by Satinder | Jul 26, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
You ARE That! Direct Experience of Reality as your own Self! The students of Vedānta are very familiar with the great saying, Mahāvākya, तत्त्वमसि, Tat Tvam Asi, translated generally as “Thou art That,” originally occurring in the Chandōgya Upaniṣad 6.8.7. It means...
by Satinder | Jul 24, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND! J. Krishnamurti once said, “Truth is a pathless land.” This pithy, enigmatic quote does not really mean that there is no path to truth; rather it signifies that we are already the truth that we are seeking. Since there is no separation from...
by Satinder | Jul 21, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WAKING, DREAM, SLEEP AND SAT-CHIT-ANANDA! Dream is that state which when occurring “appears” to be as real as the waking state. We only “call” it dream from the “prejudice” of the waking state. What if, extending the logic, the...
by Satinder | Jul 15, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality |
LIFE LESSONS FROM FLUTE Rumi, a Persian poet, says that our greatest longing (ārzou) is to return to our roots, to return home, to unite with the highest within. He opens his greatest masterpiece, Mathnawî-yé Ma`nawî, which means “Rhyming Couplets of Deep Spiritual...
by Satinder | Jul 15, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
A LĪLĀ, DIVINE PLAY, “IN” AND “OF” CONSCIOUSNESS! It is all a play “of” consciousness. Better yet, it is all a play “in” the consciousness. Consciousness is not just the Seer, “witness” of all and...
by Satinder | Jul 11, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
VEDĀNTA IN SRIMAD BHĀGAVATAM: [Bhāgavatāmṟutasāra: skandha 6; chapter 16, verses 51-56] [Chatu-Sloki Bhāgavatam: skandha 2, Chapter 9, Verses: 33-36 अहं वै सर्व-भूतानि भूतात्मा भूत-भावनः I शब्द-ब्रह्म परं ब्रह्म ममोभे शाश्वती तनू II 6.16.51 ahaṁ vai sarva-bhūtāni...
by Satinder | Jul 8, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
TURĪYA MANTRA: KEYS TO LIBERATION! The main import of Maṇḍūkya Upaniṣad and Guaḍapāda’s Karikās is to establish the true nature of ātmā, the Self, the Pure Consciousness. It provides the entire methodology (prakriya) to cognize one’s self within...
by Satinder | Jul 2, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Oneness of the Self with Brahman! In the great epic Ramāyaṇa, we find that Sri Rāma asked Sri Hanumān-ji a question in the assembly: “O Hanuman, what do you think of me in relation to yourself?” Tears were rolling down Hanumanji’s cheeks. Full of devotion and...
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