Welcome to Simply Vedānta
A personal project testing a single proposition: can a shift in self-understanding transform everyday life?
Vedānta says our sense of unrest comes from a basic mistake: taking the body, mind, and experiences to be absolutely real. Correcting this is called self-understanding.
This isn’t a teaching site. It’s a personal exploration of testing Vedānta’s core propositions in daily life — without rituals, beliefs, or promises of the afterlife.
Why This Site Exists
After years of exploring different approaches, returning to Vedānta felt more fundamental than anything else. It addresses the root of disquiet in a way testable in everyday living. Yet intellectual clarity rarely dissolves old habits, expectations, or automatic reactions.
This site is about exploring that gap — to see whether the insights of Vedānta can genuinely shift our experience of life.
Acknowledgment of Teachers
This inquiry draws on the teachings of many Vedānta teachers over the years — from Swami Chinmayananda, who first got me started, to Swami Sarvapriyānanda, Swami Tejomayananda, and Swami Tattvavidananda (Swami TV) — as well as foundational texts like the Bhagavad Gītā, Ātma Bodha, and select Upaniṣads. Their guidance has shaped the questions explored here.
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Recent Posts
Why Advaita Doesn’t Land — and Why It Still Matters
Why does Advaita Vedanta often remain abstract or elusive for so many? Drawing from experience and observation, this reflection explores the main resistances to its understanding and practice — and why, despite challenges, it remains a path worth engaging with.
Keep readingLearning to See: Swami Tattvavidananda on the First Verse of Atma Bodha
What kind of mind is Atma Bodha really meant for? Swami Tattvavidananda’s extended teaching on Verse 1 reveals a quiet but radical shift — from collecting Vedanta to digesting it. This post curates key reflections on learning, rāga, mumukṣutva, and the silent preparation that is itself part of Self-knowledge.
Keep readingDo I Still Get to Choose My Pizza Toppings?
What if ego-death isn’t about vanishing, but about seeing ‘I am’ without collapsing into ‘I am upset’? A lived look at Verse 7 of Dṛg Dṛśya Viveka — where misidentification, pizza toppings, and the quiet fall of false ownership all come into play.
Keep readingThe Method in the Spiral
A quiet checkpoint after a bout of blog cleanup reveals a deeper pattern: structure and life aren’t opposites — they’re sparring partners. This post reflects on how categories, repetition, and reorientation aren’t distractions from inquiry, but part of the spiral that shapes it.
Keep readingMultiple Ways I’ve Been Wrong About Myself
A few everyday moments got me looking again at what I take myself to be. In this post, I revisit three powerful Vedantic lenses — not as philosophy, but as subtle x-rays — to see through the body–mind identity and glimpse what might actually remain.
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