How can I remain unattached and happy?

Posted on 8. February 2026 by Dr. Nalini

Bhogi, Yogi, Sannyasi, Jnani.

Caught in the net of maya. Being deluded by desires and constant ambition. This is the description of a Bhogi, a person, who enjoys this state. They are entrapped in hedonism.
Some make effort to come out of this net. They recognize the state one is in and seriously attempts to become a Yogi.
Then there is the Sannyasi. An individual, who lives a life of simplicity and is dedicated to the pursuit of the ultimate truth.
The last category is one, who lives in this world untouched by it. Such an individual is called a Jnani and he is a Nitya Mukta.

Learn from a new born baby

Posted on 10. June 2025 by Dr. Nalini

Uddaseena Vritti is a mental state where one can observe the world and its happenings with equanimity. It is a step towards achieving a state of nirvana.

The learned or the wise smile through the eyes; the middle-class smile through the teeth and lips; the lowest make a roaring laughter; but the muneeshwara (a form of Shiva) never smiles or laughs. Continue reading →

958 – Para Pooja

Posted on 26. July 2024 by Dr. Nalini

Para Pooja is the highest form of worship in which the devotee experiences and worships nothing but God at all times. This form of pooja is described in this poem: Continue reading →

Intuition of Reality – Vedanta Talk 17 by Ira Schepetin

Posted on 17. December 2019 by nadarupa

Revision and conclusion. What is the meaning of ignorance? The oneness of the individual and the supreme reality. The method of Vedānta. How to get a sattvic mind. Jñāni. You are the happiness you are looking for. You have to go beyond the gunas but in the end there are not even gunas. Direct experience of the self. Tat tvam asi. Neti neti.

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Intuition of Reality – Vedanta Talk 10 by Ira Schepetin

Posted on 29. October 2019 by nadarupa

Story about Swami Satchidanandendra and Kirtan. The concept of avidyā / ignorance. Best source is adhyāsa bhāṣya: Introduction to the commentary of Shankaracharya
on the Brahma Sutras. 2 notions of ignorance: Shankaracharyas notion of mithyā jñāna and Padmapādas notion of mithyā ajñāna. Avidyā and māyā. Waking ego, dream ego and the witness. Vedānta is no dogma. Ego is kṣetra. Every quality is an object to the witness. Sadhana: act to get rid of tamas. Do your duty with no desire for the fruit of your action to overcome rajas. Sadhana to become free from actions (naiṣkarmya): no attachment to saṅkalpa, karma, karma phala. Freedom from the gunas. Jñānaniṣṭha. Jñāni. Bhagavad Gītā ch. 18, 66.