Discernment helps us distinguish the right from the wrong, the good from the bad, the healthy from the unhealthy. When it is time to choose, we instinctively choose to attach ourselves to whatever makes us happy and detach from whatever makes us unhappy. Thus detachment is a natural follow-up to discernment. What does this mean to my life as a spiritual seeker?
Discernment (Viveka)
Spiritual Fitness 3
Spiritual Fitness 2
Spiritual Fitness (Adhikāra)
Real, Unreal, & "Apparently Real"
Where Will I Go After Death?
What Survives Death and What Doesn't
Mental Impressions (Saṁskāra)
Cosmic Person (Virāṭ)
Cosmic Play (Līlā)
Many Windows, One Truth
What is the significance of Sri Ramakrishna’s cryptic statement: যত মত, তত পথ, “As many faiths, so many paths”? It is possible to visualize a room with windows looking out at the vast expanse outside. The windows are small but the view they reveal is vast. The windows are many, but the view is one and the same. What do we learn from all this?
Can a Religion Be Bad?
The Art of Dying
Among all the uncertainties of life, there is only one thing absolutely certain—and that is, we will die one day. We plan for many things that may or may not happen. Do we have a plan for our eventual death? A death without any preparation can be a disaster. With preparation and planning, it becomes an art, which transforms the inevitable into an opportunity to be wise and free.