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Dandapani’s Blog

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Mar 22, 2016

Unwavering Focus - a TEDxReno talk

On October 2nd last year I was honored to be invited to speak and to give the opening talk at TEDx Reno. The abandoned Lear Theater in Reno had been transformed on the inside to host the talks. I titled my opening keynote "Unwavering Focus". A special thank you to my friend Rolf Schromgens for inspiring the title of my talk that focuses on teaching people the importance of concentration. The recor...

Feb 29, 2016
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Drilling for Water at Siva Ashram

We've spent the last 9 days in Nosara, Costa Rica, where our spiritual sanctuary Siva Ashram is located. My wife and I make about 2 to 3 trips down to Nosara a year and on each trip we work on developing the land we've acquired a little further in efforts to manifest the vision t
Feb 21, 2016
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Taking a Different Perspective

Many of you know I love photography and from time to time blog about some of the photos that I've taken. I had the privilege of going to Honolulu, Hawaii to speak at an event last week. So I took the opportunity to go a few days early and visit the Big Island and also Maui. On th
Feb 17, 2016
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Directing Desire

One never really gets to the point in their life where all desire goes away. As my guru says "desire is life". I often hear older people say I don't have desires any more. I beg to defer. You do have desires. You just no longer desire what you use to desire. You have new desires.
Feb 15, 2016
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How to view Problems

There are two ways to view problems. You can view it from the intellect or view it from the superconscious. The intellect views "problems" as problems. The superconscious views "problems" as repeated subconscious patterns that need to be adjusted. The intellect solves problems
Feb 14, 2016
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Advice from a 126-year old Monk

Swami Bua was a dear friend of mine. I was first introduced to him when I lived as a monk at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. My guru had known Swami Bua for years now and had invited him to spend a week or so with us at the monastery to celebrate a yearly festival. Swami Bua a
Feb 10, 2016
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DC entrepreneurs Learn Unwavering Focus

It was my first ever visit to Washington DC and I loved my brief 24 hours in the country's capital. One of my hosts was gracious enough to spend the afternoon showing me around some of the memorials. My favorite and the one I had been wanting to see for a while was the Lincoln Me