In this insightful Class 111 on Vivekacūḍāmaṇi (March 4, 2026), Acharya Tadany explored verse 112, where Śaṅkarācārya details the destructive traits of rajo guṇa (the “and so forth” from verse 111), listing key unhealthy qualities that bind the mind and obstruct spiritual progress:Unhealthy Traits of Rajo GuṇaKāmaḥ (desire/lust)Krodhaḥ (anger)Lobhaḥ (greed)Dambhaḥ (pretentiousness/arrogance/showing off)Asūyā (fault-finding/wrong criticism)Ahaṅkāraḥ (egoism/selfishness)Īrṣyā (envy/unhealthy jealousy/competition)Focus on Dambhaḥ (Pretentiousness)Śaṅkarācārya …
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Life unfolds as a journey of steps.
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In this transformative session on the Yoga of Meditation, Acharya Tadany reveals samādhi as stable abiding in our true nature (ātmā niṣṭhā), not a passing experience, leading to effortless sahaja samādhi — where meditation becomes our natural state of being. Core Insight: The Two Faces of Ānanda (Bliss) Sensory happiness — temporary, conditional joy from externals; always fleeting and ultimately …
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In this radiant and deeply liberating class, Acharya Tadany unfolded the third quality of ātmā — ānanda (happiness) — completing the classic triad sat-cit-ānanda svarūpa (existence-consciousness-happiness as the very nature of the Self). Acharya Tadany explained that happiness is not found in the external world, body, mind, or senses — none of these contain even an iota of happiness as …
Read More »Raised to Survive, Not Live.
Acharya TadanyMorning MeditationPune, 1 Mar 2026. And so, what they passed on to us what I call the “survival framework”, that is to say, few of us were taught how to live, on the contrary, we were only taught how to endure. One of the unspoken truths of life is that most of us were raised by parents who, despite …
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In this radiant and profoundly clarifying class, Acharya Tadany unfolded the essential nature of ātmā — the eternal, unchanging consciousness principle that is the true Self — as distinct from the body-mind-sense complex, emphasizing its three fundamental characteristics: (1) eternal (nityam) — not subject to birth or death, existing beyond time and the cycle of creation/destruction; (2) unchanging (nirvikāra) — …
Read More »Class 110, vivekacūḍāmaṇi
In this philosophically precise and experientially illuminating class on verses 111–112, Acharya Tadany unfolded the three guṇas of māyā (trigunātmikā) — the essential faculties that make the causal body (kāraṇa śarīram) the source of all manifestation: (1) Sattva (jñāna śakti — knowing faculty, clarity, illumination); (2) Rajas (kriyā śakti — activity/action faculty, movement, desire, projection); and (3) Tamas (dravya śakti …
Read More »Bhagavad Gītā, Chapter 6, Class 208
In this deeply integrative and practically transformative class on Dhyāna Yoga, Acharya Tadany presented samādhi as having a dual nature: (1) a profound state of mental tranquility achieved through deliberate spiritual practice — characterized by conscious withdrawal from worldly roles and identities (parent, professional, friend), detachment from external positions and titles, and creation of inner space free from constant demands, …
Read More »Stop Climbing. Start Knowing.
Acharya TadanyMorning MeditationPune, 02 Nov 2025. Yet the Gītā whispers something profoundly radical, Stop the imaginary climbing, and Start knowing your true nature because the sacred was never waiting at the end of time The Bhagavad Gita is not a ladder placed between earth and heaven, inviting you to climb toward some distant divinity. The Gita is a luminous, powerful …
Read More »Class 35, Tattva Bodha
In this deeply integrative and practically transformative class, Acharya Tadany introduced two powerful meditation practices to assimilate the ātmā-anātmā distinction: (1) recognizing the entire universe as a remote object while the body-mind-sense complex is an intimate object — both are objects of perception and therefore distinct from the true Self, with the intimacy of the body-mind creating the illusion of …
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In this illuminating class, Acharya Tadany stressed the importance of precise spiritual language to avoid confusion (e.g., “consciousness,” “awareness,” “empathy” carry different meanings across people), so he bridged these powers to the central teaching of ātmā: the eternal, unchanging consciousness that exists beyond the body, pervading and enlivening it without being limited by or identified with it — illustrated by …
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