Photo of the week: Words of wisdom at the Vivekananda Ashram

When I visited Kanyakumari 2 years back to visit the southernmost point of mainland India (more about it here), I stayed at the Vivekananda Kendra (website link here) – which is an Ashram (which is a hermitage/monastic retreat which offers simple and peaceful accommodation facilities for vistors). The stay was very pleasant and enriching- it felt like going back to the basics – I didn’t do anything particularly spiritual like meditation or fasting, but the simplicity of life was simply enchanting.

The ashram was also very clean, spacious and pretty – with words of wisdom literally spread around in form of notice boards with quotes like these..

Indeed. How often do we stop and think about these things?

Have you visited an Ashram or a monastery before? How was your experience?