Who cares? If you’re reading this, everything is just a Lila and we’re all playing our parts. I just don’t take my roles that seriously.
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Proud to be part of this lineage. My parameshti guru in Advaita Vedanta. Swami Chinmayananda was a lion among teachers. A powerful orator and an embodiment of wisdom.
IMHO, no one stands above him as an expounder of Vedanta.
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What is life?
• Buddha: It's impermanence.
• Mahavira: It's non-violence.
• Adi Shankara: It's an illusion.
• Ramana Maharshi: It's the Self.
• Patanjali: It's a restless mind to be stilled.
• Guru Nanak: It's One.
• Kabir: It's a bubble in water.
• Ramakrishna: It's Divine Mother's play.
• Vivekananda: It's strength.
• Abhinavagupta: It's recognition.
• Tiruvalluvar: It's virtue.
• Jiddhu K: It's observer being observed.
• Sri Aurobindo: It's evolution.
• Osho: It's a celebration.
• UG Krishnamutri: Nothing to understand.
• Alan Watts: It's a dance.
What is life?
• Dostoevsky: It’s hell.
• Socrates: It’s a test.
• Aristotle: It’s the mind.
• Nietzsche: It’s power.
• Freud: It’s death.
• Marx: It’s the idea.
• Picasso: It’s art.
• Gandhi: It’s love.
• Schopenhauer: It’s suffering.
• Steve Jobs: It’s faith.
• Einstein: It’s knowledge.
• Stephen Hawking: It’s hope.
• Kafka: It’s just the beginning.
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To me, one of the clearest pointing out instructions. Cliffnotes version below:
You are the sky, not the traffic:
• Thoughts are just noise; awareness is the open space.
• Look back at the one who is looking; notice the gap.
• Stop striving. Rest in the luminous presence that is already here.
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
- Nagarjuna
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Forget the hard jhana vs soft jhana debate…
Who up doing Loathsome Corpse Jhanas?👇
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Had a chat with Bhante Sujato
He told a story about a young jhooner tech bro approaching him to talk about @jhanatech
His was clear in his response:
"one of the most ridiculous bs he has heard of "
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ALT Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Beings are like the moon in rippling water, Fitful, fleeting, empty in their nature. Bodhisattvas see them thus and yearn to set them free. Their wisdom is beneath compassion’s power. — Chandrakirti
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the Delson Armstrong interview with Steve is interesting. Guy had an NDE and became a Nature of Mind yogi, dissatisfied with spiritual materialism
Full of love of life and gratitude. Also really nice that they recorded in person, you can tell they have a good connection
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Delson Armstrong is speaking on Episode 558 from a meditation journey that has moved across Buddhist, yogic, and non-dual traditions, including deep work with concentration, jhana, kriya yoga, Brahma Vihara practice, and the more relaxed approach of Tran… instagr.am/p/Deb1AmrS-rI/
Saying you have "no lineage" and are "just people who learned some cool things and wanted to share" is far more dangerous than people realize.
It is the equivalent of saying: "I took 100 hours of flight lessons, loved it, and now I'm going to take passengers up and teach them how to fly."
In traditional approaches, guiding people through profound meditative states requires rigorous practice, ethical grounding, and explicit authorization from a lineage master.
Even after Bhante Vimalaramsi authorized me to guide others a year after my first retreat, I continued to practice and train under supervision for years before stepping into teaching in earnest. Lineage authorization isn't a license to launch a startup; it is a heavy responsibility that demands patience, humility, and deep respect for the student's safety.
Setting up a commercial retreat platform after only a few months of practice without a grounded lineage, teacher oversight, or a foundation in Sīla (ethics) and Paññā (wisdom) is reckless.
A meditation practice divorced from ethical lineage isn't a shortcut to depth. It’s an unregulated experiment on earnest students. It’s not about chasing states. It’s about liberation.
Don’t look for a jhana retreat. Look for a liberation retreat.