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Category: Ignorance (Maya, Avidya)

(1) Who Am I? (2) What Is This World?


(1) Who Am I?The Apparent or Real Self? – Swami Sarvapriyanandahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAGjepFp70 (2) What Is This World? Penetrating this World Illusion with … More

Consciousness, Consciousness is Brahman, Name-and-form, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Who am I?

Ab Mujhe Iss Duniya Kee Zaroorat Nahi Hie


I gently lower my eyelidsShutting off whatever scenes that there beI dial down my thinkingShutting off whatever curiosities that there … More

Ignorance, Poem, Poetry, World

Enlightenment


All of us are headed towards enlightenment (or indeed, as some say we are already always enlightened, but we are … More

Enlightenment, Liberation, Nirvana, Ramana Maharshi quotes, Self-realization

Swami Sarvapriyananda on Advaita Vedanta (Hinduism)


Please see these videos of Swamiji roughly in the order in which I have listed them to get a very … More

Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, Consciousness (Awareness), Hinduism, Self (Brahman), Self-realization / Liberation, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Upanishads, Vedanta, Who am I?

“Who Am I?” – Part 2 – Swami Sarvapriyananda


Consciousness (Awareness), Mandukya Upanishad, Name and form, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Who am I?

“Who Am I?” – Part 1 – Swami Sarvapriyananda


Consciousness (Awareness), Mandukya Upanishad, Name and form, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Turiya, Who am I?

The Ultimate Liberal Called Ramakrishna Paramahansa


“The feeling of ‘I ‘ and ‘mine’ is ignorance. People say that Rani Rasmani built the Kāli temple; but nobody … More

Compassion, Liberalism, Maya, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Ultimate liberal

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds


Youtube Playlist Link to the 4 Parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXuTt7c3Jkg&list=PLKCye8OzfFxxswt47OeFpTOF9pha7J9ln

Consciousness, God, Maya, Stillness of mind, Thinking

Schrodinger On Determinism and Free Will


Following is the Epilogue in Erwin Schrodinger’s book “What Is Life?” (Note: Schrodinger was an Austrian physicist who developed a … More

Consciousness, Free Will, God, Maya, Schrodinger, Self

Ramana Maharshi on Ignorance


Ignorance – ajnana – is of two kinds: (1) Forgetfulness of the Self. (2) Obstruction to the knowledge of the … More

Ajnana, Ignorance, Ramana Maharshi, Self (Brahman)

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