Tag: nonduality

• July 21, 2025

  ‘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…
• July 15, 2025

  Whatever I Really Am Must Be Present Right Now

  Part 1: Neti Neti You know the following beyond a shadow of a doubt: “I am present right now.” You cannot possibly deny it. You also can accept the following principle: “Whatever I am must be present right now.” Put these two together: You’re now in a position to test any candidate for what you…
• July 8, 2025

  A Very Short Tutorial On Self-inquiry

  Right now there’s a sense you have that I am reading these words. Then there’s the sense that I am looking around. Then a sense that I am experiencing tiredness or boredom. Then a feeling that I am getting hungry. These experiences–reading, looking, feeling tired or bored, getting hungry, and so on–come and go, come…
• July 1, 2025

  You Mean Karma Yoga ISN’T Primarily About Being Of Service?

  Question: I thought karma yoga had to do with being of service to others. That’s not so? No, not directly–though that’s one type of action that can arise. The target of karma yoga is the ego-self–specifically, its diminution and ultimate “extinction” (The quote marks around “extinction” are meant to indicate that the ego-self never existed…
• June 30, 2025

  Huang Po’s Uncompromising Direct Pointing Teaching

  The Zen master Huang Po (d. 850 AD), whose teaching can be found in The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind, gives you no conceptual handles to hold onto. In this regard, his teaching resembles The Avadhuta Gita, which is a deconstructive wrecking ball also. Huang Po won’t, just won’t let…