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Caste System in India


“By birth all are Shudras. By actions men become Dwija— twice born. By reading the Vedas, one becomes Vipra and … More

Brahmins, Caste, Caste System, Shudras, Varna

Making Sense of It All – World Drama, Purusharthas, and Craving


Both Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Ramana Maharshi remarked, “The world is a drama of woman and gold.” Hinduism points out that … More

artha, Craving, Dharma, kama, Moksha, Purusharthas, Second Noble Truth, World Drama

Vedanta Course (Advaita)


The image has the ordered list of books learnt at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya’s Vedanta Course of Chinmaya Mission. Strictly speaking, it … More

Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, Advaita Vedanta Course, Books on Advaita, Books on indian Philosophy, Books on Nonduality, Books on Vedanta, Nonduality, Nonduality (Advaita), Sandeepany Sadhanalaya Vedanta Course, Sandeepany's Vedanta Course, Vedanta, Vedanta Books, Vedanta Course

Advaita Vedanta


All those with an interest in getting a systematic overview of Vedanta or Advaita Vedanta can check out the folder … More

Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, Hinduism, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Vedanta

Is Metaphysics Meaningless?


My article “There Are No Others” (I had given it the title “Is Metaphysics Meaningless?”) in today’s edition of Telangana … More

Clay Pot Analogy, Metaphysics, Name-and-form, Ramana Maharshi, Verifiability Principle, Verificationist Principle, Vienna Circle

(1) Who Am I? (2) What Is This World?


(1) Who Am I?The Apparent or Real Self? – Swami Sarvapriyanandahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAGjepFp70 (2) What Is This World? Penetrating this World Illusion with … More

Consciousness, Consciousness is Brahman, Name-and-form, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Who am I?

The Four Purusharthas


A friend asked today: “I had a philosophical question for you:- On one hand, there is a school of thought … More

Aims of life, artha, Dharma, kama, Moksha, Purusharthas

The Essence of Hinduism – “There are no Others”


by D. Samarender Reddy There are always those in society who see differences among people on the basis of age, … More

Advaita, Advanced Hinduism, Hindu, Hinduism, Name and form

All You Need to Know About Advaita Vedanta


Realizing that as long as one is mere body-mind one is subject to potential or actual suffering, one tries to … More

Advaita Vedanta, Avasthatraya viveka, Awareness, Consciousness, Drk-drsya viveka, Hinduism, Kaarana-kaarya prakriya, Name and form, Nonduality, Panchakosha prakriya

Swami Sarvapriyananda on Advaita Vedanta (Hinduism)


Please see these videos of Swamiji roughly in the order in which I have listed them to get a very … More

Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, Consciousness (Awareness), Hinduism, Self (Brahman), Self-realization / Liberation, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Upanishads, Vedanta, Who am I?

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