Welcome to Project Palm Leaves!

We are a team of friends with South Asian-Indian roots, based in San Francisco . We are parents of young kids who are keen on helping our children develop a strong moral compass and acquire practical wisdom to carry with them through their adolescent years and beyond. We feel fortunate to have an ancient civilization to draw wisdom from. A lot of their teachings have been relegated to the past and/or continue to remain untapped given they are mostly available only in Sanskrit. We aim to bring these teachings to the younger generation with relevant context.

Inspiration

Education in the modern times has become rather limited in scope in that it is predominantly focused on language, science, math and arts but neglecting spiritual and philosophical studies. These are known to be central to the well-being of an individual and the society.

The Indian education system in acient times was heavily focused on spiritual and philosophical growth of the student. This helped establish one of the most spiritually advanced civilizations of the world. There is a re-discovery of sorts underway with more recent generations coming to appreciate what our ancient gurus and rishis have given us. At the same time, there is a fallacy that these ślokas are merely esoteric chants and are a vestige of an ancient culture with no practical value.

Hence we embarked on this project to reinvigorate interest in these works and equip the readers with invaluable life lessons. We also believe the book will serve as a gateway to the vast treasures of literature and teachings that are part of this heritage.

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