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My Svadharma As I See It


I will work for as long as I can – God-willing. Most of my leisure from the works I take … More

Svadharma

We Are Not Individuals. We Are Protoypes. Nothing Unique About Us.


Recently I sat in on an online debate among medicos where one of my classmates from medical college was one … More

Individuals, Prototypes

The Guru and the Disciple


Guru

First Sign of Civilization in a Culture


Civilization, Culture

My Mother’s Letter To Me (Written in Dallas, Circa 1998)


My mother tried to teach me How I should love everyone How I should see God in everyone; How I … More

A mother's letter to her son, Mother's Letter

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

Dreams are Similar to Waking Life


Biocentrism says space and time are tools of the mind, and dreams seem to be only further proof of the … More

Dreams, Waking life

Not Having Children


I have made countless bad decisions in my life, but never having children is not one of them. Not all … More

Becoming a mother, Children, Not having children

Camus on Invincibility


“My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of … More

Camus, Invincible summer, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Buddhism on Gender Identities


The spiritual or psychological transformation involves rejecting the belief in a delusional self and working on the process of ethnicization … More

Buddhism on Gender Identities, Gender identities, Identity, Patriarchy

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