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Universal Ideas from Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras on Mind and Mental Health - Philosophy and Practice

The construction of the models of mind and mental health from the Western paradigm is demonstrably incomplete, attempting symptomatic relief. This has led to the utter neglect of the inner world, self-awareness, experiential realities and insights from the Indic Knowledge Systems (such as Yoga, Vedānta, Āyurveda etc.).

Chopra et al. 0 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Conversion to Hindu Dharma - Past Precedents, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities

Can one (particularly a non-Indian foreigner) convert to Hindu Dharma? How does caste feature in this (if at all)? What are the basic duties of a Hindu convert, who may not have any particular sampradāya affiliation?

Ghora Angirasa, Kavita Krishna Meegama 23 min read

Bodhas

Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava

On this Aṣṭamī, we look at how festivals are to time what temples are to space - they are gradients of divinity.

Pankaj Saxena 13 min read

Dharma Today

Oral Storytelling Traditions

A rounded coverage of the oral storytelling traditions that prevail among old cultures around the world, and especially in India.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 9 min read

Culture And Policy

Indian Civilizational Consciousness

A short essay on this Independence Day, that re-examines the meaning of 'Indian civilizational consciousness' from the dhātus.

Amritanshu Pandey 10 min read

Bodhas

How To Best Live? Answers From Ancient India

How to live life best has always been the human pondering. Ancient India had the right answer- Puruṣārtha, or the four aims of life.

Jash Dholani 7 min read

Bodhas

Fractal Maṇḍala 1- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

The Fractal Maṇḍala is Indian civilizational consciousness: multi-level coherent. Here we draw from Indian macrohistory to evidence this.

Amritanshu Pandey 23 min read

Bodhas

A Review of Ante Sundaraniki

A Review of Ante Sundaraniki, the second piece in our cultural reviews of Indian cinema, puts the Telugu film 'Ante Sundaraniki' under lens.

Anshuman Panda, Kavita Krishna Meegama 21 min read

Cinema And Books

As Seen on TV – Cultural Review of Cinema

As Seen on TV introduces Bṛhat's cultural review of cinema lens, where we examine the impact movies have played in shaping India.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 5 min read

Cinema And Books

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Universal Ideas from Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras on Mind and Mental Health - Philosophy and Practice

Conversion to Hindu Dharma - Past Precedents, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities

Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava

Oral Storytelling Traditions

Indian Civilizational Consciousness

How To Best Live? Answers From Ancient India

Fractal Maṇḍala 1- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

A Review of Ante Sundaraniki

As Seen on TV – Cultural Review of Cinema