Leela JournalNotes on Leela, the ancient Indian game of self-knowledgehttps://blog.leelagame.app/en12 journaling prompts from an ancient Indian gamehttps://blog.leelagame.app/journaling-prompts/https://blog.leelagame.app/journaling-prompts/Twelve questions from the cells of Leela, the Indian game of self-knowledge: on anger, envy, rest, dharma and silence, and how to write through them.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTSnakes & Ladders was once a game about karmahttps://blog.leelagame.app/snakes-and-ladders-history/https://blog.leelagame.app/snakes-and-ladders-history/Before it was a children's race, the Indian game of knowledge made the die your karma, the snakes your vices and the ladders your virtues. How that moral map worked.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 72 planes of existence: a map of the Leela boardhttps://blog.leelagame.app/the-72-cells/https://blog.leelagame.app/the-72-cells/A tour of the Leela board, row by row: eight rows of nine cells, from Genesis and Anger up to the Plane of Reality and cell 68, Cosmic Consciousness.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhich snake is biting you? The ten snakes of the Leela boardhttps://blog.leelagame.app/snakes-of-the-mind/https://blog.leelagame.app/snakes-of-the-mind/Envy, jealousy, egotism, darkness: the ten snakes of Leela, where each one drops you, and a question to ask yourself before the next bite.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe arrows that lift you: the ten virtues of the Leela boardhttps://blog.leelagame.app/arrows-of-virtue/https://blog.leelagame.app/arrows-of-virtue/Mercy, charity, dharma, devotion: the ten arrows of Leela, where each one carries you, and what they suggest about the qualities that move a life upward.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to play Leela in 4 stepshttps://blog.leelagame.app/how-to-play-leela/https://blog.leelagame.app/how-to-play-leela/Set an intention, wait for the six of birth, follow the arrows and snakes, and answer one honest question on every cell until you reach cell 68.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to choose an intention for self-reflectionhttps://blog.leelagame.app/setting-an-intention/https://blog.leelagame.app/setting-an-intention/A good intention is a real question, not a wish. How to phrase one for a game of Leela, with examples, three reliable starting points and the traps to avoid.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA 15-minute evening reflection ritualhttps://blog.leelagame.app/evening-reflection-ritual/https://blog.leelagame.app/evening-reflection-ritual/A simple minute-by-minute evening practice built around one question from the Leela board: arrive, choose a cell, write, read back and close the day in silence.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCell 68: Cosmic Consciousness, the goal of the gamehttps://blog.leelagame.app/cosmic-consciousness/https://blog.leelagame.app/cosmic-consciousness/Why Leela ends on cell 68, Vaikuntha-loka, and not on the last square: the two ways to reach it, the cells beyond it, and what winning means in a game of self-knowledge.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn Indian game of self-knowledge for Diwali eveningshttps://blog.leelagame.app/diwali-leela/https://blog.leelagame.app/diwali-leela/Diwali has an old custom of dice games. This year, on the night of 8 November 2026, try one where the die asks questions instead of taking bets.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe history of Leela: from Gyan Chaupar to the game on your phonehttps://blog.leelagame.app/history-of-leela/https://blog.leelagame.app/history-of-leela/A dated chronicle of the Indian game of knowledge: Hindu, Jain and Sufi boards, the Victorian Snakes and Ladders, and Harish Johari's revival as Leela.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeela vs Snakes & Ladders: what changed when the game became a children's toyhttps://blog.leelagame.app/leela-vs-snakes-and-ladders/https://blog.leelagame.app/leela-vs-snakes-and-ladders/Same dice, same falls, very different games. A side-by-side look at Leela's 72 named cells and the 100 blank squares of the nursery classic.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT