If there is one religion in the world that has thought about consciousness with the most precision and seriousness — it is Jainism.
While other traditions discuss consciousness in spiritual or poetic terms, Jainism built an entire scientific and philosophical system around it — thousands of years ago.
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Have you ever sat quietly and noticed that there is a part of you that is simply watching — watching your thoughts, watching your emotions, watching your life unfold without getting disturbed?
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Have you ever stared at a wall while thinking deeply about something, and then suddenly “come back” to the room? In that moment, something shifted. That shift — that’s the difference between consciousness and awareness, and it’s more fascinating than you might think.
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We understand that the hand touches something and the brain processes the information. But how does the experience of “I feel this” actually happen? A very popular example in neuroscience is this: How do you experience the redness of red? Or the taste of mint?
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Liberation is known as the freedom, Moksha and with many names in different philosophies. But the goal is one freedom from what we are now, freedom from pain, sufferings. This is the goal that we all are working for knowingly or unknowingly. What we do everyday the goal is happiness and what we do in our whole life, the goal is the same happiness.
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The conscious being inside us exploring this world and feeling every moment, the Indian Philosophy named it Atman. This Atman is trapped inside the body/mind construct hence bound by the power of the body, but when this Atman break this limitation, it can have access to all knowledge and power, this is called Paramatma in Indian Philosophy.
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Indian has very old and long history of knowledge and wisdom. We always tried to look outside for new things but we never ignored the inner world. Exploring the inner side is the foundation of the Indian Philosophy Darshana. Our sages did intense Sadhana to uncover the reality and get the answer of all the […]
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The Mahabharat war started on the Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi. With the first ray of the Sun, the Kaurava and Pandava armies were ready to write history. Duryodhana, the leader of the Kauravas army made Bhishma Pitamah the commander-in-chief Whereas Yudhishtir made Dritdhyumna-brother of Draupadi the commander-in-chief.
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When Vyasa first wrote the Mahabharata with the help of Ganesha, his entire focus was on the Yuddha (war) and the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. He named it Jaya, meaning “Universal Victory,”
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The Mahabharata War was the largest in ancient India. It involved almost all the kingdoms from the present-day region of India and kingdoms from Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Tibet, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
The estimated total number of warriors who participated in the war was around 4.8 million. Despite such massive participation, there were exceptions. Many important warriors chose not to fight or join in the war. Here are their stories
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