Is it Possible to Live without Desires?

Every Vedic texts from Vedas, Aranyakas, Upanishads to Vyasa’s Mahabharat, Valmiki’s Ramayana until Kautilya’s Arthashastra heralds the importance of understanding our true self – Atman – first and foremost, before anything.

The idea that Atman as “Soul” is incorrect. That is because “Soul,” virtually a semantic concept, is a part of the human body. Atman, on the other hand, is our real self. The Vedic Rishis and Rishikas repeatedly suggest that we are neither the body nor the mind.

The idea...