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In this foundational class introducing Chapter 2, Acharya Tadany presented a clear, universal framework of four stages that every spiritual seeker must traverse to move from saṁsāra’s suffering to mokṣa:  (1) Discovery of the Problem — recognizing the three-fold disease of attachment (rāgaḥ), sorrow (śokaḥ), and delusion (mohaḥ) that afflict the mind and distort perception;  (2) Recognition of Helplessness — …

The world is not something outside of us.It appears according to the mind that perceives it. The world is not something outside of us.It appears according to the mind that perceives it. For example, when we wake up irritated, the traffic feels hostile, people seem rude, and the day feels heavy. Yet, when we wake up serene, the same traffic …

In this meticulously structured class on Chapter 1, Acharya Tadany dissected Arjuna’s progressive emotional collapse on the Kurukṣetra battlefield as a deliberate five-part dramatic arc designed by Vyāsa to mirror the universal human descent into saṁsāra (the disease of worldly attachment). From the grand introduction of the dharma-field and the assembled armies, through Arjuna’s systematic observation of beloved relatives and …

Acharya Tadany. In this mind-bending class, Acharya Tadany used the classic pot-space analogy to reveal the single cause of all suffering, I.e., the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīraṁ) acts like a clay pot that apparently “contains” unlimited consciousness, instantly creating the false individual (jīva) who believes “I am limited, I suffer, I need things.”  In waking and dream the pot is …

Acharya Tadany. In this profoundly practical class on Dhyāna Yoga, Acharya Tadany distilled the essence of Vedic meditation into one revolutionary instruction: do not control thoughts, simply witness them without engagement, for every attempt to suppress or chase thoughts only feeds the ego, whereas pure witnessing (sākṣī bhāva) starves the thought of its power and reveals the ever-present peace that …