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Atma vs Anatma Explained: A Scholar’s Guide to Inner Freedom, Clarity, and Lasting Peace
This in-depth guide clarifies the difference between Atma (the changeless witness) and Anatma (all that arises and passes), showing why this insight is the key to inner freedom and lasting peace. Drawing on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, Sāṅkhya-Yoga, and Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, it presents multiple, mutually reinforcing methods: Pancha Kosha Viveka, Drg-Drsya Viveka, Avasthātraya analysis,…
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The Unchanging Supreme Self: Uddhava Gita’s Profound Guide to Inner Freedom in Turbulent Times
The Uddhava Gita teaches that the supreme self (ātman) remains unchanged and unaffected by the material world, a principle that is both philosophically rigorous and practically transformative. Set within the Bhagavata Purana, it integrates Vedānta’s discernment with Bhakti’s warmth and Karma Yoga’s responsibility to offer a complete path to moksha. The text’s emphasis on the…
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Rajjusarpa Nyaya Explained: Rope–Snake Illusion, Maya, and Non-Dual Reality in Vedanta
Rajjusarpa Nyayathe rope–snake maximclarifies Advaita Vedanta’s account of Maya, avidya, and Brahman by showing how compelling illusions arise and how true knowledge sublates them. The analogy situates three orders of reality, explains error through adhyasa and anirvachaniya khyati, and illuminates the method of adhyaropa–apavada used by Sankara. It engages parallel insights in Buddhism, Jainism, and…