Advitiya Vishnu Vaada- I: How Advaita & Dvaita come together
Ever since the advent of Shrimad Ananda Theertha (better known as Madhvacharya) in the Indian philosophical firmament in 13th century, a great polemical war has been raging between Idealists (Advaitins) and Pragmatists More...
Reflections on Bhakti- I: From ‘I am Yours’ to ‘I am You’
In his Soundaryalahari Verse 22, Sri Shankaracharya submits a very unique prayer to Goddess Bhavani. He says: भवानि त्वं दासे मयि वितर दृष्टिं सकरुणां इति More...
Shashi Tharoor Goes Cherry-Picking: Some Reflections on Reading Why I am a Hindu
Human thinking is structured with layers upon layers of cognitive structures. Each word forms a structure that sets limits on a basic concept. On top of that, each concept-cluster that makes up our thoughts is structured, More...
ఒకవ్యక్తి –ఆరు మతాలు
హిందూమతంలో ప్రముఖంగా ఉండే మూడు సంప్రదాయాల్ని ప్రచారం చేసిన ఆచార్యులు శ్రీశంకరాచార్యులు, More...
John R Searle’s The Mystery of Consciousness: A Summary with some Indian Perspectives
The Mystery of Consciousness by John Searle is available for purchase in Amazon. ‘Consciousness’ was in the ambit of philosophy and not good science earlier. As a mark of changing times, mainstream scientists More...
A windmill is my Murti
I have heard it said that if you truly seek an answer to a spiritual question, you’ll invariably come by a Guru’s wisdom. This is my story of such a discovery. For forty of my 75 years, my work has had something More...
Mahabharata as a manual of Advaita Vedanta
[contextly_sidebar id=”HNd2i4bMWNuun0iJ25Hfz2r2ltOWm0EL”]I recently attended a four-day workshop titled “The Mahabharata as Itihasa”, which was not only enlightening for its exposition of the Mahabharata, More...
Yoga: Philosophy, practice, or politics?
[contextly_sidebar id=”PeRhGeG0eFP2a5fDRfs4BKDxjxwWY6id”]Ever since the declaration of an International Yoga Day, there has been a curiously bifurcated international reaction to Yoga, Hinduism and India. More...
Sam Harris – Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion A Critique
The Meaning of the Word ‘Spiritual’ Regardless of how well a book is written, and how interesting its content, if it is non-fiction it seems that its value should be judged upon how successfully it achieves More...