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A story from Mundaka Upanishad66

A story from Mundaka Upanishad

I just read this ancient story from Mundaka Upanishada again and felt many on hubpages may enjoy it. Hope you do. It does give a feeling for basic idea of Advaita Vedanta philosophy mingled with ritualistic idea of Karma in a very colorful style.

25 comments    india philosophy hinduism
Truth-what it is77

Truth-what it is

August 9, 2009 Basic ideas from Ancient Indian Philosophy-Duel of Brahman and Maya I continue with cultural and philosophical discussions. I want to describe some of the basic ideas from ancient Indian philosophies. I will also describe some...

131 comments    god spirituality school
ANCIENT INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS74

ANCIENT INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS

  Indian Philosophical Schools FOCUS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY In ancient India, philosophy was known by different names. Around 900 BC philosophy was known as BRAHMODYA that is speculative discussion of BRAHMAN, the holy power and...

3 comments    god philosophy yoga
The Eight Limbs of Yoga72

The Eight Limbs of Yoga

There are eight main branches to yoga. Most people in the west are familiar with hatha yoga and to a lessor extent, bhakti yoga. In India and nearby regions, practitioners of yoga know that it is a way of life encompassing all aspects thereof.

2 comments    yoga wisdom devotion
Adi Shankaracharya Non duality Advaita Philosophy70

Adi Shankaracharya Non duality Advaita Philosophy

Adi Shankaracharya is a great hindu saint born in 788 CE ; around 8 th century. He is known as the Jagadguru or the Master of the universe in spiritual knowledge. His experince of truth or the ultimate real...

2 comments    freedom philosophy gold
Science- spiritualism - a  useless fight74

Science- spiritualism - a useless fight

Science- spiritualism - a useless fight Soumyasrajan November 20, 2011 I am again going in comment mode, as some times, I do. I am publishing as an article, a comment, I had published on the site speakingtree.com (ST for Speaking Tree). This site...

29 comments    science relgion advaita vedanta
Love and God59

Love and God

Life is not about success. Success is a term that is rooted in desire and selfishness. Even spiritual success if selfishness. For that matter, so is selfless love, if it has a motive. Every love has a motive, be it unconditional or not, for it...

0 comments    love god religion
What is Vedanta?53

What is Vedanta?

Vedanta refers to one of ancient Indian philosophy which discusses about nature of beings and the world. It is one of the six traditional systems of philosophies that India developed in last 7000 years; others being - Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya,...

0 comments    india dualism veda
Training Courses for Aspiring Yoga Teachers76

Training Courses for Aspiring Yoga Teachers

Students face a lot of challenges in their efforts of learning yoga and mastering it. But a bigger challenge is faced by yoga teachers. After all, they will serve as the guiding hand that will lead students...

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Nothing short of an atrocity - I hoped Britain was over this.52

Nothing short of an atrocity - I hoped Britain was over this.

Should we be surprised? I have decided to write this article, if nothing else, to draw some attention to this story I have just seen that has already caused some protests in England. British company...

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