UpanishadJune 11, 2026
The Crest-Jewel of Yoga: Hearing the Dhyānabindūpaniṣad
The Dhyānabindūpaniṣad — 'crest-jewel of yoga' — promises that merely hearing it frees one from sin, then teaches meditation on the thousand-petaled lotus.
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UpanishadApril 19, 2026
The Four Stages of Life: The Āśramopaniṣad
The Āśramopaniṣad maps the four āśramas — student, householder, forest-dweller, renouncer — and their subdivisions, a small text on the architecture of a human life.
UpanishadApril 02, 2026
Enveloped by the Lord: The Īśāvāsya's First Line
The Īśāvāsyopaniṣad opens with the injunction to cover the moving world with the Lord — and this manuscript pairs the famous verse with its ritual use in the saṃhitā.
UpanishadFebruary 22, 2026
The Quenched Firebrand: Gauḍapāda on Causation
The Ālātaśāntiprakaraṇa, fourth chapter of Gauḍapāda's Kārikā, argues that cause and effect are unborn — and that the mind is the only cause of bondage and liberation.