Why did Carl Jung avoid meeting the famous Indian saint Ramana Maharshi?

Carl Jung visited India for the first time in the 1930s and met a lot of prominent people, but failed to meet Ramana Maharshi. People were shocked when they learnt that Jung had not met Ramana Maharshi. A few years later, Carl Jung wrote about his experiences in India and did not explicitly mention his… Continue lendo Why did Carl Jung avoid meeting the famous Indian saint Ramana Maharshi?

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“Como controlar os pensamentos?” – PAPAJI

Trechos de gravações em satsangs. Papaji, ou Sri H.W.L. Poonja (1910 - 1997) foi um mestre de Advaita Vedanta discípulo de Ramana Maharshi e mestre de Mooji. Através de sua sabedoria profunda e autêntica Papaji ensinou a auto-inquirição (Atma-Vichara) que envolvia localizar o senso de “eu”, focalizando apenas nisso através de uma investigação direta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLu-wd4sRE… Continue lendo “Como controlar os pensamentos?” – PAPAJI

“Is Starvation a Performing Art?” – Shoma A. CHATTERJI

The Citizen, India, 21 April, 2022 Hunger wears many faces and the variety and versatility of hunger is as incredible as it is voluminous. The word “hunger” immediately links us to biological and physical hunger for food which is a real problem for millions of people across the world. But there is a strong emotional… Continue lendo “Is Starvation a Performing Art?” – Shoma A. CHATTERJI

History of Yoga: The Path of my Ancestors | documentary

History of Yoga: The Path of my Ancestors is a 6000 year journey into origin, evolution & development of yoga. The story explores the elements of Yoga in Harappa Civilization, Veda, Jainism, Buddhism, Sufism, Hath-Yogic practices of medieval times & other peripheral doctrines. The film ends in 19th century where modern science acknowledges the potential… Continue lendo History of Yoga: The Path of my Ancestors | documentary

“Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of the Virus” – Arundhati ROY

Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History. The seventh annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, presented at the LBJ Auditorium on The University of Texas at Austin campus. The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center hosted the lecture in partnership with the Rothko Chapel and… Continue lendo “Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of the Virus” – Arundhati ROY

India’s Forgotten Majority | Vice News

The Social Distance casts a look at how COVID-19 has exacerbated the complex demographic and vast inequalities of class & caste in India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYUyBgZfN6Y

“Bad Things Happen For a Reason, And Other Idiocies of Theodicy” – Jason BLUM

The Wire, 19 February 2017 The claim that the universe is inherently just implies that those who suffer deserve it. The result is, essentially, a theological form of victim-blaming. For example, the American evangelical preacher Pat Robertson explained the 2010 earthquake in Haiti – which killed between 220,000-316,000 people, and injured another 300,000 – as… Continue lendo “Bad Things Happen For a Reason, And Other Idiocies of Theodicy” – Jason BLUM

“Quem é Deus” – Ramana MAHARSHI

Bhagavan Sri Râmana Mahârshi (1879 - 1950), foi um mestre de Advaita Vedanta e um famoso santo do sul da Índia, considerado um dos maiores sábios de todos os tempos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYLw2Or2vCg Trechos do livro “True Happiness”, editado por Arthur Osborne. Seus ensinamentos, simples, profundos e lúcidos, estão registrados em um grande número de livros. A… Continue lendo “Quem é Deus” – Ramana MAHARSHI

“Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives” – Nicholas F. GIER

PREFACE What matters most for India is not so much the salvation of the personality as the acquisition of absolute freedom. —Mircea Eliade In the millennium to come we are meant to become Gods on other planets. This is the great potential of our Divinity. —Gopi Krishna The whole ascetic tradition . . . springs… Continue lendo “Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives” – Nicholas F. GIER

“A Portrait of Civilized Man” – CIORAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOx7UQ0mD3E Our determination to banish the irregular, the unexpected, and the misshapen from the human landscape verges on indecency : that certain tribesmen still choose to devour their surplus elders is doubtless deplorable, but I cannot conclude that such picturesque sybarites must be exterminated; after all, cannibalism is a model closed economy, as well as… Continue lendo “A Portrait of Civilized Man” – CIORAN