hariH Om. 66 years ago, Bharat (is said to have) gained Independence from the invaders, though i am yet to understand what exactly we gained freedom from. Yes, the colonizers are physically distant, but they left behind a colonial mindset that plagues us even today, and with greater ferocity with each passing year. I will […]
Musings on AtmA
By Smita Agrawala (CHAKRA) There are two things in the world, the Atma or the Self which is real, and the body which is unreal (though as we will eventually see, the AtmA alone is the substratum upon which the entire world is based, and there is no duality on the absolute level). Both of these […]
The Message of Bhagavad Gita
By Prashant Parikh, a student of traditional Vedanta from Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Foreword: In late 2009, just days before I left for USA after vacationing in India, I was given a commentary on the Gita written by Pujya Swami Dayananda ji (Arsha Vidya Gurukulam), by an elderly gent who felt it might be of use to […]