ESSAYS

Enlightenment is often imagined as a mystical event or permanent state of bliss. Vedanta tells a different story—one in which liberation is not an experience to be gained but the removal of ignorance through Self-knowledge. This essay dismantles common myths, examines why they persist, and outlines the traditional path to genuine freedom.

While Vedanta and science might not describe the universe in the same terms, both agree that the universe exhibits an intelligence and that the material stuff of the universe can be described in terms of smaller components, forces, and information combining to form objects.

Vedanta explores life’s purpose through three lenses—the individual, God, and the Self—showing why purpose matters in the relative world but is unnecessary in the absolute.

Is science a threat to spiritual enlightenment? It all depends on how you define "consciousness."

Vedanta teaches that death is not the end, but neither is it the beginning of something new. Rebirth, heaven, and hell all remain within samsara—the cycle driven by karma and desire. Only Self-knowledge ends the cycle, revealing the Self that was never born and can never die.

From the laws that govern our bodies and minds to the one truth that can never be destroyed, Vedanta reveals the nature of reality at every level.