https://www.medhajournal.com An online community dedicated to Vedanta, spiritual traditions, and classical philosophy, reinvented with modern AI. en-us Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:14:13 GMT https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-two-game-trap-indias-nested-game-strategy https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-two-game-trap-indias-nested-game-strategy Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT An analysis of India's geopolitical strategy against the US-China nested game, exploring Operation Sindoor, the Mecca Agreement, and macro-micro decoupling. Dwai Lahiri Strategy & Geopolitics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/dharmic-enterprise-the-missing-business-os https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/dharmic-enterprise-the-missing-business-os Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A re-imagination of Western management through the lens of Vedantic philosophy to build a conscious, resilient, and ethical framework for 21st-century business. 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Dwai Lahiri Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-3-body-trap-a-game-theory-analysis-of-the-tripolar-world https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-3-body-trap-a-game-theory-analysis-of-the-tripolar-world Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The fiction of a predictable, rules-based multilateral world order came to a formal end at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year. Dwai Lahiri Strategy & Geopolitics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/he-four-faces-of-sri-rama https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/he-four-faces-of-sri-rama Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT P. Desikan In the fourth sarga of Balakanda of Sri Valmiki Ramayana, an account is given of Sage Valmiki teaching young Lava and Kusha to recite the Kavya he had just composed and the youngsters turning out to do a... P. Desikan Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/cit-pratibimba-sutram-%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/cit-pratibimba-sutram-%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ॥ चित्प्रतिबिम्बसूत्रम् ॥ Cit-Pratibimba-Sūtram The Aphorisms on the Reflections of Consciousness --- मङ्गलाचरणम् (Opening Invocation) नमः शिवायै चित्यै प्रकाशविमर्शरूपिण्यै ॥ namaḥ śivāyai cityai... Dwai Lahiri Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-hidden-path https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-hidden-path Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Get the copy here - The trail climbed steeply through wet pine and stone. Adi’s breath came in sharp pulls as he pushed upward through the mist. The monsoon clouds wrapped the mountain in a gray cocoon. Dwai Lahiri Arts & Aesthetics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/shiva-thandava-stotram-in-tamil https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/shiva-thandava-stotram-in-tamil Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ravana's shiva thandava stotram describes the dance of Shiva at the times of primordial Universe and how His 'will' and 'desire' leads to the creation and evolution of Universe. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/unsung-verses-of-bhaja-govindam-part-1 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/unsung-verses-of-bhaja-govindam-part-1 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT Moha mudgaram has 33 slokas while 11 or 12 are mostly sung. This is an attempt to get the unsung verses to be sung with modern music. Our attachments are never lost irrespective of age, health and wealth. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vedic-mantras-in-samskrt-and-tamil-part-1 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vedic-mantras-in-samskrt-and-tamil-part-1 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Here is a collection of 10 vedic mantras in samskrt and tamil which teach us how to approach our life and we have to recite daily. In this collection 1. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-philosophical-convergence-of-daoism-and-vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-philosophical-convergence-of-daoism-and-vedanta Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT The Philosophical Convergence of Daoism and Vedanta Daoist and Vedantic philosophies, despite their distinct origins, share remarkable similarities in their views on reality, the nature of the self, and how to live in... 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In the case of Bharat, there was a social malaise of jati (caste) discrimination. Dwai Lahiri Arts & Aesthetics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/seetha-kalyana-vaibhogame https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/seetha-kalyana-vaibhogame Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Thyagaraja swamy's song Seetha Kalyana Vaibhogame defines qualities of rAmA, that makes him the best choice for Seetha and hence sung in all marriages. The Big Thinkg Metaphysics & Vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/anandamrta-karshini-the-rain-song https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/anandamrta-karshini-the-rain-song Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Shree is the opulence of Universe, which is all its existences including living and non-living. The nourisher of all existences is mA bhavani, the goddess of existences. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/bhaja-govindam-moha-mudgaram https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/bhaja-govindam-moha-mudgaram Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Moha mudgaram is a set of 33 stanzas, out of which 12 are said to be from Adi Shankara, the rest by others. Mudgara means hammer. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-venkatesa-suprabhatam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-venkatesa-suprabhatam Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT Wake up Lord Srinivasa, who is verily rAmA, rAmA, the son of kausalya, bravest of men, to do divine duty of causing prosperity to 3 worlds. The Big Thinkg Arts & Aesthetics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-vigna-rajam-bhaje https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-vigna-rajam-bhaje Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT Anything that can go wrong will go wrong is murphy's law. That's Vigna, the disturbance in every work we do. How do we fail murphy's law, overcome Vigna that makes work go wrong.. The Big Thinkg Metaphysics & Vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vishnu-stuti https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vishnu-stuti Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT Ganapati dyAnam sloka Vishnu, who is dark in color, holds/bears the white speckled Universe's expanse. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/bhairavi-vandana https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/bhairavi-vandana Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT Shakti, the external manifestation of Shiva, the consciousness, is known (vid) in biological beings through Signaling, Response to stimulus, Reproduction, Adaptation, Organization, Growth, Death, Metabolism, Mind that... The Big Thinkg Metaphysics & Vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vedasya-thathvam-dedication-to-mahaperiyava https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/vedasya-thathvam-dedication-to-mahaperiyava Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT mahAperiyava says "Vedic tattvam is more clearly communicated in tamil. Vedas are called 'marai', which means hidden. They are called 'ezhuthaa kilavi' which means 'unwritten verses'. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/shiva-mrtyunjaya-stotram https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/shiva-mrtyunjaya-stotram Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT When Yama is near, markandeya clings on to Lord Shiva. That action of clinging on to Lord Shiva, provides him liberation. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/aum-the-seed-of-universe https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/aum-the-seed-of-universe Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT Science says Big Bang created the energy of Universe, which was followed by 'Inflation/Expansion' of spacetime, in which spacetime expanded hugely. This is called 'Cosmic Inflation'. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/varaha-roopam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/varaha-roopam Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT Whenever 'golden eyed' asuras assault Mother Earth, hide her under their 'rasatala', varAha descends liberating Mother Earth and destroying those Asuras. Vara-Aha means 'pre-eminent or superior'. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/nasadiya-suktam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/nasadiya-suktam Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT Rgveda 10.129, nasadiya suktam talks about what could exists beyond the Universe and all its manifestations. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/rudrashtakam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/rudrashtakam Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT Submit to that one with no attributes, unmoving, omnipresent, formless, behind all matter forms (as energy), behind all life forms (as consciousness), gracious to drink the poison to sustain Universe, blissful faced,... The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/paramartha-stuti https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/paramartha-stuti Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT In Paramartha stuti, Swami Vedanta desikan praises Lord Vijayaraghava in thiruputkuzhi as the best of the warriors and submits to him. The Big Thinkg Metaphysics & Vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/lalita-pancharatnam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/lalita-pancharatnam Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT Lalita pancharatnam asks us to submit to Goddess Lalita at the dawn. The whole Universe that is 'seen', all the biological forms that 'see' are manifestations of 'Shakti'. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-raja-rajeswari-stotram https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sri-raja-rajeswari-stotram Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT The play of Lalita may appear random to us, but she is playing it at her 'will', thus ruling as 'Raja Rajeswari'. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sam-gachatvam-75th-independence-anniversary https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/sam-gachatvam-75th-independence-anniversary Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT In any 'organization', the 'values' that people cherish and use to improve their daily ordinary lives acts as a glue aligning people together. A national flag represents such values for a nation. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/classification-of-vedic-texts https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/classification-of-vedic-texts Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT Classification of vedic texts The vedic scriptures are seen through classification of saMhita, brAhmaNa, Aranyaka and UpaniSat. There are various ideas about what and how these classifications are meant for. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6659-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6659-2 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT Sri Sachidananda Shivabhinava nRsimha bhArati, the 33rd pItathipati of Sringeri mutt, a treasure of learning, who composed several slokas, ever immersed in Atma niStA, travelled all over India along with this guru... The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/rgveda-10-191-team-working https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/rgveda-10-191-team-working Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT Background Rgveda 10.191 is set in the background of a sacrifice (Yajna) by assembly of priests, in which Agni which is the messenger that takes the oblations to devas, is addressed. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6638-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6638-2 Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT I believe in this Universe, there is a 'design pattern' followed for matter evolution and biological evolution. In the last post, I had talked about whatever we call as 'energy' (whatever that is seen). The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/how-did-the-universe-form https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/how-did-the-universe-form Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT If I mix my understanding of vedic scriptures with science with a little bit of imagination, this is how universe/multi-verses keep getting formed. A scalar field is a distribution of a particular scalar quantity. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/ganga-stotram https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/ganga-stotram Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT Shiva is energy, known only through its effects. A sAksi. This energy manifests in various forms, one of which is motion or mechanical energy symbolized by River Ganga. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/tri-gunas-the-design-principle https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/tri-gunas-the-design-principle Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT dharma are simply laws. Laws of Universe (across all domains), laws of social groups of biological beings, laws made by human beings for their societal evolution. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/radhe-radhe-mukunda-murari-sant-eknath-abhang https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/radhe-radhe-mukunda-murari-sant-eknath-abhang Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT Sant Eknath lived in later part of 1500s, wrote his version of bhagavata purana, ramayana etc apart from various abhangs emphasizing bhakti as the way to jnana. Sant Eknath was from varkari tradition, a Krishna devotee. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-kashmir-files-a-review https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/the-kashmir-files-a-review Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT The movie, "The Kashmir Files" has been taking India by storm since its release last weekend. Dwai Lahiri Arts & Aesthetics https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6592-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6592-2 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT nAma japA by mind or by speech helps us to devote our mind, develop bhakti and lead us in the path of jnAnA says mahAperiyavA. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6559-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6559-2 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT P. Desikan This happened on October 3, 2021, when I had turned eighty-five. This gul mohur tree just outside our apartment building that appeared alive and well up to about 5-15 pm that day suddenly got uprooted by the... P. Desikan Science & Consciousness https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6546-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6546-2 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT Ethnomethodology is the field of study that explains how one sustains ‘reality’. It says there are five features to our reality- reflexivity, coherence, interaction, fragility, and permeability. The Big Thinkg Metaphysics & Vedanta https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/surya-mandala-stotram-what-is-pongal-festival https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/surya-mandala-stotram-what-is-pongal-festival Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Carl sagan says “Ancient tamil festival of Pongal is not just celebration of harvest (unlike other festivals), as it marks return of Sun (Uttarayana), leading to earth’s seasonal cycles. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6521-2 https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/6521-2 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT Agnihotram rAmAnuja tattacharyar's book 'Hindu matham enge pogirathu' was discussed in U2Brutus channel. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/ganapati-thalam https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/ganapati-thalam Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT Shiva is the ‘white’ (from which all colors diverge). In Universe, Shiva is Energy from which all matter & beings diverge. But we do not perceive energy directly. We perceive Energy through ‘Momentum’, the Shakti. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/kanaka-dhara-stotram https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/kanaka-dhara-stotram Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT Analogous to science concepts of today, in matter domain, Shiva is Energy. Vishnu is the property of ‘mass’. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/obscenity-in-apastamba-sutras https://www.medhajournal.com/posts/obscenity-in-apastamba-sutras Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT I happened to see this in U2 Brutus channel. At the outset, U2 Brutus is 'opposite' of vedabhasya channel. The Big Thinkg Texts & Stotrams