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Stories from India’s sacred traditions, meditation sutras and photo-art from everyday life. An invitation to reflect on life and living.
Stories Sutras Silence
the first lullaby
1. a humming or murmuring sound used to soothe a child to sleep
2. a lullaby hum; a soft, rhythmic sound that calms and comforts
3. by extension, anything that quiets, consoles and brings ease
[ ā-lo-likā: that which lulls, soothes]
the aalolika mandalas
STORIES
to ease the mind
3 mandalas
to invite reflection
16 sets
SUTRAS
SILENCE
to let it settle
each aalolika mandala moves through story, sutra and silence
Stories from India’s sacred traditions — epics, Puranas and folklore — reimagined for the contemporary mind.
Lallanwa, the ace jalebi maker of Kashi, is furious with Lord Shiva.
Sage Gautam is torn. He hates Ahalya; but loves her to bits.
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Yama, the Lord of Death, feels the pangs of social anxiety.
Ma Parvati teaches her husband a lesson on Maya.
the story mandala
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Queen Madalasa sings the first lullaby
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Transcription informed by Herbert Guenther’s research on Advayavajra’s Panjika.
Each story is accompanied by a sutra, drawn from India’s contemplative traditions. It does not explain the story. It offers another way of looking at what the story has opened.
An Apabhramsha doha from the Sahajiya / Vajrayana stream, reflecting on the movement of mind.
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the sutra mandala
a thread for reflection
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the silence mandala
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to let it settle
Each mandala set closes with photo-art from everyday life in India.
animation by the illustrator, Sutanu Panigrahi
the lullaby
lullaby as art lullaby as practice
1 min : 20 sec
a dhāraṇā
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra
50 sec
The book is the beginning.
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Read Aalolika. Or step into the world it opens.
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