunting, so we can enter into a more delivering, exonerating conversation with the self. The undiscovered territory is you.

This week we begin again our studies of the mythic possibilities: Thursday with poems and songs to Goddess Kali, Saturday with a fresh, innovative look at Krsna stories, and Sunday in the greatest tale ever told again and again: Mahabharata. You can find the Zoom links in your Newsletters But I’ll put them here too. Come if you can. We’ll make some safe collision, play inner bumper cars with the self in the cherished company of friends. Don’t try too many collisions all by your lonesome. Best to keep good company because you will become the company you keep. See you soon.

Thursday Zoom
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328
Saturday Zoom
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268
Sunday Zoom
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250

Rajanaka Newsletter in your email, on the blogspot (follow the link) and soon to be on the Substack. New Sessions coming this week, starting Thursday evening, new Notes and Podcasts, tons of Archive learning (much of it for free). Come to the Conversation. It's soulful, serious, fun, and worth your time.

Rajanaka Newsletter, Labor Day 2023: New Sessions, Substack & More Sunday, September 3, 202366 Aho’ Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. It’s Labor Day Weekend (

There is new content on Substack, including Note on Awakening to Your Inner Yoga Philosopher, first in a series. Subscribe, it's free and there will be a chance for upgrades soon. Worth your time, so much to learn together.

Professor Douglas Brooks | Substack Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion & Classics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. I teach Indology, Hinduism, Sanskrit language and literature, south Indian culture, and the comparative study of religions.

It's easier to avoid the facts than to believe whatever makes us feel good. Writing about our odious politics is not my favorite thing to do e but it is, at least as I see it, necessary, even important. If we fail to speak when there is real danger upon us, what shall we do when we are no longer permitted to speak at all?

Democracy Must Save Itself There is still media talk about a Republican reckoning, that Trump’s legal troubles will catch up with voters. These voters loathe the n...

Rajanaka Newsletter TODAY!
New Sessions, New Opportunities

Things are evolving and it's time we think again about our learning together. I'm creating new opportunities, including Personal Tutorial Sessions, new ZOOM Sessions coming next week, free College Class live (and recorded), and plenny more. Look for the Newsletter in your email. Please. Subscribe to Substack, PLEASE. All our past newsletters are on the Kalliyam Blogspot too.

Rajanaka News August 28 2023: New Sessions for Fall, New Opportunities for Learning, Including Personal Tutorial Monday, August 28, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. This is the first time in three years I’ve taken more than three w...

With a language for the crisis of our times, I think we stand a chance. Have a listen, tell me what you think.

Understanding the Language of Crisis Listen now (11 mins) | How Can We Sort Out Critical Issues?

A few words here about a subject we too rarely consider any longer, virtue. If we are to survive ourselves, we may need to learn the power of virtue is our best chance.

Is there no virtue among us? "Is There No Virtue Among Us?" For me the year always begins in September. I am among the lucky few for whom the coming of school was someth...

Rajanaka News Today, about Staying Close, Keepin' It Real, Going Forward Together

Here's a snip, read the rest too by clicking the link.
Remind yourself: the heart’s domain is vast, like the horizon that manifests without conclusion, the beauty always stands right before you. We need that beauty, that prospect of imagination and self-inquiry, because we are human and should remind ourselves, because meaning is created and can’t merely be acquired, because in troubled times we have to keep looking forward even when we might prefer to turn away. We’re going to be here for each other.

When I’m asked occasionally what is Rajanaka---is it a body of teachings, a method of learning, what is it? I think of what Appa said to me. Rajanaka is being present for each other, it is an invitation to share our gifts and to offer what the soul yearns to feel and to know. Sometimes that comes easily, other times it is a struggle. But we will be there for one another, and you are welcome any time you can come.

Rajanaka News August 12, September Sessions, What's Rajanaka, & Pogo Saturday, August 12, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. Gone fishin’. Like Pogo. Remember him? Everyday it seems I lo...

Yo, can we stretch out August for a few more weeks of summer? Please? Schedules for September in today's newsletter.

https://kalliyam.blogspot.com/2023/08/rajanaka-newsletter-august-september.html

PSA: Some Pronunciation Help, Not the Word Police

Let's start here: How people choose to pronounce their names is the "correct" pronunciation. When words are borrowed into other languages then pronunciations can change. Thus, HIM-a-LAY-a is the English pronunciation of the Sanksrit HIM-AL-a-ya.

The presiding magistrate judge in the Trump DC Case was the honorable Moxila Upadhyaya.

The Sanskrit spelling of the Judge's first name would be MokSila. (I mean in transliterated Roman script.) That is the "hard" palatal "s" sound, like what you hear in the familiar Sanskrit words, moksa or ksatriya. Say, sorta' fast, "ick-Sh".) The choice to use an "x" in English comes pretty close to accomplishing the Sanskrit sound so long as you do not soften the "x" to "zha"-ish sound and say more like -ix (say "i-k-x(s)"). (By meaning her name is a feminine grammatical form meaning "One who is Liberated.")

Her surname is not uncommon in north Indian vernaculars and comes directly from Sanskrit. First, try this: UpAdh-yA-ya. In Sanskrit the first "u" is a short vowel like the "u" in "but.", thus say "uh". The first and second "a" is a long vowel (like "mAh"). The word Upadhyaya (and as a proper name) means "learned' or scholarly, usually a teacher of Vedic recitation or Sanskrit grammar and literature as such, more in the sense of a pundit than a "spiritual mentor" (where the word "acarya" would be more common for the latter of similar stature). Court judges in Sanskrit lore often have this very name! Her name more or less can mean "judge." The judge by ancestry has a typical brahmin name that is used across north India from as far south as Maharastra all the way east to Bengal).

The problem I am hearing is that people don't know where to put the emphasis. Thus: u-padh-YAAH-YAAH. (That's upa-adhy-AA-YAAH, any better that time?)

However the Judge says her name is obviously correct but this would be the correct Sanskrit pronunciation. I will say it aloud for you on our Zoom Sessions so every one can hear it.

Thanks for your attention. ---yr friendly Skt pundit

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Rajanaka Newsletter: Sessions, Circles, Lexemes, & Godsplaining Saturday, July 29, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. I’ve been thinking some about where yoga has come and gone over th...

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A Newsletter and a few more words about the passing of a spiritual friend. Sessions next weekend. Talk soon. Here's the link to News.

Rajanaka Newsletter July 15 2023: Love and Loss, Stars in the Sky, More Stories to Tell Saturday, July 15, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. I have a few things I’d like to talk about today, including Rajanaka ...

I was privileged to have spent hundreds of hours in conversation with Sally Kempton over these past 30 years. We really did talk about everything--- and as you all know, she could make even the trivial feel sublime and step effortlessly into the deepest places of the heart. She was kalyana-mitra, the true spiritual friend, a soul of such brilliance and inveterate goodness that the sublime became manifest simply by being in her company. If we become the company we keep then to keep Sally's company is to know Śrī Herself. Today I thank the 330 million, I feel so fortunate that Sally shared some of her many worlds with me, and with so many whose lives she changed, each and every one for the better. I will miss my friend. In this grief we share we will know love, again. She brought us so many gifts. Iti Śivam.

amīvahā vāstosh pate viśvā rūpāNy āviśan |
sakhā suśeva edhi nah ||
Dispel our sorrow, Lord Who Dwells. Entering all forms, be a friend, be our friend. (Rg Veda 7.55.1)

Sometimes it's best when justice is poetic and the rain comes to cleanse the skies. Well, at least some. https://kalliyam.blogspot.com

Rajanaka News June 3 2023
This week's Rajanaka Newsletter includes an off-hand mention of a left-handed wombat, a discussion of other Trenchant Things (including the oxymoronic Important Yoga Stuff, and a new feature called My Favorite Nun Picture of the Week. Because why not? Wombat preview below. For the nun you gotta open the newsletter, check your email too. Including spam.

Rajanaka Newsletter June 3 2023: Sessions Recorded, Camp on Zoom, Lefty Wombats, Favorite Nun Picture of the Week Saturday, June 3, 2023 Aho’Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. I’ve been meaning to send this note all week. But you know how it go...

Now that school's over (or almost or never), how about some summertime learnin'?
Come on over, I'll be the one with the rose between my teeth. Get all the details (maybe a laugh or two too?) here:

Rajanaka Newsletter May 26 2023 "You rang?" Friday, May 26, 2023 Aho’ Rajanaka, I hope this finds you well. I try not to bore you but if there is such a thing as overload, overw...

What rimes with Rajanaka? What's new is not just old. Newsletter today in your email or get on board by going to rajanaka.com ) NEW Sessions start tomorrow. You also find the Newsletters on this blogspot: https://kalliyam.blogspot.com/2023/05/rajanaka-newsletter-19-may-2023.html

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Aho’ Rajanaka,

I hope this finds you well. The Bristol forest is just as ferocious here in summer as it is in winter---everything wants to make the most of these brief, warm weeks This morning the Merlin App identified some 30 species of birds just from the porch. If you’re not familiar with Merlin Bird ID it’s pretty darn cool, and warmly recommended. Sounds like a coterie of brahmins, a cauldron of ghosts, and a parliament of pundits out there---you’d think they were chanting the Veda or sumthin’. Summer is an excellent time to join in our studies. Find out what all hubbub is about.

So an important update and by popular demand.

THIS SATURDAY we will begin a NEW Early Summer Session.
NEW SPRING COURSE ON ZOOM, BEGINS SATURDAY, MAY 20TH 5PM EASTERN. SIX SESSSIONS. The subject has changed (that being the popular demand part).
THE HEART OF RECOGNITION OR THE PRATYABHIJNAHRDAYA is one of the most important works of the traditions of Kashmir Saivism. Attributed to Ksemaraja, the direct disciple of the inimitable Abhinavagupta, the text conceptualizes the organization of the universe and the processes of our deepest engagement thought the concept of “recognition” as it is identified with the goddess Pratyabhijna. This will provide both an important introduction and a rich, careful study of the essentials of the tradition of Recognition. A new translation of the verses will also be provided. Accessible to all and going deep. What’ better?
We will study the work carefully from within its worldview so that you can appreciate the depth and nuance of the Kashmiri Saivite perspective---and we will take time to place it in a contemporary context, ask about its relevance to our lives, think about its claims, suss out its value for today. We will both praise it and bury it, all in good ways.
*DATES: May 20, May 27, June 3, June 10, June 17, June 26.
*Tuition is $16 per Session or $90 for all.
Please use the usual PayPal ([email protected]) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8).
*Zoom link is the usual Saturday link: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268
*All Courses are recorded and available on our Archive for download. If you can’t make it live, you can still take the course, as usual.

RAJANAKA SUMMER CAMP IS STILL OPEN. YOU ARE MOST WELCOME!!
Bristol, NY July 6th-10th. Please come. Spend time in Bristol, the Finger Lakes of western New York are simply beautiful this time of year. Email me if you are interested in coming, join the Facebook Group Rajanaka Summer Camp 2023, and we’ll make it easy to find your way here. Truly it’s like nothing else. So fun. If you can’t come in person, there will be ZOOM!! See below for details. COME!!! ZOOM!! Come and Zoom too!! HERE is the SPECIAL ZOOM LINK: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95779901732 just for Summer Camp. There are more Camp details below the line.

INDIA is a go. If you are interested in joining us on the India Pilgrimage that can still happen for you. There’s room. There are more details below the line but you can write to me directly with any questions or interests, [email protected]. Join the Facebook Group Rajanaka 2023 India Pilgrimage even if you don’t think you can come this time. You’ll meet lovely people and you won’t be able to resist. This is the real deal.

SUNDAY MAHABHARATA will resume on (you guessed it) Sunday, May 21st, 5pm. We’re starting a new story and this will be a wonderful time to join in. We’re always in the middle but this is a real beginning too. All Sessions are recorded and available for download on the Archive (see below the line for the link). The usual Zoom is always the right one
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250.

What are you reading? My summer list is even longer than during the school year.
Going anywhere fun this summer? (Come to Bristol for Camp!)
Go get that bird song app and knock yerself out with how cool it is.
Come to the New Sessions this weekend (or take them up on the Archive if you can’t make it live).
Talk soon.

Saprema, /Douglas

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Rajanaka Summer Camp, Bristol, New York
*Dates: July 6th-July 10th
*Venue: Bristol Valley Vineyards, 7235 Lane Road, Bloomfield, NY 14469 (Note: The Town of Bristol is so small that it uses several other town addresses. Really. This is the correct mailing/maps address.) YES to wifi on site and two brand new bathrooms!
*Cost: $600, deposit of $200 is due now; complete payment due by June 1st via Paypal (friend and family only, use [email protected] for the PP address) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8).
*Facebook Group: Rajanaka Summer Camp 2023 is up and running. Just search FB and you will find a host of folks with whom you can talk to about Camp, logistics, details, whatever you like.
*Camp includes Sessions, lunch, tea, water, and snacks all day, and Curry Night Dinner. It does not include accommodations, travel, or transportation. The nearest airport is Rochester. The nearest towns with hotels are Naples, South Bristol, and Canandaigua. Air BnB is a good bet. If you are flying and need a ride the best place to find some help is on the FB group---we can’t provide transportation. This is a mom&pop operation that has worked well for 20 years and we’re here to help every way that we can.

NEW ARCHIVE COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THIS PAST SPRING 2023.
• The Tamil Goddess in Six Sessions, tuition for all Sessions is $95. You can download from here directly. Tuition is on the honor system, use Paypal or Venmo ([email protected])
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/owz6urldp6rnl4nv6bpdh/h?dl=0&rlkey=7rty7mxnjwk301bjk6vt7qtpi

• Muruga of the Six Temples, tuition for all Sessions is $95 payable as PayPal or Venmo ([email protected]), here is the Dropbox link for downloading directly: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1fwu9qhlghlmz9t1a1sd2/h?dl=0&rlkey=2lz0ox3znbhl0iqc48qu59gpx

&&&MORE
So much more. NEW FREE ONE HOUR, A Conversation About the Goddess Aranyani, The Wild One of the Forest, on the Archive here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fzcqc48pzzlilxa/AAB6LMj-WGPpjEBuEp6eqjz5a?dl=0

THURSDAYS IN MARCH & APRIL at 7pm Eastern
SIX MURUGA MYTHS: THE NONBINARY ARCHETYPE
You may not be much familiar with Ganesha’s brother Murugan. He is really only “important” in south India where his temple cult is significant. But in this archetype of the Tamils resides one of the great body of stories and imagergy. One of Muruga’s names is Shanmukha, Six Faces, and for each there is a temple and a very particular story. We will go on mythic pilgrimage together to the six temple myths of Muruga. (In December we are visiting these very temples on India Pilgrimage. This would be a great opportunity to make these trips.
Tuition is $15 per Session, or $90 for all Sessions to PayPal or Venmo ([email protected]) . If you can’t make it live, the Archive recording will always be available.
The Zoom for all Thursdays at 7pm is always the same. ZOOM LINK: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/98183733328

You can find all of our Newsletters on the Kalliyam Blogspot here:
https://kalliyam.blogspot.com/2023/01/rajanaka-newsletter-january-10-2023.html

And so much to read on the Rajanaka Sammelana, Rajanaka Adesa, and the Contraiety [SIC] Blogspots, links here:

https://rajanaka.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-story-in-news-rajanaka-past-and.html

https://rajanakadesa.blogspot.com/2023/01/vrata-resolutions-and-new-year.html

https://contraiety.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-you-havent-earned-is-more-important.html

• Pancamukha Anjaneya, The Five-Face Hanuman of the Ta**ra. NOW IN ARCHIVE. Here is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d62llefrjvyidefn3uequ/h?dl=0&rlkey=p774e7zbme37d8cc49ocysog2
What will you find?
Six Sessions and PDF to aid in study. Write to me if you need help.
Description: No form of Hanuman is more important or less understood and studied than the great Pancamukha. Here Hanuman bears the visage of Varaha the Boar, Garuda the Raptor, Hanuman the Monkey, Narasimha the Lion Man, and Hayagriva the Horse. We will bring this character to life in mythos, mantra, and mudra, in theory and practice, and there will be new stories and work that extends far beyond what we have done before with the Ta***ic Hanuman. Everyone is welcome. We start at the beginning and we go deep.
Tuition for Six Sessions is $150, payable over time if you need, use PayPal ([email protected] or [email protected]) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8 or [email protected]) If you can’t afford full tuition, talk to me. Your access is guaranteed. Tuition further promises unlimited access to the Recorded Dropbox Archive that will allow you to listen whenever you like. Registration for all is by attendance and tuition is on the honor system.
• Saturday CORE: Rasa in Theory and Practice.
Time: Six Sessions on Saturday Evenings, 5pm Eastern
Dates: January 14 we begin! Jan 14/21/28 then February 11/18/25
ZOOM link for all Saturdays: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95057662268
ARCHIVE is HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d4uwwjw17seca2livd6r2/h?dl=0&rlkey=nh4g7xj6x7skeghw4x6tcsk2c
Description: Rasa means essence, taste, liquidity, flavor, sentiment, elemental feeling and emotion. At the heart of the study of poetry, Rasa Theory is a remarkable, rich, and complex method of analysis and appreciation of artistry and aesthetics. But rasa is also a roadmap, a process and practice, a method for understanding and exploring our most elemental feelings. Rajanaka has among the most developed and useful rasa traditions of yoga. At the center of every yoga is engagement with feeling and the development of “taste”: rasa is the core of our being and here we learn the way through that labyrinth of essence.
Tuition for Six Sessions is $150, payable over time if you need, use PayPal ([email protected] or [email protected]) or Venmo (douglas-brooks-8 or [email protected]) If you can’t afford full tuition, talk to me. Your access is guaranteed. Tuition further promises unlimited access to the Recorded Dropbox Archive that will allow you to listen whenever you like. Registration for all is by attendance and tuition is on the honor system.

• SUNDAY MAHABHARATA.
EVERY Sunday is a new story, every bit of it makes sense no matter when you choose to attend!
Time: Sessions on Sundays at 5pm Eastern.
Dates: Every Sunday unless we announce otherwise!
ZOOM link is the same for all Sundays:
https://rochester.zoom.us/j/314987250
Tuition: $15 per Session or $20 and all goes to India causes. Your call. Complete Archive INCLUDING a free Audio book is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bfqt15y3n0uglir/AAAB_89LiCOob0hJI1w8BK7_a?dl=0

Tuition for any of these Archives is $150 for complete access. You are on your honor to access them as you please and offer tuition via PayPal ([email protected] or [email protected]) or by Venmo ([email protected] or douglas-brooks-8).

Gayatri Mantra
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/r58rwnp3ryxgi6a6y8yme/h?dl=0&rlkey=59kbd7hjdrl8n809zv8becmdi

Lalita 1000 Names
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/18o5rtle7p91hz2/AADQnph8ofpPAX5mtW7mX-L4a?dl=0

OM Autobiography
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/11jd30d14ibjjtv3wauaj/h?dl=0&rlkey=1wugbag9m7myo1c50gt6qoa6d

Shakuntala for India
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/osx5n6i9vrz5vi5ek9vch/h?dl=0&rlkey=pa7akqysgrauu07mw9te61yb1

Pancamukha Hanuman
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d62llefrjvyidefn3uequ/h?dl=0&rlkey=p774e7zbme37d8cc49ocysog2

Rasa Theory
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/d4uwwjw17seca2livd6r2/h?dl=0&rlkey=nh4g7xj6x7skeghw4x6tcsk2c

Free Saturdays in 2023
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rm505c2fcy04y3upn5abv/h?dl=0&rlkey=6gk1d5rzyypn0r37100wzv5hk

Sricakra Puja Appa Svadhyaya
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bi7z70589ztuak4/cakra%20puja.wav?dl=0

Religion 270 The Meaning of Life
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ab5ioprn7bk2qgsd8800i/h?dl=0&rlkey=k9g4xukvctff91fkye1wo5mdr

Poised for Grace Audio Book
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iw0za7jwml6m7mc/AACjDhxf9owOXjbkzT2r2k-Ra?dl=0

Patanjali Essential Core
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2qd7wc5qroiva3v/AAAaZPvnc9I2JQSrO88Iv1exa?dl=0

Sivakamasundari Practicum
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ifddb0hglwrm5hx/AABGyYYfSJ9B_KHhU1LgdsT3a?dl=0

Mahabharata Sundays�https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bfqt15y3n0uglir/AAAB_89LiCOob0hJI1w8BK7_a?dl=0

• FREE One Hour Conversation this week on the Archive entitled Prana and the Five Pranas, Origins, Meanings and Mudras. (Please download directly from Dropbox, you need not ask to join the folder.) Link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qcc7o1wxw69v55iyt5nlf/h?dl=0&rlkey=6jhxlo0i6zp2o69kuoxe8mkh5