Thoughts
This section brings together reflective writing and textual records that explore Dharmic ideas in conversation with contemporary life, experience, and inquiry.
Essays & Reflections
Written reflections and essays by speakers associated with the Dharma Speakers Bureau, exploring Dharmic ideas as they intersect with modern contexts and lived experience.
Ayurveda & Traditional Healing
Civilization, Culture & Dharma
Turners of Time — How Hindu Festivals Rotate the Year
Pankaj Saxena
Bodha
Svayambodha and Śatrubodha — Two Wheels of Civilization
Pankaj Saxena
Bodha
Culture and Warfare — Finding Balance Through Dharma
Pankaj Saxena
Bodha
The Problem of Culture Transmission
Pankaj Saxena
Bodha
Secularism Was Never Ours
Pankaj Saxena
Indiafacts
Hinduism in the Blind Spot — Part 1
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha · 2023
Hinduism in the Blind Spot — Part 2
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha · 2023
A Dharmic Lens to Civilizational Theory
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
The Dharmika Gene
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
Civilizations as Kārmika Streams
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
Decoding Manusmrti: Some Pointers To Make Sense Of Dharmasastra Texts
Nithin Sridhar
Indica Today · 2022
The Secularist History-Sheet on Ayodhya
Sandeep Balakrishna
Dharma Dispatch · 2023
Hindu Epics, Texts & Philosophy
History, Origins & Vedic Knowledge
How to Build a Civilization
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
Grand History — Part 1
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
14 Lokas and 0 Telescopes — The Cosmos SETI Cannot Scan
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha · 2026
Bhāratīya Wanderlust — A Defence of the Out-of-India Model, Part 1
Amritanshu Pandey
Bodha
AiholePrashasti: Inscriptional Evidence Against the Aryan Invasion Theory
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today
Anecdotes from Sri Visvesvarayya's Life
Sandeep Balakrishna
Dharma Dispatch · 2023
The Sprawling Cultural World that Hindu Inscriptions Reveal
Sandeep Balakrishna
Dharma Dispatch · 2022
Leadership, Governance & Knowledge Systems
Indian Knowledge Systems — A Vision
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today · 2024
Rāja Dharma: Puruṣārtha as a Policy Imperative
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today · 2026
Excellence and Legacy as a Function of Swadharma and Purushartha
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today · 2026
The Altered Distance: State–Community Relations and Representational Politics
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today · 2026
- 3rd Space
Recovering An Indigenous Knowledge System & Overcoming the Colonising Mind
Raghu Ananthanarayanan
3rd Space · 2024
Temples & Sacred Traditions
Yoga, Mind & Consciousness
The Yogasutras, Performing Arts, and Health
Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Indica Today
Patanjali's Mindfulness — The 7 Steps to Self-Fullness
Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Indica Today
Fulfillment through Yoga
Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Indica Today
- OHeraldo
Religious or Spiritual — Where Are We Headed?
Raghu Ananthanarayanan
OHeraldo · 2024
Metaphors of Bhagavata — Part 1
Shivakumar G V
Indica Today
- Sage Journals
Conceptualising Bhāvana: Contemplative Hindu Traditions & Emotion
Dr. Shilpa Pandit
Sage Journals · 2022
- ResearchGate
Decolonizing Consciousness: Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-being
Dr. Shilpa Pandit
ResearchGate · 2023