Few question like “Does God exist?” have haunted humanity more deeply than anything else. Yet before confronting it, another must be asked: Do we truly exist? Not merely as bodies that breathe and ...
Read moreThe Bhagavad Gita consists of 18 chapters. The second chapter is titled Sankhya (awareness) Yoga, the third chapter is Karma (action) Yoga and the twelfth chapter is Bhakti (devotion) Yoga. Yoga stand ...
Read moreIndia, a linguistically diverse country does not have, contrary to popular belief, a constitutionally declared national language. India has had its share of language controversies but those pale in co ...
Read moreContinuing with the theme of Tapa. It may be illuminating to meditate on how the Vedic seer approaches it. Its origin is in the eternal simultaneousness that was embedded in primal night manifested as ...
Read moreKeep personal life away from the professional sphere.” Easy to advise, hard to practice. Can anyone truly separate into two beings? Life does not work that way. It flows as one continuous whole, whe ...
Read moreThe essence of the Bhagavad Gita is to attain internal equanimity and realise external harmony. Equanimity (samatva) is the crux of the preachings of every enlightened soul that has ever roamed this p ...
Read moreUS President Donald Trump’s decision to impose steep tariffs on Indian imports stands out as one of the most arbitrary disruptions in recent trade policy. Initially set at 25% and later doubled to 5 ...
Read moreKrishna starts the Bhagavad Gita by saying that there was no time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these rulers of men; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be (2.12). This looks paradoxic ...
Read moreThe fundamental nature of the manifested (vyakta) is that it is perishable, whereas the un-manifested is imperishable. Manifested life forms take birth, they live for a certain period, and eventually ...
Read moreThere are dejected murmurs about the death of diplomacy and there is nothing new about it. In the past too, its death was often foretold, but because of technological advancements resulting in higher ...
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