The Great Sword of Discrimination #295
Viveka equates to a special type of discernment by which the spiritual aspirant makes his or her way through the difficult and ephemeral world of constant changes. Without this unique spiritual discrimination, all the confusion that such shifting circumstances throw in the way of human progress tend to threaten peace of mind and destroy religious and spiritual life. Even the beneficial yogas of devotion, meditation, and selfless service are rendered less effective without viveka — which when sharpened by sadhana and utilized to cut away ignorance and delusion, leave the soul in a perpetually ennobled and inspired condition of mind, as it should be. This dharma chart explains how viveka operates using the symbol of a sword and it parts, so that the aspiring seeker can wield it to cut away darkness and delusion.
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The Nine-Step Process of Meditation on AUM #101
Luminaries, adepts, practitioners, and even devotees of other religions have all contemplated the great Principle of AUM from the Vedic tradition. As direct instructions go, few are as deep and complete as Shankara’s integrated look at this profound Word, that stands at the head of all projected things and all manifestation. It utilizes most of the powerful tools of advanced spirituality, fused perfectly with the most sublime philosophical tenets known to the seers and sages of Mother India. With this chart on full display wherever spiritual seekers are bound to gather, the incomparable secrets of The Word and its deepest meanings will never disappear from human consciousness again.
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The Three Main Factors in the Attainment of Enlightenment #31
Of the many profound and beneficial utterances spoken by the Holy Mother when She was embodied, the three factors for enlightenment stand among the most important, revealing, as they do, a direct and dependable way for all beings to reach spiritual illumination. And so long as perseverence attends upon the sincere devotee, substantial spiritual progress will come about. This teaching chart provides instructions from Her that will, unlike so many other vaunted solutions of the day, bring one’s hidden karmas to the fore, thereby allowing the aspirant to actually attenuate and dissolve them for all time.
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The Twelve Levels of Vairagya #47
To renounce the world, whether one is a monk or a householder, is most important. Peace of mind comes after such renunciation is attained. And there are levels of detachment that reveal the progress of a practitioner dedicated to this beneficial end. This weaning of the immature mind off of the idea that the world, separate from Brahman is real, reflects authentic progress along the razor’s-edged path of spirituality. The twelve levels of Vairagya act as a definitive measure for such rare internal advancement.
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Time & Enlightenment #152
There is no doubt that the factor of time plays an essential role in the attainment of spiritual enlightenment. Called Kramamukti in the Vedic tradition, what is inferred is a slower-paced and gradual inward ascension into the fullness of realization, over lifetimes. Though a few rarer souls may take swifter and more direct routes to Brahman and Ishvara, most beings on earth will walk this slower, gradated path. On the wisdom chart displayed here, some of the dynamics of spiritual evolution are laid out for study, along with many of the trials, requirements, and landmarks that accompany them. Replete with several wisdom quotes by a few of the most revered luminaries on earth over cycles of time, this chart is one to be posted on the walls of the household, ashrama, and monastery alike, as well as in educational institutions.
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Vivartopadana #160
Vivarta, false superimposition, is a key principle in Vedanta philosophy, the point being that all manifestation/expression covers the formless nature of Reality. Left alone in Its purest state, Brahman is “partless, faultless, actionless, and divine,” to quote the Upanisads. When mentation begins, from the Cosmic Mind on down and out to the collective and individual minds, then does all that is “unreal” obscure the Real. Beings then take what has been projected by the mind, like matter and objects, as being the only reality. That there is more or less of the conscious shine of Brahman in every little thing, while Brahman remains partless and indivisible, this is the lesson of Vivartopadana taught by the Vedanta philosophy.
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