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Category: Ignorance (Maya, Avidya)

My Brother-in-Law’s Perspicacious Observation and the Purusharthas


When in January 1995 at the age of 30 years I came back to India from the US, I was … More

artha, Dharma, kama, Moksha, Purusharthas, Svadharma

Actual Delusion


“The delusion is the fanciful imagination that there’s a ‘you’ that’s deluded.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Delusion, Quotations, Quotes

Delusion


“The delusion is the fanciful imagination that you are deluded.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Delusion, Quotations, Quotes

Maya (Ignorance)


“Maya (or ignorance) is nothing but the wrong understanding that happiness lies outside. The moment one realizes that happiness is … More

Avidya, Ignorance, Maya, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

(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?

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