Essays

Not to be confused with Brahma, the Hindu god of creation/manifestation, Brahman literally means "great" or "the Big." The implication is...

There’s that old adage that says “ignorance is bliss.” What it implies is not knowing equals having no worries. As human beings we worry...

The 8th century teacher of Advaita Vedanta, Shankaracharya, noted at the beginning of his commentary on the Brahma Sutras that avidya is...