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Recently I was browsing through an email chain, the kind exchanged across members of large Google groups. The following segment caught my attention: Lord Buddha gives a short yet very clear description of grief (dukkha) in his first discourse The Dhammachakkapavatthana Suththa (the wheel turning discourse).  He lists the following types of grief:1.Jathi – Birth…

Prabuddha Bharatha is a well known magazine focused on Vedic Philosophy. It was initiated by Swami Vivekananda over 125 years ago. For details please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabuddha_Bharata This magazine publishes an annual issue in January every year focused on a specific topic. The 2022 annual issue focusses on “Living a Meaningful Life in the Digital World”.…

Following are a few slides that capture a few statements from the letters written by the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh. These are from the images displayed in an art exhibition at San Jose CA,, USA titled “Beyond Van Gogh”. The connection between these statements and the basics of Vedic Philosophy commonly known as Vedanta…

Sath Sangh is part of any Hindu prayer service. It is usually in the form of group singing of prayer songs (Bhajan) , discourse or any social gathering with religious focus. But, we can also think of Sath Sangh as a time for self-reflection to search for the truth. This meaning and purpose of Sath…

In the year 2000, I wrote my first book https://stimsinstitute.com/20151207books/ to summarize my experience as it pertains to the Global Economy. I stated “if you merely repeat what you have done before and there are others who can do the same, then the lowest cost person will remain employed. To Survive and succeed in this…

January 2022 issue of Prabuddha Bharata The story of the human race has been about how humans have risen above challenges thrown at them by nature, both external and internal. Today, we are at a juncture, where the very things we have created such as the internet and Artificial Intelligence seem to be out-shining our…

Central Theme of Baghawath Geetha – Part 1 was posted earlier. On reading this we received a very nice reply from Mr. Girish Sripathi. Instead of merely adding this as a comment, we have posted this blog post, as it deserves both a special mention as well as being accessible for a wider range of…

Ambarisha was a great king. He was a wise ruler as well as an ardent devotee of the Lord. Along with his righteous rule and administration, King Ambarisha also performed austerities required of a devoted person. One such austerity required him to fast once a month and spend the time reflecting on thoughts of the…

“How each chapter of Bhagavadgita is a Yoga?” is the title of the editorial in the November 2021 issue of Prabuddha Bharatha. It is a brilliant summary of all 18 chapters of BG, leading to a simple summation: “Bhagawath Gita though with multiple ideas, has a central theme of attaining liberation through detachment and renunciation…