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लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु (Sanskrit)

Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu (Sanskrit: लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु) is a Sanskrit mantra that often chanted at the conclusion of a yoga practice. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu means “may everyone, in the whole world, be happy.” It can be chanted, sung or meditated upon to offer as a prayer, or shloka for the whole world. Another popular translation is “may all beings, everywhere, be free and happy.” This is still accurate, except the mantra doesn’t specifically say the word free, but rather, it is implied.

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To the Wednesday Wall group sans initial "H". With regrds to Messrs. IP. Members

tiabunna, Diana Australis, MaggsMep, gezginruh and 10 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Dinesh ^club

What is old age? Fundamentally, no doubt, it is condition of the flesh, or protoplasm that finds inevitably the limit of its life. It is a physiological and psychological involution. It is a hardening of the arteries and categories, an arresting of thought and blood; a man is as old as his arteries, and as young as his ideas. The ability to learn decreases with each decade of our lives, as if the association fibers of the brain were accumulated and overlaid in inflexible patterns. New material seems no longer to find room, and recent impressions fade as rapidly as politician’s promise, or the public memory of them. As decay proceeds, threads and unities are lost, and coordination wavers; the old man falls into a digressive circumstantiality, and De Quiency’s “anecdotage” comes.

. . . . Perhaps then, if one has lived well, if one has known the full term of love and all the juice and ripeness of experiences, one can die with some measure of content, clearing the stage for a better play ~ Page 28

19 months ago. Edited 19 months ago.

Steve Bucknell ^club

Good to discover Will Durant’s work, and this brief work in particular.I’ll certainly read it. I’ll post a link for a review in the Wall Street Journal that puts his writings in context.

19 months ago. Edited 19 months ago.

Steve Bucknell ^club

tinyurl.com/mr6eupp8

19 months ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Beautiful night shot.
hWW

7 months ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Interesting light in a nice capture Dinesh, HWW!

7 months ago.

Xata ^club

Must say someone offered the book but... it is on my "waiting list" as unread books are queuing on my coffee table ! (But I read one or two per week, so its turn will come!)
HWW Dinesh

7 months ago.

Dinesh ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Will Durant wrote this book and stuffed it in a trunk and it was found 32 years after his death. I think he wanted it that way. It has some personal incidences. I think he doesn’t wanted it published in his life time. Published 2014

7 months ago. Edited 7 months ago.

trester88 ^club

HWW, Dinesh!

7 months ago.

Tanja - Loughcrew ^club

Der Text zum Foto....bedrückend in diesem Dunkel.....
hWW Dir Dinesh und einen schönen Abend!

7 months ago.

Annemarie ^club

a most beautiful image

HWW

7 months ago.

gezginruh ^club

Interesting!
HWW!

Best wishes
Füsun

7 months ago.

MaggsMep ^club

And I know all too well how ageing feels - I'll go and have G&T and kill off a few more brain cells!!

Beautiful mono Dinesh!

7 months ago.

Diana Australis ^club

Thank you for your reflections and ideas, Dinesh!

7 months ago.

tiabunna ^club

Slightly belated HWW, a great night image. Now I think I'll join Maggs.

7 months ago.

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