This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Sanatana Dharma”
A lifelong curriculum in philosophy, cosmology, knowledge and human life — learning in public, ancient and modern science side by side.
I was born into a tradition I don’t deeply understand.
I know some stories. I can say some words. But if you asked me what Sanatana Dharma actually teaches about reality, how its philosophers argued with each other, or what its ancient scientists got right and wrong — I’d be guessing.
So I’m going to learn it properly. Here, in public.
The plan is simple: 24 months, 12 stages, a few hours a week. Small and steady beats heavy and fast. If it takes longer than 24 months, that’s fine.
Here’s how I’ll study every idea — through three lenses:
1. What the ancient thinkers said — the texts, the arguments, the disagreements.
2. What modern science says — the evidence, the open questions.
3. Where I land — what I believe, what I question, what I still don’t know.
I’m not trying to prove the ancients discovered modern science. I’m not trying to debunk them either. I want to know what they understood, how they came to know it, what they got right, what they got wrong, and what’s still worth thinking about today.
One rule for the whole series: concept first, jargon second. Plain words before Sanskrit terms. Always.
Every Saturday I’ll share the week’s bigger lesson. On weekdays, smaller pieces when there’s something worth saying. I won’t publish after every study session — only when my understanding actually changes. And when I get something wrong, I’ll come back to the post, date the correction, and say what changed. That’s the deal with learning in public.
We start next Saturday with the question most people skip: what exactly is Sanatana Dharma?