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Self-Realization

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Self-Realization cannot be described because Self can never be an object of perception.  The Self  is always the subject. The Ultimate Subject.  When the mind is temporarily absorbed in the Heart, the Self is known with immediacy as the eternal presence. That is called Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
However, even after having attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the mind [...]

Self-Realized Sage Is Like A Parrot

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Self-Realized sages are like parrots. You see them in their youth, in middle age, and then in their old age. They do not change their message and keep saying the same thing over and over again. Outwardly they are the same, and yet within the perpetual fountain of love for all beings becomes an [...]

Goddess As The Guru In Tripura Rahasya

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

In many Hindu scriptures like Tripura Rahasaya, the ultimate Guru is Devi, the Supreme Goddess.  She gives instructions to the sages so they can know the highest truth of Reality and attain Self-Realization.
In the path of Tantra, the sciences explaining the mystery of mantra, mind, and breath are explored and explained. Tantric texts focus on [...]

Call of the Conch-Introduction

Monday, August 24th, 2009

“We need to challenge our age old habits and tradition
if they are in direct contrast to the principles of
non-violence and dharma laid down by Sri Krishna in Gita.”
Lord Krishna is also known as Gopala, or protector of the cows. His love for and relationship with the cows of Vrindavan forms a major part of His [...]

The Deepest Knowing

Monday, August 24th, 2009

When I was a child, the idea that I could only know “me” and not others was both strange and fascinating. It still makes me smile. What can anyone really and truly know with complete and absolute intimacy?
What is your deepest knowing? How do you know that you know?