Vedanta - The River of Wisdom

#114 Avadhuta Gita - Learning from 24 masters (2 of 3) 13.10.2020 13:18 ↓

The learning of the monk from observing nature and people continues.. 

#113 Avadhuta Gita - Learning from 24 masters (1 of 3) 06.10.2020 17:33 ↓

A lot of us look at and feel at home in nature.   Dattatreya, a wise monk looks at nature and learns the wisdom of life.  (This is from the section on Avadhuta Gita in the Bhagavatam, a sacred text extolling the glories of Vishnu. )

#112 The Dance of Silence 29.09.2020 13:35 ↓

Speaking and not speaking are the different ways we engage with the world.  As we dance with the silence of the other, the one present in that silence, comes forth.    

#111 The gift of the present 22.09.2020 12:18 ↓

How and why is the present a gift?

#110 The Mirage of Perfection 15.09.2020 11:38 ↓

If perfection is worth aspiring for, why do we consider it a mirage? 

#109 Romantic relationship - the Modern view and the Vedic view 08.09.2020 14:15 ↓

Ten reflections on the differences in the modern view and the Vedic view of the illusive and elusive 'romantic relationship'. 

#108 Mirror Mirror on the wall - the ultimate approval 01.09.2020 14:00 ↓

What are those two enduring things that approve of us - in what we do and who we really are ? 

#107 The root cause of suffering 25.08.2020 15:00 ↓

Only if the diagnosis is correct a lasting solution is possible

#106 Clearing the fog of subjectivity 18.08.2020 22:45 ↓

We align ourselves with functional reality which prepares us to see and appreciate the absolute, unchanging reality. 

#105 Discovering Compassion 11.08.2020 11:18 ↓

As we celebrate the 90th birthday of my guru, Pujya Swami Dayananda this week it feels right to dwell on compassion. As with everything else, I dedicate this episode to the one whose very name and being meant the fullness (ananda)that is compassion (daya). 

#104 'What if' to 'So what? 04.08.2020 9:40 ↓

The questions we ask can often orient us to be awake to reality.  

#103 The Vedic vision of the four stages of life 28.07.2020 14:40 ↓

Each stage offered the opportunity for growth and contribution paving the way for moksha unlike today

#102 Priority based living vs. Desire based living 21.07.2020 13:08 ↓

We identify our life priorities and see how every day can be a successful day when we live a priority based life.

# 101 Rescuing God from our ideas 14.07.2020 14:01 ↓

Our ideas of God get reflected in how we are and we see the world.  We go through seven stages of understanding God to see that God is indeed me.   

#100 Learning to learn 07.07.2020 14:20 ↓

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#99 Going beyond the opposites 30.06.2020 11:38 ↓

It seems like we are being controlled by the opposites -  hot and cold, pleasure and pain and so on.  Is there a way out? 

#98 Your comfort zone 23.06.2020 10:30 ↓

How much your comfort zone shrinks or expands is a choice. Your choice. 

#97 The Mind and its purification in the Vedic tradition 16.06.2020 16:04 ↓

Antah-karana-shuddhi is the most conducive condition for the discovery of limitless freedom. How?

#96 The magic of commitment 09.06.2020 14:00 ↓

The one thing that makes all the difference in your pursuits.

#95 The trap of over-responsibility 02.06.2020 15:15 ↓

In the name of doing our best we get carried away with over responsibility. How?  

#94 Being myself 26.05.2020 9:39 ↓

How can I be comfortable in my own skin? 

#93 Gender I-dentity 19.05.2020 11:49 ↓

To see ourselves as pure being we need to be relatively free from our gender identity.  How and Why?

#92 The Story of Jiva 12.05.2020 11:11 ↓

..will sound familiar.

#91 Spiritual (Dharmika) responses to Aggression 05.05.2020 19:43 ↓

In response to a question five kinds of Dharmika responses are highlighted. 

#90 Why Adi Shankaracharya matters 28.04.2020 16:15 ↓

If there is one being that strengthened the foundation and edifice of Advaita Vedanta it is undoubtedly Adi Shankaracharya.  We celebrate his birthday today more than 1300 years later as we proudly keep the teaching tradition alive.