Ashtavakra Gita
Classic text of pure non-duality
Read MoreSpring Showers
Spring Showers is a short collection of poems on inner illumination and higher love written by Hari Prasad Shastri. It was first published while he was in China, 1918-28. Here is one of them: Who can fathom the depth of the ocean of fate? And who can untie the knot of the future? What is…
Read MoreThe Three Steps
This is a slightly edited version of a Chapter on three stages of learning and absorbing the non-dual teachings. They are: Shravana—the hearing [or reading] of the Truth. Manana—brooding on that Truth which has been heard. Nididhyasana—meditation or contemplation on the Truth, leading to absorption. The Truth has first to be received—that is shravana; then…
Read MoreImportance of Rhythm in Meditation
Before starting to meditate, there are three preliminary things to be established: a rhythm in timing a rhythm in posture a rhythm in the preparation to be carried out immediately before the actual meditation begins. The more conscious a pupil becomes of his inner processes, the more aware he will be of his disharmony, and…
Read MoreOn Dharma
HOW DO WE awaken to inner joy and peace, and a sense of the underlying unity of all? We do so by following the way of Dharma. Dharma is dynamic spiritual living— to live in such a way that meets and fulfils our present stage of development, and helps us on to the next stage.…
Read MoreOn the Life of Higher Love
All human beings are born with an innate need to love and to be loved. Love is one of the two most precious urges of human nature— the other being the urge to know. Love means expansion. We do not like to have our experience confined to a fraction of the finite world. Nor are…
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