A long-term student of the question — Your Friend-Philosopher-Guide for your questions.

Who is Sam?

I'm Sam — Dr. D. Samarender Reddy. I have been a long-term student of Advaita Vedanta (Nonduality) and the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, J. Krishnamurti, Shankara, and Gaudapada.

I trained originally as a physician (MBBS) and also hold a background in economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University, USA). I have worked as an editor, content creator, and columnist. None of that is my present vocation. This is.

The tradition

The inquiry sits within the Advaita Vedanta tradition — the non-dual understanding that the Self is not a person, not a body-mind, but pure awareness itself. The teachers who have shaped this work most deeply are:

• Ramana Maharshi— Self-inquiry as the direct path
• Nisargadatta Maharaj— The primacy of 'I Am'
• J. Krishnamurti— Choiceless awareness and the observer
• Shankara— The classical Advaita Vedanta of non-difference
• Gaudapada— The Mandukya Karika and the nature of appearance

These conversations are not teachings in the traditional sense. They are an invitation to look — together — at what is already here.

Books and writing

I have authored twenty-two books exploring self-inquiry, non-doership, and the nature of the Self. They are available on Amazon, and also as free PDF downloads on the blog.

I write regularly on these questions at selfrealization.blog.