On Watching “The Kashmir Files” I watched today The Kashmir Files at Inox in GVK One Mall in Banjara Hills … More
Author: D. Samarender Reddy
HOW TO BE GOOD: A THEORY ABOUT VIRTUES & VALUES
After a few more years of trying to be good and floundering, I finally decided to tackle the hard questions … More
The Five Essential Elements of Well-Being
These elements are the currency of a life that matters. They do not include every nuance of what’s important in … More
Sharia
(Source: Pike, Jeffrey M. The Men Who Invented Religion . Brown Dog. Kindle Edition.) The Koran and the hadith are … More
Does Quran Make Room for Interpretation? Tafsir bi’r-Ra’y (or Tafsir bi’d-dirayah)
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QURAN: A Reformist Translation
QURAN: A Reformist Translation Translated and Annotated by Edip Yuksel Layth Saleh al-Shaiban Martha Schulte-Nafeh Arguments against the practices and … More
J. Krishnamurti on the Self or the “Me” (the Ego)
Because thought has divided the world into nationalities, geographic divisions, class divisions, religious divisions, ideological differences – communists, socialists, ultra-left … More
Actual Delusion
“The delusion is the fanciful imagination that there’s a ‘you’ that’s deluded.”–D. Samarender Reddy
Delusion
“The delusion is the fanciful imagination that you are deluded.”–D. Samarender Reddy
Truth Right Here Right Now
“What is hiding the Truth is the mind’s search for the Truth.”–D. Samarender Reddy