“You need not give up anything. There were kings who got free, who got freedom, holding onto their kingdoms, sitting on the thrones, commanding the armies. It doesn’t mean that you have to give up everything. You need all these things to run your life. Only ego, attachment towards them, you have to give up. […]
This amazing satsang is from the 19th of January 1993 and it includes the following: *ALICE has visions of Ramana and Jesus. Also visions of her decomposing body. “‘I’ remained. Ramana is everywhere.” *SHOBA: “Can you speak about the 3 states of mind? Papaji: “Tamasic mind is completely devoted to material life. Rajasic is the […]
This satsang is from the 9th of February 1993. *Papaji talks to Ratna about the opening of the heart in satsang and how not to pollute it with thoughts: “The purpose of human birth is to open our hearts, to be free. Opening of the heart is a merit. You must have done good karmas, […]
This satsang from the 8th of February 1993 is another gem from Papaji’s video archives. Highlights: Papaji addressed the newly wedded SHOBA and Shambu and talks about the meaning of Shiva, “Who has no ego will become Shambu.” RISA from Boulder asks: What is dreaming? Papaji guides her to the moment between waking and sleep. […]
This Satsang from the 3rd of May 1993 includes: * A young man tells Papaji that he is tired of thinking and asks guidance how to keep quiet. Papaji tells him to go and sit in the cemetery and learn from the dead how to keep quiet. * A woman is leaving for Rishikesh and […]
This clip is from the beginning of satsang of 9th October 1992 and starts with a discourse: “This’ and ‘That’ has camouflaged the Substratum. “Before even the creation it was Being, Knowledge and Bliss. There was no universe, no beings, no mountains, no rivers; only Being, Knowledge and Bliss. And later, after dissolution what remains will be […]
This video from the 17th of February 1997 was after Papaji had his cataract operation. Papaji couldn’t read clearly so he asked Doctor Yamuna to read on his behalf. He was frail and at the beginning of the satsang he was in a playful mood. For the first hour or so he kept making dirty […]
In this beautiful extract from the 22nd of March 1993, a French devotee called Samadhan tells Papaji about experiencing the dissolution of the ‘I’ while in satsang with Isaac Shapiro, but eventually the mind came back. Papaji replies, “When the ‘I’ is not there, it is not an experience. Your predetermined desire was projected and […]
In this extract from a satsang on 9th November 1993 Papaji replies a question about free will, karma and pre-destiny. “You are predetermined to come to satsang. It’s not your choice. You forgot what has happened in the last birth, you forgot everything. The result of that karma is now this, that you have to fulfil, you have […]
This clip is an extract from Papaji’s satsang of 8 February 1993 Reesa from Boulder asks Papaji about dreaming, “Is it the ‘I’ returning in the sleep state?” Papaji beautifully guides her to the moment in-between waking and sleeping. Another devotee asks, “How is it that the teachers speaking of the same Truth, who are enlightened, […]