Dippack Mistri

Pip: Every night you vanish — no ego, no stress, no bank balance — and yet you wake up exactly as boring as you were before. Dippack Mistri has thoughts on why that is.Mara: This episode follows that question into Vedanta's account of deep sleep, karma, and the states of samadhi — all the way to what the tradition calls the natural, effortless realization.Pip: Let's start with why blissful…

Pip: Every night you vanish — no ego, no stress, no bank balance — and yet you wake up exactly as boring as you were before. Dippack Mistri has thoughts on why that is.Mara: This episode follows that question into Vedanta's account of deep sleep, karma, and the states of samadhi — all the way to what the tradition calls the natural, effortless realization.Pip: Let's start with why blissful…

Every night you enter deep sleep. the mind disappears. The ego disappears. The world disappears. No stress. You I and disappear. No Wife. No Lover. No status. No Bank Balance. Zippo. Gone with the wind. Elvis has left the Stage. Yet, when you awaken, the ego returns. The Wife returns. The mistress returns. Stress returns. Status returns. So, one’s status is only worth 14 hours a day. Transient as…

A peaceful mountain lake at sunrise with mist and a canoe docked on a wooden pier Pip: There’s a question that’s been asked for thousands of years, and Dippack Mistri just sat down and wrote about it like it was the most natural thing in the world — which, depending on your answer, it might be. Mara: This episode follows one post into some of the oldest territory in contemplative philosophy —…

Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi revealed, ‘WHO AM I?’ The gross body (Anamaya kosha), which is composed of the seven humours (dhatus: chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen), I am not; the five cognitive sense organs (Jnanendriyas), viz., the sense of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell, which apprehend their respective objects, viz., sound, touch, colour, taste, and odour, I am not;…

Pip: Dippack Mistri has a question for you: what are you, exactly, when you are doing absolutely nothing and aren’t even aware of it? Mara: That’s the territory we’re in today — deep sleep as a window into consciousness, the self, and what persists when the ego goes quiet. Pip: Let’s start with what deep sleep actually reveals about who we are. Deep Sleep and the Self Mara: The post opens…

What Remains in Deep Sleep? | The Enigma of Deep Sleep: The Mystery of Pure Consciousness From Seeing God As He Really Is: The ‘Doctrine of the Three Bodies,’ ‘Sarira Traya,’ postulates that a human being is composed of the three bodies, which constitute the five koshas that manifest through nescience. These three bodies are, 1. Sthula Sarira (the mortal body that eats, breathes and moves, the…

What Remains in Deep Sleep? | The Enigma of Deep Sleep: The Mystery of Pure Consciousness From Seeing God As He Really Is: The ‘Doctrine of the Three Bodies,’ ‘Sarira Traya,’ postulates that a human being is composed of the three bodies, which constitute the five koshas that manifest through nescience. These three bodies are, 1. Sthula Sarira (the mortal body that eats, breathes and moves, the…

REVELATION, SRI BHAGAVAN MAHARSHI RAMANA: “All the faiths that prevail in the world affirm, to begin with, (the existence of) the world, the soul and God. The two contentions, namely that One Reality is sensed as threefold, and that they are three distinct entities, are upheld (as intellectual convictions) while the sense ‘I am the body’ persists. But the highest state is the being firmly…

An antique wooden desk covered with old manuscripts, scrolls, and lit candles Pip: If you have ever wondered whether Jesus and Shankara were basically saying the same thing and just needed a better translator, Dippack Mistri has thoughts. Mara: This episode goes deep into one piece that maps Biblical phrases onto Vedantic Mahavakyas, tracing what non-dualism looks like across two very different…

REVELATION, SRI BHAGAVAN MAHARSHI RAMANA: “All the faiths that prevail in the world affirm, to begin with, (the existence of) the world, the soul and God. The two contentions, namely that One Reality is sensed as threefold, and that they are three distinct entities, are upheld (as intellectual convictions) while the sense ‘I am the body’ persists. But the highest state is the being firmly…

Pip: There is a question that has occupied mystics, philosophers, and at least one very patient dog — what is bliss, really? Mara: Dippack Mistri takes that question seriously, and today we follow the thread through the heart of Vedantic philosophy, a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai, and what it means to find the Absolute not in texts but in lived experience. Pip: Let’s start with the bliss of…

A stunning sunset over mountains with swirling light trails in the sky Pip: If you have ever wondered whether the universe is fundamentally made of love, and also whether a dog named Krupan already knew the answer, Dippack Mistri has been to the source and filed a report. Mara: That is the territory we are in today — the nature of Brahman, the Absolute, and what the Sanskrit term…

Pip: Dippack Mistri has a question for neuroscience, and it is not a gentle one. An elderly person lying in bed with a translucent spirit rising from their chest. Mara: Today we’re in the territory of consciousness — what it is, whether science can locate it, and what the Hindu philosophical tradition has been saying about it for centuries. One theme, one sustained argument. Pip: Let’s start…