Bhagavad Gita: Life Lessons on Dharma, Detachment, Knowledge & the Self
The Bhagavad Gita is the story of Arjuna in Dharma sankat — a dilemma of duties for the different roles we must play in life. Arjuna, the warrior prince, is caught between competing duties, relationships and emotions. The people he must fight are his teachers,...
Hanuman Ansh: A Tribute to Finding God Everywhere | Neem Karoli Baba, Shiva & Vishnu
Vishnu Or Shiva The movie Hanuman Ansh begins with a tribute to verses 8 and 9 of the Skanda Upanishad: शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय शिवरूपाय विष्णवे ।शिवस्य हृदयं विष्णुर्विष्णोश्च हृदयं शिवः ॥ यथा शिवमयो विष्णुरेवं विष्णुमयः शिवः । “Salutations to Shiva who is of the...
Nigama Nigamantha: A Devotional Prayer to Lord Narayana
Hi all,This is a devotional Hindu bhajan in praise of Lord Narayana. This beautiful Telugu devotional composition expresses a deep human longing to reach His divine lotus feet beyond the material world, "I long for vairaagya and inner peace, but you keep me...
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Recap: The Many Ways to Practice Dharma
Hi all, here's a summary of the Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita by Moksh Somayajula. - How Should We Worship God? This is my recap of our discussion on a Bhakti Yoga class. We discussed on how Dharma can remain timeless even as the ways in which we...
The Bhagavad Gita Anthology: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life
What Is Sanatana Dharma? The earliest of these Upanishads will always maintain a place in the philosophic literature of the world, among the most astounding products of the human mind. ~ Max Müller
What the Brahma Kamal Knows About Wholeness And Contradictions
In one of the group chats this week, the information posted alongside a picture of a beautiful flower was intriguing. "Flowers have both the male and female reproductive parts — the stamens and the pistil. In the Brahma Kamal, both feminine and masculine forms coexist...
Making Sense of Hinduism’s Sacred Corpus: Vedanta And the Path to Liberation
The Vastness of The Hindu Sacred Corpus The Sacred Corpus for Sanatanis is vast and diverse, designed to support the seeker of Hinduism wherever they may be on their spiritual journey. The ancient body of Hindu scriptures includes the Vedas, Upanishads,...
Ugadi 2026: Parabhava Year Meaning – Turning Failure into Spiritual Growth & Self Transformation
పర + అభవ = పరాభవ I received these two messages this morning on the occassion of the onset of the పరాభవ నామ సంవత్సరం. I am grateful that the name of the year symbolises self transformation and our victory over our biggest vices. Read on. పర + అభవ = పరాభవ అని...
The Two Logs in the River: A Ramayana Lesson on Love, Detachment, and Living Fully
Shlokas As Compass Ever since I understood the meaning of a shloka of Adi Shankara's from Bhaja Govindam, I've tried to use it as a way to operationalize my spiritual journey. Shankara says, Satsangatve nissangatvam,Nissangatve nirmohatvam,Nirmohatve...
The Chariot of Life: Ancient Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita for Modern Living
I grew up seeing the image of Krishna and Arjuna in a chariot in cafes, restaurants, homes and function halls. I had no idea what it had meant until way into my 30's. The Chariot of life from the story of Mahabharata in Bhagavad Gita is a metaphor that explains the...
Madi Sikharam: The Peak of the Mind and the Inner Himalayan Journey to Self-Realization
Is it strange if I tell you that even though the icy wind of the Himalayas has never touched my cheeks, I have felt that chill within me? When I sit down to meditate and think of the mountains, I feel as though I can taste the thin, luminous air that circles the...
Karpura Gauram Karunavataram – Shankara’s Timeless Mantra on Shiva, Shakti, and Non-Duality
Adi Sankara hardly needs an introduction, and whatever little I know about Sanatana Dharma and Advaita philosophy is thanks to his profound work on the topics. Many of his sholas, poetry and prose have explored the truth that we're nothing but a manifestation of the...
Unlocking Moksha-Sannyasa Yoga: The Final Path of Letting Go for Today’s Teens
- If you would like to teach kids how to let go to usher the divinity in them, here's how you can attempt it. Please suggest any important shlokas I should be including as I compile these notes which can be a blueprint of life. [gallery columns="2"...
Unlock the Sanskrit Effect: How Vedic Chants Transform Your Mind, Body & Spirit
- The Sanskrit Effect There are few times in life you’re humbled by the events that you involuntarily become part of. And yesterday was one of them, when I was part of a group of listeners to experience the Vedic chanting from Yajur veda in ghaṇa pati style. At...
Ancient Dreams, Modern Wake-Up Call: What Buddha and Rama Teach Us About Life Today
Challenging Our Heroes With Prompts On a prompt challenge from a friend, I asked ChatGPT questions on what Buddha and Rama would have been thinking at times of extreme turmoil in their lives, especially during some inflection points in life like when Siddhartha...
If You’ve Been Searching for Joy, Read This
Chasing Permanent Happiness Many years ago, in my early thirties, I started asking myself why I wasn’t truly happy. A vital relationship in my life was in shambles, and a series of unfortunate misunderstandings had left things hopelessly deadlocked. But, before...
The Eight Sacred Forms of Shiva and the Elemental Temples of South India
- The Eight Forms of Shiva: The Sacred Elements and Their Temples In Sanatana Dharma, Lord Shiva is not a being bound by form - He is formlessness itself, yet out of His cosmic compassion, He manifests across time and space so that we may know Him, worship Him,...
Ashtavakra and the 13 Truths That Set You Free: The Son Who Gave His Father Liberation
🕉️ Ashtavakra: The Son Who Gave His Father Moksha And the 13 Realizations That Set the Soul Free The story of Ashtavakra - the sage with a crooked body and a soul of blazing clarity - is a timeless meditation on truth, liberation, and the mysterious ways grace...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A Timeless Science of the Mind
Not A Work Out, But A Way Out What if yoga wasn’t just something we did on a mat, but a science for mastering the mind, a philosophy for living well, and a spiritual technology for liberation? Let’s take a journey through the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a slender...
Live Your Best Life: The 6 Types of Dharma in Sanatana Dharma and How to Align with Your True Nature
What is Dharma? Have you ever wondered what it means to live a life of purpose and alignment? In the ancient wisdom of Sanatana Dharma, the concept of Dharma offers a roadmap to living a meaningful and fulfilling life. Dharma isn’t just about rules or duties....
Einstein, the Gita, and Quantum Physics: How Time, Death, and Consciousness Shape Our Destiny
- A Cosmic Constellation: Synthesis: Time, Consciousness, and Liberation 🕉️ I asked Chat GPT to summarize a few notes I had to make a connection between the ideas from Einstein’s relativity to the Gita’s metaphysics - specifically the 8th chapter of the Akshara...
Unlock Inner Freedom: A Practical Guide to Sadhanas from Upadesha Saram by Ramana Maharshi
Sadhanas from Upadesha Saram Let's summarize the book Summary of Sadhanas from Upadesha Saram by Swami Shantananda Puri (based on Ramana Maharshi's teachings): But first a little about the original Scripture: Upadesha Saram by Ramana Maharshi. (From ChatGPT)...
Adi Shankaracharya in the Age of AI: Timeless Wisdom for a Tech-Driven World
- ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः।अनेन वेद्यं सच्छास्त्रमिति वेदान्तडिण्डिमः॥ Brahman alone is real; the universe is mithya - neither fully real nor unreal, but an appearance. The individual self (jiva) is none other than Brahman itself, not...
The Bhagavad Gita on Parenting: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Moms and Dads
🌱 Chapter 9, Verse 17 Provides subtle insights on how parents should be. पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामह: ।वेद्यं पवित्रम् ॐकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च ॥ १७ ॥ “I am the father of this universe, the mother, the dispenser and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge,...
Unlock the Ancient Power of Breath: Yogi Science for Modern Stress, Energy, and Clarity
- 📚 Book Summary: The Science of Breathing by Yogi Ramacharaka Originally published in 1905, this classic manual introduces the Yogi Science of Breath - a holistic system combining ancient Eastern wisdom with scientific insights. The author, under the pseudonym...
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Bhagavad Gita: Life Lessons on Dharma, Detachment, Knowledge & the Self
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Hanuman Ansh: A Tribute to Finding God Everywhere | Neem Karoli Baba, Shiva & Vishnu
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Nigama Nigamantha: A Devotional Prayer to Lord Narayana
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Recap: The Many Ways to Practice Dharma
The Bhagavad Gita Anthology: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life
Hanuman Bhajan: Anjaneya, Vayu Putra, Ramadoota & Ranadhira
What the Brahma Kamal Knows About Wholeness And Contradictions
Vedanta, Mukti, and the Art of Turning Toward the Self – Reflections on Spirituality in Absolute Terms
