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What Is the True Nature of Atman and Brahman?
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What Is the True Nature of Atman and Brahman?

Who am I, really — not my body, not my thoughts? The Bhagwat Puran, Yogavasishtha and Upanishads on the true, undivided nature of Atman and Brahman.

Nripendra Mishra29 Jul 2026
What Practices Lead to Experiencing the Oneness of Atman and Brahman?
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What Practices Lead to Experiencing the Oneness of Atman and Brahman?

Ramana Maharshi said you'll never experience God — because you already are God. The Bhagwat Puran, Gita and Yogavasishtha on the practices that reveal this oneness.

Nripendra Mishra29 Jul 2026
Attachment vs. Duty — How Can You Tell Them Apart?
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Attachment vs. Duty — How Can You Tell Them Apart?

A mother and a doctor both care deeply — but one is attachment, the other duty. The Gita, Yogavasishtha and Vivekachudamani on where the real line falls.

Nripendra Mishra29 Jul 2026
Knowing Scripture vs. Being Changed By It — What the Yogavasishtha Calls Jnanabandhu and Jnani
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Knowing Scripture vs. Being Changed By It — What the Yogavasishtha Calls Jnanabandhu and Jnani

There's a world of difference between quoting wisdom and living it. The Yogavasishtha calls these jnanabandhu and jnani — and the line between them is sharper than it looks.

Nripendra Mishra29 Jul 2026
What Is the True Nature of Moha — and How Is It Different From Love?
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What Is the True Nature of Moha — and How Is It Different From Love?

Moha and love look alike from the outside but work in opposite directions. Love gives, moha grips. Drawing on the Yogavasishtha, Vivekachudamani and Bhagavad Gita.

Nripendra Mishra29 Jul 2026
Clinging- When the Infinite Mistakes Itself for the Finite
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Clinging- When the Infinite Mistakes Itself for the Finite

An inquiry into moha — why the infinite soul mistakes itself for finite. Yogavasishtha, Bhagavad Gita and Vivekachudamani on clinging and the nature of freedom.

Nripendra Mishra9 Jun 2026