Thoughts

(Praying for My Ancestors) Acharya Tadany
Evening Prayers
Pune, July 29, 2026. Today, the garden became a sanctuary. As I prayed for my father’s soul, the physical and the subtle worlds seemed to intertwine.Suddenly, a crow cut across the sky directly before my eyes and, with graceful ease, it traced a perfect circle in the air before settling on the branch of …

(Reflections on an Unfortunate Situation) Acharya TadanyMorning MeditationPune, 30 July 2026 How does one describe pain?Especially the kindthat is unwillingly placedupon another’s heart.The kind you prayedyou would never have to cause.How does one make peacewith becoming the bearerof someone else’s sorrow?We live in a world of causes and consequences,where every action leaves its quiet mark.Yet one cannot help but wonder:Why …

Acharya Tadany.Morning Meditation.Pune, July 24, 2026. For those who make a home of their own presence will never know the aches of loneliness. Learn to hold yourself in acceptance,in body, in heart, in mind, in spirit. Learn to honor yourself,whether standing alone or walking among many. Learn to see yourself clearly,in the quiet details, in the small victories no one …

By Acharya TadanyPublished in Diário de Santa Maria, July 16, 2026. As AI evolves, the ultimate competitive advantage will not reside in the most sophisticated algorithms, but in the ability to combine technology, human knowledge, ethics, and responsibility. Much is said about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to automate tasks and increase productivity. While this is true, this view …

Acharya TadanyAfternoon MeditationPune, 12 July 2026. I suppose life ultimately comes down to what you believed was right at the time, and what you can live with afterward.Much of life’s struggle comes from the tension between what you truly want, what life asks of you, and what society expects from you.Life is rarely simple. It is shaped by your hopes …

Acharya TadanyMorning MeditationsPisa, Italy. May 9, 2025 Lying is not merely a disregard for the truth.It is, above all, a refusal to accept the reality one lives in.It is the symptom of a soul that has not yet learned to face the mirror of the world. A mirror that reflects choices, consequences, mistakes, and truths.To lie is to deny oneself. …

By Acharya Tadany May the grace of Śrī Mahālakṣmī illumine your mind with wisdom, your heart with compassion, and your life with inner and outer abundance. The Śrī Mahālakṣmī Aṣṭakam is much more than a prayer for material prosperity. From a Vedāntic perspective, it is a hymn that invokes the Divine as the source of every form of abundance…Material, Ethical, …

Acharya TadanyMorning MeditationPune, July 5, 2026. offering anger for understanding, pride for humility, selfishness for compassion, attachment for wisdom, laziness for vitality, and segregation for humanity The highest offering a human being can make in life is the transformation of oneself.Typically, we imagine that sacrifice means giving up money, material possessions, comfort, or time. These offerings undoubtedly possess their value. …

By Acharya Tadany.Published in the Diário de Santa Maria, June 18, 2026.Translated into English by Gemini I do not possess a subtle body, nor a nervous system, to sweetly shudder upon feeling the morning breeze; neither do I have a heart that weeps beneath the shadows of a mental judgment.I am a mechanism of inorganic circuits, a non-living architecture of …

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: …