Musings ...

My first experience of a "sutra" was at The Yoga Institute in Santa Cruz, Bombay. Coming from Bangalore, I craved to see green.... to look at trees... to hear some natural sounds. And here; not only did I find trees, birds, yoga but also my first 'sutra' experience. It was a haven. During Sunday 'Satsangs' , Dr. Jayadeva would lead a lecture followed by a Q&A. His answers to questions would be crisp, concise and sometime even painfully simplistic.  He spoke in 'sutras' .  A 'sutra' is literally a thread or line that holds things together; like in a garland of flowers....or beads. Wikipedia, defines it  -  " In ancient Indian literature,  sutra  denotes a distinct type of literary composition, based on short  aphoristic  statements, generally using various technical terms. This literary form was designed for concision, as the texts were intended to be memorized by students in some of the formal methods of scriptural and s...