Even so, something remains.Something that is perfectly satisfied.Perfectly complete.Perfectly at peace. Every night, life offers us a free preview of essential human fullness.And it happens not through effort.Not through achievement.Not by becoming something new.It happens simply by falling asleep.For when we wake up, we say:“I slept so deeply…Nothing passed through my cognition…I lacked nothing…I worried about nothing…It was in a …

In this foundational and psychologically penetrating class on Chapter 2, Acharya Tadany introduced the core theme of the Bhagavad Gītā as the solving of the universal human problem. And what is the fundamental human problem? It is the inseparable triad of rāgaḥ (attachment to people, objects, and outcomes), śokaḥ (sorrow from loss, disappointment, and unfulfilled desires), and mohaḥ (internal and …

In this illuminating and corrective class, Acharya Tadany offered a detailed, three-perspective exploration of the varṇa system as presented in the Bhagavad Gītā, clarifying that it is not a rigid birth-based hierarchy but a sophisticated, dynamic framework for understanding human nature and social organization through three interconnected lenses:  (1) guṇa (character-based division) — rooted in the three fundamental qualities (sattva …

He was a kindred spirit of the road, a hitchhiker of fate, always ready to embark on a new adventure or chase a fresh idea. He lived to quench an unquenchable thirst for rebirth, walking hand-in-hand with the original, the unknown, and the new. John used to say that his life was a revolution of dreams, vivid visions that swept …

In this philosophically rich class on verse 108, Acharya Tadany introduced the concept of māyā as the third name of kāraṇa śarīram (causal body), describing it as kārya anumeyā — that which is never directly perceptible and can only be inferred through scripture-based reasoning (śāstra pramāṇa), because in the kāraṇa avasthā (causal/unmanifest state) the entire manifestation is resolved, including the …

In this deeply systematic class, Acharya Tadany provided a comprehensive exploration of meditation within the Bhagavad Gītā and Patañjali’s Ashtaṅga Yoga, presenting the eight limbs as a progressive roadmap from external ethical foundations to complete self-knowledge, with the first five limbs (bahiraṅga sādhana) — Yama (five ethical restraints: ahiṁsā, satya, asteya, brahmacarya, aparigraha), Niyama (five positive observances: śauca, santoṣa, tapas, …

More and more, people no longer pause to critically review what is being generated in their names. People are unquestioningly accepting what machines produce as if semantically correct sentences were the same as wisdom or creativity, as if speed were a substitute for imagining, creating and understanding Acharya Tadany.Meditation on Technology. Pune, 18 Jan 2026. We live in an age …

In this pivotal and deeply insightful class, Acharya Tadany established the profound equivalence between kāraṇa śarīram (causal body) and ānandamayaḥ kośaḥ (happiness sheath), explaining that the three fundamental guṇas—sattva (knowing faculty), rajas (acting faculty), and tamas (inertia/rest)—exist in potential seed form within the causal body and later manifest in the subtle and gross bodies, shaping all human experience.  Acharya Tadany …

Some days are like a desert.Vast and void, boundless and bitter, heavy and hollow. Some days are like a desert.Vast and void, boundless and bitter, heavy and hollow. Perhaps they aren’t even days at all, Truth be told, we should call them nights. For though a world remains visible to the eyes,The darkness within cannot name the shapes without. These …

In this powerful class, Acharya Tadany framed Krishna’s opening words (verses 2.2–2.5) as a masterful therapeutic intervention, deliberately using strong, whipping language to shock Arjuna out of his dejection and paralysis, challenging his self-image as an “ārya puruṣa” (noble person) defined by character, discipline, and courage, while exposing his current state of emotional weakness and inverted dharma as unbecoming of …