Ancient Indian texts contain deep wisdom because they deal with timeless subjects such as spirituality and human mind. Through deep meditation and other techniques, masters of those time were able to come up with gifts to humanity, like yoga and meditation. They were able to study human mind in a way modern science still struggles to. By going back to their writings, we have an opportunity to learn directly from them.
When I mention “ancient Indian texts” in my articles, I am referring to Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharat, and Ramayan.
In this section, we have a collection of articles that relate to this topic of ancient Indian texts.
Scientific Spirituality: A scientific, experiment-based approach towards spiritualism and ancient Indian texts could serve us well.
The Copernicus Logic: Just as Copernicus’s revolutionary heliocentric theory was difficult to appreciate due to the enormity of its scope, Indian epics are not easy to fathom in one step. It’s probably better if one starts small and focuses on whether the practical guidelines on meditation, yoga, and work are personally beneficial and bring happiness.
Why one should read the ancient Indian epics: This note talks about the spiritual value people get from these epics.
All spiritualism through one meditation technique? Could one meditation-breathing technique replicate most of the things taught by Bhagwad Gita, the epitome of Indian spiritual heritage?
Interpreting Ramayan: Going deeper into this great Indian epic to find profound lessons on life and spirituality.
Controlling the mind: It is possible to acquire significant level of control over one’s mind and thereby lead happier lives. The approach may need to be radically different from what you might expect.
Controlling the mind – Article 2: Second in the series of articles on controlling the mind based on learnings from the Indian epic of Mahabharat. Here I cover the bad actors within the mind.
Controlling the mind – Article 3: Third in the series of articles on controlling the mind based on learnings from the Indian epic of Mahabharat. This post covers the good actors within the mind that make us more spiritual, at peace, and happy.
What about God: Everyone appears to have a personal relationship with God. Even atheists appear to ignore or disbelieve Him with a passion. Does He have a role to play in a personal spiritual journey?
There is no happiness without mental peace: We all are searching for happiness that is unconditional – wherein the mind does not set conditions for itself to be happy and is happy regardless of what is going on. And, unconditional happiness can only come from keeping the mind peaceful. Effective techniques of meditation can help.
Experience Heaven in this life itself: One does not need to wait for an after-life to experience what heaven feels like. But it needs focus, effort, and persistence.
Desire is the root-cause of all suffering: There is a toxic tendency within us to reflexively never be satisfied and always want something more. This prevents us from being happy. Spiritual techniques weaken this tendency and make us happier regardless of what is happening around us.
Chitt Vritti Nirodh: Yoga is not about performance of physical exercise or about physical fitness. Its objective is to bring absolute peace to the mind.
A thought experiment on God and His universe: starting with basic assumptions about God and drawing interesting conclusions that are also broadly in line with ancient Indian texts.
Matter, mind, and senses: Bhagwad Gita says that matter and senses have been co-designed in a specific manner so as to enable matter to engender specific reactions from the mind. Modern science confirms that matter, surprisingly, behaves differently when it is interacting with our senses.
Video-game analogy: using a modern analogy to explain the reality according to the ancient Indian texts.