Author: Kaudinya Arpan
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Eating Junk Food? Know Karana Sharira
People give highly mystic explanations of Karana Sharira as something exotic which is beyond the level of understanding and heavily fantasized. However, this is a completely bad interpretation. The definition is already given by Adi Shankaracharya in the book Tattvabodha. Anirvācanyam-anādyavidyā rūpam sarvakāraṇam | Svātmasvarūpājñānam yat tatkāraṇaśarīram || The direct translation would be: That which…
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Witnessing doesn’t dissolve Karma, but Dharma does
There is a profound misunderstanding haunting your modern spiritual pursuit. It is the seductive belief that observation is synonymous with purification. You are often taught to simply watch the mind and observe the world. You cultivate the state of the passive witness. You believe that if you do not actively participate in the chaos of…
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Chaos is Not Disorder, It is the Friction of Evolution
Born in Russia in 1917, his family fled the violent upheaval of the Russian Revolution when he was just a child…We spend our lives trying to build a quiet room where the world cannot reach us. We seek out safe jobs.
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The way you look into Jyotish will change forever after reading this
Real Vedanga Jyotish is not a cheap parlor trick to guess your future. It is actually one of the six essential Angas, or limbs, required to truly understand the Vedic thought process.
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Closed Eyes Vedanta vs Open Eyes Samkhya
You might have often been told by your parents or elders not to question the existence of God or the validity of scriptures. In many modern households faith is often equated with silence and piety is measured by how quickly one accepts dogma without a murmur of doubt.
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Not Mysticism, Mythology but Phenomenology
We often encounter two opposing groups of people who speak in contradictions when discussing Indian philosophies, where one side dismisses the entire Indian tradition as mere mythology.
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Aham Brahmasmi Is Not “I Am God”
Recently, I was interacting with a person who casually stated Aham Brahmasmi as “I am God.” The words came out confidently, almost effortlessly. When I objected
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Devi, Devatas and Disassociation
When identity misfires, you call it disorder. When identity is culturally allowed, you call it trance. When identity is trained, you call it sadhana. When identity dissolves, you call it moksha. The difference is not in the phenomenon. The difference is in your understanding.
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Rta, Dharma and Not So Easy Quantum Physics Made Easy
People often mistranslate Dharma as a “religion.” This is, to put it mildly, completely wrong. It’s a linguistic and philosophical blunder that’s caused centuries of confusion. Religion is a framework of belief, usually in a deity or deities… Dharma is something else entirely. In fact, the highest court of justice in India, the Supreme Court,…
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Tantra or Big Bang or Black Magic? An essence of inner Science
It’s whispered about as some kind of black magic, a shortcut to getting what you want. A way to control a boy or a girl, to force love, or to get revenge.