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Identifying the Cosmos: A Theosophical Study of the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad

Abstract Whereas all major theosophical literatures of the Abrahamic religions have pondered over the act of creation and the cataclysm of the cosmos, none did ever venture to scientifically elucidate its identity. Let alone be Abrahamic faiths, tracing the identity of the cosmos has also lurked in obscurity even in the pagan and heathen cultures […]

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Decrypting the Caṇḍī Saptaśatī: An Assertion of the Philogynist Structure of Ancient India

Abstract If theosophy has to be feminized and femininity has to be theosophized, the opus would perhaps embosom the nomenclature of the Caṇḍī Saptaśatī. Just like the Bhāgavad Gītā, the Caṇḍī Saptaśatī is not an independent text by itself, but rather a compendium extracted from the Mārkaṇdeya Purāṇa, namely the seven hundred ślokas asserted from

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The Seven Strata of Poverty and Their Solutions in the Sanātana Dharma

Abstract Whenever the word ‘poverty’ pierces our eardrums, our brain instantly conceptualizes it as a paradigm of “lack of money”, almost without any hesitation. Undoubtedly, this is the first and the foremost of all, but it is certainly inadequate to express the plethora of problems that are associated with the word, or the ‘term’ as

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Amalgamation of the Aphorisms of the Gita and the Aesthetics of Anglicism in Selected Life-exploring Poems of Sri Aurobindo

“Soul, exceed life’s boundariness; Spirit, surpass the universe.” — Sri Aurobindo Introduction During the Golden Era of the Roman Empire, it was ruled by the triumvirate of Augustus Caesar, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus. It would not be a hyperbole if we state that the Golden Era of Bengali literature was also dominated by the

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Demystifying Yoga: An Explication of the Yogakalpa in Svāmī Nigamānanda’s Yogīguru

Abstract The literature of the yoga, from Patañjali’s Yogasūtra to Sri Aurobindo’s The Life Divine, has been exuberantly esoteric in nature. Most of them have been tantalizingly ciphered in such a way that grasping them often appears to be a Herculean task for an ordinary person. Even our contemporary masters of yoga are not free

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Teach by Action: A Brief Glance at Śrī Caitanya’s Life & Deeds (Śrī Caitanya and Society Series – I)

    There are gods, there are demigods, there are deities, there are celestial beings, there are legends, there are heroes, and then there are those who are beyond or consisting of all the titles. Śrī Caitanya is one such figure. Whereas some consider him as an avatāra of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, others hail him as a mahāpuruṣa (a great man).

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The Story, Symbol, and Significance of Siddhidātrī

Story When the evil rose to the shore, The devatās knocked at devī’s door: She redeemed their long-lost glory As I narrate those in my story.     The goddess, divine and motherly, has incarnated time and again in as many forms as imaginable! Whenever the nefarious forces surmount the apogee and every nook and corner of auspice wails

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The Story, Symbol, and Significance of Mahāgaurī

Story     Remember when Śatī relinquished her body in the yajña at king Dakṣa’s palace and resurrected as Pārvatī to perform severe penance? She was born with a fair and glowing complexion. However, as she underwent tremendous austerity, her physique decayed and her fair complexion tanned to negritude. When she eventually succeeded in her sādhanā and secured the boon from

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