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Purushottama Yoga: Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita – A Gist of Vedanta Philosophy

Posted on May 25, 2021 by gokulmuthu

India has always been and continues to be a dynamic ground for religion and philosophy. Many of the world’s living religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism have their birth in India. Many of the major religions from other cultures … Continue reading →

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Sadhana Panchakam in the Bhagavad Gita

Posted on December 21, 2020 by gokulmuthu

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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Rumi’s Philosophy

Posted on October 31, 2020 by gokulmuthu

(I prepared this as a part of an assignment for a course.) The Sufi tradition claims its origin with the Prophet’s son-in-law Ali abn Abi Talib. It has incorporated the teachings of several spiritual traditions around the world like Christianity, … Continue reading →

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The Three Goddesses of Navaratri

Posted on October 25, 2020 by gokulmuthu

(An edited version of this article was published in the October 2025 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) Navaratri is the annual Hindu festival of worship of God in the form of Goddesses for … Continue reading →

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Panca Kosha Viveka – Analysis of the Five Sheaths

Posted on August 15, 2020 by gokulmuthu

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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