What is the difference between happiness and pleasure?

Q: What is the difference between happiness and pleasure? Nisargadatta Maharaj: Pleasure depends on things, happiness does not. Q: If … More

Ramana Maharshi on Destiny

“The Ordainer controls the fate of souls in accordance with their past deeds. Whatever is destined not to happen will … More

Krishnamurti on Loneliness

“If one knows Brahman as non-existent…” — Sankaracharya’s Commentary in Taittiriya Upanishad

In his commentary on the Taittiriya Upanishad (II.vi.1), specifically the verse Asad-brahmeti chet veda… (“If one knows Brahman as non-existent…”), Adi Shankaracharya explains that … More

Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Briefly)

Philosophy & Poetry

Claude, Why do we human beings need love?

Claude, Why do we human beings need love? Is it nature’s trick to propagate the species as Schopenhauer claimed it … More

Philosophy Vs. Psychology

“Those who do not understand philosophy at a deep level will be locked up in their psychology, without any freedom … More

Philosophers Can Learn From Poets?

Philosophy has long claimed authority over meaning by virtue of its methods: argument, abstraction, and generalisation. Poetry, by contrast, has … More

Yogakshemam Vahamyaham – Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9, Verse 22

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्युपासते |तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् || 22|| ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣhāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣhemaṁ vahāmyaham … More

Dangerous Dalliances

This dalliance This daily dalliance With a thousand things Is our undoing But we do not realize And revel in … More