Frank: Thank you for our communications and in my previous mail (referring to the dilemma of Iswara and Karma Yoga and the “struggle” to...
Satsang is a compound Sanskrit word that means “keeping the company of the Self.” The Self, Awareness, is the true nature of everyone and one keeps company with it by continually meditating on it in many ways. One of the most effective methods involves discussing non-dual teachings with someone whose knowledge of his or her identity as Awareness is doubt-free, to get clarity with reference to Self inquiry. The satsangs posted here are answers to the questions of many people around the world who are interested in enlightenment and committed to Vedanta as their preferred means of Self knowledge.
Now that Vedanta is well known in Western spiritual circles, it has become commonplace for unqualified “teachers” to identify with it. A qualified teacher is called a mahatma, someone immersed in the Vedic tradition who has been taught the methodology by someone who has been properly taught in an unbroken chain of teachers, through Shankaracharya, back to the Upanishads, the source texts themselves. My teacher, Swami Chinmaya, seen here with his teacher, Swami Tapovan Maharaj, satisfies this qualification. I have not strayed from the tradition since my introduction to it in 1968 and teach traditional Vedanta, although not in the traditional monastic format.
Chinmaya Teaching in a Traditional Setting
Question:How can I know my true Nature, Consciousness/the nondual Self/Witness?This is how I see it. Realization of the true nature of reality is recognized...
What is Vedanta? It is an analysis of experience that frees you of attachment objects and produces complete satisfaction with yourself as you are...
Hello James, I recently came across your work.. This question has to do with my spiritual path and, specifically, about an experience that occurred...
Indescribable but Revealable God Everything that exists is God, the innermost essence of everything, so what word will describe it? However, you can get...
Hi RamjiI want to respond to last Sunday’s satsang. A woman called in to last Sunday’s satsang and said a few words that really...
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Dear Sundari, I am so glad you are going to teach on this subject as I see it as a most important topic. I...
Dear Sundari, When you mentioned the painting I immediatelyvisualised an old water drain pipe, thinking how charming the impressionists are. Then I looked it...
Inquirer: You know what you are not, what you are you cannot know’ ‘As the absolute, there is no absolute’ -Nisargadatta Maharaj Sundari: Nisargadatta...
Thank you for your response, which is so very helpful. I recognize what you wrote, that the hard part is to keep the glass...
What a beautiful satsang tonight, thank you both so much! Sundari: thank you for your feedback, much appreciated Oscar: What struck me is when...
Dear James, As you know, this drama has been playing out for quite some time. There’s been so many sleepless nights and gut roiling....
Q: I’m still a bit confused on the concept that objects are not aware and do not know each other. If objects are a...
Rachel: Your answers provide clarity. Thank you for unfolding Vedanta. It’s very exciting to me. May I respond? I greatly appreciate you taking the...