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Before the wisdom of Vedanta we have to live with our body. After wisdom we still have to live with our body. The body does not disappear on enlightenment. No matter where we are in our spiritual journey our relationship …

A dear listener has sent a very good question which has many layers and hence deserves a full episode.  The question  – “Is existential loneliness solvable? What if you wake up one day and you do not have any connection …

We were sitting on the steps of the hall which faced the river Ganga. As we watched her turquoise blue waters having piping hot tea that winter morning, the 75-year-old Vedanta student, Mala was crying bitterly. In between her heaving …

The last year of the pandemic was such that all of us experienced being overwhelmed at many levels. The health care system not to mention the economy of every country was overwhelmed by the sheer number of patients requiring care. …

Harsh from Nepal had a bunch of questions about Vāsanās – what are Vāsanās ? How are they defined? How does one know what one’s vāsanās are and how does one acquire them?. Definitely a topic worth an entire episode! …

Two decades ago I used to work with children and youth living on the streets. After three months of interaction with Rafiq, a 19 year old boy, he had agreed to join a course to be an Electrician. I was …

Although movies, books and novels wax eloquent about love, strangely not enough people speak about the joy and wisdom that underlies the work we do. Central to most of our lives is the work we do. Central to how we …

The 7 year old was looking forward to playing chess, catch-catch, memory game, silence game and many such games he played with his Aunt, Bua.  As he saw her approaching the gate he shouted with much glee and enthusiasm, Bua …

“Memory and Pride were fighting about the correct representation of an event.  Memory said ‘It was exactly like that,’ Pride with her nose up in the air said: ‘It couldn’t have been!’  Each asserted her superiority and tried to convince …