Category: philosophy
Walter Bagehot and the money merchants
Walter Bagehot was a 19th century British writer, businessman and economist, best known as the author of the “The English Constitution”. The English never had…
The UK and India – a partnership for the post COVID world
There is much to admire about the United Kingdom – it’s people, its soft power in the form of writers, singers and inventors, amongst others….
Control
You cannot control Maya. You cannot control actions of others. You cannot control destiny. The only thing you can control is yourself- mind, thoughts, beliefs,…
Our lives, Karma and clean slate ?
Are we born in this world with a clean slate ? Do we arrive here with the mistakes of our past lives forgotten ? Common…
Which is the best religion and why is Vedanta different ?
Honestly, I don’t know which is the best one. All religions are paths to the one truth – Universal Truth. That is what the Vedanta…
What does the Vedanta say about happiness ?
By definition, we cannot be perfectly happy in this mortal existence. Does that mean that there is a state of existence where one can be perfectly happy ?
The allegory of the 5 chieftains of faith.
Five chieftains , representing some of the major faiths of the world, meet, to prove who is the most powerful. Well, four of them do…
Is it somehow wrong to declare my Hindu faith openly?
When British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Minister Alok Sharma took their oaths as Members of Parliament, they did so by swearing on the Bhagwad…
Why knowledge of Vedanta and studying the Vedas doesn’t make you spiritual.
If knowledge of Sanskrit and a deep study of the Vedas were sufficient to be spiritually adept, then most of humanity would be barred from…