"Let my love be measured by giving and not by gain"
Meditation gives the mind the quietude to push aside that whole universe which is the mind, and allow a greater force to come through. For this the heart, the core of one’s personality, is the vehicle or the entrance.
Beloved Guruji, my question is about the care for the dying, and also about the caring for the soul after death. The Tibetans read The Tibetan Book of the Dead with the idea of accompanying or helping the soul with the different transitions it goes through during the first hours after death. For us, are prayers and beautiful thoughts of love in any way helpful to the departing soul, or is that more to help those help those who have been left here?
This is a picture sent by his son Biren for the website. It is Gururaj at his young days. He looks like him very much indeed. We thank the family for the very kind and loving gesture towards this website. We hope to keep adding material for those interested in studyng the teachings, poetry and […]
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The way contemplation was described was very very similar to the way painters paint pictures in the sense that many people have the idea that a painter has a preconceived notion of the painting. That they have a theme they are pursuing very actively, and that they think a lot about what’s going on.
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Jeffrey Carr is the Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He has held that position since 2003, and was previously a full professor of art at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he was chair of the Department of Art and Art History. Born in Arlington, […]
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My name is John (Jaish) Lamb, and I operate the website Curiositive. Gururaj Ananda (1932-1988) gave me the name Jaish although I haven’t legally adopted it. I’m in my late 60′s with a full work-life in the building industry behind me and I’ve worked voluntarily for Gururaj’s teaching centre, The British Meditation Society, for 34 […]
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It is the little «I» itself that thinks it is going through a rough time because when the big «I» (or Observer) sees the little «I» going through a rough time, the big «I» becomes very happy. The big «I» becomes very happy in seeing that the little «I» is coming to some realization of its shortcomings and weaknesses and is now ready to face them.
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I am a passionate teacher. I believe there is nothing more important than sharing your understanding, information, and passions with others. I am a tenured associate professor and head of the graduate program in lighting design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. There, I also teach courses in Meditation and Mindfulness Studies for Academic Success, […]
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There are many meditation teachers over there, and many can help you although they still may have a lot to learn themselves. Find a good teacher to learn meditation in an appropriate way and then allow the teachings in this pages guide your intellect in the right direction and your allow your heart to shine on your path.
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The spiritual path does not need to be difficult or cumbersome. You will find obstacles, which is good. The greatest teacher in life is obstacles. So every obstacle that comes in your path, be thankful. One way to be thankful to obstacles is to become the observer of the obstacle. When you become the observer of the obstacle, the obstacle does not hurt you.
Continue reading...Gururaj was born and raised Parsotam Narshi Bhana in India. He lived most of his life beyond age 20 in Cape Town, South Africa. A brief synopsis of Gururaj's life up to age 44 is given below under chronology. Most pertinent, to this profile, is the
The cup runneth over . . . why let it go down the drain? And if you are thirsty enough, have the whole cup; why only that which runs over? Have the whole cup, I know I can replenish it—there’s plenty more where that comes from. The eternal spring, undying, is forever producing that life […]
Questioner: Guruji, this question arises from the difficulty I have with the concept of the Personal God, God with form and I ask myself what is that form? And then I understand from the things that you have said in the past that the Personal God, Ishvara, continues to exist during the present cycle of […]
Let us talk of hate. What is hate? There is no hate. There is no hate. Because hate is a projection from a conditioned mind, and all projections are illusory. No man is capable of hating. No man is capable of hating, but he is only capable of projecting. Man is capable of loving, yes, and love knows no projection.
Now people would say that, «Okay, I do spiritual practices. I find some peace. I find some betterment in life,» which is the experience of practically all people. «But how can we expedite it? How can we make it quicker?» The answer lies in the fact that you let go. Just let go of that which is called mind. Easier said than done. How does one let go?
Gururaj was born and raised Parsotam Narshi Bhana in India. He lived most of his life beyond age 20 in Cape Town, South Africa. From age 44 until his demise, which he predicted, at age 56, he devoted himself to teaching groups of people, amounting to tens of thousands of students, the art of personalised […]
There’s a little story, I don’t know if I told it here in England, that King Akbar, the great ruler in India, wanted to find the happiest man on earth.
