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From Mumbai Dawn to Metaphysics: Resolving to Live by the Soul (jivatma) with Clarity
This essay reframes an ordinary Mumbai dawn as an entry point into a rigorous inquiry about jivatma—the soul—as treated in Hindu philosophy and Vedanta. It explains why the soul hypothesis remains philosophically plausible through identity continuity, the hard problem of consciousness, and the reality of normativity and agency. Readers gain a comparative view across dharmic…
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What Happens After Death? Garuda Purana’s Vivid Journey of the Soul, Karma, and Liberation
The Garuda Purana’s teachings on what happens after death combine vivid narrative with careful ethics and ritual guidance. Rather than inducing fear, these descriptions function as moral instruction, emphasizing accountability (karma), communal care (śrāddha and piṇḍa-dāna), and the ultimate aim of liberation (moksha). Read alongside Upaniṣadic psychology, death can be seen as akin to deep…
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Karma and the Realized Soul in Hinduism: Sanchita, Prarabdha, Agami and Jivanmukti Explained
This article explains how the threefold classification of karma in Hinduism—sanchita, prarabdha, and agami—operates for both seekers and the realized person in Advaita Vedanta. It shows why Self-knowledge nullifies sanchita, prevents the accrual of agami, and yet allows prarabdha to complete its course until the body’s end. Readers gain scriptural grounding from the Bhagavad Gita…
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Sacred Yet Transient: How Hindu Philosophy Illuminates the Soul’s Journey and the Body’s Role
Hindu philosophy presents the body as a sacred yet impermanent vessel for the eternal Atman, a view memorably expressed in Bhagavad Gita 2:22. Understanding this distinction encourages reverence for embodied life while cultivating non-attachment. The model of sthula, sukshma, and Karana Sharira explains experience across physical, mental, and karmic layers, clarifying why ethical action matters.…
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At Death the Mind Shapes Destiny: Insights from Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.36–45
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.36–45 teaches that the mind’s thinking, feeling, and willing at death direct the next embodiment. The principle links karma with a moral psychology in which habits and intentions shape destiny. Readers gain a practical framework: daily remembrance, scriptural study, meditation, and service stabilize attention and prepare consciousness for a peaceful transition. The message…
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Soul’s Prayer in the Womb: Transformative Insights on Jiva and the Five Elements (SB 3.31.14)
This post distills HG Anuttama Prabhu’s talk on Srimad Bhagavatam 3.31.14, where the soul in the womb prays to the Lord and recognizes separation while encased in a body of five elements. It clarifies how bhakti practice, supported by kirtan and scriptural reflection, can turn limitation into a catalyst for self-realization. The discussion uses a…
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A Mother’s Final Words: A Complete Breakthrough in Dharmic Understanding of the Eternal Self
A late-night call informed that a mother had passed, yet her final words—“I’m not this body… I’m going to Krsna!”—reframed grief into reflective calm. The account situates her transformation within dharmic perspectives on the self, liberation, and impermanence. It connects Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh insights, showing how they converge ethically on fearlessness, compassion, and…
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Atman in Karmic Religions
atman, (Sanskrit: “self,” “breath”) one of the most basic concepts in Sanatan, the universal self, identical with the eternal core of the personality that after death either transmigrates to a new life or attains release (moksha) from the bonds of existence. As Karmic religions like Hinduism (and its various sects), Jainism, Buddhism & Sikhism arose…