On a quest for the perfect aroma.
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- Filterbrew hysteria: hope or hype? Exploring the controversial topic of coffee brew preferences.
Today a new sensation is sweeping through the cafes of the world- filter brew. But does filter coffee live up to the hype? If you can choose a fresh espresso, or cafe lungo or americano, it is superior for experiencing the coffee bean in it’s optimal expression. Who would filter coffee bean good for? ChurchContinue reading “Filterbrew hysteria: hope or hype? Exploring the controversial topic of coffee brew preferences.” - Hindu Reflections: DARBHA–THE SACRED GRASS IN HINDU WORSHIPS, RITUALS AND SACRAMENTSHindu Reflections: DARBHA–THE SACRED GRASS IN HINDU WORSHIPS, RITUALS AND SACRAMENTS — Read on nrsrini.blogspot.com/2017/04/darbha-sacred-grass-in-hindu-worships.html
- The Aroma Quest attar competition and festival. First ever grand festival of smells (and spells 😉 We should find the most idyllic aroma.
- Word to the wise…Especially bad! So bad it hurts. http://www.racked.com/platform/amp/2014/8/15/7581113/axe-finally-figured-out-that-women-hate-the-way-it-smells
- Scent from Heavenm.youtube.com/watch Epic classic documentary about the aguru.
- One has not smelled the fragrance…“One’s nostrils are no better than the bellows of a blacksmith if one has not smelled the fragrance of Kṛṣṇa’s body, which is like the aroma of musk combined with that of the bluish lotus flower. Indeed, such combinations are actually defeated by the aroma of Kṛṣṇa’s body.“ Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 2.33 Translation by SrilaContinue reading “One has not smelled the fragrance…”
- Arms of Anantadeva smeared with Agarwood.Text 1: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, approximately 240,000 miles beneath the planet Pātāla lives another incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the expansion of Lord Viṣṇu known as Lord Ananta or Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. He is always in the transcendental position, but because He is worshiped byContinue reading “Arms of Anantadeva smeared with Agarwood.”
- The scent of Lord Sri Krishna’s transcendental body.Translation “ ‘The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body surpasses the aroma of musk and attracts the minds of all women. The eight lotuslike parts of His body distribute the fragrance of lotuses mixed with that of camphor. His body is anointed with aromatic substances like musk, camphor, sandalwood and aguru. O My dear friend, that PersonalityContinue reading “The scent of Lord Sri Krishna’s transcendental body.”
- Sri Krishna’s Aguru scented hand. (Agarwood)O Uddhava! It is indeed regrettable that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā. Does He remember His father’s household affairs and His friends, the cowherd boys? O great soul! Does He ever talk about us, His maidservants? When will He lay on our heads His aguru-scented hand? Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.21 Translation by Swami Ji Srila Prabhupada
- Raksasi Putana’s body smelled like Aguru due to Krishna’s sucking her breasts.Translation Because of Kṛṣṇa’s having sucked the breast of the Rākṣasī Pūtanā, when Kṛṣṇa killed her she was immediately freed of all material contamination. Her sinful reactions automatically vanished, and therefore when her gigantic body was being burnt, the smoke emanating from her body was fragrant like aguru incense.
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