Divine Ground. Brahman

man possesses a double nature, a phenomenal ego and an eternal Self, which is the inner man, the spirit, the spark of divinity within the soul. It is possible for a man, if he so desires, to identify himself with the spirit and therefore with the Divine Ground, which is of the same or like nature with the spirit. Fourth: man’s life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground. (Ref. 273)”

A “Ramakrishna (1836–1886) is possibly the teacher most responsible for increasing the popularity of Advaita in recent times, with missions now operating throughout the world. His principal disciple was Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), who toured the world”

A enlightenment is passed down from teacher (guru) to disciple through the ages. Of course, it is possible for this knowledge to arise spontaneously, or in response to some ordinary or life-threatening event, but habit and our attachment to conventional modes of thinking make this very unlikely.

A The Bhagavad Gita is a practical manual for karma yoga, describing how we should act in our lives. Chapter II, Verse 47 tells us that we should only concern ourselves with the action itself and not worry about the outcome. We should not do something because we want a particular result, nor should we be attached to inaction. But, says Sobottka, Ramesh Balsekar interprets this to mean that “there is no free-will and work merely happens spontaneously.” A quite contrary interpretation is provided by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who says that “you have control over action alone, never over its fruits.” As Sobottka points out: “Any translation will inevitably convey the message that the translator wishes to convey.” The second major problem is that, intrinsically, it is not possible to describe reality in any sense.”

A “Historical Sages/ writers–Gaudapada, Patanjali, Sadananda, Shankara, Vidyaranya, Vyasa. 4. Recent Sages/ Teachers–Robert Adams, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Chinmayananda, Jean Klein, Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Swami Krishnananda, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Swami Nikhilananda, Osho, H. W. L. Poonja, Ramana Maharshi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Ranjit Maharaj, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati (Holenarasipur, Karnataka, India), HH Sri Shantanand Saraswati, Swami Sivananda, Swami Vivekananda, Wei Wu Wei. 5. Modern Satsang Teachers–Bob Adamson, Adyashanti, Ramesh S. Balsekar, Sundance Burke, David Carse, Cee, Katie Davis, Gangaji, Nathan Gill, Burt Harding, Leo Hartong, Chuck Hillig, Unmani Liza Hyde, Catherine Ingram, Wolter Keers, Jan Kersschot, Jan Koehoorn, Brian Lake & Naama Livni, Gina Lake, Hans Laurentius, Roger Linden, Wayne Liquorman, Francis Lucille, P. T. Mistlberger, Nirmala, Tony Parsons, Robert Powell, Karl Renz, Justus Kramer Schippers, Isaac Shapiro, Alexander Smit, Aja Thomas, Madhukar Thompson, Eckhart Tolle, Joan Tollifson, John Wheeler.”

A Other Teachers and writers-Monica Alderton, A. J. Alston, Amber, Danielle Arin, Atagrasin, Pujya Swami Atmananda, Sri Atmananda Saraswati, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanium, Dr. Hubert Benoit, Bhaskar, Chandrashekhara Bharati, James Braha, Swami Budhananda, Thomas Byrom, Chandi, Ram Chandran, Swami Chidbhavananda, Tanya Davis, Swami Dayananda, Anthony De Mello, Eliot Deutsch, Eknath Easwaran, Swami Gambhirananda, D. B. Gangolli, David Godman, Dr. Gregory Goode, Bina Gupta, Steven Harrison, Hans Heimer, Chuck Hillig, Anand Hudli, Aldous Huxley, Alan Jacobs, Swami Jagadananda, Jagmohan, David Jennings, Sri Karapatra Swami, Dr. A. G. Krishna Warrier, Prof. V. Krishnamurthy, U. G. Krishnamurti, Balakrishna Kumthekar, Stig Lundgren, Dr. Harsh K. Luthar, Swami Madhavananda, Sachindra K. Majumdar, Paula Marvelly, Juan Mascaro, A. R. Natarajan, Jay Mazo, Mark McCloskey, K. Padmanabha Menon, Jock Millensen, A. Devaraja Mudaliar, Bithika Mukerji, Govindagopal Mukhopadhyaya, Gummuluru Murthy, Muruganar, Suri Nagamma, Chittaranjan Naik, Madathil Nair, Shawn Nevins, Swami Nityaswarupananda, Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty, Arthur Osborne, Swami Paramananda, A. Parthasarathy, Dr. Ramanand Prasad, Swami Muni Narayana Prasad, Chris Quilkey, S. Radhakrishnan, Anantanand Rambachan, Prof. A. A. Ramanathan, Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi, Swami Ranganathananda, Raphael, Michael Reidy, John Richards, Dr. E. Röer, Richard Rose, Möller de la Rouvière, Dr. K. Sadananda,”“Saraswati, Swami Vimuktananda, Alan W. Watts, Roy Whenary, “Who,” Charles Wikner, Ken Wilber, Stephen Wingate, Ananda Wood.”

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Any correlation between the truth and what he said was entirely coincidental

A Science may have relegated religion to the status of superstition but it has failed to answer the fundamental questions of life. Advaita provides answers which contradict neither science nor our own experience. It derives from the Upanishads in the Vedic scriptures and means “not two.” Teaching Advaita is difficult because of the need to interpret scriptures for a modern western audience and because Truth cannot be “known,” only pointed to. Different natures require different methods and teachers. Language is necessarily dualistic.”

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