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Srinivas Jammalamadaka retweeted
Jun 14
Ep 2 | Manu through the lens of Dharmaśāstra
Who is Manu?
In the Manusmṛti, the ṛṣis approach Manu with a fundamental question: "What is dharma?"
In this episode, @purvaja_h opens the door to understanding Manu within the Dharmaśāstra tradition.
#Manusmriti #Manu #Dharmashastra #Dharma #IndianKnowledgeSystems #IKS #IndianCivilization
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Yoga Darśana
An Introduction to the Ontology, Psychology, Practice, and Goal of Pātañjala Yoga
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Srinivas Jammalamadaka retweeted
Jun 13
From the Meenas and Koch Rajbongshis to the Nishads and Kaivartas, many communities had kingdoms, military power, regional sovereignty, and distinct historical trajectories. So why are Brahmins blamed for their current status?
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Bharat did not merely have kings and kingdoms.
It had a śāstra of governance — a rigorous, living body of knowledge — composed, transmitted, questioned, condensed, and passed forward across generations.
A thread on what our tradition actually preserves. 🧵
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What strikes the most is not the antiquity of these ideas — but their intentionality.
How should a people be governed? How is authority earned? How are the strong restrained and the weak protected?
These were treated as serious questions. Deserving serious inquiry.
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Nitividhana is an invitation to return to that inquiry — not as archaeology, but as a living practice.
Join us. 🙏
🔗 brhat.in/programs/nitividhan…
#Nitividhana #Nītiśāstra #Arthashastra #BharatiyaKnowledge #Governance #Brhat
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Srinivas Jammalamadaka retweeted
Jun 9
This book we worked on started with one seed of an idea:
Every problem you think is unique? Your ancestors faced it, navigated it, overcame it.
That realization alone makes you lighter, braver, calmer.
Eternal gratitude to the gurus who preserved this wisdom for us. 🙏
Grateful to @brhat @Anviksiki @jamvasu for bringing this to life.
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It began with a conversation at the @Hey_Bbetter office.
I was there with @Anviksiki garu when we met Srikanth garu and Varun garu. Srikanth ji spoke of an episode from Rāmāyaṇa - Hanumān, unable to find Sītā devī, fell into despair. And how he found his way back.
A thread🧵
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Because they saw that Śrī Rāma, Sītā devī, and Hanumān faced the same struggles they do.
And that the solution, more often than not, lies within.
That is what happens when wisdom meets creativity.
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Gratitude to Srikanth garu and Varun garu, who believed in the greatness of our civilizational wisdom.
To Raghava garu, who builds institutions like @brhat_in that carry such work into the world.
Above all — the blessing of Saparivāra Śrī Rāmacandra. Śrī Rāma Jayam.
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