Podcast Episode: The Biblical “Mahavakyas” and the Vedantic Mahavakyas

Pip: If you have ever wondered whether Jesus and Shankara were basically saying the same thing and just needed a better translator, Dippack Mistri has thoughts. Mara: This episode goes deep into one piece that maps Biblical phrases onto Vedantic Mahavakyas, tracing what non-dualism looks like across two very different scriptural traditions. Pip: Let’s startContinue reading “Podcast Episode: The Biblical “Mahavakyas” and the Vedantic Mahavakyas”

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”

I Am: Beingness; Is “Seeing” God as He Really Is

This is a blog on the attempted explications (insightful) by Swami Ishwarananda/ Dippack Mistri on Bhagavan Maharshi Ramana’s 42 verses on Reality (Ulladu Narpadu). Swami Ishwarananda is the author and Dippack Mistri is the editor-publisher of the book, SEEING GOD AS HE REALLY IS Swami is located currently in Europe. Seen to have taken birthContinue reading “I Am: Beingness; Is “Seeing” God as He Really Is”