Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-Knowledge and the discrimination between the eternal and the non-eternal. Dialogues on continuous Self-inquiry and happiness that is not dependent on circumstances, Consciousness transcendent of the mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Kathopanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 22.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the clarity of Self-Knowledge and perfection and fullness of the Self’s Existence. Dialogues on happiness and the Self, transcendence of the content of the states of mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Kathopanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 22.
Initial spiritual instruction is given entirely in silence. Dialogues on the Self and the individual, the objectified mind and Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Kathopanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 21.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the nature of the recipient of the spiritual instruction. Dialogues on the Self’s Existence, persistent Self-inquiry, identity-reality-happiness, egoless Knowledge, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Kena Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 21.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the natural state. Dialogues on the mind and Consciousness, Self-inquiry, freedom from thoughts, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Isha Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 20.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Self’s transcendence of the mind. Dialogues on beyond the mind, transcendent freedom from the states of mind, Consciousness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses of Isha Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 20.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the nature of the Self and the ego. Dialogues on fear, sensory perception, Self-inquiry, the knowledge of the unreality of the world, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Svaruupanusandhanastakam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 19.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the undifferentiated nature of the Self. Dialogues on veiling and the projection of multiplicity, Self-inquiry without difficulty, nonobjective vision and the single “I,” and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 19.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the changeless Self. Dialogues on Self-inquiry, the purpose of life, transcendence of the mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 19.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the bodiless, egoless nature of the Self. Dialogues on who is the meditator, Self-inquiry, love and bliss, what is always, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 18.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the self-evident nature of the Self. Dialogues on Knowledge and states of mind, Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 18.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on action and attachment, steadfastness, “beginningless vasanas”, remembrance, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 17.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the nonexistence of the ego. Dialogues on happiness, the unreality of the ego, the Existence of the Self, Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 17.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on happiness. Dialogues on happiness, activity, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaitanubhuti and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 16.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on what is real is always and what is always alone is real. Dialogues on vairagya (detachment), freedom from frustration, the nonexistence of an ego, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Anatmasri-vigarhana-prakaranam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 16.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on how the ego is not an attribute of the Self and the Self is not an attribute of the ego. Dialogues on happiness, the knower, freedom from the body and mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Anatmasri-vigarhana-prakaranam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 15.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the eternal Existence of the Self. Dialogues on freedom from misidentification as a performer of action, duty and bhakti, peace, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Nirvana-manjari and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 15.
Initial silence is followed by pithy spiritual instruction on the nature of the Self. Dialogues on what is aware of the mind, the “I” notion, the nonobjective, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Nirvana-manjari and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 14.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the bodiless nature of the Self. Dialogues on the necessity of consistent spiritual practice, appearance and reality, freedom from misidentification with the body, the capacity for Self-Knowledge, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Advaita-Pancaratnam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 14.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Knowledge of the Self. Dialogues on spiritual experiences, Self-inquiry, dissolution of ignorance, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Brahmanucintanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 13.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Existence of the Self. Dialogues on the universe and the seer, ignorance and the ego, thought and Consciousness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Brahmanucintanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 13.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on one’s identity and experience in the light of Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on the origin of the sense of reality, freedom from misidentification with thoughts, happiness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Brahmanucintanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 12.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on God, the Guru, and the Self being one and the same. Dialogues on death and moksha, mind and Consciousness, animals and humans, meditation and depth, what is natural, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of Jivanmuktanandalahari and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 12.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-Realization and the innate. Dialogues on the oneness of the Self, Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Amritabindu Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 11.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-inquiry. Dialogues on Advaita Vedanta and the murtis especially Ganesha, the depths and the ego, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Amritabindu Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 11.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the happiness of Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on knowledge and activity, transient ignorance, devotion and knowledge, self-importance and God, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Avadhuta Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 10.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the beginningless and endless nature of the Self. Dialogues on the innate ability to practice Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Avadhuta Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 10.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the sole existence of Brahman. Dialogues on the unreality of the individual, peace of mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Avadhuta Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 9.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the meaning of “This Self is Brahman.” Dialogues on gratitude, mental conception and Self-inquiry, sleep and awareness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svetasvatara Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 9.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-Realization and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svetasvatara Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 8.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on abidance as the Self. Dialogues on objects and Reality, Self-Knowledge and states of mind, Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svetasvatara Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 8.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the inner celebration of the jayanti of Sri Sankaracarya. Dialogues on knowledge beyond the senses, the vast purpose of Self-inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svetasvatara Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 7.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Knowledge of Brahman and one’s existence. Dialogues on meditation and the mind, freedom from conditions and states of the body and the mind, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svetasvatara Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 7.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the egoless nature of the Self and the Knowledge of it. Dialogues on thought and Self-inquiry, Consciousness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 6.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the knower of Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on dissolution of the ego, Existence and the thought “I am,” and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 6.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the undefined, unconfined nature of the Self. Dialogues on what is needed, the source and nature of the ego, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 5.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the difference-less Knowledge of the Self. A dialogue on freedom from the ego by Self-inquiry and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 5.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on spiritual experience, bodiless Existence, Self-knowing Knowledge, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 4.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on where and by whom Brahman, the Self, is known. Dialogues on Consciousness and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 4.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the certainty of Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on the unreality of the ego and the reality of the Self, Knowledge transcendent of thought, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 3.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Knowledge of the knower as the revelation of the Self’s Existence. Dialogues on the question, the knower, being without difference, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 3.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Reality of the Self and Knowledge free of imagination. Dialogues on peace beyond ideas, preparation for death, bliss, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 2.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the nonobjective Knowledge of the true nature of the Self. Dialogues on grace and Knowledge, the dissolution of ideas, that in which the conceiver and the concept are absent, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 2.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Existence of Brahman. Dialogues on continuous Knowledge, happiness, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 1.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the changeless, attributeless existence of the Self, awareness and the senses, being ardent in one’s spiritual practice, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 1.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the true nature of the Self’s existence. Dialogues on the unreality of the universe and the reality of Being, the need for ardent, consistent practice, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Svatmanirupanam and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 1.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the self-evident nature of the Knowledge of the Self, the illusory nature of maya, and Self-inquiry. Dialogues on the knower and the known, the destruction of difficulties by inquiry, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from the Chandogya Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 1.
Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on Brahman and the Knowledge of the knower. Dialogues on spiritual practice, peace and equanimity, and other spiritual topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from the Chandogya Upanishad and in Tamil from the Song of Ribhu chapter 44.