Vedanta - The River of Wisdom

Unless we understand how anger is born we cannot control it nor master it. All our attempts lead to suppression or explosions. Once we understand the brilliant framework of the Bhagavad Gita and apply it to our lives, then the intensity of level of our anger reduces, our viveka increases contributing to self-mastery.       To read the podcast transcript/Vedanta article- ht...

We wrongly believe that 1) If I don’t feel love, there is no love in my life. 2) To love is simple, but to find the right person to love or to be loved by, is difficult and 3) We think our problem with love is how to be loved and how to be lovable.  We correct these assumptions in the light of a growing bhakti for Ishvara. The practice of loving and discovering love as the fabric of life is e...

Generally, our identities are related to the tasks we perform and the experiences we have. However there is a unique identity that of a Karma Yogi which is not a special type of karma. Instead it encompasses all other identities and has many benefits.  What are these? To read the podcast transcript which is as good as a Vedanta article- https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our February...

Recently, I was doing some reading for a talk to be given about Sri Ramana Maharishi, an enlightened Advaita Vedanta master. His talks and some conversations with different devotees were documented. Some glimpses follow.   To read the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our January 2023 Aarsha Vidya Bharati newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/8fa7761180d2/aarsha-vidya-...

Across all our relationships (romantic, parental, professional, political, economic) we depend on each other.  For support, resources, information, collaboration towards our goals and much more.  What do our relationships depend on? We undertake the enquiry in the light of Madhu Vidya, a beautiful section of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad and are stunned at what is revealed.   &nb...

..is the most common question in Vedanta. The reply lies into questioning the identity of the questioner, who is none other than our dear old experiencer.  For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our January 2023 Aarsha Vidya Bharati newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/8fa7761180d2/aarsha-vidya-bharati-jan2023 Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness...

Emotional and Physical pain is an inevitable part of living. The more we resist, the more it persists (in the form of dvesha) and further aversion to pain.  5 teachings for how we deal with pain, from the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and our very own lives.  Last call to join Svadharma - Discovering and living our life purpose is a course from January 15th - March 2023 at Hindu University...

Across different situations, how do we know what is appropriate to do in a given situation?  How much is too much and how much is too little? What is the golden mean in Kaushalam that seems elusive? As we modify our karma into karma yoga we discover the many considerations that shape Kaushalam.    Delighted to announce two new courses - Bhakti-The Heart of Wisdom. Course from 10th J...

Dear Future Self,  A happy you in the new year makes a happy new year. You and I have an awareness of our strengths and the areas of struggle. I am here to support you and flow into you. My attempt is not to convince you of anything that you don’t know but to just remind you of a few things.  A reminder can be accumulated wisdom, an affirmation or even a discovery of what has always been...

10 teachings to learn, savour and assimilate.    Svadharma - Discovering and living our life purpose is a course from January - March 2023 at Hindu University of America. Details - https://www.hua.edu/product/svadharma-discovering-and-living-our-life-purpose/ For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our December 2022 newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/07477521...

Atma, the limitless being has no key performance areas and hence does not need an annual review. But the jiva can benefit from an annual review of life in the light of Vedanta. How? Svadharma - Discovering and living our life purpose is a course from January - March 2023 at Hindu University of America. Details - https://www.hua.edu/product/svadharma-discovering-and-living-our-life-purpose/ For the...

The answer to the question may not be who you think it is!  For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our December 2022 newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/07477521fa66/aarsha-vidya-bharati-dec2022 Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom. To subscribe to Aarsha Vidya Bharati - https://mailchi.mp/cea95b9ad987/aarsha-vidya-...

Which chapter are you in? Happy to invite all for our annual global Vedic Wisdom festival 2022 online. Details and registration - https://www.vedicwisdomfestival.in/ For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our November 2022 newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/cd44a6ffa396/aarsha-vidya-bharati-nov2022 Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom a...

All of Vedanta can be understood by this short statement -  Tat tvam asi. That (Ishvara) you are How is this possible? Listen in.  Happy to invite all for our annual global Vedic Wisdom festival 2022 online. Details and registration - https://www.vedicwisdomfestival.in/ For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our November 2022 newsletter - https://mailchi....

Through the winding roads of life, the heart longs for sacredness, imbued with the divine. And then, the heart embraces the sacred with Vedanta.  Happy to invite all for our annual global Vedic Wisdom festival 2022 online. Details and registration - https://www.vedicwisdomfestival.in/ For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our November 2022 newsletter - https:...

We travel. We learn. We grow. We come home to ourselves. For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our November 2022 newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/cd44a6ffa396/aarsha-vidya-bharati-nov2022 Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom. To subscribe to Aarsha Vidya Bharati - https://mailchi.mp/cea95b9ad987/aarsha-vidya-bharati...

Our need to control, master situations and ourselves leads to feeling like we can control life. That very orientation of trying to control does not work in the moksha pursuit? What does letting go in the moksha pursuit involve?  For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom. To subs...

During Deepavali we worship Devi Mahalakshmi as well as Devi Kali in some other parts of the country. But somehow a lot of us are wary of Devi Kali. When one of us encounters Devi Kali, a dialogue that alters the ahankara follows.    For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedo...

An important question. Much of Vedanta rests on answering this question.  For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom. To subscribe to Aarsha Vidya Bharati - https://mailchi.mp/cea95b9ad987/aarsha-vidya-bharati Our October 2022 newsletter -  https://mailchi.mp/3ba2203ddf70/aa...

Based on my experience of living in Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at the feet of my beloved teacher, Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswatiji, I point out the value of living and studying Vedanta in a gurukulam. It is quite different from studying Vedanta in public a couple of times a week.   To know more about and get involved with our gurukulam project close to Mumbai, please check out - https://vedi...

A lot of our festivals celebrate the victory of Dharma over Adharma. Is it just about Devi Durga or Sri Rama or are these festivals also about the battle between Dharma and Adharma that rage in our hearts. We can be victorious only when we understand the nature of these battles and allow Dharma to win. One time. Every time.  For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podca...

In this auspicious time of Navaratri, (nine nights) we worship the Goddess by recognising her glories. In this recognition we see that we too are pervaded by her Shakti as the embodiment of sacredness.  Durga Saptashloki or Devi Saptashloki are seven powerful verses from the Devi Mahatmyam, a set of 700 verses. Out of compassion for those devotees who cannot chant all these verses, Devi has g...

As inheritors of a legacy, if you were to have a dialogue with your ancestors, what would you say and what would they say? We also get a glimpse of how performing shraadhaa karma, a ritual offering was done by Bhagavan Sri Rama for his father in the forest more than 5000 years ago.     For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter wil...

If we understand these six conditions of how we allow ourselves to feel bound, we can start to unravel the bondage and be free from it. If the bondage was real, we could never be free of it. If it is experienced we can be free of it.   For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom....

To live in the world exhausted, beaten and skeptical is to live in a world without wonder and blessing. Then, what can blessings do for us and why should we welcome them into our lives?   For the podcast transcript - https://discoveratma.com/category/podcast/ Our monthly newsletter will bring to you more happiness, more wisdom and more freedom. To subscribe to Aarsha Vidya Bharati - https://m...