An overview of our articles about spiritual awakening, enlightenment, self-actualization, non-duality, and personal growth.
In this post, we’ll give you an overview of Advaita Vedanta teachers and gurus from the US. In fact, you’ll find Advaita and Neo-Advaita teachers who are actually American, or give regular sessions or have [ Read more … ]
In 2014, I stumbled upon a short video titled A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen posted on YouTube by El-Branden Brazil. It’s a little questions and answer session — a kind of Satsang — between [ Read more … ]
It’s funny, but Advaita Vedanta Gurus — notably those in the Neo-Advaita domain — often claim not to be Spiritually Enlightened. That is, they are not Enlightened because only “a person” can “get enlightened”, and [ Read more … ]
Although Non-dual Vedic teachings were certainly not “invented” by him, the Indian scholar, teacher, and sage Adi Shankara (also known as Adi Sankara or Adi Shankaracharya) is widely considered the “Godfather” of Advaita Vedanta. His [ Read more … ]
In this post, you’ll find an overview of Advaita Vedanta teachers and gurus from the United Kingdom. That is, you’ll find Advaita and Neo-Advaita teachers who are actually British or, alternatively, regularly give sessions or [ Read more … ]
In this post, you’ll find an overview of Dutch Advaita Vedanta teachers and gurus. To be clear, “Dutch” is not “Deutsch” (people from Germany), but refers to the people of the Netherlands (by the way, [ Read more … ]
Avidya is a Sanskrit word that means ignorance, misconceptions, misperceiving, illusion (Maya), misunderstandings, un-wisdom, or incorrect knowledge. It’s the opposite of the meaning of the word Vidya, which refers to true knowledge, true seeing, wisdom, [ Read more … ]
Spending time in a room devoid of light and sound — Darkroom Meditation, as it’s called — is thought to profoundly relax body and mind due to a maximum of sensory deprivation. The experience also [ Read more … ]
Understanding or misunderstanding the function and role of the Advaita Guru can make or break our “spiritual path.” And, as it’s often said in Advaita Vedanta, our misunderstanding is never the fault of the Guru, [ Read more … ]
“As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of the ‘illusory’ world and speak only of Enlightenment. Or else [ Read more … ]
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