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My Final Hurrah!


Just published on Amazon my 20th book (I hope this will be my last book) “Summa Iru: My Formal Renunciation … More

Advaita Vedanta, Brahman, Consciousness, Desires, Enlightenment, Hinduism, Love, Meditation, Mind, My book, My Poems, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Non-duality, Nonduality, Philosophy, Poems, Poetry, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Self, Silence, Spirituality, Summa iru, Thinking, Truth, Vedanta

On the Stillness of the Mind — by J. Krishnamurti


“The mind is quiet when it sees the truth that understanding comes only when it is quiet…When I see the … More

J. Krishnamurti, Mind, Quiet mind, Silence, stillness, Stillness of the mind, Summa iru

Truths and Half-truths — Claude Comments


“It is only gracious to allow people to hold on to their truths even if in our estimation they are … More

Communication, Half-Truths, Relationships, Silence, Truths

The Magic of Mother Tongue


I will keep quietAnd you will understand meFor the first time in your life. Reading these linesYou may wonder“Is he … More

Marriage, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Silence, Speech, Understanding

Summa Iru — The Pristine Spiritual Path


A friend messaged me, “I have a long way to go”, referring to her ongoing spiritual journey. I replied: How … More

Clay and pot, Consciousness, Name-and-form, Self-realization, Silence, Spiritual Path, Summa iru, Surrender

“Is it perfume from a dress / That makes me so digress?”


No, Eliot, it is not the perfumeFrom a dress or otherwiseThat makes me digress. I digressBecause the mind itself is … More

Advaita, Eliot, God, Indian Philosophy, Mind, Nonduality, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Silence, Spiritual Quest, Spiritual Sadhana, Spirituality, Surrender, Truth, TS Eliot, Upanishads, World

The Million Dollar Question


The question I am asking myself is this: Do I really need to keep thinking, writing, posting, discussing, debating, mulling, … More

Be still, Dakshina Murthy Stotram, Enlightenment, Freedom, Liberation, Moksha, Nirvana, Ramana Maharshi, Self-realization, Silence, Summa iru, Truth

No More Preaching


In understanding others, we understand ourselvesIn understanding ourselves, we understand othersHidden in these lines is a deeper truth than at … More

Belief, Christianity, Epistemic humility, Evangelic Christianity, faith, God, Hinduism, Humility, Intelelctual hubris, Intelelctual humility, Islam, Kaafir, Karma, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Preaching, Proselytizing, Quran, Religion, Religious Conversions, Silence

“Stop Struggling: The Final Obstacle” | Ramana Maharshi | Non-Duality | Self-Enquiry | Who Am I?


Enlightenment, Freedom, Liberation, Self-realization, Silence, Spiritual effort, Spiritual Sadhana, Summa iru

The 3 Ancient Steps to End All Suffering – Sravana, Manana, Nididhyasana


Advaita Vedanta, Be still, Enlightenment, Liberation, Manana, Nididhyasana, Nonduality, Self-realization, Silence, Sravana, Summa iru

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