JNANA BLOG

POEM: INTO THE UNKNOWN Most seekers die merely seeking, even the sincere ones. Because they follow the known methods and plans, hoping to realize the Truth. Yet the one who realizes has only two plans: Methods to madness. And an overarching plan for every plan that might fail. And that is— TO DIVE INTO THE UNKNOWN. — Shambho

KARNA, KRISHNA AND THE UNFAIRNESS OF LIFE Life may or may not be fair. But does fairness or unfairness determine Dharma? There is a popular anecdote attributed to Karna and Krishna. Karna asks: “Why am I wrong?” My mother abandoned me at birth. I was denied education because I was considered to be of a lower caste. Parashurama cursed me when he discovered my identity. I was cursed because an arrow accidentally killed a cow. I was humiliated at Draupadi's Swayamvara. Even my o

A Jnana Contemplation on Ātma, OM and the Indivisible An atom is traditionally understood as that which cannot be divided. The very word comes from the Greek átomos — “uncuttable” or “indivisible.” And here, a profound contemplation opens. Ātma is also indivisible. It cannot be cut. It cannot be divided. It cannot be destroyed. What is truly indivisible cannot truly become divided. What, then, appears as division? Only Existence appearing as forms. THE INDIVISIBLE APPEARING A

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