What if I die without getting realized?

When you talk about an ignorant person and a Jnani and the need for an ignorant person to become a Jnani, do you not assume that there is an...

People mistake bliss for self-realisation

  Your expectation of something unique and dramatic, of some wonderful explosion, is merely hindering and delaying your self-realisation. Sr...

A character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity

Who is thinking in terms of self-improvement? Surely, an appearance in consciousness, a character in a movie, a dreamed pseudo-entity consid...

Man of cluttered intellect - Ashtavakra Gita

  A man of open intuition may realize Self upon hearing a casual instruction, while a man of cluttered intellect inquires bewildered for a l...

The self-styled Gurus obstruct

The self-styled Gurus talk of ripeness and effort, of merits and achievements, of destiny and grace. All these are mere mental formations, p...

It is all imagination - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Through the film of your mind you project a world and also a God to give it cause and purpose. It is all imagination. Step out of it. Nisa...

Yogis who preach either effort - Ashtavakra Gita

कर्मनैष्कर्म्यनिर्बन्धभावा देहस्थयोगिनः । संयोगायोगविरहादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥ Yogis who preach either effort or non-effort are still attached to...

There is no such thing as enlightenment

  There is no ‘me’ or ‘you’ to seek enlightenment. Personal entity and enlightenment cannot go together. Indeed, there is no such thing as ‘...

For Humans to Know / Manushyarariyan - by Maitreyan

  This book is a must-read for all claiming to be on a so-called ‘spiritual’ path, all those who are still ‘practicing’. The book or the aut...

Delete and archive files preserving the folder tree structure

  Suppose you have a complex, deeply nested, structure of folders and files. This would be normal when you have a number of clients and need...

Custom styles for websites in Firefox

  It seems that the rendering of fonts used by some websites are so thin that they are quite illegible. There are also instances where some ...

The imperceptible being

  Each one of us, as a phenomenon, is merely an appearance in the consciousness of those who perceive us, and, therefore, what we appear to ...

Where is the person? - Ashtavakra Gita

 

Neither do I know, nor do I do not know - Kenopanishad

  I do not think that I know this well; nor do I think that I do not know this. He among us who knows that – “Neither do I know, nor do I do...

Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined?

  Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined? Even to talk of re-uniting the person with the self is not right, because t...

Can you take a photograph of the Government of Bombay?

  ● Are the buildings, land, and the trees - Bombay? ● Bombay is a concept superimposed on the totality of things viewed collectively. ● If ...

Where do you figure in these atoms?

  •    Your body contains about 7x1027 atoms. •    All of them are billions of years old – as old as this universe. •    You don’t own any o...

Sadhana

  • Doing 'Sadhana' means assuming the existence of a phantom. • Who is to do 'Sadhana' and for what purpose? • Is it not en...

Spirituality in wonderland

  Spirituality in wonderland: Just to understand that 'Alice' is a fictional character in 'wonderland' is not enough. There&...

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 consc...

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 whomsoeve...

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 ...

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 i...

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 ...

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. - S...

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 with...

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?...

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 Schrödinger Austrian physicist. One of the founders of qu...

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...

The Grand Design - by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

  When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are t...

You are That !

 स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ  सर्वं तत्सत्यँ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो That which is the subtlest - the essence of the entire world; That is ...

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 ...