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Abhyāsa — Decoded (why the reading never took)
Abhyāsa is the word most self-help skips: not the insight, the repetition. Sutra 1.13 defines it. Sutra 1.14 refuses to say how long. The...
Vairāgya — Decoded
Vairāgya gets translated as dispassion, non-attachment, and indifference. Those are three different instructions. The sutra's own word is vaśīkāra — mastery. You build that....
Trāṭaka: what the candle studies measured
The eyesight claim for candle gazing has one case report and an unfinished trial behind it — no good evidence, and eyes are a...
The 3am spiral has a Sanskrit name — vṛtti
Vṛtti is usually translated "thought wave". It's closer to a rut — a groove the mind keeps turning in. The Yoga Sutras don't ask...
Niṣkāma karma: why the win lands flat
You got the win. It lasted about an hour. The verse doesn't say stop wanting the result. It says the result was never the...
Gita 18.63 — advice for the next choice, not the last...
Krishna argues for seventeen chapters, then refuses to decide for Arjuna. Reflect fully, then act as you wish — Bhagavad Gītā 18.63. It's a...
Tapas Decoded — heat, not self-punishment
Tapas gets printed as "austerity" in most English translations, and that one word turned a discipline into a punishment. The root tap means heat....
More to explore
A few more from across Peruze, picked at random.
The Four: the moat chapter only works if you already own...
The infrastructure moat is real — a rival can clone the feature, not the decade of concrete. But it describes a position that was bought with winnings, not a way to start. The book maps the fortress. It doesn't map the walk there.
The Great Mental Models Vol-1
he quality of your outcomes depends on the mental models in your head. This set is designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. Volume 1 details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use to improve your decision making, productivity, and how clearly you can see the world.
Ikigai
The Ikigai Effect: 6 Surprising Japanese Secrets to a Long and Happy LifeWe all search for it: a life that is not only long...