Understanding the Orders of Reality
INQUIRER: Need help reconciling various experiences that seem to be happening within my scope. Experience A: There is a world of objects and people. I am a body-mind endowed... The post Understanding...
View ArticleConnection Between Doer, Enjoyer and Self (Atma)
INQUIRER: I understand that doership is the “aham karta” (I am a doer / doership) thoughts. Thoughts like: “I am doing the writing of this message. I am doing... The post Connection Between Doer,...
View ArticleSelf “Sees” Everything As Itself
INQUIRER: I see emotions and thoughts arising within me (Self; ātmā). I see the apparent world (including the body) appearing in me, and everything is just pure-being. There isn't... The post Self...
View ArticleIndividual Cannot Transcend the Individual
Synopsis: The inquirer is frustrated because he's trying to experience oneself as an unlimited entity through a limited body-mind. He (a mind's desire) wants to get rid of the... The post Individual...
View ArticleHow Do I Know I am Doing My Duty? What is My Svadharma?
How do I know that I’m doing “my” sva-dharma (personal duty), and not someone else's. How do I know it’s “mine”? ANSWER: There is relative and absolute svadharma. ABSOLUTE:... The post How Do I Know I...
View ArticleDoership Disturbs the Mind
Synopsis: Ramesh's self-enquiry to realize the Self is unsuccessful. Two solutions are given. Starting from right standpoint, and right method. INQUIRER: Something is disturbing my mind: It feels...
View ArticleMoksha Can’t Be for Atman nor the Mind. Then Who Gets Liberated?
INQUIRER: It is said, “Self-knowledge takes place in the mind, and enlightenment is for the mind.” RESPONSE: In beginning stages, Vedanta pretends that the mind is conscious because Self... The post...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Distinction Between Self and Not-Self
INQUIRER: There was a change of perception some time ago due to decent assimilation of self-knowledge. Now need confirmation for reassurance. When one knows oneself to be Awareness (Brahman)... The...
View ArticleValidity of Mahayana ‘Bodhisattva’ Concept
Purpose of this article is to analyze Mahayana Buddhism's concept of bodhisattva. (Article is not referring to Zen Buddhism's implied interpretation, which is different from Mahayana's more literal...
View ArticleAdhyasa Explained: Why Do We Mistake the Self for the Non-Self?
INQUIRER: QUESTION 1: How Does Adhyasa (Superimposition) Happen? In the Adhyasa Bhashya, it is stated that the ‘I' (Self) and the ‘you' (everything else/non-Self) are of the nature of... The post...
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