Pravachana · प्रवचन
Extended explorations of scripture, philosophy, and contemporary questions from the Dharmic perspective. Audio, video, and written discourses — published on Ekadashi and at the new moon.
The opening scene of the Bhagavad Gita has puzzled commentators for millennia: why does Arjuna collapse precisely when action is most required? This discourse examines the crisis of Arjuna not as a historical event but as the universal human experience of facing dharma under pressure — and what Krishna's response reveals about the nature of consciousness, duty, and the self.
Listen to Discourse →What does the teaching that "all is Brahman" actually mean for how we live — in our relationships, our politics, our inner lives?
Three words from the Chandogya Upanishad that collapse the distance between the self and the infinite. A close reading of one of Hinduism's four great sayings.
The Yoga Sutras, the Gita, and the Upanishads contain sophisticated models of psychological health that are only now being recognized by modern science.
The bhakti saints — Kabir, Mirabai, Tukaram — did not merely write devotional poetry. They dismantled caste hierarchy through the theology of divine love.
The most misunderstood concept in Hindu philosophy, clarified. Maya does not mean the world is an illusion. It means something far more interesting and far more demanding.
Chapter 2, verse 47 is perhaps the most quoted verse in all of Hindu literature. This discourse unpacks what Krishna actually means — and why it is not passive resignation.