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Forget Tirupati and its Laddu


As I wrote once, “The whole universe is the temple and we all are the idols in it.” Here is…

God, Places of worship, temples

The Older I Get


The older I get, the funnier I feelLife seems like a silly dreamI damn myself for taking it seriouslyAnd smile…

Life as an old person, Old Age, Poem, Poetry

Call Off the Search


Mothers are anxious, fathers worried Sons and daughters are in the rat race Authors and poets keep writing Artists paint,…

Poem, Poetry, The Search

18 Sayings (mostly on Love)


“Unplug the mind.” “God is a big show-off. Look at how grandly he has created this world.” “True love can…

faith, God, Jesus, Love, True love, Truth

Me Talking about Who We Are on a Friend’s Podcast


The Pot that is Clay 🪴- The POV Pod (Oct-14-24), by Perspective Mapper, ft. D. Samarender Reddy Realizing the pot…

Clay and Pot analogy, Name-and-form, Who am I?, Who are we

10 Sayings


“God does not need the help of an intermediary called the mind to make the body talk, walk, or work.”…

Mind, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Thinking, Thoughts, World

2 Sayings


“God is only as much distant from you as the clay is from the pot.” “Only when you overcome your…

God, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Truth

What’s in a Surname? A Lot!?


by D. Samarender Reddy Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,…

Caste, Caste in India, Caste System, genealogy, history, Last name, lifestyle, Meritocracy, names, Surname, Surnames

Why Do We Not Love One Another?


The simple answer to my question in the title is, “Because we live in the mind and not in the…

BJP, India, Love, Mind vs Heart, narendra-modi, pakistan, Politics, Universal Love

Life & Truth


“I lived my life thus far wanting to know the Truth; having found the Truth, I do not know how to live.”

Life, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Truth

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