Category: Silence
Reading, Thinking, and Being Still
“Read and think for entertainment and enjoyment. Be silent for edification and enlightenment.”
My Latest Book Now on Amazon: “Life Is Just a Silly Play: The Pot Searching for the Clay”
Some books argue a case. This one keeps company with a mind. D. Samarender Reddy—a physician by training, an economist … More
Know Thyself, Everything Else is Noise
My Inner Guru to Me: Chalo, Sam, bahut hogaya ye poetry likhna aur cutely witty hona. Zara serious lo life … More
Four Noble Truths of Samism
First Noble Truth — Dukkha (Suffering) What do you mean you are suffering? Are you mad? Second Noble Truth — … More
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen”
Bodhidharma suggests that Zen is not about forcing thoughts, analysing life, or seeking enlightenment as a distant goal. “Not thinking … More
“Can the mind ever be still?” — Nisargadatta Maharaj answers
My Latest Book Available Now on Amazon — “A Spiritual Memoir of Silence, Solitude, and Self-Inquiry”
This is not a book promising instant enlightenment or easy solutions. It is a companion for serious seekers, philosophers, contemplatives, … More
The Price of Liberation
Liberation cannot be purchased with any amount of practice or discipline or purity or humility or goodness, or what have … More
The MAIN (and ONLY?) Mistake in Spirituality and the Answer to the Question “Who Am I?”
The more I think about it the more I realize that this quest to “improve oneself” or “make oneself worthy … More
