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Author: D. Samarender Reddy

Philosopher & Poet. Holds degrees in Medicine (MBBS) and Economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University). Certified programmer. An avid reader. Worked in various capacities as a medical writer, copywriter, copyeditor, software programmer, newspaper columnist, and content writer. Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.in/stores/D.-Samarender-Reddy/author/B0CB7PMW36

Psychotherapy and Buddhist Meditation


Despite often being lumped together these days in what gratingly gets called the “wellness sector,” psychotherapy and Buddhist meditation might … More

Buddhist meditation, Meditation, Mindfulness

Free Speech and Academic Freedom


Last summer, my idea was to have that initial discussion about Senator Tom Cotton’s recently published op-ed in the New … More

Academic freedom, Free speech, Free speech on college campuses

Participatory Socialism


“I used to believe socialism was a failed idea. But then capitalism went too far. Now, I believe we need … More

Socialism

Hinduism at a Glance


by Swami Nirvedananda

Hinduism

Jagjot Singh on Enlightenment


Any effort towards enlightenment or self-realization leads to the strengthening of personal identification. There’s no individual person that ever gets … More

Enlightenment

‘Meditation without meditating’


In the early stages of developing a technology that they (Jay Sanguinetti and Shinzen Young, the co-directors of SEMA Lab … More

Meditation

In Me Is All This


In me are the sunrises and sunsets In me are the flowers and girls In me are are the Brahmins … More

Poem, Poetry, Universe

Mind and Freedom


“We are free the moment we understand that we do not need the mind to function in this world.”–D. Samarender … More

Mind, Quotations, Quotes, Thinking, Thoughts

Truth


“Truth transcends logic and emotion.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Quotations, Quotes, Truth

UNDERSTANDING WHITE PRIVILEGE


“White privilege is an institutional (rather than personal) set of benefits granted to those of us who, by race, resemble … More

White Privilege

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