Tag: advaita-vedanta
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A Direct Path Compression Of Drig Drisha Viveka
The opening verse of Drig Drisha Viveka states: Form is the seen, the eye is the seer; that eye is the seen, and mind is its seer; thoughts in the mind are seen by the Witness which alone is the Seer, but can never be the seen. —Drig Drisha Viveka, trans. and commentary by…
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The Specific Meaning Of The Inward Turn
Ramana Maharshi states, “The Self is known to everyone, but not clearly.” All that’s needed is right here. The Self cannot be an object, nor can it be conjoined to one. This is because–to take but one distinguishing factor–the Self is continuously present whereas all objects appear and then disappear. Therefore, the Self is not…
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‘Mind In Purity Is The Self’
“Mind in purity is the Self.” –Ramana Maharshi, Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (ed. David Godman), p. 118. How can it be that the mind that has been purified is identical with the Self? To understand how this is so, we had better begin our inquiry with the question: “What…
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Ego In Two Senses: Covert And Overt
Question: The nondual teaching says explicitly that the Self is not the doer, and yet I’m still hung up on being the doer. How do I go beyond this idea? Ego In Two Senses In what briefly follows, I don’t mean to suggest that ego “in the two senses” is anything but a stipulative distinction.…
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How To Transcend Engagement With The World
‘Engagement’ You stated that not infrequently it seems as if you’re still “engaged” with the waking state. Take time to contemplate the following point: And what seems to follow from taking “all this” to be real? If this interpretation is correct, ghen what’s so neat about it is that all we have to do is to…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 