Danielle: Lately, it has felt like I should reach out to you (or James), at least to express my gratitude for your generous resource and how by hearing Vedanta my…
Tom: I’d like you to make sure my understanding the teaching is correct because I’ve been sharing Vedanta with people and I want to continue because there is nothing like…
Student: Hi, dear James.
I was thinking about the idea of coaching or treating patients with some kind of a Vedanta-friendly psychotherapy, and it’s hard for me to see how to…
Nelly: Hello, dear James.
I encountered your book three years ago. I can’t say enough about how much I have enjoyed reading it, how much it uplifted my spiritual practice and…
Grant: Ever since I read and contemplated the meaning of Isvara which you had kindly offered me as written satsang some years ago, it’s been a deepening and unfolding experience of sweetness and…
James: During an interview, a well-known modern teacher, now deceased, was asked for his “final” teaching and quickly changed the subject. The question itself reveals a common misconception. Freedom is not…
Questioner: Dear James, I’ve been studying with a teacher who criticizes you for not requiring your students to learn Sanskrit. What do you have to say?
James: Actually, only a few…
James: Dear Terry, both Stan and Sundari have shared their experience of talking to you and both came to a dead end. I read most of the discussions you had with…
Traditional or Non-Traditional Vedanta
We all have reasons to justify our likes and dislikes. Some Vedantins criticize me because of a peculiar duality: traditional versus non-traditional. Obviously the Truth is…
Harry: To your question: it is possible that James’ books or YouTube videos will be viewed by people searching, and since James, being from the West, may appeal to the Western…