How to introduce the Bhagavad Gita to children
Well-meaning parents and grandparents often give children a copy of the Bhagavad Gita. It could be either a pocket-sized version of the original, which becomes little more than a talisman,…
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Wanting to be truly happy? Then you need to know about Vedanta
This is a translation of my very first article which I wrote in 1981. I had sent it to a German magazine which I used to read during my psychology…
Bhima Vairagya: The Death of Ghatotkacha
This is continuation of the series of posts highlighting the ten guNas that Bhimasena displays in the Mahabharata. The ten gunas have been explained by Sri Madhwacharya in his Mahabharata Tatparya…
Bhima Gita: The Jnana of Vrikodara
This is continuation of the series of posts highlighting the ten guNas that Bhimasena displays in the Mahabharata. The ten gunas have been explained by Sri Madhwacharya in his Mahabharata Tatparya…
Tat Tvam Asi – Thou art That
At the macro level in the universe, there are five elements known as pancha bhutas (earth, water, fire, air and ether). At the micro level, all living beings have 5…
How did you apply the knowledge shared in Bhagavad Gita in your real life?
Are you depressed, worried, or stressful? I had all these. I became a victor by defeating all these. Do you want to wriggle free of these self-inflicted ailments that torture…
On The Question of What It Means to be a Hindu Philosopher
In early December, I sat down with a member of my PhD cohort and had a conversation over coffee about what it means (to me) to be a Hindu. This…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Remembering the Lokmanya
Conferred by the title of ‘Lokmanya’, Bal Gangadhar Tilak had inspired a whole generation of freedom fighters from Savarkar to Azad to Bhagat Singh. He is an icon of the freedom struggle of Bharat…
Prasthana Trayi
“Jnapakam hi shaastram nakaaraka“ says Adi Shankara. Shaastram will tell us what we do not know but will not create something which does not exist. As rightly said by Sami…