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Who Am I? Self-Inquiry Across Indian Traditions
January 27, 2026
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Who Am I? Self-Inquiry Across Indian Traditions
From Upanishadic Ko'ham to Lived Atma Jnana
Why This Question Matters
Every culture asks how to live well.
Indian philosophy asks something more dangerous:
Who is the one living?
This is not theology.
Not belief.
Not morality.
It is identity investigation.
Across centuries, India's greatest spiritual minds returned again and again to this question—not to answer it intellectually, but to dissolve the false self that asks it.
This four-part series traces that inquiry through four voices:
1. Adi Shankaracharya — philosophical precision
2. Bhaja Govindam — existential urgency
3. Kabir — ego-destruction
4. Yogi Vemana — practical Atma Jnana
Together, they form a complete arc of self-inquiry—from concept to conduct.
Series Navigation
• Part 1: Who Am I in Advaita Vedanta? — Shankaracharya
• Part 2: Who Am I When Time Destroys Identity? — Bhaja Govindam
• Part 3: Who Remains When "I" Dies? — Kabir
• Part 4: Who Am I in Daily Life? — Yogi Vemana
What This Series Is (and Is Not)
This is not:
• Motivational spirituality
• Religious instruction
• Psychological self-improvement
This is:
• Classical Indian self-inquiry
• Text-rooted, uncompromising wisdom
• Liberation through understanding, not belief
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