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What are a few common features of truly spiritual experiences?
The most common feature of spiritual experiences is that until you're having spiritual experiences, you are not yet awake, you just want to be.
Read ArticleHeartfelt insights and reflections, shared directly from my heart to yours. These musings are meant to inspire, uplift, and connect us on a deeper level, fostering a sense of understanding and unity as we navigate this journey together.
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What does Western society fundamentally misunderstand about practice of yoga?
The western society thinks that the practice of yoga is deeply spiritually meaningful. The reality is the opposite - the practice of yoga is mostly gymnastics...
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Are the highest states of consciousness in Buddhism and Hinduism equivalent?
Yes, Nirvana and Moksha are synonyms. Buddha and Jivanmukta also.
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Is the Buddhist Sunyata/emptiness the same thing as Brahman from Advaita Vedanta?
Yes, more or less. But it's very different from finding and identifying with consciousness/awareness/stillness, which can be also said to be "empty" because...
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When ego is dissolved in enlightenment and one experiences oneself as Brahman/Being/The Absolute, do they continue to experience that after death?
Being is not Brahman, Being is Atman. Brahman is non-Being. The Absolute is deeper still.
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After attaining enlightenment was Buddha basically identifying as Brahman, universal consciousness?
Yes, it's the same thing, basically. Being a Buddha and identifying as Brahman are equivalent, for when you are Brahman, the person is not. It's the deepest...
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My commentary on the Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is the highest Sutra, the ultimate Sutra, the perfect Sutra. The Heart Sutra represents the state of Gautama Buddha, the state of complete and...
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Is a Bodhisattva's realization higher than that of an Arahant?
No, they are equivalent. The duality between Bodhisattvas and Arahants is the last duality.
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Is Nirvana eternal?
From the perspective of the ego, Nirvana is eternal. From the perspective of enlightenment, Nirvana is an illusion.
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