The practice of knowledge involves negation and assertion, culminating in meditation. Meditation is the process of focusing the mind on a single thought to the exclusion of other thoughts. The question arises: How can the thought of the Self eliminate…
Verses 6, 7, and 8 of Bhaja Govindam highlight the negative effects of attachment at the levels of the body, mind and intellect. People mainly identify with their gross body, and concerns about its well-being are common as long as…
Verses 2 and 3 emphasize the importance of knowledge of Self. Action cannot eliminate ignorance because ignorance arises from it and is opposed to knowledge. Only knowledge can dispel ignorance, just as light can eliminate darkness. A single flash of…
Due to disease and egotism, a human being is prone to experiencing sorrow in his life, which is highly unstable and unpredictable. Life is compared to water on a lotus leaf, whose brief existence is fleeting and fragile. Verse 5…
Life is defined as Anubhava Dhara, which means the flow of experience. Experience, the basic unit of life, consists of a subject and an object. It arises when an individual (the subject) interacts with the world (the object). The individual…
Viveka is the discrimination between the eternal and the ephemeral. Vairagya is the dispassion you demonstrate toward the fruits of your actions. Shad-sampatti, or the wealth of six qualities, includes Shama (mind control), Dama (sense control), Uparati (withdrawal), Titiksha (endurance),…
The human mind often becomes involved in every experience. The subject gets entangled with the object, causing the individual to lose their objectivity. A strong intellect rooted in Self-knowledge allows one to experience life with disinterested interest. In the short…
Vedanta offers practical methods to achieve peace and prosperity simultaneously, ultimately revealing the true purpose of human life. Additionally, its scientific explanation appeals to modern minds. The Eternities refers to the ultimate Reality, which is Infinite beyond time and space.…
The invocatory prayer eulogises the Self residing in the heart of an individual, which is of the form of existence-knowledge-bliss. I am that Self which cognises and remains a witness of the three states of consciousness, viz., waking, dream and…
Man is expected to renounce the craving for wealth, not wealth itself. This becomes possible when his intellect aims for a higher ideal. It helps him control and eventually overcome his mind’s cravings while remaining content with the wealth he…