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Who Is the Doer? Ramana Maharshi Answers


Ramana Maharshi’s teaching on “He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer” (Talk 420, Talks with Sri … More

Destiny, Ego, God, Hinduism, Jnani, Karma, Karma Yoga, Meditation, Philosophy, Prarabdha Karma, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Sense of Doership, Spirituality, Suffering, World as a dream

Practicing Gita in Kurukshetra


Understand that “the cause of suffering is desire”. This understanding will quieten the mind 24/7, which is what meditation is … More

Bhagavad Gita, Buddha's second noble truth, Desire, Karma, Karma Bhoomi, Karma Yoga, Kurukshetra, Life as a Battlefield, Meditation, Mind, Nishkama Karma, Suffering, Theory of karma

“The cause of suffering is desire”: Buddha’s Second Noble Truth


“At last, at long last, I have understood Buddha’s Second Noble Truth that ‘The cause of suffering is desire’.”–DSR Buddha’s … More

Attachments, Buddha's second noble truth, Buddhism, Craving, Desire, Dukkha, Greed Hatred Ignorance, Ignorance, Pleasures, Roots of evil, Sensual pleasures, Suffering, Tanha, The three poisons

“There Is No Creation, No Destruction”: Ramana Maharshi | Ajata Vada | Non-Duality | Truth | Maya


Body-mind identity, Brahman, Creation, Destruction of the world, I thought, Personal world, Pralayam, Ramana Maharshi, Self, Suffering, Unchanging Self, Who am I?, World

“Your Happiness Is Borrowed”: Nisargadatta Maharaj | Non-Duality | Ego Death | Who Am I?


Happiness, hedonism, Joy, life philosophy, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Pleasure, Suffering

Is My Psychology Screwed Up?


I just cannot seem to relax in life. I seem to be too resolved, if not in a tearing hurry, … More

Dilemma, God, Life, Pursuit of Truth, State of Mind, Suffering

Buddha or Marx? — Ambedkar


from the Introduction A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke. There need be no … More

Ambedkar, Buddhism, Compassion, Desire, Empathy, Marxism, Socialism, Suffering

What is True Religion? Marxism & Buddhism


A friend asked this (see the image above) on his WhatsApp status, and I replied as follows: Marx did not … More

Buddhism, Desire, Life, Marxism, Religion, Suffering, True Religion

वक्त ने मुझे रुलाया है || Apno Ne Bhi Thukraya Hai || Kabir Bhajan


Kabir Bhajan, Life, Rejection, Suffering

Buddha’s Truth


Desires I have manyNo, not manyJust a fewBut desire I am told is suffering(Buddha said it)Even a little suffering is … More

Buddhism, Desire, Life, Poem, Poetry, Suffering

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