If I am not the body and not the mind, then who am I? This question has been haunting humanity…
Gender Equality
“…the feminist anthropologist Eleanor Leacock’s suggestion [was] that most members of what are called egalitarian societies seem less interested in…
Egalitarianism
The Oxford social anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard published his classic ethnography of the Sudanese Nuer community (who were held out…
4 Quotes
“It’s probably as correct to say ‘I am as God wills me’ as it is to say ‘I am as…
Five Sacred Duties (Dharma)
Pancha Maha Yajna (Five Sacred Duties) – The Dharma The five sacred duties are: Deva yajna – to the Lord-Iswara;Pitr.…
Ideas
“Unfortunately, people identify with ideas and when ideas are criticized they think we are criticizing them. All religions and other…
I, Me, Myself
“It seems clear enough that my thirst to exist as Samarender will ultimately be my undoing.”–D. Samarender Reddy
Pleasure & Inner Bliss
“The desire for pleasure at the bodily and mental levels covers up the inner bliss that is our true nature.”–D.…
What Keeps Me Ticking?
What keeps this body-mind machineRunning?Fuelled by thought it seems. What keeps this body-mind machineThinking?Fuelled by desire it seems. What keeps…
Theory and Facts
In 1908 Francis Galton published his autobiography “Memories of My Life”, and he presented an anecdote he heard from Herbert…