Ashtavakra Gita - Part 17 - The True Knower by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 16 - Special Instruction by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 15 - Knowledge of the Self by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 14 - Tranquility by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 13 - Happiness by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 12 - Abiding in the Self by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 11 - Wisdom by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 10 - Quietude by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 9 - Detachment by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 8 - Bondage and Liberation by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 7 - The Nature of Self-Realization by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 6 - The Higher Knowledge by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Fifth chapter of the Ashtavakra Samhita, also known as the Ashtavakra Gita, or the Song of Ashtavakra. This reading is based on the translation by Swami Nityaswarupananda, but varies slightly from it. Special thanks to Advaita Ashrama, The Vedanta Society, and Ramakrishna Order of India. For more information and related books visit: http://www.veda…

Ashtavakra Gita - Part 4 - Glory of Self Realization by transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Third chapter of the Ashtavakra Samhita, also known as the Ashtavakra Gita, or the Song of Ashtavakra. This reading is based on the translation by Swami Nityaswarupananda, but varies slightly from it. Special thanks to Advaita Ashrama, The Vedanta Society, and Ramakrishna Order of India. For more information and related books visit: http://www.veda…

Second chapter of the Ashtavakra Samhita, also known as the Ashtavakra Gita, or the Song of Ashtavakra. This reading is based on the translation by Swami Nityaswarupananda, but varies slightly from it. Special thanks to Advaita Ashrama, The Vedanta Society, and Ramakrishna Order of India. For more information and related books visit: http://www.ved…

First chapter of the Ashtavakra Samhita, also known as the Ashtavakra Gita. This reading is based on the translation by Swami Nityaswarupananda, but varies slightly from it. Special thanks to Advaita Ashrama, The Vedanta Society, and Ramakrishna Order of India. For more information and related books visit: http://www.vedanta.org or http://www.vedan…

Notes on the description of a spiritually liberated man by Swami Nikhilananda, from the introduction to Atmabodha, the book on self-knowledge.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Krishna feels Arjuna’s emotional pain and suffering, but corrects him for whimpering like a child. Arjuna asks Krishna to help him with this seemingly unresolvable inner conflict. Krishna begins his teaching and the Gita officially begins. Commentators say this chapter is a summary of the different but harmonious teachings contained in the chapters…

When a young boy of only eight, Shankara encountered a sage who asked him, "Who are you?" The boy answered with these stanzas, which are known as "Nirvana Shatakam" or "Atma Shatakam." Nirvana is complete equanimity, peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Atma" is the True Self.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiod…

Kaivalya Upanishad is one of 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures. It belongs to the Shaiva sect, who worship the god Shiva. It is presented as a sermon by the Creator-God Brahma, to the Vedic seer Ashvalayana. It extols Shiva and renunciation, which are said to lead to kaivalya (liberation & enlightenment).--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.…

Krishna explains how His eternal energy pervades, creates, preserves, and destroys the entire universe. This reading is based on Stephen Mitchell's translation.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/supportBy transmitting the essential wisdom of ancient india

Ātma-bōdha (Sanskrit: आत्मबोधः ) which means - 'Self-knowledge' or 'Knowledge of the Self' or 'The awakening of ātmān', is a short Sanskrit text believed to have been written by Shankara of the 8th century. He teaches that the Ultimate Reality whose effulgence radiates through the vesture of all forms, is beyond name and form and is in fact of the …

You are listening to "RadioDharma"... Learn about yoga philosophy, yogic science, divine love, self-actualization, and spiritual liberation. Get the essentials of the sanatana dharma, simply and concisely. This free resource is for any and all students seeking authentic, ancient, Indian wisdom, but especially for the benefit of those who have never…

Within the text Narada explains divine love and pure devotion; the process to achieve this state; gives quotations from other Vedic personalities on the subject matter; things to avoid when developing bhakti; and finally explains the nature of selfless love and the different ways of attaching to God.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot…

Life in the world and life in the spirit are not incompatible. Work, or action, is not contrary to knowledge of God, but if performed without attachment to results, is a means to it. Renunciation should be directed toward the ego. Renounce selfishness, not life. The goal of both life and of work is to know the divine God Self inside and out, and to…

God, source sustenance, and end of the universe, partakes of every phase of existence. He wakes with the waking, dreams with the dreamer, and sleeps the deep sleep of dreamlessness; but also transcends these 3 states. His true nature is pure consciousness.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiodharma/support…

The Mahavakyas are the Great Sentences of Advaita Vedanta and Jnana Yoga, and are contained in the Upanishads. Maha is Great, and Vakyas are sentences, or utterances for contemplation. The contemplations on the Mahavakyas also blend well with the practices of yoga meditation, prayer, and mantra... To truly understand the meaning of theMahavakyas it…