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Shivapicchai Mudaliar: The Karma Yogi
Profiles Oct 02, 2016

Shivapicchai Mudaliar: The Karma Yogi

D.V. Gundappa's moving essay on Shivapicchai Mudaliar, an ordinary mason who showed how to live a truly spiritual life.

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar
Ramasheshayya: The Story of the Mysterious Voice
Profiles Sep 06, 2016

Ramasheshayya: The Story of the Mysterious Voice

One day, sometime during 1905-06, at about 10 in the morning, my grandfather’s brother was sitting at the veranda of our house, chatting with someone. At that t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Profiles Sep 03, 2016

Ananda Coomaraswamy

Ananda Coomaraswamy is one of the little-known figures of India. Which is baffling because a vague estimate of his works runs into more than 15,000 pages. It is...

Sandeep Balakrishna
Madhava-Vidyaranya: Contributions to Vedanta
Profiles Aug 30, 2016

Madhava-Vidyaranya: Contributions to Vedanta

The scriptures declare "धर्मो विश्वस्य जगतः प्रतिष्ठा" (तैत्तिरीय-आरण्यकम् – IX-63). Dharma indeed is the foundation of the universe. Sri Vidyaranya saw that dh...

Raghavendra Hebbalalu
K Ramachandra Rao (1865-1929)
Profiles Aug 26, 2016

K Ramachandra Rao (1865-1929)

In 1906 or 1907 Swami Abhedananda honored Bangalore by his visit. He was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. During his visit to the Unites...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar
Madhava-Vidyaranya: Contributions to Culture
Profiles Aug 25, 2016

Madhava-Vidyaranya: Contributions to Culture

As we have seen so far, Sri Vidyaranya’s contributions towards nation building, politics, jurisprudence, agriculture and commerce were in no small measure. Howe...

Raghavendra Hebbalalu
Bhartrhari
Profiles Aug 14, 2016

Bhartrhari

Those familiar with Sanskrit–even an introductory course is sufficient–are sure to know Bhartrhari mainly via reading several shubashitas (noble sayings in vers...

Sandeep Balakrishna