(Synthesis of All Teachings) My dear one. You have been searching for a very long time. You have read the texts, tried the techniques, sat

(Puranas — Kisa Gotami’s Story from Buddhist-Hindu Tradition) A young mother came to the teacher with her dead child in her arms. She could not

(Gurus) There is a paradox at the heart of the Guru-shishya relationship. You cannot earn the Guru’s grace. You cannot be good enough to deserve

(Upanishads — Taittiriya) You think you are one thing. You are actually five. The Taittiriya Upanishad describes five sheaths — koshas — that envelop the

(Puranas and Kitchen Practice) In every Vedic ritual, fire is central. Agni — the fire god — is the first deity invoked in the Rigveda.

(Upanishads — Brihadaranyaka) Yajnavalkya, the great sage, decided to retire to the forest. He called his two wives — Katyayani and Maitreyi — and said