The Philosophy and Significance of a Coconut – Part 2/2

Let us go over these four stages again, explaining them somewhat more specifically.

Firstly, the parts of the gross body have to be removed, […]

The Philosophy and Significance of a Coconut – Part 1/2

The coconut is considered to be a sacred fruit, occupying a place in many religious ceremonies—those of the Hindus particularly. Apart from […]

The Substance and the Shadow

Then what is the “substance” and what is the “shadow”?

“Substance” signifies the means to God-realization, while “shadow” refers to the quarreling over philosophies […]

Surrender body and soul

When you give your beard into the hands of a barber for shaving,  you allow him to take as much liberty as he likes […]

Explanations versus Experience – Part 2/2

Take another analogy on the same theme. Suppose a simple villager from Arangaon, who has never before so much as stepped out of his […]

Explanations versus Experience – Part 1/2

I too was once like you, attracted towards this worldly Maya; but oh! What lila, what powers my Guru possessed, that he showed me […]