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उपनिषदों के महावाक्य THE GREAT SAYINGS OF THE UPANIṢADS Mahā means Great. Vākya means Statement, Saying, or Sentence. Mahāvākyas are the great declarations of the Upaniṣads that point directly to the nature of Reality and the true nature of the Self. They are not merely words to be repeated. They are pointers. They point the seeker away from identification with the body, mind, intellect and individuality—and toward That which is ever-present, changeless and non-dual. They do

This is a Divine meritorious triad of verses (3 verses), The fruition of uttering this Stotram / Vedantic prayer will consecrate the thoughts, words, and deeds to attain Jivan Mukti (Liberation). STOTRAM / VERSES 1st verse: Prátah smarámi hrudi samsphuradátmatattvam saccitsukham paramahamsagatim turèyam yatsvapna jágarasussuptamavaiti nityam tadbrahma niskalamaham na cha bhutasañgha. At dawn, that is this early morning, I remember the Ultimate Reality that is the SELF, shini

CLINGS & STEPS All clingings leave and fall away one day— the same way as they arrived. It seems like the Light succumbs to the Night, only to come back as the shining morning. Let the Night try all its tricks to stay— the Sun will burn it down. And the coming Night will now know the impermanence of its darkness. For the fools, life ‘just goes on’. For the awakened ones, Life is always ‘ON’. Another day. Another great day— though a hell of a long, sorry day for many fools. Li

The Matrix can be read almost as a modern spiritual allegory, especially through the lens of Self-enquiry, Advaita Vedanta, and awakening from identification with the mind. Neo — the one who awakens The name Neo itself is suggestive: new, and also an anagram of “One.” Spiritually, Neo can represent the individual consciousness beginning to recognize its true nature. Thomas Anderson — the conditioned individual, living through a constructed identity. Neo — the seeker who begin

Just want to be in maun, nothing else. Will you bless me? Words are swords; they never leave without wounds— both me and them. Your order— otherwise, I would never do anything, mauna or amauna. Many lifetimes of my past deeds— just in one lifetime? Very tired, Bhagawane… Please recycle me. Give me Your power. —Shambho

A Radical Teaching to a Sincere Seeker A much more radical teaching than ordinary “spiritual seeking.” Its central movement is from seeking something to seeing what is already happening—birth has brought death along with it, and therefore postponement is fundamentally dishonest. Some powerful things to know: “For the one who will realize: WISDOM & DEATH”.“For the ignorant: FEAR & DEATH”. That is a profound distinction. Death is common to both. Wisdom is not. The realized pers

Question: You endorse Maya's teaching, but I cannot reconcile my sense of this chair's reality with your assertion of its unreality. Ramana Maharshi: The root of your difficulty lies in the confused mingling of two separate ideas into one: the ‘I' and the 'body'. Ramana continues: When you are aware of the chair, it is the thought subsequent to the primal one, 'I am the body.' This 'I am the body' is the substratum of all your thoughts of world experience. It arises first. On

You can even create God outside yourself, the strange irony - you make an idol with your own hands, and then you bow down before and pray. You never understand what can come of praying before something that you make yourself. Seek who has made you. You sit with folded hands before a god of your own creation. But your god cannot be greater than you. It can only be smaller. That is why all the gods and goddesses seated in your temples and mosques are smaller than you. You have