Why does Advaita Vedanta often remain abstract or elusive for so many? Drawing from experience and observation, this reflection explores the main resistances to its understanding and practice — and why, despite challenges, it remains a path worth engaging with.
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Learning to See: Swami Tattvavidananda on the First Verse of Atma Bodha
What kind of mind is Atma Bodha really meant for? Swami Tattvavidananda’s extended teaching on Verse 1 reveals a quiet but radical shift — from collecting Vedanta to digesting it. This post curates key reflections on learning, rāga, mumukṣutva, and the silent preparation that is itself part of Self-knowledge.
Multiple Ways I’ve Been Wrong About Myself
A few everyday moments got me looking again at what I take myself to be. In this post, I revisit three powerful Vedantic lenses — not as philosophy, but as subtle x-rays — to see through the body–mind identity and glimpse what might actually remain.
Can You Test-Drive ‘No Ego’?
More specifically, I wondered — half-seriously — Is there a way to take ego death for a test drive? Just a day, perhaps? What would it be like to move through the world with no ‘me’ at the centre?
When the Work Wasn’t the Problem..
Walking away from startup life didn’t create meaning. But Vedanta slowly revealed that the “problem” was never outside — it was the sense of self at the centre.
What is Vedanta? A talk that helped me re-enter
A lucid, talk-based introduction to Advaita Vedanta — through a talk by Swami Sarvapriyananda that helped me reconnect with this tradition after years of drifting. Part primer, part reflection, it marks the quiet beginning of this current arc of inquiry.
Simply Vedanta 