Articles
Longer pieces: an argument developed properly, with its diagrams, its verses and its sources.
Read slowly. Leave evidence.
These are complete, original study essays - not draft prompts. Every article keeps its source boundary visible, breaks the argument into short illustrated relationships, and ends with retrieval, correction, teach-back and a return.
01How to read a verse without flattening it
A four-move method for keeping text, translation, context and interpretation close - but never confused.
Study Sanskrit without inventing grammar
A cautious workflow for moving from visible forms to testable analysis while keeping uncertainty intact.
03When two passages seem to conflict
Do not rush to harmony or contradiction. First identify what each passage is doing, for whom, and under which conditions.
Teach-back works only when correction follows
Explaining can reveal a learner’s model. Without reopening the source and repairing it, fluency can masquerade as understanding.
05A map point is not a sacred claim
Coordinates can orient a visitor. Textual memory, named tradition, present practice and personal encounter require separate evidence.
How to say “I do not know” usefully
A good boundary names what is known, what remains open, why it remains open, and which next source could change the answer.