Indian Swami

During one of my longer trips to India, I encountered a Swami named Trilok. In 2014, I traveled to many interesting places and also avoided touristic hot spots. Since I lived there several years and drove my car all around the country, I knew various insiders and have a basic understanding of several local languages apart from speaking Hindi. Both of my mom's parents have done Yoga most of their lives and were greatly into Ayurveda. My grandma from my dad's side was a professor at AryaPutri, teaching Sanskrit. She used to sing Mantras to me when I was a little boy. I remember asking her what they mean, when I was just a few years old. She also gave me my real name, that translates correctly to 'gentle'. Many who tried to translate it, said adjectives like soft, cushy, sweet, humble, clear headed, cool etc. Such broad translations deviate from the actual meanings and lack accuracy when attempting to describe meaning using adjectives. I wanted to share this video, because there are a lot of yogis and yogini's amongst us, who might be interested in this. Unfortunately my grandmother died early, and so did my Atheist, granddad from my dad's side. When I encountered Swamiji Trilok, I carried a vintage lens with me and put up a tripod while I recorded him here. I found what he said and the way he specifically translated it to english very interesting. It later helped me to better describe Sanskrit words and meanings, as there's never proper translation. In fact that goes for almost every language because one masters it only when one begins to think in that language. Since Trilok's english differs from mine, which would later lead me to further disentangle meanings.' ध्यान ' I was later able to understand a lot of the philosophy that was given to me by my Indian cultural heritage. I tried reaching out to Trilok later, but this mysterious character vanished as fast as he showed up. May all my Grandparents Rest in Peace. There are many words to describe something in Sanskrit for which there may be one in english that could have many in Sanskrit. This can create a very restrictive understanding to describe the universe around us, as the fundamental principles change through the structure of language. After all, words are tools of thought? The Video was quite random and there was a lot more I could learn from this wise man after giving him food and shelter for several days back in 2014. The Baseball hat and the pretty Baggy outfit he's wearing, is what I gave him, since he was just wore a robe when he showed up at my house. After several days at my house in India, watching me DJ and hang out with breakers, he was also interested in learning how to Skratch and DJ on Turntables. He told me he wanted to go to Goa and become a hip hop DJ...Breaking also reminded him of Yoga and he immediately saw it as the future of human kinesthetics. #india, #trilok, #dharma, #sutras, #dhyana