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The Six Darshanas: India’s Six Great Schools of Philosophy
A complete and in-depth guide to the Six Darshanas — the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy. Covers Nyaya (logic), Vaisheshika (atomism), Samkhya (cosmic enumeration), Yoga (practical liberation), Purva Mimamsa (Vedic interpretation), and Vedanta (the culmination of all knowledge) — their founding sages, core doctrines, mutual debates, and enduring relevance to modern thought.
Purushartha: The Four Goals of Human Life in Hindu Philosophy
A complete and in-depth guide to the Purushartha — the four goals of human life in Hindu philosophy: Dharma (righteous duty), Artha (wealth and prosperity), Kama (pleasure and love), and Moksha (liberation). Covers the philosophy behind each goal, the Arthashastra, Kama Sutra, Bhagavad Gita’s teaching on Svadharma, the four Ashramas, and how this ancient framework offers a complete and integrated vision of the good human life.
Guru Poornima: The Complete Guide to the Festival of the Divine Teacher
A complete and in-depth guide to Guru Purnima — the most sacred day in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain teacher-disciple tradition. Covers the meaning of “Guru”, the Adiyogi and Vyasa Purnima legends, the Guru-Shishya Parampara, great guru-disciple pairs from Vasishtha-Rama to Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, the Guru Gita, Dattatreya’s 24 teachers from nature, and how the festival is celebrated in ashrams, monasteries, and yoga centres worldwide.
Advaita Vedanta: The Complete Guide to Shankaracharya’s Non-Dual Philosophy
A complete and in-depth guide to Advaita Vedanta — the non-dual philosophy of Adi Shankaracharya. Covers the life of Shankaracharya, the core doctrine of Bramha-Atma-Maya, the four Mahavakyas, the two levels of reality, the path of Jnana Yoga (Shravana-Manana-Nididhyasana), Jivanmukti, key texts from the Mandukya Upanishad to the Vivekachudamani, major objections and responses, and Advaita’s profound influence on global thought.
Karma: The Complete Philosophical Guide to the Law of Action and Consequence — Part 1
A complete and in-depth philosophical guide to Karma — far beyond the popular “what goes around comes around” reduction. Covers the three types of karma (Sanchita, Prarabdha, Agami), the Bhagavad Gita’s revolutionary teaching on Nishkama Karma, karma and rebirth, the paradox of free will and destiny, the Karma Yoga path of desireless action, karma in Buddhism and Jainism, and the practical transformation that comes from truly understanding this ancient law.
OM: The Cosmic Sound — Naada Bramha, the First Vibration of Creation
OM is the first vibration of creation — the primordial sound that arose from the Absolute Silence of the Universal Being. Explore Naada Bramha, the cosmic significance of OM, the inverted tree of creation, and why OM is not prefixed in Natural Meditation mantras.
The Essence of Veda-Vedanta: Sanathana Dharma and the Nature of Reality
Sanatana Dharma is not a religion but the eternal way of life guided by Dharma, Karma, Punarjanma and Moksha. Explore the 12 essence points of Vedanta, the wave-and-sea metaphor of individual and Universal Consciousness, and what it means to be ‘anchored in the Absolute Being.’
Lord Veda Vyasa Munihi — Part 1: The Supreme Guru of Humanity and His Gifts to Mankind
Lord Veda Vyasa Munihi is the divine incarnation of Lord Vishnu who occupies the seat of Jagad Guru for all time. Discover his extraordinary contributions — the codification of the Vedas, 108 Puranas, Mahabharata, Bramha Sutras, and why Krishna declared ‘Among the Munis, I am Veda Vyasa.’
Day Prayer — Planetary Mantras for Daily Spiritual Practice (Navagraha Upasana)
Across every civilisation, the seven days of the week are named after the Planets that govern them — a universal recognition of the Planets’ influence on human life. In the Vedic tradition, the Sages went further: they cognized the Presiding Deity behind each Planetary force and gave us a practical daily Mantra practice — Day Prayer (Navagraha Upasana) — to reduce the obstructional effects of each day’s governing Planet and align our activities with the deeper rhythms of cosmic time.