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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

Full talks

सत्संग

Sit down. Stay an evening.

Two hours, sometimes three. In full.

2,569 in the archive

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapters 7 & 8  - 15th August 2017
1:50:33

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapters 7 & 8 - 15th August 2017

I am the shoreless ocean; let the waves of the universe rise and fall as they will.

Aug 15, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 8 Commentary and Contemplation - 15th August 2017
43:21

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 8 Commentary and Contemplation - 15th August 2017

When we bind to the story of the mind... we take a limited perspective about ourselves.

Aug 15, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 7 Commentary and Contemplation -  15th August 2017
52:59

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 7 Commentary and Contemplation - 15th August 2017

I am the shoreless ocean; let the waves of the universe rise and fall, I am neither enhanced nor diminished.

Aug 15, 2017

The Only Knowingness is Awareness  - 14th August 2017
9:22

The Only Knowingness is Awareness - 14th August 2017

Everything is made up of that, therefore everything is that only. There is no escaping knowing.

Aug 14, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 6 - Can the Perceiver Be Perceived?  - 14th August 2017
2:06:45

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 6 - Can the Perceiver Be Perceived? - 14th August 2017

The truth is the unchanging witness of everything, which is aware even of the sense of existence.

Aug 14, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 6 Commentary and Contemplation  - 14th August 2017
12:03

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 6 Commentary and Contemplation - 14th August 2017

I am a shoreless ocean, the universe makes waves; this I know, no need to renounce or destroy.

Aug 14, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 4 Commentary and Contemplation  - 11th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 4 Commentary and Contemplation - 11th August 2017

Before enlightenment: chopping wood, fetching water. After enlightenment: chopping wood, fetching water, or not.

Aug 11, 2017

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 3-5  - 11th August 2017
1:23:33

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 3-5 - 11th August 2017

You are finding yourself to be that which is prior to all attributes, beyond birth and death.

Aug 11, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapters 3-5 Commetary and Contemplation  - 11th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Chapters 3-5 Commetary and Contemplation - 11th August 2017

The universe arises from you like foam from the sea; know yourself as one.

Aug 11, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 3, Vs. 1-8 Commentary and Contemplation  - 11th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 3, Vs. 1-8 Commentary and Contemplation - 11th August 2017

Having realized yourself as pure awareness, beautiful beyond description, how can you remain a slave to lust?

Aug 11, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 3, Vs. 9-14  Commentary and Contemplation  - 11th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 3, Vs. 9-14 Commentary and Contemplation - 11th August 2017

You are that in the presence of which all experiencing happens, unaffected by pleasure or pain.

Aug 11, 2017

Using the 3 Clues for Recognizing the Self  - 11th August 2017
14:26

Using the 3 Clues for Recognizing the Self - 11th August 2017

Throw this away so we can meet as one.

Aug 11, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 5 'Four Ways to Dissolution'  - 11th August 2017
9:34

Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 5 'Four Ways to Dissolution' - 11th August 2017

You are immaculate, touched by nothing; the mind is complex, let it go.

Aug 11, 2017

Don't Make A Position out of the Pointings in Satsang  - 10th August 2017
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Don't Make A Position out of the Pointings in Satsang - 10th August 2017

Don't take on any position, even the position of awareness or freedom.

Aug 10, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2, Vs. 20-25 Commentary and Contemplation  -  10th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2, Vs. 20-25 Commentary and Contemplation - 10th August 2017

The body exists only in imagination... are these my concern? I am pure awareness.

Aug 10, 2017

The Negative By-Product of Spiritual Knowledge  - 10th August 2017
10:40

The Negative By-Product of Spiritual Knowledge - 10th August 2017

The true disciple is not being a disciple; the best disciple is empty of all identity, like an infant child.

Aug 10, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2 V. 20  Commentary and Contemplation  - 10th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2 V. 20 Commentary and Contemplation - 10th August 2017

Find that which is the witness of all phenomena; if it is coming and going, it is not reality.

Aug 10, 2017

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Ch.2, Vs. 20-25  - 10th August 2017
1:17:21

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Ch.2, Vs. 20-25 - 10th August 2017

In the game of this reality, there is no better cheat code than the voice of the Guru.

Aug 10, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2 Vs. 22-25 Commentary and Contemplation - 10th August 2017
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Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2 Vs. 22-25 Commentary and Contemplation - 10th August 2017

The limitless ocean of myself is swallowed up along with the universe when the winds of mind subside.

Aug 10, 2017

Give All That is Unreal to the Guru -  9th August 2017
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Give All That is Unreal to the Guru - 9th August 2017

Stop considering yourself an object within this ever-changing relative world.

Aug 9, 2017

What is the Strongest Concept We Are Attached To -  9th August 2017
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What is the Strongest Concept We Are Attached To - 9th August 2017

Identify the concept that feels so strong within you that you feel you cannot let it go.

Aug 9, 2017

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2, Vs. 9-19 Commentary and Contemplation  -  8th & 9th August 2017
1:15:10

Ashtavakra Gita Ch. 2, Vs. 9-19 Commentary and Contemplation - 8th & 9th August 2017

The mirage of the universe appears in me, but I do not touch it.

Aug 9, 2017

Contemplation & Conversations - Ashtavakra Gita Ch.2. V.16 -  9th August 2017
1:48:38

Contemplation & Conversations - Ashtavakra Gita Ch.2. V.16 - 9th August 2017

Looking at one and seeing many is the cause of all misery.

Aug 9, 2017

Pain Not Resisted is Accepted Pain, Not Suffering  - 9th August 2017
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Pain Not Resisted is Accepted Pain, Not Suffering - 9th August 2017

The one who witnesses all of this, awareness, is not suffering from anything.

Aug 9, 2017