ESSAYS

A reflection on the real meaning of a sage in Vedanta — not a perfect being beyond duality, but one who returns to knowledge again and again. True peace isn’t constant; it’s recoverable through remembering.

Many spiritual circles hope for a collective awakening — a golden age when society itself becomes enlightened. This essay shows why Vedanta denies such a possibility.

A jnani is one who has realized the truth of the Self through Vedanta. Outwardly ordinary, inwardly free, the jnani abides in unshakable knowledge: “I am Brahman.”

A jivanmukta is one who, having realized the Self, lives free while the body continues due to prarabdha karma. Experiences of pleasure and pain occur, but without bondage, as the sage knows the Self is ever free.

Moksha is not becoming free—it’s realizing you were never bound. Learn how Vedanta defines liberation as the end of ignorance, not a mystical event.

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.