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हाथ बज्र औ ध्वजा बिराजै

A thunderbolt in one hand and the flag of dharma in the other.

—Hanuman Chalisa

Hanuman holding a saffron flag and Dharmachakra shield

Sadhana

Practice

Saucha, Japa, and Bala — practices that increase Shakti, the Supreme Reality, with Shiva as the guide through his avatars.

Seva

Action

Family and Work — acting in service of Dharma by engaging fully with the world, where work itself becomes worship.

Svadhyaya

Removing Ignorance

Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha — removing ignorance through the study of Sanatana Dharma and Western literature.

My goal is to lead a Hindu path that merges the timelessness of Dharma with the best aspects of Western liberalism. A path that is both rational, spiritual, incorporates the positive aspects of the Abrahamic paths while keeping true to Sanatana Dharma’s pluralistic principles. A path that incorporates the needs of Millennials and GenZ that have grown in a globalized world. A path that is not preoccupied with external notions of purity, but devoted to spiritual practice, ethical discipline, and action.

The pursuit of the material and spiritual with dharma as a basis for an aspirational individual is the path I am trying to lead. A Hindu spiritual path without being told that my lifestyle is incorrect or impure. A spiritual path that isn’t secularized to nothingness in the case of Western Yoga. A path where I find comfort in the devatas while also pursuing the needs and wants of life. A syncretism of Itihasa, Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra.

My path focuses on three things: Sadhana (Practice), Seva (Action) and Svadhyaya (Removing Ignorance).

  • Sadhana is based on the idea that Shakti is the Supreme Reality and Shiva is the guide through his avatars. Anything that increases Shakti increases our experience of Divine Mother.
  • Seva is to act in service of Dharma, whether towards family or work.
  • Svadhyaya is centered around removing ignorance. This includes the study of texts, incorporating both Sanatana Dharma and Western literature. This ignorance needs to be removed from the purushartas of dharma, artha, kama and moksha.

My goal is to embody as the Hanuman Chalisa says, “A thunderbolt in one hand and the flag of dharma in the other.” I am doing all of these things but then what is my mission?

  • ram rajya. World Run According to Dharma. Build a society that is prosperous and built on the ideals of dharma, dharmic economic model, and righteousness.
  • vasudhaiva kutumbakam. World is a Family. Build relationships across cultures to develop prosperity with mutual respect.
  • aham brahmasmi. I am Brahman. See Shiva-Shakti in everything, and get others to see the same.

—Abhi Yerra

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः

Dharma protects those who protect it.

—Mahabharata