Best Atma Bodha Podcasts (2025)

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Truth of Knower-Doer-Experiencer is Awareness (Sat Chit Ananda) - 7A 50:23

3M ago50:23

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Atma Bodha, Verse 35: Like space (ākāśavat), Awareness pervades everything within and without (bahiḥ antargataḥ). While space becomes unmanifest with the universe, Awareness remains all-pervasive (acyutaḥ). Being everywhere, it cannot move (acalaḥ) and remains same everywhere (sarva–samaḥ). Like space accommodating everything without contamination,…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Method to Destroy the Ego (Sense of I) – Reflected Consciousness - 4C 1:08:30

3M ago1:08:30

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Atma Bodha, Verse 17: Though all-pervading, Atma manifests clearly only in a purified buddhi (intellect), which serves as upalabdhi-sthanam (place of recognition). Atma is self-evident (svataḥ-siddha) and directly known (aparoksha-jnanam), but gets mixed up with objects evident to it. Vedanta helps separate the self-evident “I am” from what is mere…

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Atma Bodha Complete Summary – Revision of Main Ideas 58:02

3M ago58:02

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The Atma Bodha outlines the path to self-realization, beginning with the concept of mumuksu - one who recognizes that worldly pursuits don't provide lasting fulfillment. The qualified seeker must possess self-mastery and specific qualities (like alignment with dharma, emotional equilibrium, and lack of judgment). The text explains that liberation (…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Method to Undo Mixup of Body-Mind & Awareness - 10B 44:15

3M ago44:15

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Atman Bodha, Verse 60: Brahman is the substratum of everything – neither a submarine below nor zeppelin above. It's beyond all attributes (neither small/big, short/long), without birth or change, free from color/attributes/positions/name. Don't discard mithya, as wherever mithya exists, satyam is present. Even the term “Brahman” is provisional. Atm…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Vaikuntha vs Brahman | Limitation of Heavenly Realms and Devatas - 10A 55:26

3M ago55:26

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Atman Bodha, Verse 58: All beings, including Brahmā and deities in higher lokas, experience only a fraction of Brahman's undivided happiness (ananda), through temporary seeker-sought resolution. Though higher lokas offer subtler pleasures, they remain limited due to avidya/adhyasa. As Kena Upanishad shows through Indra's story, moksha is unlikely i…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Deeper Meaning of Sat-Chit-Ananda | Dvaita vs. Advaita - 9B 55:50

3M ago55:50

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Atman Bodha, Verse 54: Brahman is the ultimate gain beyond which nothing more can be attained. As Awareness, it includes everything and can't be improved upon. Unlike relative happiness from temporary seeker-sought resolution, the jnani enjoys permanent resolution. Self-knowledge is knowledge of the whole, not parts, and remains unchanging unlike e…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): How to Tell Who is an Enlightened/Liberated Person (Jivanmukti) - 9A 58:21

3M ago58:21

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Atma Bodha, Verse 53: For the jivanmukta, body-mind becomes an instrument for expressing fullness rather than gaining it. Though recognized as one with Ishvara, the body-mind remains limited (alpavid, alpa–shakti). Like a wave recognizing its water-nature while maintaining devotion to the Ocean, the jivanmukta maintains alignment with Ishvara's dha…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Upon Enlightenment, Nothing Changes & Ego Remains - 8B 57:51

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Atma Bodha, Verse 45: Due to beginningless ignorance connected to maya's avarana–shakti, one mistakes oneself to be the three bodies. Upon moksha, jiva doesn't disappear – only jivatvam (identification with 5 koshas) ends. Like mistaking a tree-trunk for a thief at night, non-apprehension of self's formless nature leads to attributing mental states…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Knower, Ego, Reflected Consciousness vs. Pure Awareness - 8A 57:21

3M ago57:21

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Atma Bodha, Verse 41: Awareness is the truth of jnata (knower), jnanam (means of knowledge), and jneya (objects known). When saying “I am Awareness,” it must include all three, not just the knower. Like space isn't limited to a bottle, Awareness can't be limited to the knower. Moksha occurs when all three are understood as mithya, and their content…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Guided Vedantic Contemplation-Meditation (Nididhyasana) - 7C 55:15

3M ago55:15

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Atma Bodha, Verse 38: The verse outlines the method of nididhyasana (Vedantic contemplation), beginning with proper preparation: sitting in a quiet place (vivikta deśe), with controlled senses (vijitendriyaḥ) and mind free from attachments (virāgaḥ). The process starts with alternative nostril breathing or japa to calm the mind, followed by systema…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Sat-Cit Brahman is NOT an Experience | Meaning of ‘Ananda' - 7B 1:00:08

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Atma Bodha, Verse 36: The verse introduces akhaṇḍa–ānandam (undivided happiness) not as endless mental pleasure but as ananda arising out of cognitive knowledge that both the seeker and the sought are essentially mithya, having no existence without Awareness. Thus your very nature is the stuff that makes up both seeker and sought. Unlike temporary …

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Who is Actually Ready for Enlightenment? - 1A 57:25

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A mature spiritual seeker recognizes that security, pleasures, and ethics cannot provide permanent fulfillment, while maintaining a balanced worldview – neither disenchanted nor viewing the world as terrible. Through life experiences, they develop the humility needed for learning. This pairs with Tapas, which isn't self-punishment but gentle restra…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Verse 1-34 Revision – Ishvara, Forms, Brahman, Drig-Drishya-Viveka - 6C 59:14

3M ago59:14

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Atma Bodha text discusses the path to spiritual liberation (mumuksu) through understanding Pramana, which reveals both Ishvara (the creative force behind all forms) and Brahman (ultimate reality of sat-cit-ananda). It explains how the non-changing Brahman appears as the manifest world through maya (potential power), creating three bodies (physical,…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Method to Negate Not-I & Arrive to Self (Brahman) | 5 Koshas - 4B 57:34

3M ago57:34

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Atma Bodha, Verse 15: The five koshas (sheaths) create apparent conditioning of the pure Atma, similar to how a crystal appears colored by nearby cloth. These koshas are: annamaya (food sheath/physical body), pranamaya (vital-air sheath), manomaya (emotional mind), vijnanamaya (intellectual sheath), and anandamaya (bliss sheath). Each kosha becomes…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Evolution of Universe Before Time-Space (Big-Bang) - 4A 59:03

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Atma Bodha, Verse 13: The subtle body (sukshma-sharira) consists of five pranas, manas (mind), buddhi (intellect), and ten indriyas (sense organs). Prana manifests as five vital functions (breathing, circulation, digestion, excretion, and final breath), operating at a subtle level beyond sensory perception. The jnana-indriyas are subtle capacities …

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Brahman & Maya Relationship | Maya Is Not Different from Brahman - 3B 50:55

3M ago50:55

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Atma Bodha, Verse 9 introduces the relationship between unchanging Brahman and the changing universe through two types of material causes (upādāna-kāraṇa): vivarta (producing effect without change, like Brahman/gold) and pariṇāmi (undergoing change to produce effects, like Īśvara‘s intelligence constantly reorganizing). Brahman‘s potential power (m…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Maker and Material Cause of the Universe -3A 58:05

3M ago58:05

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The process of discovering the final substratum (adhiṣṭhāna) involves three progressive steps: First, understanding that an untrained mind sees projected reality (like silver on shell) while scientific observation ends at physical forms (atoms/particles), requiring śabda-pramāṇa (which comes from Īśvara and can't be contradicted) to go further; Sec…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Why Knowledge Alone Liberates (Not Action) - 1C 51:57

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Atma Bodha, Verse 2: Knowledge (bodha) is the sole direct means for liberation (mokṣa), just as fire is essential for cooking. All spiritual practices are secondary – they only prepare the mind to receive knowledge. The empirical “smallness” of the individual can only be resolved through recognition of one's true nature, not through finite actions.…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): No Thought Hides You | Purpose of Neti Neti & Mahavakya - 5C 1:00:40

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Atma Bodha, Verse 28: Self illumines intellect and senses like a lamp illumines objects. Awareness is ever-present as “I” in every experience, not to be produced but recognized. Unlike the lamp-object relationship, Awareness and objects have a satya–mithya relationship – Awareness manifests through forms while remaining their true nature. Atma Bodh…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): What is Consciousness? (Self) – Formless, Unborn, Undivided - 6B 59:52

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Atma Bodha, Verse 33: As the Self beyond mind, one is inherently free from emotional states like sorrow, attachment, hatred, and fear. The teaching emphasizes not recreating a “fearless mind” but managing it by discriminating between natural fears (īśvara–sṛṣṭi) and self-imposed burdens (jīva–sṛṣṭi). While the body-mind continues experiencing attac…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Self Appears Divided Due to Upadhis | Why Was I Born? - 3C 1:02:21

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Atma Bodha, Verse 10: The verse explains how the limitless Self (Ātmā) appears limited through upādhi (limiting adjunct) using the space analogy: just as space appears divided by containers while remaining undivided, Awareness appears confined by body-mind while remaining unlimited. This teaching unfolds through several key points: (1) Space analog…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): This World is Like a Dream – Ontological Analysis of Reality - 2B 51:09

3M ago51:09

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Atma Bodha, Verse 5: For mokṣa, only vrtti-vyapti occurs (not phala-vyapti) because Awareness is already present. The mind creates akhanada-akara-vrtti (thought that removes all wrong notions about Self) without producing a mental image of Ātmā. Once this vrtti removes ignorance completely, it too dissolves – like soapnut powder settling with dirt …

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Your True Self vs Ego – Stop Mixing Them Up - 2A 59:44

3M ago59:44

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The process of gaining self-knowledge involves Drg-Drsya-Viveka (Seer-Seen discrimination). Just as eyes see bottle without becoming the bottle, and mind sees eyes without taking on eye conditions, Awareness is the ultimate Seer of the mind without becoming the mind. The mind includes manas (emotions), buddhi (decisions), citta (memory), and ahaṃkā…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Wise Person May Behave as an Ignorant – Jnani Moves Like the Wind - 8C 57:37

3M ago57:37

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Atma Bodha, Verse 47: The perfect yogi sees the entire universe in their own Self through jñāna–cakṣu (eye of wisdom). Though perception remains, the jnani isn't fooled, understanding that Brahman manifests as many without undergoing any change. The many ultimately resolve into one. Atma Bodha, Verse 48: The entire universe is Atman alone, just as …

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Self is Seen by the Eye of Wisdom – Personhood Falls Away - 10C 37:47

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Atmabodha, Verse 64: Whatever is seen or heard cannot exist apart from Brahman. Even when thinking of forms, one is thinking of Brahman, as both subject and object borrow existence from it – like dream objects borrowing from the same mind. Through knowledge, what was seen as world is recognized as non-dual existence-consciousness-limitless (sat-cit…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): How to Learn Effectively & Understand More - 1B 58:20

3M ago58:20

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Four factors are essential for spiritual knowledge to take place effectively: (1) Adhikari – a qualified spiritual seeker with reduced binding likes-dislikes (raga–dvesha) and mental discipline (tapas); (2) Vishaya – the right subject matter, which is knowledge of the self ; (3) Prayojana – getting clear what is your gain studying the text (freedom…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Self Shines Beyond Thought | Purpose of Neti Neti & Mahavakya - 6A 55:46

3M ago55:46

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Atma Bodha, Verse 31: The three bodies (gross, subtle, causal) are merely observable phenomena (dṛśyam) as temporary as bubbles in the ocean. True identity transcends these sheaths – one is the pure, limitless Brahman (nirmalam). When self-knowledge is gained, all questions about the five koshas become irrelevant, as one recognizes their distinctio…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): How Ignorance Causes Superimposition | Snake-Rope - 5B 56:39

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Atma Bodha, Verse 25: The notion “I know” arises from mixing Atma (existence-consciousness) with mind modifications. While I-sense (aham) belongs to mind and changes (I am cold, hot, bored, etc.), Atma is the unchanging presence in which all activities occur. Thoughts depend on Awareness for existence, while Awareness remains independent (satya-mit…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): Doer-Knower-Enjoyer Belongs to the Ego, not Awareness - 5A 59:24

3M ago59:24

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Atma Bodha, Verse 21-22: Due to ignorance (aviveka), attributes of the three bodies (gross, subtle, causal) are superimposed on pure Atma, creating the jiva (individual). Doership and enjoyership belong to the mind (manas upadhi) but are falsely attributed to the Self, like a reflection of the moon appears to move with rippling water. The true unde…

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Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): How to Recognize Awareness in Everything - 2C 59:39

3M ago59:39

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The world appears real (like silver appearing on mother-of-pearl) until Brahman, the non-dual substratum (adhiṣṭhānam) of all, is known. This ignorance (avidyā) leads to superimposition (adhyāsa). Using satya-mithyā inquiry, we trace reality from empirical forms through quantum physics to Īśvara (all-knowledge/power) and finally to Brahman (satyam–…

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Who is My Charioteer - Part 1 - What is the Role of Visiting Holy Places 1:12:30

2y ago1:12:30

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/charioteer/episode5By HVJ

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Who is My Charioteer - Part 1 - What is Shraddha 1:01:38

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/charioteer/episode4By HVJ

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Who is My Charioteer - Part 1 - What is Sanatan & What is Sanatan Dharma 57:06

2y ago57:06

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/charioteer/sanatanBy HVJ

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Who is My Charioteer - Part 1 - What is Dharma 59:34

2y ago59:34

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/charioteer/episode2By HVJ

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Who is My Charioteer - Part 1 - What is Human Quest 58:45

2y ago58:45

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/charioteer/episode1By HVJ

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Gaurav on life, risks, pursuits and Maruvan : Part 3 The clarity on life’s purpose 44:31

2+ y ago44:31

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/gaurav3By HVJ

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Gaurav on life, risks, pursuits and Maruvan : Part 2 The story of Maruvan 47:29

2+ y ago47:29

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/gaurav2By HVJ

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Gaurav on pursuits, risks and Maruvan : Part 1 "The Journey" 51:35

2+ y ago51:35

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/gauravBy HVJ

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Niwas and Shivani on the story of Anantmool – a gender neutral learning center 52:35

2+ y ago52:35

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/niwasBy HVJ

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Tanvi, a proud trans woman, on her journey from Pretence to Reality! 47:22

2+ y ago47:22

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/tanviBy HVJ

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"Discarded tyres to sustainable furniture" - Vaishali’s story of conscious capitalism 39:45

3y ago39:45

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/vaishaliBy HVJ

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Ganesh on the "Lakhpati Kisan" initiative 44:19

3y ago44:19

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/ganeshBy HVJ

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90. Misunderstood Secrets 18:20

3y ago18:20

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Don't react, impact. Enlightenment is not merely a passive or receptive experience. It should be assertive. The Absolute is the ultimate Alpha. Resolute single-minded focus is required to be your best. When you aim for your best, you are closing in on the Ultimate best, the Absolute. The ego is not your enemy. People have egos because subconsciousl…

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Nidhi on manifestation, braille and children 38:26

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/nidhiBy HVJ

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“A wheelchair won’t stop me from doing what I want to” - Meet Somya Dawar 41:59

3y ago41:59

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https://sbw.hvj.coach/episodes/abhishekBy HVJ

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89. The Crown of Glory 20:15

3y ago20:15

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Discussing the most important secret to Enlightenment and Liberation, which is the Crown of Glory, otherwise known as the Thousand-Petaled Lotus, the Sahaswara, Kether or the Crown Chakra.By Atma Bodha

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88. Desirelessness and Enlightenment 20:04

3y ago20:04

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Candid free flowing explanation of enlightenment and desirelessness.By Atma Bodha

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87. The Spirituality of Defiance 21:50

3y ago21:50

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The Spirituality of Defiance Potentiate your potential. Be maximal. Defiance is a path. Be resolute. The Truth is defiant. "Potentiate your potential" - this means that your potential is greater than you can conceive of. No one can fully know your potential, including you. Any idea that you or anyone has about you will always be less than the True …