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  • Why Do You Always Look So Far Away?

    April 3, 2026
    Practice

    My daughter asked me this when she was five. I had been meditating for twenty years. She was right, and I knew she was right, and I did not want to look at what that meant.

  • The Man Who Stood Outside the Door

    April 3, 2026
    Practice

    A story from the merchant navy about a man who brought food and songs to a locked door every day — and the gap between knowing compassion and living it.

  • Can You Practice Dzogchen Without a Teacher?

    April 3, 2026
    Dzogchen, Meditation

    Can you practice Dzogchen without a teacher? An honest answer from someone who received the pointing-out instruction and has practiced for decades.

  • What a Daily Meditation Practice Actually Looks Like After Forty Years

    April 3, 2026
    Meditation, Practice

    How to build a daily meditation practice that lasts — what actually works after forty years of sitting every morning across Vedānta and Dzogchen.

  • The Best Books on Advaita Vedānta: A Practitioner’s Reading List

    April 3, 2026
    Vedānta

    Best books on meditation, Advaita Vedānta, and Dzogchen — recommendations from forty years of practice and study by Rahul Bhaskar.

  • How to Practice Self-Inquiry Meditation: A Step-by-Step Guide

    April 3, 2026
    Meditation, Vedānta

    How to practice self-inquiry meditation — ātma-vicāra in the tradition of Śaṅkara and Ramana Maharshi, explained by a forty-year practitioner.

  • Dzogchen vs Advaita Vedānta: What a Dual Practitioner Has Learned

    April 3, 2026
    Dzogchen, Vedānta

    Dzogchen vs Advaita Vedānta — where they agree, where they diverge, and what forty years of practicing both has revealed. By Rahul Bhaskar.

  • How to Start a Meditation Practice: Lessons from Four Decades

    April 3, 2026
    Meditation, Practice

    How to start a meditation practice — practical guidance from forty years of daily sitting. No jargon, no prerequisites, just what actually works.

  • What Is Dzogchen? The Nyingma Path of Direct Recognition

    April 3, 2026
    Dzogchen

    What is Dzogchen? The great perfection teaching of the Nyingma school, explained by a practitioner of both Dzogchen and Advaita Vedānta for over forty years.

  • What Is Advaita Vedānta? A Practitioner’s Introduction

    April 3, 2026
    Vedānta

    What is Advaita Vedānta? A practitioner’s introduction to non-dual philosophy, Śaṅkara’s teachings, and self-inquiry meditation from forty years of practice.

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