by Satinder | Oct 10, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
THE NATURE OF SELF-REALIZATION IN VEDĀNTA! In Vedānta, Self-Realization is an “understanding,” an “awareness” of that which is. It is our real nature—our real Self. How can that which alone is “real” be “real-ized” or made more real? It can only be...
by Satinder | Oct 10, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
TAT TVAM ASI: YOU ARE THAT! Are YOU limited by space and time? Do YOU fall within the parameters of space and time? As a name and form “entity” called Satinder, I am very much within the parameters of time and space and therefore limited by...
by Satinder | Sep 30, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
RENTING ASUNDER THE VEIL OF EGO! The Gita, the Gurubani, and the Upanisads The Kena Upanisad sings: “1. The teacher said: If you think you know IT well, then you only know a small portion of its limitless form. Therefore Brahman, limitless Awareness, is worthy...
by Satinder | Sep 22, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
LIBERATION “FOR” OR “FROM” THE NOTION OF EGO? Ego is a mere concept, a false unexamined assumption that ‘I’ stand apart from the core truth of my being, the deeper harmony of things. How do we know that the ego is not a real,...
by Satinder | Sep 5, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
TEACHER/GURU: THE EMBODIMENT OF SUPREME COMPASSION: *परम करुणानुना गुरुणा* This is how Ādi Śaṅkara defines a teacher, a Guru: परम करुणानुना गुरुणा That s/he is the very embodiment of supreme compassion. That is the only raison d’être that a teacher teaches....
by Satinder | Sep 5, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
VEDĀNTA 101 Vedānta says, सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म sarvaṁ khalvidaṁ brahma – All of this is Brahman – Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1. All this multiplicity, diversity is but Brahman only. Brahman is one, without a second. एकमेवाद्वितीयम् ब्रह्म ekamevādvitīyam...
by Satinder | Aug 25, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
A FEW RARE ONES STRIVE; STILL RARER FEW ARRIVE The following verse in the Bhagavad Gītā points out the rarity of the individuals who strive for the knowledge of the Ultimate Reality and extreme rarity of the ones who truly arrive: manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati...
by Satinder | Aug 20, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Most people are merely “skilled.” To be “skillful” is something quite different. Skillful is what is good for one and also good for all. This is also the main difference between a fighter and a warrior: A fighter is skilled; a warrior is skillful. Hence, the Buddha’s...
by Satinder | Aug 11, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
We all carry an invisible cage of false beliefs and assumptions around us and like little birds quickly learn to move comfortably in circles within the cage. No one notices their cage, much less that of the others–thus living a life of auto-pilot, the coveted...
by Satinder | Aug 6, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I?, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
PATH TO THE SUMMIT There is one Unchanging Conscious Essence/Substance/Principle that pervades and enlivens all and everything. This Essence is what lends Existence to everything, makes a thing what it is. It is the ‘Self’ of everything—the wetness of water, heat of...
by Satinder | Jul 9, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Śaṅkara’s Philosophy: A Brief Overview! Śaṅkara’s fundamental Vedāntic stance can be summarized as follows: That the Brahman (Absolute) is One only, without a second and is of the nature of Pure Consciousness and Bliss; that It is always, absolutely, one with...
by Satinder | Jul 8, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Arjuna-viṣāda-yoga— The Yoga of Arjuna’s Great Sorrow The Gītā teaches us that all sorrow springs from misunderstanding the Reality of the world in which we live—taking the unreal as real and real as unreal. That which is permanent and unchanging is real and that...
by Satinder | Jun 17, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
The Bhagavad Gītā is an endearing dialog (saṁvād) between two friends—the warrior prince, Arjuna, and the Lord in human form, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. So, if you want to understand the true import of the Gītā, you have to befriend Śrī Kṛṣṇa. There is no room for contention,...
by Satinder | May 29, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Who Am I?[1] Discerning what is ‘I’ and what is ‘not-I’ (ātmānātma-vicāra) Perhaps the most important question that Vedānta attempts to tackle is Who am I really? Generally, we take ourselves to be a separate and limited body-mind-senses complex. Vedānta says...
by Satinder | May 24, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Is your gold ring real? Of course yes. But is it really real? To find out, let’s look at it more closely. If we melt the gold ring, what do we get? Gold. Where did the ring go? Well, ring was just a “name” and “form” which got resolved...
by Satinder | Mar 19, 2017 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
Musings on Life and Living! Kindly find below some quotes, vignettes, and musings to uplift your spirit: [the wisdom-beads belong to others; I have only tried to supply the thread] Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.―...
by Satinder | Jan 20, 2017 | Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
The Story of Two Ants* Once upon a time, two ants used to live on two different types of ant-hills. One used to live on a hill made of sugar crystals and the other used to live on a hill made of salt crystals. Let/s call them sugar-hill and salt-hill ant. From time to...
by Satinder | Oct 24, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
KEY POINTERS TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE The point of these pointers is to lead us home which we have never left! Self-knowledge deals with who and what we truly are. The Self, our true nature, is the ever-present awareness of our own being. Who am I? What is Self-knowledge?...
by Satinder | Oct 24, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
‘Me’ to ‘I’ Perhaps the most often used word in the English language is ‘I.’ We are constantly saying ‘I’ ‘I’ all day long, all life long. We rarely pause to think what does this ‘I’ really mean. For the most part,...
by Satinder | Sep 27, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Already, Always the Self! All states of mind come and go. No such thing as ‘permanent’ state of mind. Mind disappears daily during deep sleep. Thankfully, you don’t. Therefore, you are not the mind! When sleep gives way to the waking state, ‘Me’ and the ‘world’ appear...
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