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Sadhana Panchakam in the Bhagavad Gita

The Sadhana Panchakam of Sri Adi Sankaracharya is very popular. In that, forty sadhanas (साधना) or spiritual disciplines are given in five verses. Here is a set of five slokas in the Bhagavad Gita that gives a sequence of about … Continue reading

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Panca Kosha Viveka – Analysis of the Five Sheaths

The Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and other texts like Tattvabodha present an analysis of panca koshas (five sheaths) that manifest our individuality. We can understand our true nature by this analysis. The outermost sheath is the annamaya kosha (physical sheath). This … Continue reading

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Meditation According to Bhagavad Gita

Meditation is an important discipline in spiritual life. Bhagavad Gita talks about several aspects of meditation in detail. Continue reading

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What is Bhakti (devotion)?

There is a Supreme Being to whom this whole Universe is the physical body, all the life in the Universe is a manifestation of His life and all the minds of all beings is a manifestation of His mind. The … Continue reading

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Truth, Path and Guru

The Truth is that there are no real individuals. The individuality that I experience is an illusion. In reality, I am Pure Conscious Existence. I am a mere Witness to every experience. Everything else is Nature. This includes the world … Continue reading

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