By Dr Janki Santoke

A new year and a new chance for us to renew our vows on our spiritual path. A new opportunity to engage in more progressive activities and minimise time wasters. And we have a new cover for the journal....

By Shivansh Sood

This essay examines love, cult, and the ego-self as distinct yet interconnected experiences. Through a Vedantic lens, each is revealed as an expression of avidya (ignorance) and as a veil obscuring the Self (atman). By analyzing their nature and resolution, the essay argues that true freedom arises not from clinging to love or cult, nor defending the ego, but through Self-knowledge (atma jnana), which reveals Brahman as the only reality....

By Dhiraj Malik

This article outlines a three-stage framework for understanding the ego’s role in spiritual development, challenging the common belief that progress requires “killing the ego.” Drawing on Vedantic teachings, it reframes the spiritual path as the ego’s own journey through distinct phases of growth: the conditioning stage, the cleansing stage, and the reorientation stage....

By Deepraj Dutta

Hedonism is the philosophical position that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure or happiness and the avoidance of pain through sensory experiences. Interestingly, Vedanta doesn’t hold an opposing view; it acknowledges that the purpose of life is indeed the pursuit of happiness, in fact, not just any happiness but the ultimate happiness, paramanandam (the ultimate bliss)....

By Moumeeta Mohanty

This article explores the intertwined rise of Nyaya and Vedanta as two of India’s central philosophical traditions. Nyaya codified in the Nyaya Sutra, made reasoning itself a discipline of liberation, while Vedanta, rooted in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, pursued ultimate meaning in the identity of Self and Brahman. Vedanta drew upon Nyaya’s logical precision to defend its non-dual vision, a synthesis exemplified by Gaudapada....

By Jayshree Makwana

This article details my personal journey toward intentional living through the precepts of Vedanta. Motivated by a need for purpose, I used constant self-inquiry to guide my choices. My search for meaning culminated at the Vedanta Wisdom Trust, where, in an epiphany, I discovered my purpose at the site of the proposed Vedanta Wisdom University....