My cousin asked me, “What is the cover picture?”, referring to my book “Sammary of the Bhagavad Gita”: https://www.amazon.in/Sammary-Bhagavad-Gita-Samarender-Reddy-ebook/dp/B0GT7313VL/ I…
Is the World Real?
A friend wrote to me: “Trying to understand Reality,By renouncing the world,Is like trying to understand the ocean,By ignoring the…
The Whiff of Antagonism
I feel a whiff of antagonismWafting from all directionsAnd engulfing me whollyA sort of defiance, resentmentTo whatever I espouse‘Tis a…
“Not a particle of antagonism” — J. Krishnamurti
The phrase “not a particle of antagonism” comes from a 1968 conversation between Jiddu Krishnamurti and Huston Smith in Claremont,…
A Mind Free of the “Me” — J. Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti viewed self-centredness as the core of human conflict, sorrow, and isolation, driven by a “me”—a construct of thought,…
Nietzsche’s Pathos of Distance
The pathos of distance (Pathos der Distanz) is one of Nietzsche’s most revealing sociological and psychological concepts, introduced most prominently…
I Am Not A Thought – So Who Am I Really? – Nisargadatta Maharaj Wisdom
My Need to Concentrate on Spiritual Sadhana
Slight temptation still persists in me for people and things, but as temptation goes it will never come to an…
“The Owl of Minerva Takes Flight Only at Dusk”
Hegel’s line is arresting because it admits something philosophy rarely wants to confess: understanding arrives late. Minerva’s owl — symbol…
Ramakrishna Paramahansa on the Two Magnets
Ramakrishna Paramahansa: “You yourself perceive how far you have gone down by being a servant of others. Again, one finds…
Know Thyself 