Meditations on Transcendence

  Bhagavat Dharma: The Chemistry of Natural Sacrifice In the laboratory of existence, Bhagavat Dharma emerges as the simplest reaction for spiritual equilibrium. Like a catalyst, it harnesses our natural tendencies—our innate svabhāva —and offers them as yajña , a sacrificial combustion. Picture the self as a compound, brimming with potential energy, yet bound by material entropy. This dharma acts as the activation energy, igniting a spontaneous process where ego and desire oxidize into selfless devotion. No external reagents are forced; the offering is our own essence—thoughts, actions, breath—sublimated into the divine crucible of the Supreme. As in a balanced equation, nothing is lost; the products are peace and unity with the Absolute. Complexity dissolves, for this alchemy requires no ornate rituals, only the pure stoichiometry of surrender. The Bhagavad Gita whispers of this effortless exothermic release: naturality given wholly to the Lord yields ānanda , a stable state of ...

  The Dialectic of Transcendence and Duty In the grand unfolding of Spirit, this world emerges as the crucible wherein transcendence gains its firm footing. The material plane, a shadowy antithesis to the eternal, offers not mere bondage but a dialectical arena for the soul’s ascent. Through dharma , the righteous act, the self labors to negate the fleeting, synthesizing a higher unity with the Absolute. Each deed of duty, tempered by austerity, is a moment of sublation—preserving the world’s lessons while transcending its illusions. The more one aligns with this cosmic law, the more solidified becomes one’s station in the transcendent realm, where opposites dissolve into the infinite. Here, bliss ( ānanda ) is not a passive gift but a tasted essence, actively sought through the negation of desire’s clamor. Thus, the material becomes the ground for Spirit’s self-realization, a dual movement: immanent in duty, transcendent in joy—revealing the Absolute as both the path and the pinna...