April 10, 2023
I visited India for the first time in 1969. Although it has since become a cliché, it would be fair to say that on...
A selection of articles on various Vedanta-related topics
May 16, 2021
By Sundari Though it is not essential to self-inquiry, it really helps to understand some of the history of Vedanta and its scriptural texts...
February 4, 2020
What are we looking for? Contributed by Ben When we examine all our needs and wants, we arrive at a very simple conclusion. Through...
May 27, 2015
Once you have developed a firm understanding of Vedanta by completing the Beginners Course, you are ready to undertake a systematic study of the...
February 5, 2015
What is Vedanta? That’s a question I get asked a lot. The answer I give generally depends on who is asking the question. For...
February 4, 2015
The Most Obvious Thing By Christian Leeby / Edited by James Swartz Follow this train of thought with a totally open mind. In the...
January 30, 2015
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January 30, 2015
Experience and Knowledge Read/download in PDF Format The Subtle and Causal Bodies: David and Goliath This picture is unremarkable: two horizontal lines of different...
January 30, 2015
Dharma Combat (Read/download as PDF) In the old days in India it was customary for royalty to host great debates between proponents of conflicting...
January 11, 2015
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi A few years ago, I was interviewed at my flat in Tiruvannamalai behind Ramanashram, about the teachings of Ramana...
January 11, 2015
Are You Qualified for Enlightenment? The only qualification to seek enlightenment is a human birth. However, out of a million seekers only one or...
January 11, 2015
Unless you are very clear that a life spent pursuing worldly goals will not remove the feeling of incompleteness and limitation that bedevils most...
January 11, 2015
Non-Dual Love by Sundari Non-Dual Love Is Who You Are “Non-dual love” as it relates to relationships is not a common term in the...
January 9, 2015
A Fallen Yogi Recently I received an email with a link to a web blog by a reasonably famous teacher. He said he was...
January 7, 2015
Vedanta and the Politics and Morality of Food Sanskrit terminology used: Isvara: Field of Existence or Creative ForceGunas: Three Energies making up/running Field: sattva/rajas/tamas Sattva: Energy of clarity,...
January 30, 2012
Discrimination between the Self and the Not-Self (Link to PDF Version) Creation No matter how obviously separate I seem from the objects of my...
January 11, 2010
The Problem of Desire This are my commentaries onSwami Dayananda’s summary of Chapter 3 of the Bhagavad Gita.I tidied up Swamiji’s language a bit,...
January 11, 2010
An Essay on the ‘Lineage’ Game Unlike animals and enlightened beings, human beings seem to need validation for any number of things: their activities,...
January 10, 2010
Neo-Advaita Mystics have proclaimed the oneness of all things for thousands of years. The Science of Self Inquiry that culminated in the teachings of...
January 10, 2010
A Means of Self Knowledge An Anonymous Contributor There is a world of difference between beliefs, assumptions conclusions, evaluations, and judgments that arise from...
January 10, 2010
Love is Awareness Directed to an Object Everyone wants to be loved but an emotionally needy person does not know why. He or she...
January 10, 2010
Kundalini and Vedanta Question: Love from this side of the ocean. I have a question. When I was reading the book “Play of Consciousness”...
January 10, 2010
Isvara-Jiva-Jagat Identity (Aikyam): The Four ‘Orders of Reality’ Awareness Before the projection of maya is referred to as ‘pure’ consciousness/awareness or paramatman, amongst many other names, including Isvara. ‘Pure’...
January 9, 2010
Is Enlightenment Possible for Serious Yogis? (Taken from an interview for Yoga and Health Magazine) James: It depends on what you mean by ‘serious.’...
January 9, 2010
This is an interview with a person who did a serious fast and who woke up to his true nature. It is a beautiful...
January 9, 2010
A Clean Mirror This email was submitted anonymously by a person from the ShiningWorld community. Cleaning the mirror of the Subtle Body is knowing...
February 4, 2003
What is Advaita Vedanta? Experience and Knowledge James Swartz, 2003 Read/Download as PDF What is Advaita Vedanta?Enlightenment through Understanding Western spirituality in the last...
