Hindu Philosophy Obeisance to Sri Kapila Muni, the founder of the Sankhya system of philosophy, the son of Brahma, the Avatara of Vishnu. The word ‘Sankhya’ means ‘number’. The system gives an enumeration of the principles of the universe, twenty-five in number. Hence the name is quite appropriate. The term ‘Sankhya’ is used in the…

This is the 18th verse from The Bhagavad Gita from Chapter IV, the commentary is given Sri Swami Sivananda कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥१८॥ He who seeth inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a Yogi and performer of all…

सनातन का अर्थ है “Eternal and Perennial Truth”— शाश्वत और  सतत सत्य। कृष्णमूर्ति के शब्दों में, यह “What Is” है। It is a given. You can’t do anything about it. इसलिए इसमें तर्क नहीं है। यह तो बस है। जैसा है, वैसा है। इसे पहचानना होता है। समझने जैसा कुछ नहीं है। सिर्फ देखना होता…

Q&A with Sri Ramana Maharshi (Master) Is there any way of adoring the Supreme which is all, except by abiding firmly as that! Disciple: Master! What is the means to gain the state of eternal bliss, ever devoid of misery? Master: Apart from the statement in the Veda that wherever there is body there is misery, this is…

J. Krishnamurti IT BEGAN TO rain gently enough, but suddenly it was as though the heavens had opened and there was a deluge. In the street the water was almost knee-deep, and it was well over the pavement. There was not a flutter among the leaves, and they too were silent in their surprise. A…

J. Krishnamurti Questioner: I have read a great deal of philosophy, psychology, religion and politics, all of which to a greater or lesser degree are concerned with human relationships. I have also read your books which all deal with thought and ideas, and somehow I’m fed up with it all. I have swum in an…