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By Acharya Tadany.Published in the Diário de Santa Maria, June 4, 2026.Translated into English by Gemini. A large part of the conflicts between parents and children is born not from a lack of love, but from the unrealistic expectations that both construct over the course of a lifetime.From childhood, we are taught to view our parents through a specific role: …

Acharya TadanyPune, 31 May 2026Evening Meditation Governments are investing millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money – a wealth which is created through the labor, creativity, and effort of ordinary people – to develop and manufacture automated weapons. Then, these weapons are ultimately designed to destroy other automated war machines. Meanwhile, millions of human beings continue to suffer from hunger, lack …

By Acharya TadanyPublished in Diário de Santa Maria, May 17, 2026 There is something both fascinating and deeply human about the fact that, despite our countless differences, nearly everyone is engaged in the same essential pursuit: the search for happiness, security, and a meaningful life.Whether someone is young and ambitious, an adult immersed in responsibilities, or an elderly person reflecting …

By Acharya Tadany.Published in Diário de Santa Maria, May 7, 2026. Happiness is, without a doubt, a serious matter, but not in the sense of something heavy, rigid, or gloomy, rather as a lucid, continuous, and prejudice-free inquiry into understanding its true nature, its authentic manifestations, and its inevitable implications for both individual and collective life. In general, life behaves …

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Linz, May 2, 2026. If you think rituals are “superstition,” perhaps you are only looking at the surface of the whole context, at the repetition, the symbols, and the form.However, their true value lies not in what is done, but in what is silently created, for rituals are containers filled with meaning. They bring rhythm to relationships, and …

Acharya Tadany Meditations February 24, 2014 Courtesy is an expression of civility and humanity, just as it is also a silent declaration of emotional intelligence and common sense. It reveals a profound yet subtle understanding that living in society demands sensitivity, respect, and a certain lightness in the way we interact with each other. To be courteous, therefore, is not …

In this clarifying and deeply empowering continuation on the varṇa system, Acharya Tadany presented varṇadharma as the Gītā’s multifaceted framework for social harmony, growth, prosperity and spiritual evolution — not a rigid birth-based hierarchy but a dynamic lens that views society through three overlapping perspectives:  jāti (birth, immutable and equal in dignity, determined at birth and unchanging),  karma (profession/occupation, fluid …

Artificial Intelligence is often presented as something radically new, almost futuristic. In reality, it has been evolving quietly for decades. What has changed in recent years is not its existence, but its presence. By Acharya Tadany Cargnin dos Santos. Published in Diário de Santa Maria, January 15, 2026. Artificial Intelligence is often presented as something radically new, almost futuristic. In reality, …

this ancient wisdom offers a much-needed antidote. It reminds us that inner transformation cannot be legislated, that fear cannot produce clarity, and that truth does not require enforcement. In a world increasingly polarized by ideologies, beliefs, and rigid identities, the Vedic vision stands as a rare and luminous exception. It neither coerces nor threatens, neither demands belief nor punishes doubt. …

In this meticulously structured class on Chapter 1, Acharya Tadany dissected Arjuna’s progressive emotional collapse on the Kurukṣetra battlefield as a deliberate five-part dramatic arc designed by Vyāsa to mirror the universal human descent into saṁsāra (the disease of worldly attachment). From the grand introduction of the dharma-field and the assembled armies, through Arjuna’s systematic observation of beloved relatives and …