Nagaraj Kulkarni

“The act of concealing truth is known as ‘aavarana’, and that of projecting untruth is called ‘vikshepa’. When these occur at the level of an individual, it is known as ‘avidya’ and when they occur at the level of a group or the world, it is known as ‘maya’.”
― S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil

“Every man—saint, sadhu, prophet…whatever the garb—who speaks about his actions being directed by the voice of God is simply evading responsibility for his actions. Remember I told you that we create our gods based on which stage of development we are with respect to ethics, morals and spirituality? A”
― S.L. Bhyrappa ಸಂತೇಶಿವರ ಲಿಂಗಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ, Aavarana: The Veil

“the goal of history is to enable the forward march of humanity towards Progressiveness.”
― Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil

“If learning lessons from history is a mark of enlightenment, so is breaking free from it. This applies equally to every religion, caste, creed and group.”
― Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil