Category: God

“You Cannot Save a World You’re Still Trapped In” — Nisargadatta Maharaj on Desire, Help, and Liberation


What does it truly mean to help the world? In this piercing dialogue from I Am That, Nisargadatta Maharaj dismantles our noblest intentions — revealing that the urge to save others is itself rooted in the same ignorance that creates suffering. Desire builds worlds; worlds breed pain; and the one who wishes to help is often the one most in need of waking up. From the nature of creation to the limits of avatars and saviours, Maharaj offers something more radical than solutions: a mirror. “Get out of the picture,” he says, “and see whether there is anything left to save.”

The Richness of Letting Go: What Kabir’s Mann Lago Yaar Fakiri Mein Teaches Us About True Freedom


Kabir’s Mann Lago Yaar Fakiri Mein is not a song about being poor. It is a song about being free. The 15th-century mystic poet understood something that modern life constantly obscures: that the relentless pursuit of more — more money, more status, more comfort — is itself the prison. True sovereignty, Kabir says, comes when you carry only what you need and let go of everything else. With a bowl and a staff, the whole world becomes your kingdom. The Divine is not found in luxury; it is found in saboori — that quiet, unshakeable contentment that no wealth can buy and no loss can take away.

The Bhagavad Gita Explained: Key Teachings and Insights


The Bhagavad Gita — spoken on a battlefield over two thousand years ago — remains one of the most profound guides to the human condition ever written. Yet its philosophical depth, Sanskrit terminology, and eighteen dense chapters can feel overwhelming to modern readers.

Sammary of the Bhagavad Gita by D. Samarender Reddy is not a translation or a conventional commentary. It is a guided philosophical journey through the Gita’s core teachings — written for the intelligent general reader who wants to genuinely understand what the Gita is saying, why it says it, and what difference it makes to how one lives.

The book covers the Gita’s two-tier vision of Reality, the Goal of Life as Krishna defines it (compared with Buddhism, Christianity, Stoicism, and modern psychology), the four paths of Karma Yoga, Jñāna Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga, and practical guidance on action, duty, meditation, and liberation. A complete fresh English translation of all eighteen chapters is included as an appendix.

Whether you are encountering the Gita for the first time or returning after years of study, this book will deepen your understanding of why this ancient dialogue continues to speak — with remarkable directness — to the most urgent questions of human life.

“If one knows Brahman as non-existent…” — Sankaracharya’s Commentary in Taittiriya Upanishad


In his commentary on the Taittiriya Upanishad (II.vi.1), specifically the verse Asad-brahmeti chet veda… (“If one knows Brahman as non-existent…”), Adi Shankaracharya explains that … More