Click on the picture to go to the video on YouTube For those who seek not just knowledge, but liberation through clear seeing, the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, in Verse 2.4.5, proclaims the profound Vedantic formula “Śrotavyo mantavyo nidhidhyāsitavyo”, which means that the Self can be realized by following the three-step process: Sravana (Hearing or listening to the Truth & Wisdom with utmost attention) Manana (Reflecting upon the wisdom received through Sravana) Nidhidhyasana (Sitting in simple,...

On the path of dhyana, or Zen, there is no hypothesis, no God. And it is not a question of love. A man of Zen is very loving, but he has not practiced love; it has come as a by-product of his realization. He simply realized his own buddhahood. There is no question of another, a God somewhere else in heaven. He has simply reached his own center of life, and being there, he explodes into love, into compassion. His love comes after his enlightenment; it is not a method for enlightenment. The...