When people utter the word nature, we immediately assume that the person is referring to something that is obvious. “What is your nature?” “His natural instinct is pessimistic” “It is but a natural tendency to

Here is a story of a householder called Saunaka, who reaches a forest to find the famous Hindu sage, Sage Angiras. He approaches the Sage reverentially and beseeches “O Holy Sage, teach me that through

People often confuse Non attachment (“Vairagya”) with Ignorance (“Agyanata”) An ascetic who wanders across the world is often seen as a Vairagi, the one who has abandoned the material world and is believed to have obtained

People wonder what is the “real” source of all the knowledge that exists. The answer is Mind. Every human being in this planet has all the knowledge hidden in his mind, it is just that

Once upon a time, a 10 year old accompanied his grandfather from a rural village to a big city. The child was surprised how city life was different from village life. Things were so different

Every person imagines himself to be someone. Regardless of his/her karma and social status, every person thinks he is important enough and that other people should know who he is and treat him accordingly. This

Every person has a situational truth which continuously evolves. Human beings do not have an exact measure of who they are, for if they already knew who they are, they would never be unhappy. There

Chanakya (Kautilya) was a famous Indian philosopher, teacher, economist, author and an advisor to the Indian king Chandragupta Maurya. Chanakya authored the famous political treatise – Arthasashtra (Economics) which lays out the foundations of how

When defining the “Dharma” of an individual, Hinduism uses “Varna” as one metric and “Ashram” (stage) as another. Varna decides the duties of an individual on a broad level while “Ashram”(stage) decides the duties on

Here are some interesting facts about Draupadi 1. According to many folk tales, Draupadi was secretly in love with Karna. She admits to Krishna that she had a soft corner for him. Folklore states that