tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post8463363555580455620..comments2023-10-07T15:24:07.751+05:30Comments on Lost and Found: My experiments with Bahá'íSiddhartha Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-71940830589493151572012-05-09T20:32:24.702+05:302012-05-09T20:32:24.702+05:30I am really sorry Carla...this is all I have now. ...I am really sorry Carla...this is all I have now. The big sized original is lost with the hard disk!Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-25280466475401286632012-05-09T20:29:30.468+05:302012-05-09T20:29:30.468+05:30Well, we have to admit that you know how to make a...Well, we have to admit that you know how to make a collage! Unfortunately I would need more pixels to post it in a big frame. Thank you, anyway :)<br />Carla (Portugal)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-73817989956401003472012-05-08T22:33:24.932+05:302012-05-08T22:33:24.932+05:30Hey Anonymous, unfortunately the picture isn't...Hey Anonymous, unfortunately the picture isn't mine, I took these from a friend and made into this collage. Btw if its for personal use, I would say...go ahead and frame it :)Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-79870777334538390852012-05-08T22:26:10.590+05:302012-05-08T22:26:10.590+05:30Hi Siddhartha, amazing picture! Is is possible to ...Hi Siddhartha, amazing picture! Is is possible to steel it from you? :p<br />I would love to make some frames in my living room!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-57060891370074854672012-03-01T22:34:16.084+05:302012-03-01T22:34:16.084+05:30Hi Akash,There is a Baha'i center in ambawadi...Hi Akash,There is a Baha'i center in ambawadi area in Ahmedabad, and we organize prayers every week,I could share the details with you, and you are most welcome to join the prayer sessionsroshnihttp://roshnichinubhai.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-75501280570098383182012-02-06T13:58:20.941+05:302012-02-06T13:58:20.941+05:30This is really nice to know Akash :) My friend wil...This is really nice to know Akash :) My friend will from Ahmedabad who is also part of organizing these prayer sessions will certainly get in touch with you and tell you more about it soon...Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-32601158886277145052012-01-30T14:40:13.866+05:302012-01-30T14:40:13.866+05:30Hi SIdhhartha, after reading your post, I am inter...Hi SIdhhartha, after reading your post, I am interested in Baha'i faith, I know that there's a baha'i centre in Ahmedabad somewhere but never have been there, even I searched internet but could not get solid results, it would be great if you could please share details on how to be a part of their prayer sessions here in Ahmedabad!Akashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-77632528913718221872011-12-07T15:25:09.787+05:302011-12-07T15:25:09.787+05:30@Express: I agree, religion generally seems much m...@Express: I agree, religion generally seems much more chaotic and complicated. Somehow I enjoy all kinds of religions, a calm Bahai faith or the very loud and chaotic Hinduism...they both have their own flavors :)<br /><br />@PeeVee: I hope so too, and am sure the experience would be memorable :)Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-21936568170100334532011-12-07T15:23:13.763+05:302011-12-07T15:23:13.763+05:30@Kunal: Absolutely, that's the beauty of the p...@Kunal: Absolutely, that's the beauty of the place...absolute calm!<br /><br />@Sharmila: Thanks so much, thanks to Chintan as well :)<br /><br />@Abhilasha: I am sure you loved the experience of visiting the temple :)<br /><br />As for the book, I am yet to read it! And thanks for reminding, I need to buy it soon :)Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-56176662907761299182011-12-06T09:33:18.273+05:302011-12-06T09:33:18.273+05:30Religion should be just this, calm, sensible and i...Religion should be just this, calm, sensible and invoke the curiosity in a person. It should impart serenity to his life and make him want more, draw it to him. In this regard, this religion that you describe so well seems perfect. Hopefully one day, I'll get to experience it and be to that place:)CookieCrumbsInc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06913746088715446566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-70830862241262678482011-12-04T09:40:23.194+05:302011-12-04T09:40:23.194+05:30This post had a very calming feel to it and no, I ...This post had a very calming feel to it and no, I didn't know anything about Bahai religion. <br /><br />It seems so simple and practical and yet so intricate and humble at the same time. Its hard to assign these adjectives to 'religion', you know?Expresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181434250459614635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-58324704695302531172011-12-03T14:11:18.597+05:302011-12-03T14:11:18.597+05:30Yeah, it is absolutely awesome :) I have been ther...Yeah, it is absolutely awesome :) I have been there last year. The inner sanctum of the Lotus temple is the most quite and serene place I have ever been to. The video footage of the temple's construction which they show in small theatre is very informative.<br /><br />Nice piece. I like it.<br /><br />hey, have u got the chance to go through Garcia's Memories of my melancholic whores.<br /><br />May I ask, what are you reading these days?? just a thought...Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881824067960690401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-49380519663320068072011-12-02T17:55:55.695+05:302011-12-02T17:55:55.695+05:30Chintan recommended your blog and I spent a lot of...Chintan recommended your blog and I spent a lot of time on both your blogs today.Loved the experience.sharmilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302300539474725257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-14210810651893253582011-12-02T17:52:02.684+05:302011-12-02T17:52:02.684+05:30I went to the temple, last year, for the first tim...I went to the temple, last year, for the first time with a foreign colleague who was visiting Delhi...<br /><br />The most striking thing was...the peace and a calm. The rushed and hustle-bustle feeling which one gets while visiting a hindu temple (most of the times..) were not present. You could just sit there...and be at peace... :)Kunalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801232027548934686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-46701587685381566312011-12-02T11:47:18.483+05:302011-12-02T11:47:18.483+05:30@Stuti: It is, and yet really simple. The best thi...@Stuti: It is, and yet really simple. The best thing about these prayer sessions is that its all so logical and makes perfect sense...Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-76057599881527652602011-12-02T01:03:22.209+05:302011-12-02T01:03:22.209+05:30"here is something very pure and clean about ..."here is something very pure and clean about the prayers, something completely unpretentious. No one expects anything from you, and even as a silent observer there is much to absorb."<br /><br />This flows in my veins..too intriguing, needless to say.A grain of sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686452035701387053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-53656856816681472452011-12-01T17:53:10.292+05:302011-12-01T17:53:10.292+05:30@nil: Please do go and visit the place...am sure y...@nil: Please do go and visit the place...am sure you would love it :)<br /><br />@Chintan: Now I am very very curious...batao batao!Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-59648260111135095572011-12-01T17:49:29.332+05:302011-12-01T17:49:29.332+05:30I felt a bit jealous :) I won't say why.... :)...I felt a bit jealous :) I won't say why.... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-25011945303954975152011-12-01T16:22:37.966+05:302011-12-01T16:22:37.966+05:30one of the most gorgeous temples and yet I hardly ...one of the most gorgeous temples and yet I hardly find the time to go there even though I leave in the same city and not too far away :)<br /><br />gorgeous experiment,nevetheless :)nilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055067396258349246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-56783602548392039292011-12-01T12:45:21.345+05:302011-12-01T12:45:21.345+05:30@Saru: Absolutely, the prayer sessions are exactly...@Saru: Absolutely, the prayer sessions are exactly like that, relaxing...<br /><br />@Crystal: Never met a non-Gujarati who wanted to learn Gujarati :) Its actually easy to understand as long as you are comfortable with Hindi...<br /><br />Even I had no clue about the religion till I started exploring it online...generally religion gets me really going and so am reading a little bit of Bahai scripture now...<br /><br />@RedHanded: I think it time for me to visit the place once again...been so many years!Siddhartha Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491032744023383158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-55530953018488417602011-12-01T11:50:34.272+05:302011-12-01T11:50:34.272+05:30Last december I had visited this place..Beautiful ...Last december I had visited this place..Beautiful na and really LOTUS like. And Bahai inspired me a lot too. How these foreigners where folding thr hands and helping the crowd move on and sit silently inside tht majestic place..Red Handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062645716811851771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-8385332178490702522011-12-01T11:29:00.048+05:302011-12-01T11:29:00.048+05:30I wanted to learn Gujrati at a point of time. Badl...I wanted to learn Gujrati at a point of time. Badly so! I find it too sweet in its sound.<br />Coming to the post, yes, I've been to the Bahai temple in Delhi and I love the serenity that sweeps over its interiors .. its mesmerizing and calming at the same time :)<br />I remember the silence pretty profoundly too..<br />And coming to think of it, I didn't know so much about the faith .. Thanks for the info!Cяystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646503511383569687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827070520578521982.post-43149566451141523332011-12-01T07:56:43.312+05:302011-12-01T07:56:43.312+05:30This is very interesting. I was not aware of it. S...This is very interesting. I was not aware of it. Sounds so relaxing and soul searching exercise to me. Thanks for sharing!Saru Singhalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860642404643756746noreply@blogger.com