Hello Dear Friends

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Hello Dear Friends:

 

Hope you are all doing well. I just came back recently and have not

caught up on all the e-mail.

 

Thank you for all the wonderful posts and stories of Bhagavan Ramana

as well. I always love reading about how Sri Ramana went to

Arunachala and never left!

 

The festival of forgiveness (paryushana)in the Jaina tradition is

coming up. Many people fast during this time and pray for

purification and both ask for forgiveness and work on forgiving

others. Many other spiritual traditions seem to have similar types of

rituals of cleansing, healing, and forgiveness.

 

For a number of reasons which I will explain later, I plan to be on a

reduced food diet in early september and will then fast on alternate

days from September 11 to September 30. The days of the week that I

eat, I will limit myself to raw fruits only. I will continue drinking

some tea with soymilk to avoid headaches.

 

This will be a period of fasting and praying and hope you will join

me in prayers of healing for the world and prayers for those who are

helpless and suffering.

 

I dedicate this partial fast to deepening the understanding of

Ahimsa, the philosophy of nonviolence.

 

May all living beings be free from sorrow.

 

Love to all

Harsha