”Our subject tonight is transcendentalism — the awareness of eternity in the present… As I’m sitting talking to you, I’m watching a squirrel. I’m sitting here in the Dodge van and I’m watching this cute little guy hop back and forth, apparently oblivious to our technologically-oriented civilization. He’s out there in his world, a world…
In Buddhism, we seek that which is ineffable – that which cannot be seen with the eyes or felt with the hands. We seek to find the still center in the middle of all the turning worlds, simply because we like that, we know that’s where we belong. Buddhism is talk 11 of 27 in…
“It’s not special to be enlightened. It’s just different. An enlightened person is someone who has dedicated not just this lifetime, but thousands of lifetimes to becoming awareness. They see through the mysteries of life and understand them — and what the enlightened person sees, no one could ever tell or describe. Wonder beyond belief.”…
“There are four major paths to self-realization. Of the four, jnana yoga, from the point of view of the beginner, is the most difficult. Jnana yoga is the graduate school of self-discovery. Ordinarily in spiritual practice, one begins by practicing bhakti, the path of love. The path of love leads to the path of self-giving….
There is more than just this world and heaven and hell. In Buddhist cosmology, we realize there are many worlds and that these worlds really exist inside our own mind. Everything exists within our own minds. How we navigate through these worlds and what the path is that leads beyond all worlds is what the…
Tantric Buddhism is a pathway to Enlightenment. In Tantra, we do not avoid the world. We embrace it. We believe that God exists in everything. We focus on the clear light of reality in and through all experiences. Tantric Buddism is talk 1 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The Frederick…
“I like miracles. They inspire me. Miracles cause you to believe, to have faith in the unseen, to look further into things. So miracles have a purpose. Miracles help people believe in enlightenment. Some people don’t need miracles, they just believe. But for many people, miracles are important, and some enlightened teachers do miracles to…
“Wisdom is the ability to do two things at once — to be in the world and of it, to enjoy it, to participate in it fully and successfully, and at the same time, to not be here at all — to be in realms of light, to be in samadhi, beyond all this. That’s…
“Self-discovery tries to take you beyond reason. A reason is a terrible trap—because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you’re satisfied with answers, you’ll never come to know what life really is. Life can only be known through direct experience—direct experience in meditation, where you’re tasting the water or feeling it, which is…
In this talk given on July 5, 1983, Rama outlined the stages, challenges and crossroads his students could expect to encounter in their study with him, particularly in years 1-5. Talk 6 of 13 in Insights: Talks on the Nature of Existence. Download all talks in this series (Free MP3 audio)