The Digital Supermarket of Souls Let us look at the digital supermarket of Love. Let me say this. We live in a fascinatingly, speeding, and an absurd age. We want fast and quick results. Speedy internet, speedy cars, speedy downloads, uploads. Is it a wonder that we are ageing fast as a result. Clearly, neverContinue reading “The Illusion of the Lonely Seeker: Intimacy, Apps, and Modern Ruin”
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Podcast Episode: 64th NAYANAR
The discussion emerges from a post exploring Tamil Shaivism and the connection between Ramana Maharshi and the Nayanmars. It contemplates the implications of Maharshi’s prayers to the Nayanmars, suggesting he completes their lineage. Ultimately, it challenges readers to reflect on spiritual devotion’s relevance in the present context.
Podcast Episode: THE ABSOLUTE
Pip: What if the deepest question in philosophy isn’t “what is the Absolute” but “why does asking the question already miss the point?” Dippack Mistri has been sitting with that paradox, and the result is not light reading. Mara: Today we’re in the territory of the Absolute — Brahman, Consciousness, Samadhi, and what it actuallyContinue reading “Podcast Episode: THE ABSOLUTE”
Podcast Episode: THE METAPHORS OF VEDANTA
Pip: If you have ever stared at the ocean and thought, “yes, this explains everything,” you may already be halfway through a Dippack Mistri post. Mara: This episode covers one extended piece of philosophical writing — Vedantic metaphors, what they actually point to, and where they run out of road. Pip: Let’s start with theContinue reading “Podcast Episode: THE METAPHORS OF VEDANTA”
Podcast Episode: Wisdom of a Cherry Tree
Pip: If you have ever walked past a cherry tree and thought, nice fruit, moving on — Dippack Mistri is here to suggest you missed the entire sermon. Mara: That is exactly the territory this episode covers — one tree, one garden, and what a season of blooming, feeding, and bare winter branches has toContinue reading “Podcast Episode: Wisdom of a Cherry Tree”
Podcast Episode: Who Am I
Pip: There’s a question that’s been asked for thousands of years, and Dippack Mistri just sat down and wrote about it like it was the most natural thing in the world — which, depending on your answer, it might be. Mara: This episode follows one post into some of the oldest territory in contemplative philosophyContinue reading “Podcast Episode: Who Am I”
Who Am I
Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi revealed, ‘WHO AM I?’ The gross body (Anamaya kosha), which is composed of the seven humours (dhatus: chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen), I am not; the five cognitive sense organs (Jnanendriyas), viz., the sense of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell, which apprehend their respective objects, viz., sound,Continue reading “Who Am I”
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”
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”
Seeing God As He Really Is
Let us examine what is Seeing God As He Really Is from two standpoints, absolute and relative. To cite a typical example of such a “being” is to see the demonstrations and wisdom of Sri Bhagavan Maharshi Ramana. He clearly demonstrated “being in this world, but not of this world.” Dharma, Bhakti, Love, and Divinity.Continue reading “Seeing God As He Really Is”