Category Archives: Readings
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Ashtavakra Gita
Leave a commentFebruary 19, 2017 by styagi68
Ashtavakra Gita is one of the most influential texts of Advait Philosophy. It is variously dated to 700 BCE, 400-500 …
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Yoga Sutra–A guide to effective decision making
Leave a commentMay 24, 2016 by styagi68
There is a video of this talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGppAC9GsIU Let us start with an invocation Asto ma sadgamayah Tamso …
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The Monk Who did not sell his Ferrari
4February 2, 2016 by styagi68
See the youtube video Let us collect our thoughts for a second and come together through an invocation. AUM saha …
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Book Review: The Universe in a Single Atom by Dalai Lama
3August 30, 2014 by styagi68
I had purchased this book many months ago, but got an opportunity to read it over the summer break. Dalai …
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Kena Upanishad
Leave a commentSeptember 22, 2013 by styagi68
Context: Kena Upnishad is part of Sama Veda. It is the ninth chapter. The first eight chapters describe many Vedic …
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Mandukya Upnishad
Leave a commentSeptember 17, 2013 by styagi68
Mandukya Upnishad is the shortest upnishad with just twelve verses. On surface it appears to be explaining the meaning of …
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Isha Upnishad
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2013 by styagi68
Isha Upnishad is one of the main Upnishads. It is one of the earlier Upnishads and presents a balanced view …
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Satipatthana Suta–Chapter 5/6–Mindfulness of Dhamma and Results
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2013 by styagi68
For some reason, most translations translate dhamma as mental objects. That just does not convey the meaning of dhamma. We …
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Satipatthana Suta–Chapter 3/4–Sensation and Mind Mindfulness
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2013 by styagi68
Chapter 3–Mindfulness of Sensation In the third chapter, Buddha explains how a monk is to be mindful of sensations. First …
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Satipatthana Suta–Chapter 2–Body Minfulness
Leave a commentJuly 27, 2013 by styagi68
Body awareness is further divided into six sections: 1. Breathing 2. Postures 3. Understanding of impermanence 4. Aversions 5. Material …
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