Pip: Dippack Mistri asks the question most of us sidestep before breakfast: what exactly is the light that makes all other light possible? Mara: This episode goes deep into that territory — the nature of consciousness as the absolute foundation of reality, drawing on Advaita Vedanta, the Gayatri Mantra, and the teachings of sages likeContinue reading “Podcast Episode: LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS”
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Podcast Episode: CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS BANISHMENT
Pip: Dippack Mistri has a question for neuroscience, and it is not a gentle one. Mara: Today we’re in the territory of consciousness — what it is, whether science can locate it, and what the Hindu philosophical tradition has been saying about it for centuries. One theme, one sustained argument. Pip: Let’s start with theContinue reading “Podcast Episode: CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS BANISHMENT”
Podcast Episode: THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA
Pip: If you have ever wondered whether the universe is fundamentally made of love, and also whether a dog named Krupan already knew the answer, Dippack Mistri has been to the source and filed a report. Mara: That is the territory we are in today — the nature of Brahman, the Absolute, and what theContinue reading “Podcast Episode: THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA”
Podcast Episode: THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA
Pip: There is a question that has occupied mystics, philosophers, and at least one very patient dog — what is bliss, really? Mara: Dippack Mistri takes that question seriously, and today we follow the thread through the heart of Vedantic philosophy, a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai, and what it means to find the Absolute not inContinue reading “Podcast Episode: THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA”
Podcast Episode: EYE FOR AN EYE: KARMA
Pip: There’s a post on Dippack Mistri’s site that opens with Moses, takes a hard left through ancient Sanskrit, and lands somewhere most legal scholars probably weren’t expecting. Mara: The territory today is justice, karma, and what a phrase most people think they understand actually means when you follow it back to its source. Pip:Continue reading “Podcast Episode: EYE FOR AN EYE: KARMA”
EYE FOR AN EYE: KARMA
What did Moses’ commandment mean? What does the world of internet surfing make of this riddle? Here we go: The phrase “eye for an eye” comes from laws attributed to Moses in the Hebrew Bible, especially in books like Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. What it meant originally: “Eye for an eye” (Latin: lex talionis, orContinue reading “EYE FOR AN EYE: KARMA”
THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA
THE ANANDA OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA What is Ananda? What is Bliss? What is Happiness? I will now reveal to the audience the only and the truest aspect of Brahman, the Absolute. In the writer’s heartfelt opinion, the deepest and most profound aspect of Brahman, the Absolute Consciousness or Pure Consciousness, is Eternal Divine Love. There isContinue reading “THE BLISS OF SAT-CHIT-ANANDA”
SELF-EFFULGENT
Consciousness is self-effulgent. Here effulgence is used as a metaphor for “revealing.” In other words, Consciousness is self-revealing. Since human beings need the aid of light to see objects, the Sages us the words “light” or “bright” or “effulgence” as metaphors for Consciousness for our understanding only. Since a lamp does not need another lampContinue reading “SELF-EFFULGENT”
LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Many have no doubt come across or heard the following enigmatic words uttered or written by many enlightened Sages, but what do the Sages mean by “Light of Consciousness?” When the Sages say “Consciousness is the Reality itself,” they are touching on a powerful philosophical perspective that goes beyond the idea that Consciousness is justContinue reading “LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS”
VEDANTA: UNIQUE AND ENIGMATIC
Let us examine the Vedanta in short. Veda means the unique four Vedas, namely, Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva. Anta means summary or “end.” To summarise the four extensive religious texts is a masterclass of the great Sages of India. Vedanta comprises the exegesis (textual) of Upanishad, Brahma Sutra and Bhagavad Gita. The two greatContinue reading “VEDANTA: UNIQUE AND ENIGMATIC”