Living With LSD

LivingStories
In 1997, a student Mahan Mitra was awarded a PhD in topology by the University of California,  Berkeley. The very next year, he renounced the world and joined the Ramakrishna Mission & became known as Mahan Maharaj.  This year,  he was awarded the Infosys Prize for 2015 in Mathematical Science. His reaction was , “I have little to do with awards. It is the recognition of the work which I value. “

MyLearning
Live with the right proportion of LSD in your life. Balance between:
Laxmi: wealth & prosperity,
Saraswati: knowledge seeking and
Durga: spiritual fulfilment & peace.

The Elixir of Knowledge

In the 6th century, Borzuy, the personal physician of the Persian emperor came to India looking for the Mritsanjeevani, the mystical herb that could revive a corpse. He did not find the herb but found the Panchatantra instead. After reading it, he  realized that the magical herb was knowledge and the corpse was ignorance.

#MyLearning
May I have the  wisdom to use the elixir of knowledge, not only for my own benefit, but also for the benefit of others.
May it not instil in me the pride of knowing what I know, but the humility to understand that there is yet more to know and learn.