What is the difference between Sanatan Dharma and Arya Samaj. How do we understand what has really got the validity, in which direction should our firmness be so that our resolve is settled once and for all. We will know the answers to all these questions in this podcast. 

Sanatan Dharma I Arya Samaj I Expression of Gratitude

Misconceptions and misunderstandings about our own undated culture caused by those envious of hashtag#Bharat, those envious of Eternal Values (hashtag#sanatandharma), can be well understood not when they are spoken by intellectuals but when they are spoken by those who have realised them, live them and serve their life to expound them while maintaining a low profile, revelling in themselves and have no wantings from the the world outside.

Inquire. Know the secrets!!

Veda I Vedant I Upanishad I Karma I Non Dual Reality

Knowing that something is tempting but is wrong, most still gravitate towards it. Be it small habits or massive blunders. Why does this happen? In this conversation, Swami ji points about in detail about our sub-surface motivating factors, known as vaasna (वासना), explaining their roots, how they occur and how we can change them. 

Every enquiring mind should know that the philosophy & science of Vedanta, from where Swami ji draws inspiration and his teachings, is not based on any single founder, rather it is based on eternal principles. 

What are Impressions

The whole purpose of Bhagwadgita is that in a life full of action, our inner faculties like the mind and intellect, should also purify. The Gita negates actions which result in our inner faculties becoming jealous, aggressive, selfish, and unmindful. With all modern comforts, man is still not at peace. That's some contradiction.

The Gita is known as the “Manual for Life” by the most revered global philosophers. Catch this episode for more details

Purify the Inner Faculties

The word Dharma is not at all equivalent to Religion, but its wrong understanding and usage has made it not only equivalent but equal to Religion.

It's important for anyone who has a longing to know about sanatandharma to know what dharma is. Understanding the word Dharma, has a deep profound influence on our conduct, on leadership behaviour. Episode 8 contains a detailed expounding on this.

Dharma is NOT Religion 

In the episode 7, Swami ji elucidates on secularism and colonialism in the context of sanatan dharma or Eternal Principles. I think that these episodes have a bearing on how we lead ourselves, and that's important to lead business, institutions and society.

The luminaries of India (Bharat), who framed the constitution, did not include secularism then. Why was it amended later? Did you know that our original constitution had a picture of Ram. What was the reason for this? What was the thinking?

Secularism is धर्म निर्पेक्षता और पंथ निर्पेक्षता

Episode 6 of "Who is My Charioteer" focusses on some of the most important aspects of dharma & adhyaatm often translated in English as religion & spirituality. Catch the depth of these insights and decide for yourself if it the impact of colonisation on most of us or sheer ignorance or both that a vast majority of have failed to recognise the great values of bhartiya culture & sanatandharma.

What is Dharma, What is Adhyaatm & What do they fundamentally mean

In the 5th episode of "Who is My Charioteer", we discuss the difference between Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. What are the inner qualities that distinguish the two? And how do such qualities lead to the building of a holistic person imbibed with values.
Do join me in growing the flame of courage & conviction.

What is the Role of Visiting Holy Places

Today we release the fourth episode of “Who is My Charioteer”. This 4th episode addresses our question “What is श्रद्धा / Shraddha, Is there a difference between Shraddha and blind following? Where does Shraddha emanate from?
BhagawadGita’s Chapter 17 is entirely dedicated to Shraddha.

To gain distilled knowledge about Shraddha and to know if your Shraddha is rightful or not, do tune in.

What is Shraddha

Episode 3 of “Who is My Charioteer” is a discussion on what is the meaning of “Sanatan” (Eternal) and why is it often said “Sanatan Dharma” or Eternal way of living/life.
This eternity, timelessness, this universality is a way of life, and not a religion. This is not mandated by anybody, it is not history, it is the very basis for one’s interactions because it is something one is manifested with. The two words, Sanatan & Dharma go hand in hand. They convey that the means cannot be flouted to achieve the end.
“In-Joy” and come along to grow the flame of courage and conviction.

What is Sanatan & What is Sanatan Dharma

It’s Thursday, time to release our 2nd episode of “Who is My Charioteer”? In this we ask Swami ji, to help us to understand “What is Dharma”, a word so noble and inclusive in meaning but highly misunderstood.

"Dharma" is something by which our greatest Indian thinkers like Mahatma Gandhi, Radhakarishnan, Bal Gangadhar Tilak were inspired. The complete theme of Mahabharat is “यतो धर्म: ततो जय:”, (where there is Dharma, there is victory) and yet the idea of "Dharma" has been reduced today to a ritual or personal fancy. It is a word which has been confused and even replaced with religion. In a few words, Dharma is (1) living the eternal values in day to day life, (2) reaching the peak of human potential/existence and (3) doing that which is in the interest of all.

Catch the details here in this candid explanation. And join me in growing the flame of courage and conviction.

What is Dharma

The title "Who is My Charioteer" stems from he thought that if the
Charioteer is Me, what is Me? Is it my body, or my mind, or my intellect? By
their very nature all of them are limited and perishable. Can it be them? Everything which moves, moves on something which is stationery. Similarly, everything which is perishable should also have an anchorage. So is there someone or something which is the watcher, the enlivener, of all what is limited & perishable, something which does not have any over-lordship,
nothing more supreme to it?

It is difficult to distil such conversations into a single episode, given the nature of subjectivity and the need for making it contemporary to the listeners. Moreover many of us suffer from deep conditionings so the subject has to be dealt from various angles.

Today, June 1st, we release the 1st episode, in which our question is about "What is the Human Quest"? Where do we draw a line? Do we need to draw a line?

Go ahead and watch the episode to find out.

Who is my charioteer?