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What Man Wants – An Elucidation of Indian Culture in the Light of Four Purusharthas

(A slightly edited version of this is published in the December 2012 special issue of Vedanta Kesari, a monthly journal of Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) First Three Goals of Life The ambitions and goals of each person seem to be unique. … Continue reading

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What Man Wants

(A slightly edited version of this is published in the December 2012 special issue of Vedanta Kesari, a monthly journal of Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) First Three Goals of Life The ambitions and goals of each person seem to be unique. … Continue reading

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What is the Truth?

The senses and mind are designed only to study objects. They do not have access to the subject which is behind the senses and the mind. Similarly, the senses and mind are designed only to study the properties of objects. … Continue reading

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Who is God?

Each of our bodies consists of innumerable cells, each of which is a living being by itself. Still, we identify it as our body. Similarly, what we call our ideas and thoughts are based on the ideas and thoughts that … Continue reading

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Law of Karma

Freewill is the foundation of all actions of man and the possibility of man to improve himself. Exercise of freewill is in the context of a cause-and-effect system in the world. Every result should be appropriate to the action causing … Continue reading

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