Marie: In one of your audios, I heard you say “For Isvara, objects exist all the time. For jiva, objects exist as long as you are placing your attention on…
The Mandukya explains the “four-facted” or Self (atma) which is me. Sometimes the Self is said to be the fourth “factor” when we look at it from the personal perspective.…
Brenton: In our Upanishad group we read a disturbing passage in the Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad,where husbands are scripturally sanctioned to use violence against their wives if they want to have sex with them and…
Carl: Hi, Ramji.
Thank you for recommending Panchadasi, it was exactly what I needed, a little more advanced text that can challenge my jiva’s ideas and it removed the jiva’s ignorance about subtle matters.
Although I am…
Mandukya Upanishad
An ancient Sanskrit text on the nature of Reality
Commentary by James Swartz
At twilight a thirsty traveler approached a village well. Reaching down, she was frozen by…
Katha Upanishad
Re-Translated with Commentary by James Swartz
Chapter 1
1. At the end of his life, desiring Heaven, Natcheketas’ father, a pious man, sacrificed a few of his least…
Original translation by Vidyavachaspati V. Panoli Re-translated by James Swartz Commentary by Ted Schmidt
1. All this...everything in this impermanent world...is pervaded by the Self, pure awareness. Protect the Self…