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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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The Shape of a Life Well-Lived
Kisah filosofis ini mengajarkan bahwa hidup ideal bukan sekadar tujuan, tetapi kualitas dalam perjalanan. Ini melibatkan akar yang dalam, tindakan kebaikan, pengertian akan kekosongan, keseimbangan antara ekstrem, cinta yang membangun, makna dalam penderitaan, dan kesadaran akan momen saat ini. Teruslah hidup, seperti aliran sungai.https://legawa.com/2026/05/09/the-shape-of-a-life-well-lived/
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The Shape of a Life Well-Lived
Kisah filosofis ini mengajarkan bahwa hidup ideal bukan sekadar tujuan, tetapi kualitas dalam perjalanan. Ini melibatkan akar yang dalam, tindakan kebaikan, pengertian akan kekosongan, keseimbangan antara ekstrem, cinta yang membangun, makna dalam penderitaan, dan kesadaran akan momen saat ini. Teruslah hidup, seperti aliran sungai.https://legawa.com/2026/05/09/the-shape-of-a-life-well-lived/
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The Shape of a Life Well-Lived
Kisah filosofis ini mengajarkan bahwa hidup ideal bukan sekadar tujuan, tetapi kualitas dalam perjalanan. Ini melibatkan akar yang dalam, tindakan kebaikan, pengertian akan kekosongan, keseimbangan antara ekstrem, cinta yang membangun, makna dalam penderitaan, dan kesadaran akan momen saat ini. Teruslah hidup, seperti aliran sungai.https://legawa.com/2026/05/09/the-shape-of-a-life-well-lived/
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The Shape of a Life Well-Lived
Kisah filosofis ini mengajarkan bahwa hidup ideal bukan sekadar tujuan, tetapi kualitas dalam perjalanan. Ini melibatkan akar yang dalam, tindakan kebaikan, pengertian akan kekosongan, keseimbangan antara ekstrem, cinta yang membangun, makna dalam penderitaan, dan kesadaran akan momen saat ini. Teruslah hidup, seperti aliran sungai.https://legawa.com/2026/05/09/the-shape-of-a-life-well-lived/
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The Shape of a Life Well-Lived
Kisah filosofis ini mengajarkan bahwa hidup ideal bukan sekadar tujuan, tetapi kualitas dalam perjalanan. Ini melibatkan akar yang dalam, tindakan kebaikan, pengertian akan kekosongan, keseimbangan antara ekstrem, cinta yang membangun, makna dalam penderitaan, dan kesadaran akan momen saat ini. Teruslah hidup, seperti aliran sungai.https://legawa.com/2026/05/09/the-shape-of-a-life-well-lived/
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By one established in continence, vigor is gained
Yoga-sutras by Patanjali
#celibacy #celibate #easternphilosophy #yoga #asceticism #ascetic -
"This book is all madness.
Reason is alien to these pages.
Not until the soul breathes in
the fragrance of its own lunacy
can it stop being a stranger to itself."#Bookstodon #BookReview #Sufism #EasternPhilosophy
The Conference of the Birds by Attar of Nishapur
https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/books/read/the-conference-of-the-birds-by-attar/ -
🌀 Daily Tao Reflection 14
“Look, and it can’t be seen.
Listen, and it can’t be heard.
Reach, and it can’t be grasped.”The Tao doesn’t hide. It just can’t be held.
Not a form. Not a sound. Not a thing.
But you can be it.No beginning. No end.
No image, yet it shapes all images.
No name, yet it names all names.#tao #taoteching #dailytao #mindfulness #laotzu #easternphilosophy
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“Success is as dangerous as failure.
Hope is as hollow as fear.”Climb or fall, the ladder is shaky.
Stand grounded—stay balanced.Hope and fear arise from ego.
Lose the self—what’s left to fear?🌀 See the world as yourself.
🌀 Love it as yourself.
🌀 Care for all things.#tao #taoteching #dailytao #mindfulness #laotzu #spirituality #easternphilosophy
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Renunciation of work and devotion to work, are both liberating. But of those two, devotion to work is better.
- Sri Krishna, 5-2Me: Simply put, this verse promotes being engaged over being withdrawn.
#Sanskrit
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥#Kannada script:
ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗಶ್ಚ ನಿಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಕರಾವುಭೌ |
ತಯೋಸ್ತು ಕರ್ಮಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಾತ್ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗೋ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ ||#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #work #devotion #engagement #withdrawl
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One who is sincere [in effort] and has control of [their] senses attains knowledge.
- Sri Krishna, 4-39#Sanskrit: श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेंद्रियः
#Kannada script: ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ತತ್ಪರಃ ಸಂಯತೇಂದ್ರಿಯಃPS: The following adaption is common:
- The sincere ones attain knowledge; the knowledgeable ones achieve success.
- श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं ज्ञानावान् लभते यशम्
- ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಯಶಂ#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #sincerity #control #knowledge
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Nothing compares to (purity of) knowledge.
- Sri Krishna, 4-38Literally: Nothing exists that equals the purity [sanctity] of knowledge.
#Sanskrit: न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं (पवित्रमिह विद्यते)
#Kannada script: ನ ಹಿ ಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ (ಪವಿತ್ರಮಿಹ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ)Trivia: The phrase "na hi jnyaanaena sadrusham" (the first four words of Verse 4-38) is frequently the motto/slogan of schools and colleges in India (and it was for my school).
#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #knowledge #motto #slogans
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Sacrifice [in pursuit] of knowledge is superior to material sacrifice because the entirety of all actions [activities] can only culminate in knowledge.
- Sri Krishna, 4-33#Sanskrit
श्रेयांद्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञात् ज्ञानयाज्ञः परंतप ।
सर्वं कर्माखिलां पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्तते ॥#Kannada script:
ಶ್ರೇಯಾಂದ್ರವ್ಯಮಯಾದ್ಯಜ್ಞಾತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನಯಾಜ್ಞಃ ಪರಂತಪ |
ಸರ್ವಂ ಕರ್ಮಾಖಿಲಾಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಜ್ಞಾನೇ ಪರಿಸಮಾಪ್ತತೇ || -
True sustenance [satisfaction, achievement] is in service and such sustenance [service] is how one reaches the pinnacle*.
- Sri Krishna, 4-31*The actual word used is "brahma" (ब्रह्म ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ), which here means pinnacle.
PS: Verses 4-25 through 4-30 [omitted from this thread] describe some ways one can offer service.#Sanskrit: यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यांति ब्रह्म सनातनं
#Kannada script: ಯಜ್ಞಶಿಷ್ಟಾಮೃತಭುಜೋ ಯಾಂತಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸನಾತನಂ#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #service #satisfaction #achievement
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The learned [people] consider as wise those who perform all activities with a burning desire for knowledge, detached from expectations of outcomes.
- Sri Krishna, 4-19#Sanskrit:
यस्य सर्वे समारंभाः कामसंकल्पवर्जिताः ।
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणां तमाहुः पंडितं बुधाः ॥#Kannada script:
ಯಸ್ಯ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಮಾರಂಭಾಃ ಕಾಮಸಂಕಲ್ಪವರ್ಜಿತಾಃ |
ಜ್ಞಾನಾಗ್ನಿದಗ್ಧಕರ್ಮಾಣಾಂ ತಮಾಹುಃ ಪಂಡಿತಂ ಬುಧಾಃ ||Related to verse 2-47: https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/113188972323492878
#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #expectations #wisdom #detachment
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[Even] the wise act within the limitations of their own nature.
- Sri Krishna, 3-33#Sanskrit: स्वदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि
#Kannada script: ಸ್ವದೃಶಂ ಚೇಷ್ಟತೇ ಸ್ವಸ್ಯಾಃ ಪ್ರಕೃತೇರ್ಜ್ಞಾನವಾನಪಿ#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #discretion #wisdom #awareness
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Just as a tortoise in danger [instinctively] draws in its limbs, the wise too can draw in their senses at will.
- Sri Krishna, 2-58#Sanskrit:
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्माsङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।
इंद्रियाणींद्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥#Kannada script:
ಯದಾ ಸಂಹರತೇ ಚಾಯಂ ಕೂರ್ಮಾsಙ್ಗಾನೀವ ಸರ್ವಶಃ |
ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣೀಂದ್ರಿಯಾರ್ಥೇಭ್ಯಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತಾ || -
Is it still "viraaga" (detachment, dispassion) if all someone wants is to just make the best dang slides on deeply technical topics?
Asking for a friend of course. 😆
#viraaga #vairagya #philosophy #easternPhilosophy #renunciation #dispassion #detachment #education #knowledge
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Is it still "viraaga" (detachment, dispassion) if all someone wants is to just make the best dang slides on deeply technical topics?
Asking for a friend of course. 😆
#viraaga #vairagya #philosophy #easternPhilosophy #renunciation #dispassion #detachment #education #knowledge
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Is it still "viraaga" (detachment, dispassion) if all someone wants is to just make the best dang slides on deeply technical topics?
Asking for a friend of course. 😆
#viraaga #vairagya #philosophy #easternPhilosophy #renunciation #dispassion #detachment #education #knowledge
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Is it still "viraaga" (detachment, dispassion) if all someone wants is to just make the best dang slides on deeply technical topics?
Asking for a friend of course. 😆
#viraaga #vairagya #philosophy #easternPhilosophy #renunciation #dispassion #detachment #education #knowledge
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Is it still "viraaga" (detachment, dispassion) if all someone wants is to just make the best dang slides on deeply technical topics?
Asking for a friend of course. 😆
#viraaga #vairagya #philosophy #easternPhilosophy #renunciation #dispassion #detachment #education #knowledge
