Putting Vedanta into practice
Vedanta is sometimes criticized for being too intellectual. But it could be argued that without using your intellect you are like a...
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Traditional Vedanta in a Non-Traditional Format
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Vedanta and Sanskrit
Sometimes people get the wrong impression that in order to learn Vedanta well, you need to learn Sanskrit. In fact, you only need to...
Vedantic Meditation
Vedanta traditionally recommends yogic meditation as a preliminary discipline to help prepare the seeker for Self-inquiry. For this, it's...
The Allegory of the Virtual Reality Headset
It’s popular in certain technology circles to assume we’re living in a kind of a computer simulation. The philosopher and academic, Nick...
These Haunting and Harassing Obscurities
Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and...
Out of the Mud
What you’re sold in this world is a bag of rotten goods. The striving for more and bigger will never, ever lead you to the right place....
How are thee not real? Let me count the ways.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. — Albert Einstein One of the principal teachings of Vedanta is to see that...
Vedanta - Just Another Story?
We thrive on stories, it’s the very air we breathe. From the moment we are able to speak and understand language, we are ingesting...
Grieve not
The wise grieve neither for the dead, nor for the living. —Bhagavad Gita, 2:11 We are all born in fear. We sense the vulnerability of a...
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