Category: Advaita (see Nonduality)

What is a name-and-form?


Ask yourself the question, “Can one, anyone, even if that anyone be some God, ‘experience’ anything or encounter anything in … More

Shh


Let me try that again, the not posting anymore. That would of course mean, in general, not reading anything anymore … More

Nirvana Shatkam


न मृत्युर्न शङ्का न मे जातिभेदःपिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्मः ।न बन्धुर्न मित्रं गुरुर्नैव शिष्यंचिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम् ॥५॥ Na Mrtyur-Na Shangkaa Na Me Jaati-BhedahPitaa Naiva Me Naiva Maataa Na Janmah |Na Bandhurna Mitram Gurur-Na-Iva ShissyamCid-Aananda-Ruupah Shivo[a-A]ham Shivo[a-A]ham … More

Dakshinamurthy Stotram, Adi Shankaracharya, Sanskrit — English translations


विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरीतुल्यं निजान्तर्गतंपश्यन्नात्मनि मायया बहिरिवोद्भूतं यथा निद्रया ।यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयंतस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥१॥ Vishvam Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii-Tulyam Nija-AntargatamPashyann-Aatmani Maayayaa … More