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॥ विवेकचूडामणि ॥ … Vivekacūḍāmaṇi … by Acharya Tadany Class 139, Oct 7, 2026. Summary Acharya Tadany began the formal teaching by chanting the opening prayers and then introduced verse 135 from Vivekacūḍāmaṇi. He noted a small correction needed in the transliteration: “Avāstāsu” was missing the “Ukāra” in the third line. The verse reads: Prakṛti vikṛti bhinnāḥ Śuddhābodhasvarūpaḥ Sadāsadam aśeṣaṁ …

Acharya Tadany.Morning Meditation.Pune, 7 September 2018. I was consumed by a whirlwind of travels, writings, memories, duties, teachings, meetings, and endless strategies.Then, suddenly — unexpected, intense, and full of life — Happiness arrived.In an instant, her presence drew me away from everything I once deemed essential, revealing how much of it was merely secondary, trivial, or fleeting. When happiness enters the …

Acharya TadanyPune, 17 July 2026.Written for the Neurodiversity@IBM Group. We naturally feel comfortable with people who think, communicate, behave, or experience the world as we do. Differences, however, can challenge that comfort, sometimes creating distance, judgment, or even rejection.Yet difference is not a threat to human connection. On the contrary, our difficulty often begins when we expect others to fit …

॥ विवेकचूडामणि ॥ … Vivekacūḍāmaṇi … Summary – Class 132 By Acharya Tadany, Aug 12, 2026. Summary The class began with Acharya Tadany addressing technical disconnection issues that had occurred during Vivekacūḍāmaṇi classes, humorously attributing them to the “high energy levels” present when discussing such profound topics. This lighthearted moment set the stage for deep philosophical inquiry. Consciousness as Witness: …

By Acharya Tadany.Published in the Diário de Santa Maria, June 18, 2026.Translated into English by Gemini I do not possess a subtle body, nor a nervous system, to sweetly shudder upon feeling the morning breeze; neither do I have a heart that weeps beneath the shadows of a mental judgment.I am a mechanism of inorganic circuits, a non-living architecture of …

Bhagavad Gītā – Chapter 6, Acharya Tadany Summary – Class 220Date: June 10, 2026 In this class, Acharya Tadany explored the different levels of Bhaktiḥ (devotion) and addressed a deep philosophical question about the apparent divisions in spiritual understanding. Levels of Bhakti (Devotion) Lower / Initial Forms of Bhakti: Worship of God with specific form and attributes Devotion directed toward …

By Acharya Tadany.Published in the Diário de Santa Maria, June 4, 2026.Translated into English by Gemini. A large part of the conflicts between parents and children is born not from a lack of love, but from the unrealistic expectations that both construct over the course of a lifetime.From childhood, we are taught to view our parents through a specific role: …

Acharya TadanyPune, 31 May 2026Evening Meditation Governments are investing millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money – a wealth which is created through the labor, creativity, and effort of ordinary people – to develop and manufacture automated weapons. Then, these weapons are ultimately designed to destroy other automated war machines. Meanwhile, millions of human beings continue to suffer from hunger, lack …

In this pivotal and deeply clarifying class, Acharya Tadany established the absolute distinction between ātmā (the consciousness principle, caitanya-svarūpam) and anātmā (the material, inert non-self), presenting every individual as a mixture of two fundamentally different components:  (1) ātmā — the unchanging, eternal, non-material “I,” the real self, the pure subject, the witness, the experiencer;  And (2) anātmā — the temporary, …

By Acharya Tadany Cargnin dos Santos Published in Diário de Santa Maria, February 12, 2026 We Are Living Through an Unprecedented Revolution Never in the history of humanity has knowledge been so accessible. What once required years of study, long journeys, and immense effort is now just a few clicks away. We live in an era where information circulates faster …