Advaita Articles
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Complete Advaita Articles with Introductory Text
List of articles on Advaita philosophy in this website, grouped by author / contributors name.
Pratyabhijna- Instantaneous Self Recognition
True Devotion – Awakening one’s spontaneous affinity with God
A Death Worth Pondering
Advaita and Religious Bigotry
Bondage –a creation of the mind
Brahma Vidya, the greatest transformer
Buddhism and Advaita / Nonduality
EGO- THE SWORN ENEMY OF MAN
Eulogy of the Divine name in Rama Charita Manasa
How to know the Absolute Reality?
Is Bhakti Contradictory or Complementary to Jnana?
Liberation is Natural
Lord Shiva Temple
Love
Maya as Sadhana for Jnana
Non Dualism or Advaita
Our Real Need
Practice of seeing God everywhere at all times
Profound Silence – The Most Eloquent Exposition
Righteous living (dharmic living) for a peaceful life
Self Knowledge – the way to contentment
Similarities between Abrahamic Religions, Vedanta and Modern Science
The Basic Principle of Vedanta – “Existence”
The Difference between ‘Being’ and ‘Becoming’
The Divine Panacea for the Grief of Bereavement
The Essence of all Sadhanas - Self attention
The experience of one’s own ever existing nature (Swaroopa)
The great need to be an Introvert
The Inebriating Divine Smile
The Knowledge That Liberates
The Man who never Thinks
The path of Devotion
The Perfect Way to Remember God
The Quest for Truth can only be Spiritual
The Real Meaning of Fasting
The Right Path to Blessedness
The Saving Glance
The Self is ever attained
The Ultimate Exhortation of Vedanta- ‘To Be’
The Unmanifest and its secrets
True Dispassion- The Greatest Blessing
Why Suffering?
Young and into Gita - Bhagavad Gita - the song of God
Young and into Gita - God's Address?
Young and into Gita - How to reach God Practically
Young and into Gita - Who am I?
Young and into Gita - Why Spirituality
Anand V
Pratyabhijna- Instantaneous Self Recognition
True Devotion – Awakening one’s spontaneous affinity with God
Advaita and Religious Bigotry
Bondage –a creation of the mind
Brahma Vidya, the greatest transformer
EGO- THE SWORN ENEMY OF MAN
How to know the Absolute Reality?
Is Bhakti Contradictory or Complementary to Jnana?
Non Dualism or Advaita
Our Real Need
Practice of seeing God everywhere at all times
Profound Silence – The Most Eloquent Exposition
Righteous living (dharmic living) for a peaceful life
Self Knowledge – the way to contentment
The Basic Principle of Vedanta – “Existence”
The Difference between ‘Being’ and ‘Becoming’
The Divine Panacea for the Grief of Bereavement
The Essence of all Sadhanas - Self attention
The great need to be an Introvert
The Inebriating Divine Smile
The Knowledge That Liberates
The Man who never Thinks
The Perfect Way to Remember God
The Quest for Truth can only be Spiritual
The Real Meaning of Fasting
The Right Path to Blessedness
The Saving Glance
The Self is ever attained
The Ultimate Exhortation of Vedanta- ‘To Be’
The Unmanifest and its secrets
True Dispassion- The Greatest Blessing
Why Suffering?
Dr. A. Viswanathan
John Ptacek
Krishna Swamy
Soman Pillai
Sony K Swamy
Buddhism and Advaita / Nonduality
Love
Similarities between Abrahamic Religions, Vedanta and Modern Science
Young and into Gita - Bhagavad Gita - the song of God
Young and into Gita - God's Address?
Young and into Gita - How to reach God Practically
Young and into Gita - Who am I?
Young and into Gita - Why Spirituality
Swami Ram Sukh Das Maharaj
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Mind is by nature restless. Agitation, confusion, worry, anxiety naturally happen in it. So it is very difficult to control or pacify the mind. The same idea is expressed in the words of Arjuna in the Gita:
“For Krsna, the mind is very unsteady, turbulent, tenacious and powerful; therefore, I... Sunday, 19 June 2011 |
translated by Anand V.
People have accepted that on exerting and thereby attaining a special state one gets salvation. This idea is good but not completely good. In fact liberation or mukti is natural or spontaneous (svata siddha). It cannot be attained by exertion (action). But today... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
Article by Swami Ramsukh Das Maharaj
Translated by Anand V.
Aum
CHAPTER I
Goswami Tulasidas Maharaj pays his obeisance to all before starting the epic. In this sloka, he salutes Sita and Rama. After the salutation, he narrates the eulogy of the divine name and also its greatness in nine... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
The perfect way to remember God is to be God! This fact may be surprising; yet it is the naked truth.
A question is asked in the work ‘Saddarshanam’ of Sri Ramana Maharishi, in the very first verse (sloka). It is quoted below:... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
(V.Anand)
Man is divine. He is an eternal fragment of God. There is no part of Prakriti in the Jiva (embodied soul).
If it is so that man is divine why does not he realize it? Why does he wander about in the marshes of worldly pleasure and misery?... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
A big 'Hi!' from me to all you people out there!
Wondering what a guy like me is doing on a site like this? Well! Even i used to wonder about a lot of things before i came here, and met the bearded old man, Swami. He is just...... Tuesday, 21 June 2011 |
 Bhagavad Geeta
The Song of God, to awaken you to Eternal Life!
The Bhagavad Geeta is a practical guide to live to the highest philosophical principles in the actual world. It is the Science of the Absolute, and is applicable at any age. Comprising 700 verses distributed into 18 Chapters,... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
 Who am I?
Now that's about the most difficult question one is faced with in life. Who am I? Most of us are constantly in search for our true identity. And oh! Dont even remind me of my identity crisis in my younger days. Then slowly things came into... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
 What is God's Address?
Here's God, about Himself.
IX.18 I am the Goal, the Supporter, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Shelter, the Friend, the Origin, the Dissolution, the Foundation, the Treasure-house and the Seed Imperishable.... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
How does one think of God? How do you reach Him? Read on...
XII.2 Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, with supreme faith, they are best of those in communion with Me.
Know what?? It's that simple! But mind you, it's a challenge to achieve... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
The divine sermon of the Gita, as it emanated from the mouth of the Lord Himself, begins with the following verses (Gita chapter 2 verse 12):
“In fact there was never a time when I was not, or when you or these kings were not. Nor is it a... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
Sri Sankara says jnanadeva tu kaivalyam ‘only through knowledge one attains liberation.’ What is this knowledge? What sort of knowledge is it?
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says:
‘Brahman the absolute, alone was; nothing else was, there was no object. And ‘It’ knew ‘Itself’ alone’. That knowledge of the absolute,... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
by Swami Ramsukhdas
translated by Anand.V
There are two things in this world, the ever attained and the illusory. That which is ever attained cannot be seen and that which is illusory is not stable. ‘one’s own existence - I am’- is ever attained; the reason being that... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
As I walked
For the first time
Into the space
I was fascinated
With two eyes and a nose
There was a third eye
To which I knew
No meaning to
I was told
To worship what I saw
I did so
Without any questions
... Thursday, 07 July 2011 |
Man has an innate, spontaneous and direct experience of his own existence in the form of ‘I am’ . This self effulgent experience is constant awareness of one’s being. Even in deep sleep where all other knowledge is absent, the experience of one’s being continues without any break.... Saturday, 09 July 2011 |
We lack the attitude of surrender and dedication to the lord whilst performing actions and receiving results. In our day to day transactions with the world , it is difficult to maintain the attitude of cheerful acceptance and it seems impossible to receive undesired and sorrow giving results with... Wednesday, 20 July 2011 |
Man ceaselessly tries to be happy. He constantly puts in great efforts to be merry; yet he fails in his endeavor. What is the main reason for his repeated failures? Let us analyze this in detail.
A child is born; he passes his time in playing... Sunday, 24 July 2011 |
(Source: Voice of the Guru, Sri Sankara Bhagavadpadcarya’s Soundarya lahari, an exposition by Pujya Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami, 68th Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Pitha. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2001)
Although maya and jnana, are opposed to each other, maya can be an instrument for jnana if senses and mind are... Sunday, 24 July 2011 |
Every being is composed of two components; the changeless self and the ever changing inert matter (consisting of the karana sharira, sookshma sharira and the sthoola sharira). Of these the self is of the nature of constant awareness or being. It is eternal and changeless. It is the witness... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
In mundane life, the intellect is regarded as a great boon. People who are intelligent score high marks and achieve great success in life. They are rewarded and honoured for their achievements. They command respect from everyone. But is this faculty of intellect which is so useful in mundane... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
In the spiritual world we profess to achieve Self realization. We hope to attain liberation in the future. We believe that by our sadhana we can achieve realization in the near future. All these beliefs and aspirations are due to our wrong notion that Self realization will happen in... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
A lot of people discuss and debate over the word Advaita or Non-Dualism. But only a few actually know the deep meaning and implication of the word. Let us analyze this word in detail. What is Advaita? Advaita in simple words mean ‘only one; not two (not plural). It... Friday, 19 August 2011 |
In this world man suffers untold hardships to eke out a living. Right from cradle to coffin he has to pass through tremendous suffering and miseries including disappointments, diseases, bereavements etc. Life seems to be a constant struggle. Desires, cravings, urges, anxieties and worries destroy the much sought after... Saturday, 20 August 2011 |
Man leads a life of struggle and strife in this merciless mundane world. Numerous are the hardships that he has to endure to eke out a living. Inspite of all these conflicts that make life here insipid there is something that makes life sweet and worth living. What... Wednesday, 24 August 2011 |
Jiva is by its very nature an inseparable part of God. It commits the greatest blunder of forgetting this divine relationship with God and dumps itself in the sewage of the world thereby suffering terribly in that process. Though it never loses its divine peace which reigns supreme safely... Wednesday, 02 November 2011 |
There is great importance of true dispassion in the realm of spirituality. It is the cardinal divine trait that brings forth radical inner transformation in life. True dispassion is synonymous with divine love, Self realization, God realization, attainment of peace and tranquility, experience of real bliss or repose, effacement... Wednesday, 02 November 2011 |
Sri Sankara says “Jnanadeva tu kaivalyam” knowledge alone results in liberation. He is the propagator of the Kevala Advaita or absolute non dualism which says that formless Brahman alone exists, all the rest are Maya. But again the very same Sankara sang thrilling devotional hymns on various deities in... Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
The creation of an object is different from an enquiry of an object. On enquiry, that object is found which existed even before. That object which is created, which takes birth does not exist before but only comes into existence after it is created. The supreme reality – God... Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
A collection of similarities found between Abrahamic Religions, Vedanta and Modern Science.... Sunday, 01 January 2012 |
Human life is precious. All scriptures say it is got by God’s grace. It is a rare opportunity to realize the ever attained self or God. Even gods in heaven are eager to attain such precious and rare human life. The main difference between human and other lower forms... Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |
In the world, we profess to achieve success and fulfillment in the future by our efforts. We believe in the cajoling mind which creates such delusions as we will achieve success in the near future, we can change our lives for the better. We boast of self confidence... Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |
Buddhism is a deeply spiritual philosophy, made known by Gautama Buddha (the enlightened one). This article contains excerpts from writings on Budhhism found on the internet.
The Core of Buddhism:
The two central ideas of Buddhism are: Pratītyasamutpāda (dependant-origination) and Sunyata (voidness)... Thursday, 02 February 2012 |
The inebriating Divine Smile that stills the mind of the saintly fortunate
The smile that grants beatitude even while living in mundane world
That inundates the heart with unalloyed bliss... Friday, 10 February 2012 |
There is an ever present, spontaneous, effortless awareness in all beings. This awareness is a dense mass of existence- consciousness – bliss condensed into one. It is self- conscious sentience. That is it is endowed with self awareness which is absolute in nature. When in contact with the... Tuesday, 28 February 2012 |
The Upanishads, the cream of the Vedas emphatically declare that Brahman is Infinite Bliss and that we are Brahman. Every being is Brahman which is of the very nature of bliss. But the state of the mundane world is quite contradictory. We see suffering, pain, misery and thralldom... Tuesday, 28 February 2012 |
I stand with my hand poised over the door handle of my car, not remembering exactly how I got here. The last thing I remember is grabbing my keys and sunglasses from the cluttered shelf above my desk. After that, everything is a blur. I don’t recall the last... Saturday, 10 March 2012 |
We perceive the mundane world and live in it. We enjoy and suffer, get excited and dejected, live and die in it. The lives of most people pass away in their struggle to live in the mundane world. They never care to enquire about the other world or life... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Am I not Thy child, Your own inseparable part?
Yet I am fighting for crumb of petty fleeting pleasures !
Competing with ferocious, avaricious men for trivialities.
Wasting my numbered days in the mire of delusion.
What a pity! Are you content with my sad plight?
O, Mother of... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Profound Sublime Silence, the very nature of the blissful ‘being’.
Transcendental substratum of all the clamour of the world.
Our true nature, absolute freedom, bereft of all limiting adjuncts.
In which the seers of absolute truth ever abide and revel.
That which always enchants the fortunate saintly and faithful.... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Human life is full of warm and cordial relationships and associations. We are born into a family; we have parents, brothers, sisters, grand parents, aunts and uncles. Due to our close association with others we develop friends. We marry and thus have spouses. We beget children and thus raise... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Pratyabhijna (Instantaneous Self Recognition) is the very inherent nature of the Self or Atman. In fact, like the Sruti in classical concert, this awareness shines in all splendour every moment of our life. It is ever present as substratum – awareness, continuous without any break in life and death,... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Every religion speaks of religious tolerance, yet there are extracts in the holy scriptures of most of the religions expressing fanatical and bigoted views. Mostly they declare “ our religion is the only path to Salvation or heaven. Our saint is the only worthy, reliable guide on spirituality. The... Saturday, 07 April 2012 |
All beings have an intrinsic awareness of being which is necessarily the most immediate experience. No one ever entertains any doubt regarding his existence at any point of time. It is self evident and absolutely clear to all. All other perceptions through the senses and mind, come and go.... Thursday, 19 April 2012 |
We are prone to think, to perceive, to analyze, to reflect, to dream, to aspire during our waking hours. We jump from one thought to another, from one desire to another. Thus the waking hours of our whole life are spent in thoughts. Thoughts control us. We do... Monday, 28 May 2012 |
The Self or the Atman and consciousness are synonymous. Both are the same. In that consciousness no thought, no ego has ever arisen. The pristine purity of ‘It’ is ever intact. It has never ever deviated (fallen) from its awareness. Consciousness is only and ever aware of ‘Itself’.
Then... Friday, 20 July 2012 |
Radha loved Krishna
She waited forever to see him
but when he came she showered him with complaints
She expected a lot from him
but what she expected most was him
Krishna loved Radha
Among all his pursuits when he made time
he devoted himself completely to her... Wednesday, 25 July 2012 |
Science and scientific research have attained special glamour today. In modern times science has achieved great progress. Great facts of Nature have been discovered by earnest scientists. Inventions based on these discoveries have totally changed the outer life of man. Modern man is in the lap of numerous comforts... Friday, 10 May 2013 |
Mind is by nature restless. Agitation, confusion, worry, anxiety naturally happen in it. So it is very difficult to control or pacify the mind. The same idea is expressed in the words of Arjuna in the Gita:
“For Krsna, the mind is very unsteady, turbulent, tenacious and powerful; therefore, I... Sunday, 19 June 2011 |
translated by Anand V.
People have accepted that on exerting and thereby attaining a special state one gets salvation. This idea is good but not completely good. In fact liberation or mukti is natural or spontaneous (svata siddha). It cannot be attained by exertion (action). But today... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
Article by Swami Ramsukh Das Maharaj
Translated by Anand V.
Aum
CHAPTER I
Goswami Tulasidas Maharaj pays his obeisance to all before starting the epic. In this sloka, he salutes Sita and Rama. After the salutation, he narrates the eulogy of the divine name and also its greatness in nine... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
The perfect way to remember God is to be God! This fact may be surprising; yet it is the naked truth.
A question is asked in the work ‘Saddarshanam’ of Sri Ramana Maharishi, in the very first verse (sloka). It is quoted below:... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
(V.Anand)
Man is divine. He is an eternal fragment of God. There is no part of Prakriti in the Jiva (embodied soul).
If it is so that man is divine why does not he realize it? Why does he wander about in the marshes of worldly pleasure and misery?... Monday, 20 June 2011 |
A big 'Hi!' from me to all you people out there!
Wondering what a guy like me is doing on a site like this? Well! Even i used to wonder about a lot of things before i came here, and met the bearded old man, Swami. He is just...... Tuesday, 21 June 2011 |
Bhagavad Geeta
The Song of God, to awaken you to Eternal Life!
The Bhagavad Geeta is a practical guide to live to the highest philosophical principles in the actual world. It is the Science of the Absolute, and is applicable at any age. Comprising 700 verses distributed into 18 Chapters,... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
Who am I?
Now that's about the most difficult question one is faced with in life. Who am I? Most of us are constantly in search for our true identity. And oh! Dont even remind me of my identity crisis in my younger days. Then slowly things came into... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
What is God's Address?
Here's God, about Himself.
IX.18 I am the Goal, the Supporter, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Shelter, the Friend, the Origin, the Dissolution, the Foundation, the Treasure-house and the Seed Imperishable.... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
How does one think of God? How do you reach Him? Read on...
XII.2 Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, with supreme faith, they are best of those in communion with Me.
Know what?? It's that simple! But mind you, it's a challenge to achieve... Wednesday, 22 June 2011 |
The divine sermon of the Gita, as it emanated from the mouth of the Lord Himself, begins with the following verses (Gita chapter 2 verse 12):
“In fact there was never a time when I was not, or when you or these kings were not. Nor is it a... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
Sri Sankara says jnanadeva tu kaivalyam ‘only through knowledge one attains liberation.’ What is this knowledge? What sort of knowledge is it?
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says:
‘Brahman the absolute, alone was; nothing else was, there was no object. And ‘It’ knew ‘Itself’ alone’. That knowledge of the absolute,... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
by Swami Ramsukhdas
translated by Anand.V
There are two things in this world, the ever attained and the illusory. That which is ever attained cannot be seen and that which is illusory is not stable. ‘one’s own existence - I am’- is ever attained; the reason being that... Thursday, 23 June 2011 |
As I walked
For the first time
Into the space
I was fascinated
With two eyes and a nose
There was a third eye
To which I knew
No meaning to
I was told
To worship what I saw
I did so
Without any questions
... Thursday, 07 July 2011 |
Man has an innate, spontaneous and direct experience of his own existence in the form of ‘I am’ . This self effulgent experience is constant awareness of one’s being. Even in deep sleep where all other knowledge is absent, the experience of one’s being continues without any break.... Saturday, 09 July 2011 |
We lack the attitude of surrender and dedication to the lord whilst performing actions and receiving results. In our day to day transactions with the world , it is difficult to maintain the attitude of cheerful acceptance and it seems impossible to receive undesired and sorrow giving results with... Wednesday, 20 July 2011 |
Man ceaselessly tries to be happy. He constantly puts in great efforts to be merry; yet he fails in his endeavor. What is the main reason for his repeated failures? Let us analyze this in detail.
A child is born; he passes his time in playing... Sunday, 24 July 2011 |
(Source: Voice of the Guru, Sri Sankara Bhagavadpadcarya’s Soundarya lahari, an exposition by Pujya Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swami, 68th Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Pitha. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2001)
Although maya and jnana, are opposed to each other, maya can be an instrument for jnana if senses and mind are... Sunday, 24 July 2011 |
Every being is composed of two components; the changeless self and the ever changing inert matter (consisting of the karana sharira, sookshma sharira and the sthoola sharira). Of these the self is of the nature of constant awareness or being. It is eternal and changeless. It is the witness... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
In mundane life, the intellect is regarded as a great boon. People who are intelligent score high marks and achieve great success in life. They are rewarded and honoured for their achievements. They command respect from everyone. But is this faculty of intellect which is so useful in mundane... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
In the spiritual world we profess to achieve Self realization. We hope to attain liberation in the future. We believe that by our sadhana we can achieve realization in the near future. All these beliefs and aspirations are due to our wrong notion that Self realization will happen in... Wednesday, 27 July 2011 |
A lot of people discuss and debate over the word Advaita or Non-Dualism. But only a few actually know the deep meaning and implication of the word. Let us analyze this word in detail. What is Advaita? Advaita in simple words mean ‘only one; not two (not plural). It... Friday, 19 August 2011 |
In this world man suffers untold hardships to eke out a living. Right from cradle to coffin he has to pass through tremendous suffering and miseries including disappointments, diseases, bereavements etc. Life seems to be a constant struggle. Desires, cravings, urges, anxieties and worries destroy the much sought after... Saturday, 20 August 2011 |
Man leads a life of struggle and strife in this merciless mundane world. Numerous are the hardships that he has to endure to eke out a living. Inspite of all these conflicts that make life here insipid there is something that makes life sweet and worth living. What... Wednesday, 24 August 2011 |
Jiva is by its very nature an inseparable part of God. It commits the greatest blunder of forgetting this divine relationship with God and dumps itself in the sewage of the world thereby suffering terribly in that process. Though it never loses its divine peace which reigns supreme safely... Wednesday, 02 November 2011 |
There is great importance of true dispassion in the realm of spirituality. It is the cardinal divine trait that brings forth radical inner transformation in life. True dispassion is synonymous with divine love, Self realization, God realization, attainment of peace and tranquility, experience of real bliss or repose, effacement... Wednesday, 02 November 2011 |
Sri Sankara says “Jnanadeva tu kaivalyam” knowledge alone results in liberation. He is the propagator of the Kevala Advaita or absolute non dualism which says that formless Brahman alone exists, all the rest are Maya. But again the very same Sankara sang thrilling devotional hymns on various deities in... Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
The creation of an object is different from an enquiry of an object. On enquiry, that object is found which existed even before. That object which is created, which takes birth does not exist before but only comes into existence after it is created. The supreme reality – God... Wednesday, 23 November 2011 |
A collection of similarities found between Abrahamic Religions, Vedanta and Modern Science.... Sunday, 01 January 2012 |
Human life is precious. All scriptures say it is got by God’s grace. It is a rare opportunity to realize the ever attained self or God. Even gods in heaven are eager to attain such precious and rare human life. The main difference between human and other lower forms... Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |
In the world, we profess to achieve success and fulfillment in the future by our efforts. We believe in the cajoling mind which creates such delusions as we will achieve success in the near future, we can change our lives for the better. We boast of self confidence... Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |
Buddhism is a deeply spiritual philosophy, made known by Gautama Buddha (the enlightened one). This article contains excerpts from writings on Budhhism found on the internet.
The Core of Buddhism:
The two central ideas of Buddhism are: Pratītyasamutpāda (dependant-origination) and Sunyata (voidness)... Thursday, 02 February 2012 |
The inebriating Divine Smile that stills the mind of the saintly fortunate
The smile that grants beatitude even while living in mundane world
That inundates the heart with unalloyed bliss... Friday, 10 February 2012 |
There is an ever present, spontaneous, effortless awareness in all beings. This awareness is a dense mass of existence- consciousness – bliss condensed into one. It is self- conscious sentience. That is it is endowed with self awareness which is absolute in nature. When in contact with the... Tuesday, 28 February 2012 |
The Upanishads, the cream of the Vedas emphatically declare that Brahman is Infinite Bliss and that we are Brahman. Every being is Brahman which is of the very nature of bliss. But the state of the mundane world is quite contradictory. We see suffering, pain, misery and thralldom... Tuesday, 28 February 2012 |
I stand with my hand poised over the door handle of my car, not remembering exactly how I got here. The last thing I remember is grabbing my keys and sunglasses from the cluttered shelf above my desk. After that, everything is a blur. I don’t recall the last... Saturday, 10 March 2012 |
We perceive the mundane world and live in it. We enjoy and suffer, get excited and dejected, live and die in it. The lives of most people pass away in their struggle to live in the mundane world. They never care to enquire about the other world or life... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Am I not Thy child, Your own inseparable part?
Yet I am fighting for crumb of petty fleeting pleasures !
Competing with ferocious, avaricious men for trivialities.
Wasting my numbered days in the mire of delusion.
What a pity! Are you content with my sad plight?
O, Mother of... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Profound Sublime Silence, the very nature of the blissful ‘being’.
Transcendental substratum of all the clamour of the world.
Our true nature, absolute freedom, bereft of all limiting adjuncts.
In which the seers of absolute truth ever abide and revel.
That which always enchants the fortunate saintly and faithful.... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Human life is full of warm and cordial relationships and associations. We are born into a family; we have parents, brothers, sisters, grand parents, aunts and uncles. Due to our close association with others we develop friends. We marry and thus have spouses. We beget children and thus raise... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Pratyabhijna (Instantaneous Self Recognition) is the very inherent nature of the Self or Atman. In fact, like the Sruti in classical concert, this awareness shines in all splendour every moment of our life. It is ever present as substratum – awareness, continuous without any break in life and death,... Saturday, 31 March 2012 |
Every religion speaks of religious tolerance, yet there are extracts in the holy scriptures of most of the religions expressing fanatical and bigoted views. Mostly they declare “ our religion is the only path to Salvation or heaven. Our saint is the only worthy, reliable guide on spirituality. The... Saturday, 07 April 2012 |
All beings have an intrinsic awareness of being which is necessarily the most immediate experience. No one ever entertains any doubt regarding his existence at any point of time. It is self evident and absolutely clear to all. All other perceptions through the senses and mind, come and go.... Thursday, 19 April 2012 |
We are prone to think, to perceive, to analyze, to reflect, to dream, to aspire during our waking hours. We jump from one thought to another, from one desire to another. Thus the waking hours of our whole life are spent in thoughts. Thoughts control us. We do... Monday, 28 May 2012 |
The Self or the Atman and consciousness are synonymous. Both are the same. In that consciousness no thought, no ego has ever arisen. The pristine purity of ‘It’ is ever intact. It has never ever deviated (fallen) from its awareness. Consciousness is only and ever aware of ‘Itself’.
Then... Friday, 20 July 2012 |
Radha loved Krishna
She waited forever to see him
but when he came she showered him with complaints
She expected a lot from him
but what she expected most was him
Krishna loved Radha
Among all his pursuits when he made time
he devoted himself completely to her... Wednesday, 25 July 2012 |
Science and scientific research have attained special glamour today. In modern times science has achieved great progress. Great facts of Nature have been discovered by earnest scientists. Inventions based on these discoveries have totally changed the outer life of man. Modern man is in the lap of numerous comforts... Friday, 10 May 2013 |
