Sadhana

 • Doing 'Sadhana' means assuming the existence of a phantom. • Who is to do 'Sadhana' and for what purpose? • Is it not enough to see the false as false? • The entity that you think you are - is false. • You are the reality.Sri Nisargadatta MaharajCh.30 Pointers from ...

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Spirituality in wonderland

 Spirituality in wonderland:Just to understand that 'Alice' is a fictional character in 'wonderland' is not enough. There's more to it.Even if she understood it thoroughly, she must have a 'Guru' in 'wonderland'.The Guru should give her a wonderland-mantra to repeat.Does she have the authority...

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Reflection of the sun in a drop of dew is not the sun

 • Consciousness is a reflection of the Absolute against the surface of matter, bringing about a sense of duality.• Awareness becomes consciousness only when it has an object to reflect against.• Reflection of the sun in a drop of dew is not the sun!- Sri Nisargadatta MaharajWhere is "liberation"...

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To whomsoever it is not known - Kenopanishad

यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः ।अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥To whomsoever it is not known, to him it is known.To whomsoever it is known, he does not know.It is not understood by those who understand it;It is understood by those who do not understand it.Kenopanis...

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You think you were born

 • You think you were born, but what was born was duration in which you as an object have become perceptible.• What you think you are, is duration, time; what you subjectively are, is timele...

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Isn’t it cruel to kill a rice grain?

 • A single rice grain has the potential life of acres of paddy. It is a living being.• Isn’t it cruel when you kill them for food?• The idea of cruelty towards animal life alone, has its origins in ancient belief systems when knowledge of life was limited. • Vegetarianism flourished on the rise...

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Noumenon is the substance, the phenomenon is mere reflection

- As long as we are in the phenomenal world, we can perceive only that.- We cannot be that-which-we-are until we wake up from the dream of phenomenality.- Understand the dream as such, and stop conceptualizing and objectivizing.- This is the basic essential - Noumenon is the substance, the phenomenon...

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Fundamental failure of traditional schools

 - Any action based on the notion of an autonomous, independent entity implies a fundamental failure to grasp the essentials of Advaita. - So long as there is a pseudo-entity considering itself a seeker and working towards ‘liberation’, it will continue to remain in 'bondage'. - It must be deeply,...

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The space within the pot

  The space within the pot, is known by its shape & volume and appears to have a separate identity. When the pot breaks, the space within, merges with the space outside, losing its identity.- The space within, was never spearate from the space outside.- The identity was apparent, and the it...

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Neo-Advaita

 Truth is one. All masters try to convey the same thing. Teachings of old masters would have been misinterpreted by some people, made as a concept, a story, or a religion by the years passed by.People take what is convenient for them, a part, ignoring the context, mostly those prescribed for the...

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If a genius scientist made an exact clone of you

  If a genius scientist made an exact clone of you, including all your memories and emotions, would that be you?If not, then who are you?Manmohan Sethumadhavan ...

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The multiplicity is only apparent. This is the doctrine of the Upanishads.

 The multiplicity is only apparent. This is the doctrine of the Upanishads.Erwin SchrödingerAustrian physicist. One of the founders of quantum theo...

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Right and wrong, pleasure and pain, exist in mind only

 धर्माधर्मौ सुखं दुःखं मानसानि न ते विभो ।न कर्तासि न भोक्तासि मुक्त एवासि सर्वदा ॥Right and wrong, pleasure and pain, exist in mind only.They are not your concern. You neither do nor enjoy. You are free.Ashtavakra G...

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You are That

 स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ  सर्वं तत्सत्यँ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतोThat which is the subtlest - the essence of the entire world;That is the Self; the Truth;  You are That !Chandogyopanis...

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Time is in the mind. Space is in the mind.

 Time is in the mind. Space is in the mind. The law of cause and effect is also a way of thinking. In reality, all is here and now and all is one. Multiplicity and diversity are in the mind only. - Sri Nisargadatta Maha...

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