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The Enlightenment Business: Wisdom For Sale

By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

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Religion and spirituality today are a big business. Generally the spiritual teachers, preachers, gurus, and the so-called enlightened masters of the day are really motivational speakers and self-styled self-help experts who engage in entrepreneurial ventures for financial and commercial success.  Every year people spend billions of dollars buying the books, CDs, and self-help programs offered by such teachers.

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Nirvikalpa Samadhi – Two Different Perspectives: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

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Question On 01/20/2000 From Gausima

I accidentally found this on the internet while searching for something else, and was wondering what type of Nirvikalpa Samadhi it was referring to and if anyone had any knowledge of this.

“once an ordinary person achieves Nirvikalpa Samadhi, he leaves the body in 21 days.”   In the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, on page 245, it says, “Trailanga Swami once said that because a man reasons he is conscious of multiplicity, of variety. Attaining samadhi, one gives up the body in twenty-one days. . . ” (Ramakrishna was talking to his devotees.)

Namaste,
Gasusima

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See Where You Are Clearly: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

Harsh Luthar - Flying

If nothing is wanted

it matters not

whether you have what it takes

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You Forgot Your Lips At My House: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

Last week you forgot your lips
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Bhagavan Ramana’s Teachings- A Talk by Sri V. Ganesan

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The transcript of this talk by Sri V. Ganesan was sent to me by Sri Alan Jacobs who is the President of Ramana Maharshi Foundation in UK.

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Favorite Ramana Maharshi Quotes – 2

“You are not helping anybody else, but only yourself.” Sri Ramana

Sri Ramana says, “Till you reach the state of jnana and thus wake out of this maya, you must do social service by relieving suffering whenever you see it. But even then you must do it, as we are told, without ahamkara, i.e., without the sense “I am the doer,” but feeling, “I am the Lord’s tool.” Continue reading

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Favorite Ramana Maharshi Quotes – 1

“You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge. That is liberation” (Sri Ramana Maharshi). Continue reading

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First Impressions of India: By Paige Andrews

I’m definitely not in Boston anymore. Continue reading

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Yoga and Diet: By Amalia Shakti

 

The practice of yoga is usually followed by a change in eating habits. When your body and inner-self start feeling good, you tend to pay closer attention to what you put into your body. Besides being responsible for building our physical body, the foods we eat profoundly affect our mind. Continue reading

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Help for Disabled and Aged Sadhus near Arunachala

Sadhus give their lives to God. Renouncing family, home, and possessions, they live only on what is given to them. When they are healthy, this life has many hardships; when they are old, infirm, and disabled, it is nearly impossible. Continue reading