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Acharya Tadany
Morning Meditation
Pune, 2 June 2026
When the wisdom of Vedānta (spiritual knowledge) is not assimilated,
it remains available only during śravaṇam, while listening to the teachings.
Then, as soon as I put on my shoes
and step back into the world of roles, duties, and interactions,
the teaching quietly recedes,
and my old personality returns.
Old habits reclaim the mind,
old reactions reappear,
and the familiar patterns of likes, dislikes, fears, and expectations
once again take center stage.
The words were heard,
the ideas were understood,
yet the vision was not fully owned.
For true assimilation is not measured
by what remains in the classroom,
but by what remains present
in the marketplace of life.
The test of wisdom is not whether it shines during the teaching,
but whether it continues to illumine
the mind when the teaching is no longer being spoken.
Acharya Tadany
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Old habits die hard. But once the person understands and believes in his true nature, he is bound to change, not at one stroke, but bit by bit.