Video quotes by Sacchidananda Acharya / Advaita Vedanta
From Sacchidananda Acharya's biography:
“He teaches with humility and aims to guide students towards a profound understanding of Non-Duality and even Beyond Non-Duality to the experience of their True Self/Nature as Awareness. He aims to reveal our Ever-Present but veiled Bliss, Harmony, Peace, Presence, Awareness. The Ultimate Truth is Awareness full of Bliss, but even this is only a pointer because What There Is – Is Beyond any concepts.
Since 2012, he did not feel he needed any more practice and IT was something that he just knew. He is permanently convinced in the recognition that there Is Only Brahman-Awareness and Abides As That.”
In 2020, outside the Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri Math, His Holiness Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji initiated Satchitananda into a sacred Shiva mantra and gave him permission to pass this on to his students. This is the first time in history that a Grihastha [family man] has received such an initiation [and permission].
In keeping with tradition, classes will be offered on an optional donation basis. You are very welcome to make a donation, however, it is entirely optional and in no way a pre-requisite for attending the class.
Although donations are optional, do consider making a contribution, as all donations will go towards the establishment of our residential Ashram in Greece. Without donations, our vision will not be possible.
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING AUTUMN 2024 – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sacchidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sacchidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sacchidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning.
Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sacchidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 7 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sacchidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
Donations to Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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SATSANGA WITH SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA & HIS STUDENTS #2 - CHERYL, 27/5/2023
We warmly welcome you to an ongoing series of one-on-one spontaneous Satsanga [spiritual dialogues] with Sacchidananda Acharya and his shishyas (students). Every sincere seeker of Truth and Self-Realisation is most welcome! Please note, that as per the Authentic Holy Tradition, Sacchidananda Acharya always offers everything free of charge.
WEEK #2 - CHERYL
A very profound and enlightening Satsanga with an American student, Cheryl.
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING AUTUMN 2024 – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sacchidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sacchidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sacchidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sacchidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 7 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sacchidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
Donations to Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sacchidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sacchidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
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DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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A quote by Sacchidananda Acharya / Advaita Vedanta
ABOUT SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
From Sacchidananda Acharya's biography:
“He teaches with humility and aims to guide students towards a profound understanding of Non-Duality and even Beyond Non-Duality to the experience of their True Self/Nature as Awareness. He aims to reveal our Ever-Present but veiled Bliss, Harmony, Peace, Presence, Awareness. The Ultimate Truth is Awareness full of Bliss, but even this is only a pointer because What There Is – Is Beyond any concepts.
Since 2012, he did not feel he needed any more practice and IT was something that he just knew. He is permanently convinced in the recognition that there Is Only Brahman-Awareness and Abides As That.”
In 2020, outside the Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri Math, His Holiness Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji initiated Satchitananda into a sacred Shiva mantra and gave him permission to pass this on to his students. This is the first time in history that a Grihastha [family man] has received such an initiation [and permission].
In keeping with tradition, classes will be offered on an optional donation basis. You are very welcome to make a donation, however, it is entirely optional and in no way a pre-requisite for attending the class.
Although donations are optional, do consider making a contribution, as all donations will go towards the establishment of our residential Ashram in Greece. Without donations, our vision will not be possible.
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING AUTUMN 2024 – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sacchidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sacchidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sacchidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sacchidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 7 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sacchidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
Donations to Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sacchidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sacchidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAN #1 - Discussions on Advaita with Sacchidananda Acharya & student Subodhananda
FULL TRANSCRIPT
ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAN #1 -
Spontaneous discussions on Advaita Vedanta with Sacchidananda Acharya and his student, Andrew
ANDREW
I was watching Ramana Maharishi’s documentary yesterday.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
I’ve seen that many years before. It is amazing.
ANDREW
Yeah. For me anyway, it’s worth watching many times.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yeah, sure. It is.
ANDREW
There’s an interesting dialogue – well, many interesting dialogues. But, there’s one interesting dialogue with one of his principal disciples. Whose name I can’t remember, it’s like Ganapati or something like that; a famous disciple of his. And, he asks, the disciple asks, ‘What is tapas?’ And I personally, don’t know what it means.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Tapas means, spiritual practice, sadhana. Another name for spiritual asceticism.
ANDREW
Ah OK. Because this guy’s, like a, phenomenal scholar and everyone is impressed by his presence even. You know, he’s like, people were in awe of him, this disciple. And he went to Ramana Maharishi and he said, ‘I know everything, about everything, but, please, I need help. Please, tell me what is tapas’.
And then the answer, it’s something like, basically, ‘Go looking for the ‘I’, and look for the source of the ‘I’, and when you find the source of the ‘I’, the ‘I’ will dissolve into the source and then the Real ‘I’ will appear’. Something very close to this that he said.
So, what’s the difference between that – looking for the source of the ‘I’ – and the practice that you tell me to do, which is [to ask], ‘What is looking at the ‘I’? Or, when you’re meditating on emptiness for example, and there is no 'I', what is able to accommodate that experience? Are they the same practices, just in different words?
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yeah, it is the same practice, as an end result, but from another standpoint. So, you can go to the top of the mountain through different paths. So, there are many kinds of practices, tapas, or sadhanas that will reveal that the fake, small ‘I’, does not really exist. It is only what we call in Advaita Vedanta, chidabhasa, which means, the reflected consciousness.
So, by trying to find it, by trying to see whether this small ‘I’ does really exist or not, it runs away, it disappears by itself, because it is like a ghost. It does not have inherent existence - it borrows its existence from the real Consciousness, the real ‘I’.
This is also what they are referring to when they speak about Atma Vichara in the writings of Ramana Maharishi, but when Ramana Maharishi was speaking about doing Atma Vichara, he was not, of course meaning, or wanting to say, to ask ‘Who am I?, Who am I?, Who am I?’, like a parrot.
Atma Vichara, it does really exist in Advaita Vedanta Guru Parampara, or Holy Tradition, and it is Sravanam and Mananam. Listening and enquiring into the nature of Atma or Brahman, this is Atma Vichara. Atma Vichara really means investigation or enquiry into the nature of Atma or Brahman, which cannot be done by simply asking the question, ‘Who am I? Who am I?, Who am I? Because actually, there is no answer to this question.
Atma Vichara cannot be revealed and cannot be done through this question. It can be revealed only through Mahavakya Upadesha, through a qualified Guru, who belongs to a Guru Parampara; Sampradaya. And through his guidance, you do what we say are, Sravanam, Mananam and then Nidhi Dhyasanam to internalize all this total enquiry.
ANDREW
So, what was the Sravanam and Mananam that Maharishi’s disciples did then? It was this analysis…
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
They were not actually doing in the right way Sravanam and Mananam and also Nidhi Dhyasanam, because he himself Ramana Maharishi was not part of any Guru Parampara – at least in this reincarnation, in his last reincarnation – so he was not able to guide his disciples according to the Upanishads.
He was trying to guide them according to his personal experience and through his realisation, but that is not enough. It can only be enough to those who are on the same level of spiritual maturity as himself. Because if you say to anybody, just ask, “Who am I?, Who am I?, Who am I?, nobody will be able to find out the truth and to find out the nature of the Self. It is impossible.
It needs only Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam and a constant and regular study under the guidance of a competent Guru – there is no other way. Unless, of course, it is mentioned otherwise in the Upanishads, but that is not the case.
ANDREW
Yes, because, some of his disciples then must have been very close to attaining realisations before they met him…because…
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, they were.
ANDREW
…they attained realisations some of them, just by…
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, they were.
ANDREW
…just by listening to a few instructions, because he did teach a little bit. They just listened to a few instructions and some of them they attained realisations just by being in silence with him. So, they must have been very mature.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, exactly. Some of them, they were really ready for such a kind of teaching, just like Ramana Maharishi himself was ready at the age of sixteen years old. He had this death experience and it was enough to complete his Self-Realisation process.
And also the one who wrote one of his first talks. He was also a very well-known scholar and a well-known person in India and he was known for his realisation. And also, all those who were around him in his Ashram, they were really very advanced.
ANDREW
So, when we talk about Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, it’s for the vast majority of people, they need a very systematic [approach]. It’s only a few exceptions, where you can condense this.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, exactly. It’s like, Ramana Maharishi himself, of course he was not in need of doing this process of Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, in this reincarnation, in his last reincarnation, but how many are on that level of spiritual maturity?
ANDREW
I wanted to ask you something about flexibility and adaptability and spontaneity because yesterday, for example, I was watching that [Ramana Maharishi] documentary, I listened intently to this dialogue when Ramana Maharishi said, ‘Search for the source of the ‘I’.’
I was very inspired to follow that instruction, and I think it was the right thing to do. I didn't do it, though. I think it was the right thing to do, to follow that instruction because I was inspired in that moment, to do it right there, you know.
But because you'd given me a slightly different instruction, I thought, my mind, was like no, no you can't [laughs] you can't follow this inspirational moment. You must stick to what you've been told.
I think my mind is like a dictator sometimes, like a dogmatic dictator because it would have been [OK] – it's the same question just from a different standpoint as you explained earlier. And why not go with the inspiration in the moment?
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, you can use different approaches to gain the same end result, looking straight away, at the nature of awareness - which is the only real Self and the only reality. And it depends also from the sadhanas or tapas, that each and every individual did in his or her past lifetimes.
So, if for example, somebody is used to sadhanas or tapas according to the Dzogchen tradition, then he will feel more familiarity with such kind of practices or meditations or teachings, and this will work much more than, for example, of those of Advaita Vedanta path, let’s say.
So, it depends always what happened before - what kind of spiritual practices and spiritual habits each and every individual had. Of course apparent individual because there are no individuals in reality.
So, for Andrew, for example, practices and sadhanas or tapas which are connected mostly with the Buddhistic approach, may be more helpful let's say, or more familiar and they will not need so much practice because of practicing before in previous lifetimes.
And similarly for another one, who did a lot of practices and was working in Advaita Vedanta path, in this lifetime will seem much more familiar and it will be more beneficial to him or her. That's why there is no problem to be different paths, because it is according to each and every apparent individual what he or she really needs.
ANDREW
Also, in the moment, when you're inspired it's okay to follow your inspiration in that moment. Like, the example I gave, I was inspired to follow Ramana Maharishi’s instructions in that moment.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, also it is about how you feel in the particular moment and how you are open or not, and, if this can be inspiring, this moment, then yes, you can follow it and you can try it, and there is no problem. Whatever is helpful you can use it. You can go according to the circumstances and how you feel.
But on the other hand it is always more helpful to follow the guidance that you can find in the ancient scriptures, in all the legitimate and real Sampradayas, Guru Paramparas, which is a more, let's say, secure environment, instead of experimenting all the time.
You can also experiment and see how you feel and how you can be inspired, but also you have to follow the previous paths and the previous stages who have walked the path and who can really offer very, very precious instructions.
ANDREW
Yes, it's not something, I mean, to do all the time. I’m just like in…
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes
ANDREW
…that one moment.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes
ANDREW
It is not something to be done regularly – experimenting, I mean.
Similarly, this is a slightly different question again because in this instance I have no instructions. So, when I'm reciting the Mantra that I was given, I'm experimenting a little when I'm reciting it.
For example, maybe this is me being stupid, I don't know, but I'm reciting the Mantra and I do it differently nearly every time, in a sense - not major differences because I'm just reciting a Mantra, how different can it be.
But I'm reciting the Mantra and…For example, I think it was the day before yesterday, and when I'm reciting it, I'm really trying to get [I'm reciting it inwardly not outwardly, inwardly] - and it's like, I'm trying to become one with the Mantra.
And when I'm reciting it, it's almost like the inner vibration, I want to pervade my entire being. That's just me making up an idea, I mean, I have no idea. I've not had any instructions exactly how to recite the Mantra inwardly.
But to become one with a Mantra so it pervades my inner being. So I'm experimenting, and it was inspiring to do it like that. To really get inside it and to become one with it, and to feel like it was vibrating inside my inner being.
So, this kind of experimentation I presume is okay because, why not?
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes of course no problem. No problem. But, always you should remember the instructions of the Guru Parampara, that it's not about the experience that is the most important. For example, a lot of people they are searching blissful experiences - you know that - which by itself is not bad, but when it becomes, how to say, when it becomes a wish and a strong desire to do spiritual practices only to have blissful experiences or exotic experiences then it can become an obstacle.
Because whatever is an experience is something impermanent and something which is connected with the mind, so it cannot lead you to the truth and to the recognition and conviction of what you really are.
So, the instructions, for example, from the scriptures and especially the Upanishads, are not to be overly interested about having experiences while you do your sadhana, your spiritual practices because this may lead you astray.
Yes, if they come, you accept them. But you should not wish for them, you should not get stuck on them and you should use them as only a stepping stone and go beyond, any kind of experiences.
So, all the beautiful experiences are the result of having the mind in a restful state and bringing out the true nature of the mind, which is connected with the source, the real Consciousness itself. But to search for beautiful experiences or blissful experiences by itself can be an obstacle.
ANDREW
Yeah, so it's ego driven.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yeah, the ego will try to use these beautiful experiences to go astray and to use them as entertainment. When in reality we don't do spiritual practices for any kind of entertainment or blissful experiences. We do spiritual practices to know the Self, to know which is our True Nature our True Self, what we really are; Self-knowledge.
If they come some nice experiences okay, you accept them, and you welcome them, but not to get stuck on them and not to wish for them.
ANDREW
Yesterday for example, when I was reciting my Mantra, it’s before I do my meditation. So really, the more profoundly that I merge, if you like, into the Mantra, the more blessings I receive, the better my meditation. So, it's a preparation I'm doing for my meditation, it's not an end in itself.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Then it is okay, especially the recitation of the Mantra that Andrew has received, by doing japa mala, it is not for Self-knowledge. It is not for revealing the nature of the Self or what you really are. It is for chitta suddhi, the purification of the mind, the preparation of the mind. So, by itself it is a preparatory practice anyway.
The same with upasana, any kind of meditation on deities or forms of God, Saguna Brahman: all these are just preparatory practices and you can gain with them purification of the mind, preparation of the mind, in order sequentially after to be ready for Jnana Yoga, Self-knowledge, which is the highest form of Bhakti.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
So, Bhakti is really threefold. It’s Karma Yoga, Upasana and Jnana Yoga. Unfortunately, nowadays they present these forms in a wrong way. They say Bhakti Yoga is for emotional people and you can gain Self-realization, Moksha even with only Bhakti Yoga; with worshipping of any kind and pujas and rituals.
And they say with Raja Yoga you can also enter to moksha, doing different kinds of meditation - which is also not correct.
And also they say, that if you are active an active person, that you can enter to Moksha through activities for the benefit of humanity and so on and so forth, but all this is completely against the Scriptures. You cannot have Self-knowledge with Karma Yoga, or with pujas or with worshipping of any kind, or with any kind of meditation.
Meditation by itself cannot reveal The Self, cannot reveal our True Nature, it is only for
preparatory purposes and for the purification of the mind, but it cannot by itself reveal what you really are; Self-knowledge.
So, real Bhakti according to the Upanishads, which is of course the highest form and the most profound teachings that ever existed, is a combination. Bhakti Yoga is really a combination of Karma Yoga, Upasana and Jnana Yoga.
ANDREW
So, when you say, ‘according to the Scriptures’, it's important to understand, isn't it, when you say Scriptures, it means the realization of the Rishis and the Saints of the past. It's not some book [laughs]. It’s not some dogmatic book, it's the realisations of the highest level.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, and the Rishis, always they mention, that this truth that they have conveyed, it's not their own truth. It is what they have received from their Gurus and their Gurus have received from their Gurus and their Gurus have received from their Gurus and so on and so forth.
So, the actual source of these teachings are not the Rishis themselves, it is the Ultimate Consciousness. It is what we call Isvara, or Bhagavan, or God - the Saguna aspect of Brahman, which is the controller of the apparent universe and the apparent beings.
The ultimate Guru or the Adi Guru as it is mentioned, it is Isvara himself, God himself, Saguna Brahman. God, who is at the same time the controller, together with Maya.
ANDREW
I was reading about Maya, and at the end of this amazing book that I've been reading – Thoughts From the Gita - it's very, very good. It's a very profound book, very intellectual and a lot of it I need to read many times, probably.
And everything in it as far as I'm aware, as far as I’m aware – which is not that far - is correct and in accordance with the lineage - that's why they sell it at Sringeri, and when it got to what is Maya…it really, I don't understand it. Really.
I’m reading a little bit and thinking okay, I understand English, but really, it's like ‘the potential for all experience’…he gives different short explanations [of Maya] and he gives a long definition - but I really don't understand it.
What can you tell me about Maya, or is it important to even know about it?
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, Maya is the most difficult topic in the Upanishads because it cannot fall into the category of existence, or into the category of non-existence. So, it is the most, most profound and the most difficult issue because Maya is something like the shadow of Brahman and through Maya whatever appears and disappears can be so.
Because Brahman cannot create and cannot do anything. He is only the substratum. This substratum, this Source cannot produce and cannot create and cannot do anything at all. But Maya it's a kind of shadow, it's a kind of a power of projecting the apparent universe and the
apparent beings.
But in itself, Maya you cannot say that it really exists, or it does not exist. It is - as the Upanishads mention - seemingly existent, the same as the universe and the apparent beings. They are not really created, it is only an appearance through the projecting power of Maya.
So, just like the dream, you cannot say that the dream does not exist and you cannot say that the dream really does exist. For the dreamer, whatever appears in the dream, it is fully functional and fully appears as real for the dreamer.
The same with the apparent universe and the apparent beings. Just like in the big dream everything experientially appears real, the same with the dream in the night. For the dreamer, experientially, everything appears real.
So, there is experienceability for the dreamer, in the dream in the night. There is utility.
If the dreamer is thirsty and somebody offers him water, the thirst will go away. And also
there is transactability. The dreamer can have transactions with other apparent beings, just like it is real.
But upon waking up, there is not any more this dream world. So that's why in Advaita Vedanta we use the dream, because you have an experience of something, but it doesn't prove it's real existence. That's why I said earlier that any kind of experiences in sadhanas, in spiritual practices does not really mean so much.
It's not about experiencing, in spiritual practices. It is about internalising the truth that you have been receiving through Shravanam and Mananam. That's why in Advaita Vedanta we don't start with Nidhi Dhyasanam, we start with Shravanam and Mananam and then we internalise, or assimilate this truth with Nidhi Dhyasanam.
But in other spiritual paths, they start somehow with meditation, which is wrong, because experiences are on the level of the mind. Anything that is an experience, actually it is impermanent. It is not something stable. It comes, it goes. It comes, it goes.
But what is accommodating each and every experience does not come and go. The substratum of Awareness / Consciousness / Brahman, does not come and go. It's always the same. It is always unchanging. It is this formless, nameless, birthless substratum. It is like a space-like field, which is always unchanging.
Just like the screen of the cinema, whether there is an experience of a drama on the screen or an experience of a comedy, the screen itself does not change. It can accommodate both experiences. It can accommodate a good, a positive or a happy event on the screen or it can accommodate a dramatic event. But, by itself, the screen does not have any kind of a change.
It is exactly the same with our True Nature as Awareness, Consciousness. So, it is not important to have beautiful, blissful or exotic experiences. They cannot reveal Awareness itself. They may give some kind of courage, you may feel that it was nice and you may enjoy these experiences, but by themselves they cannot reveal what you really are.
So, to be so much concerned about having spiritual experiences, it is not the true way of finding your True Nature, your True Self.
ANDREW
So, you said it (the substratum of Awareness) is like a space-like field.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, which does not have a beginning or an ending point. It does not have any borders.
ANDREW
So, if you are in Nidhi Dhyasanam and you're experiencing…any experience you have in Nidhi Dhyasanam, like for example, your mind might become very peaceful and feel vast and space-like, is still something that you're observing.
Can you experience…strange question…but can you experience your true nature? Can you experience your Self? Is it an experience?
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
No, it cannot be an experience…
ANDREW
- But what can it be then? –
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
…because that would mean that you objectify your True Self. But your True Self – Awareness – cannot be objectified. It is the subject. It is the Seer. It cannot be the seen. It cannot be an object that you have an experience of.
It is that which can accommodate each and every experience, but by itself cannot be an experience.
It is like you want to see your eyes - the eyes to see the eyes. That is not possible. The eyes cannot see themselves - except of course if you use a mirror. The same with Awareness. Awareness cannot see itself as an object because it is the only one that really exists – it cannot be an object of observation.
So, by trying to see yourself, or to know yourself, or to experience yourself - it is impossible. Experience cannot help. Any kind of an experience is an impermanent thing, a mithya thing - something that appears and disappears and something which is not permanent; mithya.
So, what we do in Advaita Vedanta, we receive the revelation of the Upanishads. We receive through Shravanam and Mananam this revelation, and then we internalize, assimilating through Nidhi Dhyasanam, through the Vedantic meditation process, which is not a meditation as we know from other paths, which is a kind of an absorption, or silence. Nidhi Dhyasanam, Vedantic meditation is more a contemplative method.
It's like you are refreshing and you are seeing or internalising again and again all the Teaching that you have received previously from Sravanam and Mananam. And now you want to marinate yourself in this truth. And you contemplate this truth – you don't want to go into a kind of absorption in silence until you have a permanent and total recognition and conviction of what you are: That.
Silence may help as a preparation, or after you have seen the truth – on a contemplative basis – silence can help after just to enjoy, and to dwell in it as That. But by itself silence, or the negation of the mind, or silencing the mind, does not really help. So, we want the mind. We use the mind. We don't want to “kill” the mind. Anyway, the mind does not really exist as an entity. it is only a tool.
ANDREW
I really can't get that what you're talking about – I really don't get it. For me, silence is essential. It's essential.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
It is essential as a preparation. It is essential after to enjoy the truth, but it cannot be used as a basic tool for having a profound understanding of what you really are.
ANDREW
Ah OK. I understand that you need to contemplate.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, it is not enough. Silence, is not enough.
ANDREW
Okay, okay, so, you need to contemplate, but also that contemplation can be done as a kind of
knowing - there doesn't need to be big thoughts going on. Do you know what I mean? This happened to me the other day. I'm meditating, I'm contemplating, because you have to contemplate if you're meditating on emptiness for example.
You need to contemplate at some point because otherwise you've got no direction. If you're just sitting in silence you're not meditating on emptiness. You need to contemplate the
teachings on emptiness and then that directs you towards “the goal” in inverted commas, but you need to contemplate. But that contemplation sometimes can be almost like silence. As you are looking at the absence of the self for example…
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
You mean the absence of the small or fake self - the body-mind complex.
ANDREW
Yes, looking at the absence of the person, the so-called person – to whatever degree you can do that. When you're looking, (after you've contemplated) and you think, oh my goodness, there's nothing there, there is no person. You can you can look with a knowingness that is silent.
It's like you're seeing or you're knowing – it doesn't have to be with big thoughts – it can be like a silent understanding of what you are doing.
SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA
Yes, that is okay, but you cannot easily be in that state from the first moment. So, you need the contemplative basis in order to perhaps to enter that state of silent knowing afterwards. Then it is okay. Then you don't need any more what we call the mind, you can just remain and you can just abide in that knowing in a silent manner.
That is wonderful, but that is not easily attainable, especially for junior seekers. For a senior meditator it can be more easily done, but for a junior meditator or a junior spiritual seeker, this abiding in a knowing which is silent it is very, very difficult.
And the same within a Jnani. A Jnani also does not need to do Nidhi Dhyasanam anymore. Sacchidananda doesn’t need to do any kind of Nidhi Dhyasanam, or any kind of meditation anymore, because this knowing is permeating 24/7. So, why to do any kind of Nidhi Dhyasanam or meditation or contemplation? There is no need anymore.
If for more than 12 years there is a permanent recognition and conviction of this knowing, then there is no need. It is just an abiding afterwards, in that knowing. Even if there is no silence, the knowing is there as a permanent recognition and conviction, whether you walk, you eat, you speak – you do whatever the body-mind complex needs to do as an activity – this knowing is always there.
So, to be aware that you are awareness, and that to on a permanent basis, as a permanent knowing and conviction, this is what we call Self-realization, and then there is no need of any spiritual practice anymore.
You may do apparently some participation in Vedic rituals or pujas, or participate in different kinds of religious, or spiritual activities. Not because you need to do the purification of the mind (chitta sudhi),or you need to enter into this knowing, but you may perhaps do this as an example for the other seekers, as a good example.
Or, you may do Vedic rituals for the purification of humanity, just like the Shankaracharyas in the Maths. They are doing for hours. They don't do these rituals for themselves, to become a Jnani – they are already Jnanis. They do these rituals for humanity. They don't really gain anything from these rituals. And they don't need to gain anything from these rituals. Their life is just for service to humanity – loka sangraham, purification and upliftment of humanity. The same with Ramana Maharishi, he did not need to do any kind of spiritual practice.
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #7 - WHAT IS REFLECTED CONSCIOUSNESS? 20/7/2024
WHAT IS REFLECTED CONSCIOUSNESS?
“So, if we have a mirror, and we have the reflection of our face in the mirror; the reflection of our face in the mirror - is it outside of the nature of the mirror? No.
So, the mirror itself and the face are one and the same, isn’t it? But the reflection is not our face. (It’s a reflection)
Yes, we need somebody who is looking, we need this ‘I am-ness’ to recognize that this is a face, and say this is the face of the appearance of the body-mind complex, isn’t it?
Can we have the recognition, or the perception of the face, without the ‘I am-ness?’ Not at all. So, this is the body-mind complex, it is a reflection of Consciousness, in Itself, by Itself.
And the body-mind complex believes, this borrowed consciousness, believes that it is a separate entity from the Being-ness itself, the Is-ness itself.
But the Is-ness and the I am-ness, does not belong to the body-mind complex – it is not the property of the body-mind complex. It is the property of Itself.
Consciousness, Awareness, Is-ness, I am-ness, Brahman, we may give it different names, but it is the same Absolute Reality.
So, there is not any inherent, individual existence, but we borrow our apparent existence, our apparent appearance and recognition and perception, through Consciousness Itself, which is only singular.”
FOR THE FULL QUOTE, PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO.
Please note: Regarding the above quote, all these are only concepts and serve as a stepping-stone teaching for junior seekers. To graduate to senior seeker and finally to Moksha, a living Guru is indispensable, as per the Holy Scriptures.
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sacchidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Online classes and private Satsangas with Sacchidananda Acharya are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
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Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAN #9 - Discussions on Advaita with Sacchidananda Acharya & student Subodhananda
Established in Brahman is a series of spontaneous discussions on Advaita Vedanta between Sacchidananda Acharya and his shishya (student) Subodhananda.
This essential Satsanga (spiritual discussion) focuses on the practice of Awareness in daily life; the importance and function of Sravanam (Scriptural study); Mananam (clarification of doubts with the Guru); Nidhi Dhyasanam (Vedantic Meditation); the importance and function of the Guru and the Holy Lineage and the exhortation to take the essence of this precious human life and the benefits of doing so.
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING IN AUTUMN 2024
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sacchidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sacchidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sacchidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus, between Swami Ji's and Sacchidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 7 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sacchidananda Acharya are ongoing. If you would like to request a private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
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Donations to Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sacchidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sacchidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #6 The Role of Bhakti in Advaita Vedanta
VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #6
The Role of Bhakti in Advaita Vedanta
“So, Bhakti, is the atmosphere, it is the devotion, the atmosphere which is conducive to walk the path of Self-realization, of Moksha. Without Bhakti, without devotion to the Guru, the Guru Parampara, the Scriptures, you cannot attain Self-realization, or Moksha. It will be only an academic pursuit.
“So, Bhakti, is the atmosphere, it is the devotion, the atmosphere which is conducive to walk the path of Self-realization, of Moksha. Without Bhakti, without devotion to the Guru, the Guru Parampara, the Scriptures, you cannot attain Self-realization, or Moksha. It will be only an academic pursuit.
You can be a wonderful scholar. You can be a professor of The Upanishads of Advaita Vedanta, but you will never be able to attain Self-realization. So, Bhakti is a prerequisite, but Bhakti, alone, on the other hand, can never be enough by itself.
So, as Krsna is offering to us in the Bhagavad Gita..."
FOR THE FULL QUOTE SEE VIDEO.
Please note: Regarding the above quote, all these are only concepts and serve as a stepping-stone teaching for junior seekers. To graduate to senior seeker and finally to Moksha, a living Guru is indispensable, as per the Holy Scriptures.
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sacchidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Online classes and private Satsangas with Sacchidananda Acharya are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #5 There is only Consciousness
VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #5
There is only Consciousness
“So, most of the people they believe that Consciousness is a property of the body-mind complex, or the brain - which is a terrible mistake, a disaster - when in reality, it is exactly the opposite.
There is only Consciousness-Awareness-Brahman, and what appears and disappears, is only an appearance - nothing more than that. Just like in the dream in the night. There is only Consciousness-Awareness, and whatever appears as a dream, is only an appearance.
In the dream, it may appear a whole universe; and beings; and objects; and situations; and events; and relationships; and transactions. But what is really there? There is only Consciousness. There is only the dream.
The reality behind all this is only Consciousness - there is no other reality than that.
(Consciousness modulates as the dream and everything that appears in the dream, and as everything that appears in the so-called waking state as well).”
Please note: Regarding the above quote, all these are only concepts and serve as a stepping-stone teaching for junior seekers. To graduate to senior seeker and finally to Moksha, a living Guru is indispensable, as per the Holy Scriptures.
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sacchidananda Acharya, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Online classes and private Satsangas with Sacchidananda Acharya are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
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SPONTANEOUS SATSANGA WITH SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA and his SHISHYAS (students) #5 MAHESA, 29/5/2024
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING IN JUNE – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sacchidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sacchidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sacchidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sacchidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sacchidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 7 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour. The next class will be on Monday, June 10th .
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sacchidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-a-caravan-for-our-upcoming-ashram-in-greek-nature
Donations to Sacchidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sacchidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sacchidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
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The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACCHIDANANDA ACHARYA #4 #4 Consciousness can only be singular
#4 Consciousness can only be singular
“Distinction of any kind, it is a wrong understanding, even through logic. If you consider the waves in the ocean are different from the ocean, or the water itself – then by itself, it is a wrong understanding.
If you consider that you and God are two distinct things, for example, that is a complete misunderstanding of the truth. Or, that the gold is different from the ring – two distinct things. The ring is gold.
All apparent beings are God – cannot be distinct from God. But in the churches they present God as something external; something which is superior; something which is of another essence, or nature.
So, we Advaitins, we believe that this is a terrible mistake. We say, how can you be different and distinct from the ultimate source of everything? How can you be a distinct thing? And we say that there is only Brahman; there is only God; there is only the ultimate essence of everything and everyone. And we say even what quantum physicists say, that Consciousness can be only singular - cannot be plural.
So, there is only Consciousness; Awareness; Brahman and everything appears and disappears in it. And the essence of everything that appears and disappears, cannot be other than the essence itself, which is Consciousness; Awareness; Brahman.”
Please note: Regarding the above quote, all these are only concepts and serve as a stepping-stone teaching for junior seekers.
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sacchidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Online classes and private Satsangas with Sacchidananda Acharya are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIDEO QUOTES OF SACHIDANANDA ACHARYA #2
#2 God is not something distinct from You
“God is not something distinct from You, and the same, Brahman, is not something distinct from You. You are God and You are Brahman. Of course, not as the body-mind complex, Emil, but You as Your True Nature. And this True Nature is only singular.
There is no multiplicity of any kind, or even duality. There is only Brahman, and You are That. All the rest are only appearances in You, by You and being known by You.”
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sachidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Please note: the online classes and private Satsangas with Sachidananda are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACHIDANANDA ACHARYA #3
#3 It is only an illusory appearance due to the Substratum; Consciousness
“So, everything has this apparent reality – appears as real – because the nature or the Substratum is real - which is Consciousness.
So, the wave appears real in the ocean because the water is real. There is no such thing as a wave. The nature of the wave in the ocean, is not ‘wave-ness’ in inverted commas. It is water. But we are superimposing in the wave. Instead of saying that, ‘This is water,’ we say, ‘This is a wave.’ We are superimposing this name, form or label.
And the same is with whatever you see, all over the apparent universe, with the apparent beings and the apparent objects and the apparent events. It is only an illusory appearance due to the Substratum; Consciousness.
Just like there is a Substratum; Consciousness in the dream, and everything appears real, the same with the big dream.”
If you are interested in attending our free online classes, or having a free private Satsanga with Sachidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Please note: the online classes and private Satsangas with Sachidananda are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACHIDANANDA ACHARYA #1
VIDEO QUOTES FROM SACHIDANANDA ACHARYA
#1 Why we need to eventually abandon Karma Yoga and Upasanam
“This is the recommendation, that sooner or later we need to abandon Karma Yoga and Upasanam. Why? Because it is maintaining…it perpetuates the illusion that there is distinction between God and the devotee.
And this perpetuation doesn’t help for Self-knowledge, because in Self-Knowledge we have to arrive in the recognition – in the permanent recognition and conviction – that what we are is God himself, or Brahman itself - and there is not any distinction.”
If you are interested in attending online classes with Sachidananda Acharya, please send an email to ashramingreece@gmail.com for details of our classes.
To find out more about our Noble Vision to establish a traditional, authentic Ashram in Greek nature, please visit our website:
www.advaitaashrameurope.com
Please note: the online classes and private Satsangas with Sachidananda are free and always will be as per the Holy Tradition.
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HELP US TO MAKE HISTORY!!
FUNDRAISER FOR A FENCE FOR OUR UPCOMING ASHRAM IN GREECE
NAMASTE!
My name is Andrew David Boyle and I am the Director of Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe, an NPO dedicated to establishing an authentic and traditional Ashram in Greek nature. The Ashram will be a place of refuge and inspiration, where the Teachings of the ancient wisdom of Advaita Vedanta will be offered freely to all.
I recently took out a bank loan to purchase an ideal piece of land in the beautiful region of Ancient Feneos, in Corinthos, Greece and now we are looking for donations to start our Noble Vision in earnest. We need help with donations as we never charge for the Teachings and we are not rich.
Our first step towards establishing our Ashram in Greece is to build a fence around our property [see photo] in the mountains.
This is an essential first step, so that when we build a Meditation Hall, accommodation and so forth, it will be fully protected.
To build a fence around our 6,000 square metre property it will cost 5,500 euros – can you help us reach this goal? Even the smallest donation will help and be greatly appreciated.
We have already received a great amount of spiritual support from the Holy Lineage but now we need financial help:
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR OUR ASHRAM:
Our Ashram which is dedicated to Loca Sangraham and the flourishing of Sanatana Dharma has the following support:
• Dr. Gowrishankar who was the CEO of Sringeri Math, gave us a letter confirming that the Ashram project has the Blessings of the Jagadgurus of Sringeri and that Sringeri Math will offer help with the establishment and flourishing of Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
• Our Teacher, Sachidananda Acharya, was given Deeksha [initiation] by His Holiness, Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji, the 37th Guru of Sringeri, into a sacred Shiva mantra, outside the Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri Math in 2021, and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified shishyas [students].
• In 2023, His Holiness, Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji, gave us two blessed statues – one of Adi Shankaracharya and one of Sharadampa – to put in our Meditation Hall, when it is built.
• Sachidananda Acharya was given permission by his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda, the highly respected Advaita Vedanta Teacher Swami Paramarthananda, to be able to use his transcripts as the basis for Sachidananda Acharya’s Teachings. This is a very rare honour from such a highly regarded Teacher and means our Ashram will offer pure, authentic Teachings directly from the Holy Lineage.
• Swami Satshatkrtananda the head Acharya at Swami Dayanada’s Ashram in Rishikesh gave Deeksha to the Director of Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe, and offered his blessings towards our Noble Vision.
• Dr. Gowrishankar is now legally registered as one of the Directors of AVAE. Even though he is no longer the CEO of Sringeri Math, he has told us that he will continue to mentor us.
READ ABOUT OUR NOBLE VISION IN MORE DETAIL:
Our Yoga and Meditation Centre, deep inside the beautiful Greek countryside will be a place of refuge and inspiration for generations to come; an oasis of peace outside of the city, where people can live in harmony with nature and each other.
The Ashram is ideally located in an isolated area 800 metres above sea level, surrounded by a circle of mountains and close to many forests, in the ancient region of Feneos, in Corinthos.
We are just five kilometres away from the well-known, paradisiacal Lake Doxa and it will only be around two hours’ drive from Athens airport.
At the Ashram, we will focus on the very peak of Indian spirituality – the tradition of Advaita Vedanta revitalised by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century, a tradition that has seen an unbroken lineage of realised sages from that time until the present day.
Visitors to the Ashram will also have the opportunity to engage in Meditation classes, Meditation retreats and Traditional Yoga classes.
The goal of our Ashram is to create a residential, self-sustaining, Eco-community, a sacred village, open to everyone, that is for the upliftment of humanity and where profound spiritual teachings are offered on an optional donation basis. Donations are welcome but are in no way a pre-requisite to receive Teachings.
All are welcome, even those who don’t necessarily want to engage in the spiritual programme. It is enough to want to live a peaceful life in nature, to live in accordance with the Ashram’s code of conduct and to help and support the community.
To help realise our vision, we have acquired a 6,000m² piece of land in Feneos. Now, we need donations, so we can start our project in earnest.
We need to raise money to build a Meditation Hall, permanent and temporary accommodation and so forth. However, our first priority is to build a fence around our property, so that when we build a Meditation Hall, accommodation etc, it will be fully protected.
As stated above, to build a fence around the property, we will need 5,500 euros.
We have the full support of the Holy Guru Parampara or Holy Lineage, therefore please consider making a donation to this wonderful cause.
Any amount, however small, is greatly appreciated.
If we succeed in starting an authentic Ashram, it will be the first time in history that a Spiritual Centre from this holy lineage will have been established in Europe.
We believe such a spiritual oasis will be of immeasurable benefit to the people of this world.
To see full details of our fundraiser and to make a donation, click on the link below:
https://donorbox.org/the-first-step-towards-an-ashram-in-greece
Our website:
https://advaitaashrameurope.com/
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VIVEKACUDAMANI CLASS with Sachidananda Acharya, 26/2/2024, WEEK 8, Verses 36 - 40
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING IN APRIL – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sachidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sachidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sachidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sachidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sachidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sachidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 5:30 pm Greek time. Classes run for one hour. The next class will be in April.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sachidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sachidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-yoga-and-meditation-centre-in-greek-nature
Donations to Sachidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sachidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sachidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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Adi Shankara's Vivekacudamani - The Crest Jewel of Discrimination, Verses 1 - 5 in English
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING IN APRIL – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sachidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sachidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sachidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sachidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sachidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sachidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 5:30 pm Greek time and run for one hour. The next class will be in April.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sachidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sachidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-yoga-and-meditation-centre-in-greek-nature
Donations to Sachidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sachidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sachidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIVEKACUDAMANI CLASS with Sachidananda Acharya, 19/2/2024, WEEK 7, Verses 31 - 35
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING ON 26th of FEBRUARY – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sachidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sachidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sachidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sachidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sachidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sachidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 5:30 pm Greek time. The next class will be on Monday the 26th of February and run for one hour.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sachidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sachidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-yoga-and-meditation-centre-in-greek-nature
Donations to Sachidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sachidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sachidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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VIVEKACUDAMANI CLASS with Sachidananda Acharya, 12/2 /2024, WEEK 6, Verses 26 - 30
ONLINE CLASSES CONTINUING ON 19th of FEBRUARY – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of online classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes are taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Sachidananda Acharya, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Acharya [Teacher], Swami Paramarthananda.
Sachidananda Acharya has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his Teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s Teachings that we will be covering.
We are currently studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s Teachings on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Sachidananda Acharya will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
In a sense, Swami Ji’s text or recorded Teachings of Vivekacudamani, will function as Sravanam, [listening to the Teachings] and Sachidananda Acharya’s classes will be function as Mananam [removing doubts, answering questions and clarifying the Teaching] and Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation]. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly study Swami Ji’s instructions and to prepare questions before Sachidananda Acharya’s classes.
Thus between Swami Ji's and Sachidananda Acharya's Teachings students will engage in Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, the essential process as described and advised by the Scriptures.
Classes will be via Google Meet.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 5:30 pm Greek time. The next class will be on Monday the 19th of February and run for one hour.
Students can join the class at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending the class.
PRIVATE SATSANGA
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Sachidananda Acharya are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Sachidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
Donations to Sachidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Sachidananda Acharya, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Sachidananda Acharya also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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Spontaneous Satsangas with Sachidananda Acharya and his Shishyas [students] - #4 VICTOR [18/12/2023]
This is one of several Satsangas [spiritual dialogues] between Sachidananda Acharya and his Swedish shishya, [student] Victor.
Victor's spiritual journey began subtly and unknowingly from his childhood. Despite he had a normal upbringing and seemingly good secular life, he always experienced a sense of unfulfillment and a continuous low-key sadness throughout his childhood and early adult life.
One day, there came a point where the sense of unfulfillment and sadness became overwhelming, and in a moment of despair, a question arose: "There must be more to life than this!" Fueled by that spontaneous question, he searched for an answer and found the spiritual traditions of the East and the non-dual traditions of the West.
Now, as a dedicated follower of Advaita Vedanta, he follows the teachings and pursues the traditional path of Sravanam, Mananam, and Nidhi Dhyasanam under the guidance of Sachidananda Acharya.
In Advaita Vedanta, this stage [one-to-one Satsanga] is called Mananam, whereby after receiving Teachings from a qualified Guru, [Sravanam] the student asks the Guru questions to clarify his understanding and to overcome any doubts he might have, in order that he may proceed to the final stage of Nidhi Dhyasanam [Vedantic Meditation].
In the tradition of Adi Shankaracharya it is said that the means to profoundly understand your True Nature or Self as Brahman, Awareness, Consciousness is revealed through the Teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the Guru Parampara and the Guru. Through this methodology, you will be able to recognize and be convinced permanently of That which Is You.
In Sanskrit, the syllable gu means darkness and the syllable ru means remover, thus the term Guru literally means the one who removes darkness. Superficial intellectual understanding like gathering information, has no power to remove the darkness of ignorance on its own.
In fact, if you have just a superficial intellectual understanding alone, this may even increase your pride. It is only by relying on a qualified Guru who is part of a holy tradition and whose methods have been proven to work again and again, that you can profoundly understand your True Nature or Self as Brahman, Awareness, Consciousness.
In our tradition, the methodology employed by the Guru is Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam. Sravanam means to listen to the teachings; Mananam to contemplate deeply the meaning of the teachings and to remove any doubts through dialogue with the Guru and Nidhi Dhyasanam means to meditate deeply on the meaning of the instructions, such as the Mahavakyams [Great Statements of Truth], having first removed all doubts.
Through the grace of the Guru, the blessings of the holy lineage and Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhi Dhyasanam, we give ourselves the greatest opportunity to profoundly understand – on a permanent basis - our True Self as Awareness, Consciousness, Brahman.
FREE PRIVATE SATSANGA
If you would like to request a free private Satsanga with Sachidananda Acharya, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
In accordance with tradition, all classes and private Satsanga are offered by Sachidananda Acharya freely, with donations entirely optional.
Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision to establish an authentic and traditional Ashram in Greece, [see website for details], or for Sachidananda Acharya and his family, or for both.
You can make a donation to our Noble Vision here:
https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-y...
Donations to Sachidananda Acharya and his family, can be arranged privately.
For more information, please check our website: www.advaitaashrameurope.com
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Established in Brahman #6 - Spontaneous discussions on Advaita with Satchitananda & student Andrew
ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAN is a series of spontaneous discussions on Advaita Vedanta between Satchitananda and his student, Andrew.
#6
Intro
0:29 – Aware of Awareness
10:28 - Misappropriating Advaita Teachings
16:43 - Excuses of the Ego
25:07 - Daily Practice
ZOOM CLASSES – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of Zoom classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes will be taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Satchitananda, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Teacher, Swami Paramarthananda.
Satchitananda has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s teachings that we will be covering.
We will soon continue with our course studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
We will also soon continue with our advanced course, studying the transcript: ‘Ashtavakra Gita by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/ashtavakra-gita-by-swami-parmarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s teachings on both of these scriptures on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Satchitananda will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
Classes will be via ZOOM.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 6pm Greek time.
We will study Ashtavakra Gita on Sundays, starting at 5pm Greek time.
Students can join the classes at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Classes will begin soon.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending either class.
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Satchitananda are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Satchitananda and his family, or for both.
You can make a donation to our Noble Vision here: https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-yoga-and-meditation-centre-in-greek-nature
Donations to Satchitananda and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Satchitananda, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Satchitananda also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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Established in Brahman #8 - Vedantic Meditation [Nidhi Dhyasanam] [Pt. 1] Satchitananda & Andrew
15/10/23
ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAN is a series of spontaneous discussions on Advaita Vedanta between Satchitananda and his student, Andrew.
In this talk, they go on a deep dive into Vedantic Meditation, known as Nidhi Dhyasanam.
ZOOM CLASSES – YOU CAN JOIN AT ANY TIME
We warmly invite you to a series of Zoom classes on various scriptures of Advaita Vedanta, which are being offered freely [as per the scriptures] by Advaita Vedanta Ashram Europe.
The classes will be taught by the Teacher at the Ashram, Satchitananda, based on the Teachings of his Guru, the world-renowned Advaita Vedanta Teacher, Swami Paramarthananda.
Satchitananda has personally received the approval and blessings of Swami Ji to offer these classes based on his teachings, and students can download for free the transcripts of Swami Ji’s teachings that we will be covering.
We will soon continue with our course studying the transcript: ‘Vivekacudamani 108 Verses by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/vivekacudamani-108-verses-by-swami-paramarthananda/
We will also soon continue with our advanced course, studying the transcript: ‘Ashtavakra Gita by Swami Paramarthananda’, which you can download here:
https://arshaavinash.in/index.php/download/ashtavakra-gita-by-swami-parmarthananda/
You can also listen to the live recordings of Swami Paramarthananda’s teachings on both of these scriptures on the Sastraprakasika app. This is highly recommended.
In each class, Satchitananda will answer any questions that students have about the text in order to reveal the deeper meaning. Through Q & A, students will have a great opportunity to clarify their understanding and to remove any doubts they may have. Depending on the flow of questions, Q & A will be followed by a guided meditation allowing us to gain deep experience of the essential meaning of the truths we have discovered.
Classes will be via ZOOM.
We will study Vivekacudamani on Mondays, starting at 6pm Greek time.
We will study Ashtavakra Gita on Sundays, starting at 5pm Greek time.
Students can join the classes at any time. There will be regular term breaks.
Classes will begin soon.
Please contact ashramingreece@gmail.com if you are interested in attending either class.
Private Satsanga [also for free] with Satchitananda are ongoing.
If you would like to request private Satsanga, please send an email to:
ashramingreece@gmail.com
CLASSES ARE FREE
In accordance with tradition, both classes and private meetings are offered freely, with donations entirely optional. Although they are not a prerequisite, donations will however be accepted and highly appreciated, either for our Noble Vision, for Satchitananda and his family, or for both.
You can make a donation to our Noble Vision here: https://donorbox.org/fundraiser-for-yoga-and-meditation-centre-in-greek-nature
Donations to Satchitananda and his family, can be arranged privately.
ABOUT US:
We are part of the authentic Guru Parampara of Advaita Vedanta. As mentioned above, the Teacher of the classes, Satchitananda, has received the Blessing of his Guru, Swami Paramarthananda to teach from Swami Ji’s transcripts.
Satchitananda also received Deeksha [a sacred Shiva Mantra] from Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji – the 37th Jagadguru of Sringeri - and permission to pass this Deeksha on to his qualified students.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND OUR NOBLE VISION TO ESTABLISH AN ASHRAM IN GREECE, ON OUR WEBSITE:
https://www.advaitaashrameurope.com/
Swami Paramarthananda's talks are digitally recorded, mastered, archived and streamed by Yogamalika LLC and Mantra authorized by VVS. All rights reserved. We take security vulnerabilities, copyright violation and user privacy very seriously. Copyright management (books © & digital streaming ) ©Yogamalika and Mantra.
https://www.yogamalika.org/terms-conditions/
The following music was used for this media project: Music: Relaxing Meditation by Liron Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7891-relaxi... License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://estudiosliron.wixsite.com/lir...
#selfinquiry #atmavichara #selfrealization #moksha #enlightenment #vedanta #advaita #advaitavedanta #sringeri #sringerimuttdevotees #sringerimutt #sharadampa #adisankaracharya #sankaracharya #swamiparamarthananda #jnanayoga #jnana #sanatanadharma #dharma #sanatana
DISCLAIMER:
Please be aware that you must find an authentic Guru and authentic Guru Parampara. The scriptures and the Sacred Tradition issue a warning: never study or practice alone! The Teaching is Very Profound and abstract! It is extremely difficult to avoid errors!
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