ART AS A JOURNEY WITHIN – An Interview with Olivia Fraser
Author: The Acropolitan Magazine Editorial teamMarch 28, 2022
For centuries art has been a natural means to express one’s inner journey - be it as a community or as an individual search. So has it been for Olivia Fraser, who has used her art to uplift, to produce wonder and beauty, and to find the ‘inner essence’ of things. Olivia Fraser moved to India in 1989. Initially she was a travel painter before apprenticing with miniature and Pichwai artists [...]
The Darshanas: Six Schools of Indian Philosophy
Author: Manjula NanavatiAugust 25, 2021
“Truth is one. Sages call it by different names.” - Rig Veda The six darshanas are philosophical systems, or schools of thought, that take their authority from the Vedas. As implied by the meaning of the word darshana, to see or to experience, the six disciplines offer unique points of view, six separate windows from which to observe and comprehend Life, six seemingly disparate paths [...]
Samkhya Philosophy
Author: Miha KosirJune 21, 2020
Samkhya is regarded as the oldest philosophical system in Hinduism and its teachings can be found in the Bhagavad Gita. Samkhya has a dualistic view based on two main components which constitute the whole of reality, namely, spirit (Purusha) and matter (Prakriti). Everything that exists is the result of the evolution of prakriti, but the first impulse of evolution is caused by the contact of [...]
Encountering the Mind through Ashtanga Yoga
Author: Manjula NanavatiSeptember 12, 2017
“When the senses are stilled, when the mind is at rest, when the intellect wavers not - then say the wise, is reached the highest stage. This steady control of the senses and mind is defined as Yoga. He who attains it is free from delusion.” – Kathopanishad (1) All the greatest spiritual teachers have spoken about the need for man to awaken, to pursue a shift of consciousness. Krishna, [...]