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In the world but not of the world
I must have probably written about this topic before but I came across 2 photos on the internet that made me want to write on this topic before. There are also people who keep asking me how can I be both fulfilling responsibilities expected of a normal human being (playing out my roles of being…
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Bhakti Yoga
This is the third path to enlightenment, besides Gyana Yoga and Karma Yoga. This is the path via Bhakti, which means through prayers and devotion. Not ordinary prayers, not ordinary devotion. But complete surrender. Complete devotion. To the Self, to the Truth, to the Universe, to Krishna- whatever pleases you. Many people pray everyday, but…
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The 3 Paths to Enlightenment
There are 3 paths to spiritual enlightenment- gyan yoga, karma yoga, and bhakti yoga. Gyan yoga is enlightenment through knowledge. Knowledge of what is real and what is not, what is true and what is untrue. It’s not as complicated because everything is unreal and untrue except awareness which you already are. But the trick…
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Spiritually Sensible Movies
There are many movies that pretend to be spiritual but end up misguiding people. I wanted to make a collection here of movies that can lead to spiritual understanding to the prepared mind. These are also free and available on Youtube. Remember, these movies have spiritual importance and are not necessarily “good” “feel good” “inspirational”…
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Schrodinger’s Cat
In your spiritual path, you’ll reach a point where you realize that you are nothing more than a character on the stage. Many people believe that they “got it” when they reach this phase. They think they have understood. Their spiritual ego swells with pride. But that’s not it.
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The Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of The Dead- also known as Bardo Thodol- is an important book for us all to read because it makes you think about death, and prepare you to face it with calm and composure when the time comes. However, the most important part of the book is in the Introduction under the…
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What you can learn from Buddhism?
A few bullet points here-
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Does Karma exist?
Is there Karma? Of course, there is Karma! Karma is based on deeds. And affects the doer accordingly. But..
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BOTTOM LINE
This post represents the synthesis of everything I got to say about spirituality and enlightenment. This is my most direct message to you. I can not get any more direct than this. Everything else is a different way of saying this.
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What is Self?
Apart from thoughts, there’s no such thing as mind. Apart from thoughts, there’s no independent entity called the world. Of all thoughts that arise in the body, the I-thought is the first. The irony is that the person glimpsing this moment of higher consciousness, this Oneness, encounters the ultimate realization that there is nothing to…
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Happiness, Sex, Health, and Death
We crave happiness because we think it is the ultimate goal of life. And we think happiness comes out of fulfilling our desires. But happiness is not the fulfillment of desire. Rather, it is the desirelessness that gives happiness. Some people pursue spiritual enlightenment for all the wrong reasons, and then pursue the path using…
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KOANS
Koans are important expedient measures to encourage the prepared minds to suddenly see the truth by unseeing the false and realizing the futility of efforts. These koans were popularized in the Zen tradition of Buddhism- both Soto and Rinzai sects, but mostly in the Rinzai sect. These Koans are usually in the form of questions,…
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GOD
People spend their entire lives seeking God. Scientists and religious people fight over the “evidences” for existence or absence of God. Many fights have occurred and many lives have been lost in the name of God. However, all these pursuits of finding God are misguided because they assume God is something to be found. But…
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In the World but not Of the World
Don’t be anything or anybody; just be The silliest thing about enlightenment is the amount of hard work it requires to be enlightened. People practice for several years and yet get only a glimpse of it. This is something that people can’t buy no matter how rich they are- so in that sense this is…
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Spirituality of Sapiens
In 2023, I read some great books. One of those was Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari. Sapiens traces the history of human evolution, but this is not merely a history book, this is also a philosophy book and if you think deeply, it is also a spiritual book. Or at least, I interpreted it that…
Bishal Gyawali 