The Indic view of health, swasthya, emphasizes being established in the SELF. Ashtavakra Gita explores knowledge, liberation, and renunciation. It challenges the Greek concept of wellness and ...

While everybody has heard of the Bhagavad Gita, not many are aware that there are 25 Gitas in all. One of these is the Ashtavakra Gita. Scholars rate it as highly as the Bhagavad Gita, yet it is ...

Jnana Sage Ashtavakra tells King Janaka, his disciple, to drop all ideas that, “I am this and that,” “I am not this or that,” completely. With a firm conviction of mind that everything indeed is the ...

Prakarana granthas are texts written by preceptors and gurus to introduce beginners to Vedanta study and to clarify Vedanta knowledge to those already familiar with it. For instance, Adi Sankara’s ...

Health generally is assumed to relate to body-care, internal and external. A broader view includes mental health. Radically different from all this, is the Indic view of health, encapsulated in the ...