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Path to Self-Realization – Meditating on the ‘I Am’ – The Nisargadatta Maharaj Way


My Introduction Aitareya Upanishad states “Prjananam Brahma“, menaing “Consciousness is Brahman” (or, Self). Brahman (Nisargadatta Maharaj often refers to this … More

Brahman, Consciousness, I am, Mahavakyas, Meditation on 'I Am', Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj on the I am, Self

My Latest Book “My Path to the Truth & Other Writings” Available on Amazon


My latest book “My Path to the Truth & Other Writings” is now available on Amazon: In India – eBook … More

Book of Poetry, My Book of Poetry, My book of quotations, Poems, Poetry, Quotations, Sayings

I Know I am Not the Body-Mind, But…


Body-Mind Complex, Ramana Maharshi, Self-realization

Buddha’s Four Noble Truths


(Excerpts from What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula, Second and enlarged edition, 1974, New York: Grove Press) The heart … More

Buddha, Buddha's Four Noble Truths, Buddhism, Dukkha, Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, No Self, Suffering, The Five Aggregates, Trishna

Caste System and Caste Reservations in India – 5 Short Videos


Reality of Caste Reservation | Dhruv Rathee ft. ‪@mohak_mangal – Did Caste Reservations destroy India? | Dhruv Rathee ft. ‪@mohak_mangal … More

Caste, Caste in Idnia, Caste Reservations, Caste System, Casteism, Cste System in India, Reservations

My Path to the Truth


I try to live my life with the following understanding forming the backdrop from which I do whatever I do:

Advaita Vedanta, Consciousness, Consciousness (Awareness), Ego, Ignorance, Sense of Doership, Truth

Saying ‘No’ to Meditation


Truth is not hidden awayIn the meditative silence;It shines forth in the sunlightAs it does in the moonlit night;No difference … More

Meditation, Poem, Poetry, Truth

Buddha on Who He Likes to Call a Brahmana (Brahmin)


Selections from Dhammapada, Chapter 26 I do not call a brahmana, just because he is born of a brahmin mother, … More

Brahmana, Brahmin, Buddha on who is a Brahmin, Dhammapada, Who is a Brahmin?

Ramana Maharshi and I – What’s the Difference?


“Ramana Maharshi and I are different in as much as a big pot and a small pot are different. At … More

Awareness, Consciousness, D. Samarender Reddy, Name and form, Pot and Clay, Ramana Maharshi

A Re-examination of the Caste System in India


Introduction A friend insisted that I write about the Caste System in India so that others in society can be … More

Aryans and the Caste System, Caste, Caste System in India, Gita on Caste, Introduction to the Caste System, Jati, Origins of the Caste System, Purusha Sukta, Svadharma, Varna, Vedas on Caste

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