The Earth Is My Mother — Reverence for the Five Elements, and the Protection of the Small
Mātā bhūmiḥ putro ahaṃ pṛthivyāḥ — the Earth is my mother, and I am her child. To protect her body and to protect the child, the mother,…
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Brahma Vidyā — The Knowledge of the Vast, and the Lineage Born of a Mind
A young man named Bhṛgu walks up to his father Varuṇa and asks the only question that matters. From that hunger rises brahma-vidyā — the knowle…
The Book of Books — Rāmacaritamānasa of Tulsīdās: A Living Text for a World in Exile
Two Rishis walked in one morning carrying something wrapped in red cloth. What they placed on our altar has been sitting in the yoga hall ever since …
The Origin of the Mahavidyas: Sati, Daksha, and the Ten Great Wisdoms
The Puranic story of Sati’s confrontation with Daksha and the emergence of the ten Dasa Mahavidyas — the complete map of divine feminine power in …