The Archive
The Archive
Every talk Ananta has given, in two lengths. The short ones for a pause in the day. The long ones for an evening.
1,571 fragments2,503 full talks
Short fragments
क्षण
A teaching in a single breath
Single teachings, ninety seconds or less.
1,657 in the catalogue
Tying your happiness to a drunk donkey
The holy meeting in the heart
No credentials needed for Atma Darshan
Eat the sweet, eat God
Love gives freedom, attachment takes freedom
Why must I prove my love to God?
Don't leave this world without meeting God
Spirituality Without Spirit Is a Restaurant Without Food
God is not a concept
Running to Help God Spin the Earth Faster
A Love Beyond Feeling
No Time to Resent
The One Who Never Changed
Just try one day
Get into that embrace right now
Allow your heart to just be
Which tree are you watering
A Swiss watch used to hammer a nail
When the oppressor wears a spiritual costume
God is available on call
Stop sorting people into worthy and unworthy
Carried like a baby in his lap
God's special corner for those who made mistakes
How to find the God who is everywhere
Spirituality rarely talks about spirit — mostly about experiences
Don't hedge your bets — full-hearted surrender or self-help?
Antakarana is a dual-purpose design — Maya or God
Felt love comes and goes — the deeper love is known in the heart
God's name is like a fire that burns whatever your intention was
There is no quick fix for fear; constant remembrance grows trust
One teaching, two lengths. Take what your day allows.
Full talks
सत्संग
Sit down. Stay an evening.
Two hours, sometimes three. In full.
2,569 in the archive
54:17Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 73-86 Commentary and Contemplation - 12th September 2017
Anything which has a limited me at the center is just an idea; it’s not the unchanging reality.
Sep 12, 2017
30:29Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 10 Commentary and Contemplation - 18th & 21st Aug. & 12th Sept. 2017
Where there is desire, there is the world. Be firm in non-attachment, be free of desire, be happy.
Sep 12, 2017
2:23One Sees There Is No One Here Who Wants or Doesn't Want - 12th September 2017
I have one medicine for all ills: let's find out who you are.
Sep 12, 2017
1:41:37Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 73 -86 and Q&A - 12th September 2017
The sage is not the body; the connection to the illusion of 'me' and 'mine' is severed.
Sep 12, 2017
5:12Who is this Self I Cannot Find? - 12th September 2017
Sep 12, 2017
1:38:03Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 51-72 - 8th September 2017
How to meet the unseen one? That is what it means when we say non-phenomenal recognition.
Sep 8, 2017
10:34When It Doesn't Feel Like 'Everything is a Happening' - 8th September 2017
Everything has always been just happening; we don't expect a shift in perception, only the dropping of thought.
Sep 8, 2017
3:41What is Satsang For? - 8th September 2017
Satsang is the game where we come to empty ourselves of all pretenses.
Sep 8, 2017
20:55How To Meet This Unseen One? - 8th September 2017
How to meet the unseen one? That is what it means when we say non-phenomenal recognition.
Sep 8, 2017
55:21Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 51-72 Commentary and Contemplation - 8th September 2017
The eye that remains untouched is the same eye which is the source of consciousness itself.
Sep 8, 2017
4:57Does Awareness Have to Deepen or Mature? - 7th September 2017
Awareness is qualityless, so the sense of progress or maturity cannot apply to the truest absolute self.
Sep 7, 2017
6:06Letting it Go and Giving It Up (Guru Power) - 7th September 2017
Leave all concerns about life and freedom to the Guru power; it is the best medicine.
Sep 7, 2017
2:25Direct Experience of Emotions, Free of Interpretations - 7th September 2017
Do not make these insights into a mental benchmark.
Sep 7, 2017
6:39When Inquiry Feels like Effort - 7th September 2017
The one for whom life is a problem does not actually exist.
Sep 7, 2017
6:23The World Disappears Every Night in Deep Sleep - 7th September 2017
Sep 7, 2017
36:07Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 46-50 Commentary and Contemplation - 7th September 2017
Sensory experiences are like elephants who, upon encountering a desireless man, see him as a lion.
Sep 7, 2017
1:20:24Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 46-50 and Q&A - 7th September 2017
You don't have to work on becoming desireless; as you recognize who you are, desire and doership are taken care of.
Sep 7, 2017
10:43Guided Inquiry / Meditation - 5th September 2017
Sep 5, 2017
12:57Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 44 & 45 Commentary and Contemplation - 5th September 2017
The individual thing that we consider ourselves to be is not present.
Sep 5, 2017
1:42:20What is the Nature of This Presence? & Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, V. 44 & 45 - 5th September 2017
The me that we consider ourselves to be is not present; it does not exist.
Sep 5, 2017
3:52Belief is Only Possible When I am Not Clear About my True Position - 4th September 2017
The mind wants to sell you a position about yourself to keep you stuck in identity.
Sep 4, 2017
1:25:38What is Your Starting Point? & Ashtavakra Gita, Ch.18, Vs. 39-43 - 4th September 2017
The mind plays a trick: 'I am awareness, but...' There are no ifs and buts in awareness.
Sep 4, 2017
18:53Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 18, Vs. 39-43 Commentary and Contemplation - 4th September 2017
The fool thinks peace comes by controlling the mind; the wise one knows truth and is stillness itself.
Sep 4, 2017
16:46The Truth Needs No Crutches of Thought - 4th September 2017
There are no ifs and buts in awareness; don't let the individual sneak back in after the word 'but'.
Sep 4, 2017