Vivekacūḍāmaṇi

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 class, Acharya Tadany explained that mantra chanting is always beneficial, even when the mind wanders, because the action itself generates punyam and gradually purifies the mind.  He clarified the nature of the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīram), which continues after death carrying our tendencies, personality, and vāsanās into future lives.  The central focus of spiritual practice, he …