Not only was it just Swami Vivekananda’s birthday weekend but also at the time of this lecture it was the anniversary of the composition of Abhinavagupta’s Bhairava Stava, one of my favorite non dual hymns of all time!
As such we’ll celebrate by exploring Swamiji’s highest, edgiest most powerful non dual teachings and more importantly his advice on how to live them alongside a running commentary on the Bhairava Stava!
Lectures happen live on zoom every Monday at 7pm PST and Friday 10am PST and Friday at 6pm PST. There's Q&A right after the lectures.
It is free and open to the public. All are welcome!
Use this link and I will see you there:
https://www.zoom.us/j/7028380815
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00:00:00 Opening Invocations
00:00:35 Swamiji's Edgiest Teachings and Emphasis on Jñāna
00:05:09 Swamiji's Central Message to the West: Religion is Realization
00:08:00 Bhairava Stava of Abhinava Gupta which was composed on this day around 993 AD
00:15:00 How Jñāna-Yoga, the "Direct Path", Works: Shankara Vedanta vs Ramanuja Vedanta vs Vivekananda Vedanta
00:30:25 How Ramakrishna trained Vivekananda to be a Non-Dualist
00:35:45 A Direct Path Teaching for Instant Awakening Here and Now: You Are God, Here's Proof.
00:58:00 How To Practice Jñāna-Yoga: Hearing, Contemplating, Meditating and Stubornness!
01:06:13 Vivekananda's Tantrik Non-Duality: The Power of Consciousness
01:09:22 Real Devotion and Worshipping Kālī as Non-Dual practice.