by Satinder | May 12, 2022 | Practical Spirituality, Uncategorized, Who Am I? |
Taking the correct standpoint is the most important prerequisite to studying Vedānta. When I approached my Vedānta teacher, Sri Srinivasa Murthy ji of Bangalore, for study, he asked me a simple, yet profound, question: Do you want to be a mantra-vit (knower of the...
by Satinder | Mar 16, 2020 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Uncategorized |
Living Eudaimon Life, according to Epictetus According to Epictetus, our inner life, and nothing else, is truly “up to us.” In the most literal sense, he maintains that there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.[1] As Keith Seddon explains in his...
by Satinder | Jan 26, 2019 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Uncategorized, Who Am I? |
Hari Om! || स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमादः || Never Procrastinate to Study Yourself! Gnothi Seauton: Know Thyself Live not inattentively. ~ The Buddha We begin this series of Podcasts on the unique philosophy of Swami Sharnānandjī with the first of the Eleven Basic...
by Satinder | Mar 7, 2018 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Uncategorized, Who Am I? |
The Bhagavad Gītā teaches equanimity, samatā (2.48). Equanimity or samatā is a state when you do not get elated when happy, and you do not get dejected when sad. The equanimity spoken of in BG 2.48, siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā—remaining equanimous in success and...
by Satinder | Feb 23, 2018 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Uncategorized, Who Am I? |
NEWTON AND THE LAW OF KARMA! Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Law of Karma says, the reaction is never equal but always much more than the original action, depending upon the moral valence of the...
by Satinder | Jun 9, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Uncategorized |
What is the central theme of the Bhagavad Gītā ? There are several ways to approach this question. We present three perspectives as follows: Conjoining the last word of the last verse of the Gītā (18.78) मम (mama) with the first word of the first verse of the...
by Satinder | Sep 5, 2015 | Uncategorized |
The Consummation of Knowledge in Devotion: ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति । समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥ १८- ५४ ॥ brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṁ labhate parām || 18- 54 || Having become one...
by Satinder | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Self-knowledge: the Master Key Self-knowledge is not needed to be proficient in any discipline of knowledge—all one needs is the five senses supported by the mind. Thus, one can be an expert in any number of fields and still continue to be ignorant about oneself....
by Satinder | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Vairāgya, dispassion, is not so much a turning away as it is growing out of. To the extent a person is able to grow out of the desire for objects, to that extent he is happy. ~Swami Dayananda
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