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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

When Doership Remains, Go to Intuition for Guidance     -     24th November 2016
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When Doership Remains, Go to Intuition for Guidance - 24th November 2016

The most effortless path is to drop the concept of doership and neutrality regarding outcomes.

Nov 24, 2016

The Tranquil State of Knowing Self Alone is Rare (Ashtavakra Gita 13.1)    -    24th November 2016
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The Tranquil State of Knowing Self Alone is Rare (Ashtavakra Gita 13.1) - 24th November 2016

It is not about this outward renunciation... it is the dropping of the false conditioning.

Nov 24, 2016

Inquiry and Surrender Are Beautiful Blessings (Ashtavakra Gita 12.7-12.8)   -   24th November 2016
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Inquiry and Surrender Are Beautiful Blessings (Ashtavakra Gita 12.7-12.8) - 24th November 2016

The truth needs no belief; only the false needs the crutches of thought to keep the pretense alive.

Nov 24, 2016

Doing and Non-Doing are Both Fallacies (Ashtavakra Gita 12.6)   -   24th November 2016
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Doing and Non-Doing are Both Fallacies (Ashtavakra Gita 12.6) - 24th November 2016

The concept of doership itself is a big fallacy; everything is just a movement within Consciousness.

Nov 24, 2016

Don't Throw Away the Thorn Too Early    -    24th November 2016
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Don't Throw Away the Thorn Too Early - 24th November 2016

The mind has no authority; it is just energy that gains power through your interest and attention.

Nov 24, 2016

The Four Stages of Life (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.5)     -     24th November 2016
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The Four Stages of Life (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.5) - 24th November 2016

The four stages of life guide us from education and family to total renunciation and self-realization.

Nov 24, 2016

Even the Self is Unperceived (Ashtavakra Gita 12.2)    -    24th November 2016
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Even the Self is Unperceived (Ashtavakra Gita 12.2) - 24th November 2016

The self is not a phenomenal perception; it is the knowingness itself, prior to any sensory experience.

Nov 24, 2016

The Effortless Short-Cut (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3)    -    24th November 2016
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The Effortless Short-Cut (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3) - 24th November 2016

Don't pick up the perspective of conditioning at all and see that you are free right now.

Nov 24, 2016

Knowing This, I Remain Here (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.4)    -    23th November 2016
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Knowing This, I Remain Here (Ashtavakra Gita 12.3-12.4) - 23th November 2016

Effort is only required if I allow myself to fall into the distracted mind.

Nov 23, 2016

All True Masters Say the Same: 'You Are That' (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1)  -  23th November 2016
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All True Masters Say the Same: 'You Are That' (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1) - 23th November 2016

I am not the doer of my actions, the speaker of my words, nor the thinker of my thoughts.

Nov 23, 2016

Inquiry Brings Us Back to the Direct Witnessing (Contemplation)  -   23th November 2016
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Inquiry Brings Us Back to the Direct Witnessing (Contemplation) - 23th November 2016

No 'but' is ever true; you are the Self and no solution is ever required.

Nov 23, 2016

Flow Chart Talk   -   23th November 2016
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Flow Chart Talk - 23th November 2016

Right now you are free; it is actually the end of the story.

Nov 23, 2016

What Am I Actually Saying?    -    23th November 2016
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What Am I Actually Saying? - 23th November 2016

You are the self, this unchanging awareness. You only pretend to be the not-self when you pick up your next thought.

Nov 23, 2016

Important Points    -     23th November 2016
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Important Points - 23th November 2016

Dropping is not a doing; it is the cessation of doership and ending the effort of picking up thoughts.

Nov 23, 2016

You Have Never Left the Destination (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1)     -   23th November 2016
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You Have Never Left the Destination (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1) - 23th November 2016

To experience yourself, what steps do you need to take? You never left the destination.

Nov 23, 2016

It Is Before 'I Am' (Ashtavakra Gita 11.5-11.8)      -     22nd November 2016
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It Is Before 'I Am' (Ashtavakra Gita 11.5-11.8) - 22nd November 2016

To believe a thought is to resist because all thoughts are in resistance to what is.

Nov 22, 2016

Abide in the Stillness of No-thing (Ashtavakra Gita 11.1-11.4)    -   22nd November 2016
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Abide in the Stillness of No-thing (Ashtavakra Gita 11.1-11.4) - 22nd November 2016

Moksha is to be able to step back from this entire realm of existence.

Nov 22, 2016

It Must Be Direct Experience    -     21th November 2016
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It Must Be Direct Experience - 21th November 2016

Distinguish the real from the unreal; the real is eternal while the unreal is fleeting and unreliable.

Nov 21, 2016

Distinction Between the Passing and the Changeless   -    21th November 2016
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Distinction Between the Passing and the Changeless - 21th November 2016

To recognize the truth, we don't need the mind; liberation is just a release of the false.

Nov 21, 2016

Turn it Over to the Master   -    21th November 2016
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Turn it Over to the Master - 21th November 2016

When you come into satsang with your own plan... that is not surrender.

Nov 21, 2016

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 17     -     17th November 2016
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Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 17 - 17th November 2016

Rare is the great soul who desires neither enjoyment nor liberation.

Nov 17, 2016

Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 16  -     17th November 2016
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Contemplation on the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 16 - 17th November 2016

Everyone is miserable because they exert constant effort, but no one understands this.

Nov 17, 2016

Abiding in the Self (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1-12.8)    -     15th November 2016
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Abiding in the Self (Ashtavakra Gita 12.1-12.8) - 15th November 2016

Doing and not doing both arise from ignorance; I know this and I am here.

Nov 15, 2016

In Reality, You Are Not Carrying Any of This      -      15th November 2016
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In Reality, You Are Not Carrying Any of This - 15th November 2016

As you find yourself without a refuge, you will see the unchanging truth of your existence.

Nov 15, 2016