The “Heart” in Spiritual Teachings

The "Heart" in Spiritual Teachings

I had earlier written about navigating the proverbial Heart v/s Mind conflict situation. This refers to a logic v/s emotional dilemma. ‘Heart’ is used in these situations to mean the emotional or illogical desire. Cultivating a ‘sense’ of the situation is the solution. The sense of the situation goes deeper than both logic and emotion. […]

Spiritual Infrastructure: The Indian Heritage

Spiritual Infrastructure

Just a quick note about what I mean with this term because it is not often heard. The dictionary meaning of Infrastructure is:  the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. So for spiritual sadhana – what is the infrastructure that […]

Religion and Spirituality (and धर्म)

This is something I have been wanting to address for a while. I was waiting for more clarity about it but also just the time to actually sit and write it out. In a lot of my blogs I keep referring to “Religion/Spirituality” and not only ‘Spirituality’ – what I mean by this is that […]

Renunciation: A Look At Its Meaning & Associated Myths

Renunciation quote by Vivekananda

Lately I have a new interest – Podcasts. Podcasts aren’t really new to the online space and I am a digital marketeer, but I have just very recently connected with the joy of podcast listening. 😉 It was prompted by a vitamin deficiency driven insomnia. At night, I would lie down and rest my eyes. […]

Introduction to the Ashtavakra Gita

Ashtavakra Gita

The great and well known Bhagavad Gita was a discourse between Arjun and Krishna in the moment of Arjun’s great confusion on the battlefield, while the lesser known but amazing Ashtavakra Gita is between Ashtavakra and Janaka. And here Janaka is in a different state as a devotee and seeker. He is a king and has […]

The Meaning of ‘Hindu’ & Why It is Important

Recently a Twitter conversation with friends, @priyankawriting It can be beneficial I should think. — Anubha (@teatattler) April 28, 2016 @priyankawriting mandatory is fine I guess. They could do away with including it in the whole “marks” thing, yes. — Anubha (@teatattler) April 28, 2016 @priyankawriting it’s the “Indian” institute of technology after all, doesn’t […]

Towards Spirituality: Delving into Meaning of Words

This is the first article in a series where I share some simple exercises which help bring clarity to life. If you have read some of my previous blogs, I am often miffed at the inane conversation that keeps happening around me. Apart from the inanity, I also realized that while people keep using certain words and […]

What is Spirituality?

The thing that often sets me apart from people is that I like to have some idea about what I am talking. So one more of the big reasons why I usually refrained from talking about Spirituality is because firstly I need to be clear about what is “Spirituality” fundamentally. I would urge you to […]