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Desh Kapoor

Desh Kapoor

Seeker. Searching. Exploring. Indiscriminately chronicling his times.

Unveiling the Truth: How Western Dichotomies Misinterpret and Distort the Essence of Dharma

Unveiling the Truth: How Western Dichotomies Misinterpret and Distort the Essence of Dharma

Exploring how Western frameworks impose misleading dichotomies on Dharmic traditions, distorting their true essence of self-realization and experiential wisdom in favor of Western cultural dominance.

My Mother is “no more”

My Mother is “no more”

Death is a strange phenomenon. Specifically for a Spiritual seeker. During the Mahabharat War, Bhishma had been put on a bed of arrows by Arjun – having shot him many times. But Bhishma didn’t leave his body. He hung around alive till after the war was over and willingly left

Krishnamurti Delivers ‘Truth is a Pathless Land’ Speech

Krishnamurti Delivers ‘Truth is a Pathless Land’ Speech

Krishnamurti was “discovered” by Theosophist, Annie Besant when she saw him on a beach in Chennai. Theosophists believed that two World Teachers had come before – Buddha and Jesus. The third was to arrive. J. Krishnamurti was the third. So they thought. He was taken away from his parents and made

Rapes and Life Lesson from Swami Vivekananda

Rapes and Life Lesson from Swami Vivekananda

Long before Swami Vivekananda had become popular through his landmark speeches in Chicago in 1893, he had once gone to meet and stay with Maharaja of Jaipur. As was the custom, Maharaja a great lover of festivities went out of his way to welcome Swamiji. There was an issue that

How Swami Vivekananda Destroyed Evangelicals’ Prosperity Logic

How Swami Vivekananda Destroyed Evangelicals’ Prosperity Logic

Swami Vivekananda was a remarkably adept and intelligent being. He was not just well versed with the spiritual intricacies but also with Shastras and the worldly reality. He found himself in a world that was ruled by powers whose entire wealth and prosperity were predicated on the loot of others’

Asia has no Religion, its a Western construct

Asia has no Religion, its a Western construct

Came across a very interesting article on Huffington Post: Why doesn’t Asia have Religion? It is a point that is important to make and so difficult to do so in the current world, which has been contaminated by the very idea of religion as the only sacrosanct way to

The Ending of Time: Dialogue Series – J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm

The Ending of Time: Dialogue Series – J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm

A profound meeting of mind and spirit — Jiddu Krishnamurti and physicist David Bohm explore thought, time, and the nature of reality. Their timeless dialogues dissolve the boundary between science and spirituality, revealing an intelligence born beyond thought itself.