meera

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“What is more numerous than the grass? The thoughts that rise in the mind of man. Who is truly wealthy? That man to whom the agreeable and disagreeable, wealth and woe, past and future, are the same. What is the most wondrous thing on earth? Each day countless humans enter the Temple of Death, yet the ones left behind continue to live as though they were immortal.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“women are welcome. Similarly, there are temples dedicated to the female sanyasi path, where adult men are not allowed, like the Kumari Amman temple. There are temples for the sanyas of transgender people too. Misunderstandings arise because you worldly people don’t know enough about our sanyasi ways.’ ‘Okay, okay, I give up,’ said Raavan, holding his hands up in mock surrender. ‘Go for your pilgrimage. When is it? In a few months?’ ‘Yes.’ Kumbhakarna smiled and murmured, ‘Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa.’ We find refuge at the feet of Lord Ayyappa.”
― Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta