As we drink in the nectar of wisdom and knowledge documented in the Bhagawat Gita, I am witnessing the unfolding of the source of this...

In the Vedic Spiritual Studies Program at Vedika Global where I am a student member, Āchārya Shunya taught us about the importance of...

Recently in one of of Acharya Shunya’s morning classes on Sadhana Chatushtayam (a class in the Vedic Spiritual Studies program on...

The ego often has a notorious reputation along the spiritual journey. We are frequently led to believe that it is something we should try...

In an innovative response to technology issues during one of her introductory discourses on bhakti yoga, Acharya Shunya directed...

Another name for the ego in Sanskrit is chidabāsa, which means the Truth (of Brahman, or Supreme Reality) plus a reflection of that...

I have been really in love with this Carrie Underwood song recently. It goes: Sometimes, that mountain you've been climbing is just a...

We are happy to share this story from our founder, Acharya Shunya. Baba once shared a significant story with his disciples. I was...

The following is a teaching that comes from the oral tradition of our sampradāya, from ancient teachings passed from generations of...

In Vedika’s Bhagavad Gita classes Acharya Shunya is unpacking each verse of this sacred text with depth and care. All of the verses have...

I was recently asked to transcribe a live spiritual discourse (known as a satsangha) by my Guru Acharya Shunya, to which I promptly...

Who am I? What real part of me stays the same while everything else about me seems to change? So many of us have asked ourselves these...

Shadow and Light, aspects of our life. Ego to eternal light, a strife, life after life. The play of shadow can sway or excite, create an...

The following is a letter of farewell from Hema Patankar, the President of Vedika Global's Board of Directors for the last 10-years. Dear...

Each living being on this planet is born with desires. Most animals have desires related to pleasure and hunting for food, but a human...

I have been a student of Acharya Shunya for the last ten years. As a new student, fresh to Vedic rituals and customs (also known as...

In Acharya Shunya’s Vedic Spiritual Studies Program, we learned about how our subjective experiences of the material world (Jagat) is...

A gold miner sits on the edge of a stream, dipping his pan into the sand and silt and letting the water run across it. He clears the...

It seems that our lives are so full of messes. Physical messes. I can’t go a few days without having to clean my three cats’ litter...

This Summer I was fortunate to take a trip to Lake Tahoe. One morning while I was drinking some tea, I was looking out into the lake,...