Category: philosophical counseling
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‘Knowledge Can Remain Unshaken Only After All The Vasanas Are Rooted Out’
Question Andrew: In Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Ramana Maharishi, replying to a disciple, states the following: D[isciple]: Will the knowledge gained by direct experience be lost afterwards? [Ramana] M[aharshi]: Kaivalya Navanita says it may be lost. Experience gained without rooting out all the vasanas cannot remain steady. Efforts must be made to eradicate the…
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Meditation Begins When The Fight Ends
Contemplate Meditation begins when the fight ends. It seems as if what we call “meditation” is a fight, at least for some years. A fight with thoughts, feelings, and pain. But is that what meditation is? Look closely. One Series: Going Back The Way I Came 1. I seem to be involved in the fight.…
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Is Karma Yoga Sufficient For Liberation?
In a recent post, I discussed Vivekananda’s view that the essential aim of karma yoga is total self-abnegation and thus of moksha, or freedom from bondage. I’d like to draw out a few further–in my view, crucial–points below, those that have occurred to me since. I come to the conclusion that karma yoga is, on…
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Swami Vivekananda On Karma Yoga
The main lines of Vivekananda’s little book Karma Yoga may already be familiar to you from The Bhagavad Gita, but there are some surprises as well. I was surprised, for instance, to learn that karma yoga is not really the path of selfless service to others. Not really–but hang on; I’ll get there. The Basics…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 