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How Sanskrit Deepens Yoga, Meditation & Inner Well-Being

Yoga, meditation and mantra chanting often reach us first through sound. Yet beneath every familiar term — asana, prāṇa, dhyāna — lies Sanskrit, the language that gives these practices their philosophical and spiritual depth. Even a little ...

Lost in Translation: Learn Sanskrit to get to the Source

How many times have you read the Bhagavad Gita or the Upanishads in English, only to find three different translations giving you three different meanings for the same verse? 

Many times while trying to chant the shlokas, you struggle and f...

Srimad Bhagavad Gita – A Manual for Life

The Mahabharata declares: “If you master the Bhagavad Gita, what is the need for a pile o...

What is Sat?

What then is that Sat which is always there? It is said...

Verse 17: That by which everything is covered is indestructible. None indeed can destroy that which is inexpendable. Avinashi is that which does not have the nature of destruction. Tu is an adjective to point out that Sat is great...

"What is" exists;  "What is not" doesn't

16: For what does not exist, there is no existence. For what is, there is no non-existence. The people who knew the truth, know the reality of these statements clearly.

For the qualities such as heat and cold, joy and sorrow which are A...

When Something Feels Effortless  and Something Else Drains You

Have you noticed how some things just flow when you do them? You sit down to work, and before you know it, two hours have passed, and you still feel fresh. And then there are those other tasks, the ones that make you sigh before you ...

Sense organs and sense objects

The Final Word of the Gita: Why Chapter 18 Still Speaks to Us Today

Think about it – how often do we find ourselves at crossroads, wondering if we’re doing the right thing? Whether it’s about quitting a job, chasing a passion, balancing family and ambition, or even making peace with our own restless ...

Wisdom and Ignorance

The actual commentary of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Bhagavan Sri Sankaracharya begins with chapter 2, Verse 11: Shri Bhagavan said: You are worrying about Bhishma, Drona and others who need not be worried about as they are of good conduct and from a supreme point of view too the...

The chaos of modern living

Life is a flux, almost all the time. There is stress and tension, hustle and bustle, deadlines to meet, choices to make, decisions to take. If we slip for a few seconds, we have to catch up with months and years of work. It is like standing in a flooded river and tryi...