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  • Viveka Chudamani ~17

    Viveka Chudamani ~17

    Vivekono viraktasya samadiguna salinah Mumksoreva hi brahmaijnasayogyatamah VC-17   The verse essentially deals with who is qualified for the quest of the supreme. The ability to discriminate, detachment qualities of calmness and also a burning desire for liberation. The first quality being viveka often we equate viveka to knowledge and confuse information with knowledge. But…

  • Viveka Chudamani The teacher and the Adept.

    Viveka Chudamani The teacher and the Adept.

    Viveka chudamani. (8-7) Last week at the Drepung Loseling Monastery we practised compassion. The concept was to view our thoughts and actions, without judgement or attachment. This is very close to Yogarudha, mentioned in the Bhagwat Gita. A state where a person is not attached either to the objects, or to the action. This is…

  • contentus?

    Simple contentment unlocks so many doors along the way. There people who have left their roots in search of better opportunities. There are people who trek the spiritual path because worldliness has disappointed them. The most recent was a gentleman who was self congratulatory about the fact that he had over come his attachment to…