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Reflections on life, society, philosophy and the Gau Mata
Socrates to Aristotle: a journey of thought
In the tradition of Western philosophy a remarkable sequence appears: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. This is not the tale of three men alone, but a journey through three stages of thinking.
The cycle of the sun and human history
Do the activities of the sun influence the great events of the world? Human history has seen many periods when the world passed suddenly through great changes: wars, revolutions, great…
Gau Mata and cow keeping: an honest reckoning
Cow keeping today has largely become a dairy business. The cow now looks less like part of the household and more like a unit of production.
If Gau Mata could speak… what would she say to us?
Stop a moment and think. If one day the cow broke her silence and spoke to us, or if we could understand the language of her heart, what would she say? Perhaps no sermon, only as much as a mother says to those…
The silence of the tree, the wisdom of life
Take a seed in your hand and it looks very small, so small that it might be overlooked altogether.
A bridge between the mind and words
A journey alongside ChatGPT. People say all sorts of things about artificial intelligence: sometimes fear, sometimes apprehension, sometimes worry about the future.
The cow is nature's answer to urban stress
Urban life today is hemmed in by stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness. Constant screens, a fast daily routine and a growing distance from nature have weakened our mental balance.
AI and India
The industrial growth of roughly the last hundred years rested mainly on human labour.
Why indigenous cows are the most sustainable choice for India
Indigenous cow breeds are slowly disappearing today, while foreign breeds have been assumed to be better for one reason only: they give more milk.
Dharma, when it becomes part of an event
This is not a story from some ancient time. It is from only twenty or thirty years ago.
Walking in step with nature has a name: the cow
Climate change and global warming are today not only an environmental question, but the greatest challenge to our future.
Gau Sewa and veganism: two paths of compassion
In today's fast urban life, and with veganism growing, many young people are moving away from milk and animal-based products.
We do not choose, we are chosen
The culture industry means culture turning into a marketplace. Film, music, television, advertising and social media are no longer means of expression; they have become products driven by…
Truth, acceptance and silence
A person has one natural longing: to be accepted. He wants his word to be accepted, to be thought right, and to seem "all right" everywhere.
Guiding principles for those who serve
1. Treat service as the act, not the result. Your work is to give: time, labour, resources or compassion. When the result comes, how it comes and how much of it comes is not in your hands.
The cow: the silent maker of civilisation
In today's world the cow is often seen only as an animal that gives milk, and her worth is settled by production figures. But that way of seeing is incomplete.
Pure service: compassion free of expectation
The purpose of service is not to change society, but first to make oneself balanced and compassionate from within.
Gau-graas: an offering of love and gratitude
Gau-graas (the cow's morsel) means offering the first roti made in your own kitchen to the mother who gives us life through her milk, strength through her ghee, peace through her curd, joy through her butter, and…
She is Mother
She is Mother. She speaks not with words but with her eyes. Lay your ear against her chest, just once. In every heartbeat there is tenderness. Speak with her a while, just once.
The tradition of gau sewa is the soul of India
In the Sanatan culture born of that soul, the Indian cow is held to be a living symbol of purity, motherhood and abundance.
Gau Mata in words: the truth of dharma and of life
Gau Mata's suffering today is not the path dharma laid down, nor the voice of the Vedas.