On the evening of October 12, 2004, Avatar Adi Da not only answered His devotees’ questions (ranging from the capacity of discrimination to living a Divinely Purposed life), He also addressed the chronic self-reference "I" in the patterns of speech. He pointed out that there is no actual experience of such a one, though language and thought are built upon the illusion of a separate "self". Adi Da contrasted this ego-based condition to the Wordless and Thoughtless State of the Divine.
This 12-minute excerpt is from the DVD, The Wordless Condition Prior to "I", which presents Adi Da's entire Avataric Discourse of October 12, 2004 (approximately 3 hours and 36 minutes altogether).
Adi Da Samraj talks about the pain of loss and liberation. This is in response to a devotee's question about the Devotional Prayer Of Changes and the death of the devotee's grandchild.
Slideshow: 1970-1986 poster: AdiDaVideos length: 06:09 date added: November 3, 2012 views: 471; views this month: 48; views this week: 9
A slideshow with pictures of Adi Da Samraj from the early days of His Formal Teaching Work to the 1980's, historical photos covering a broad period of His Work.
Soundtrack is a devotional piece by devotee John MacKay.
Excerpt from First Evening: Track 8 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.
A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here.
Is Adi Da My Teacher? poster: AdiDaVideos length: 10:30 date added: November 3, 2012 event date: October 20, 2004 views: 409; views this month: 39; views this week: 6
In this talk ("Tacit Recognition Of My State") Adi Da gives useful guidance about how people would know if He is their teacher.
special terminology: Ruchira Avatara Bhakti Yoga; Murti forms; Samadhi.
Solomone Finau, a longtime Fijian devotee, who lives at Adi Da Samrajashram in Fiji, pays tribute to Adi Da in a heartfelt communication.
Excerpt from First Evening: Track 9 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.
A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here.
poster: AdiDaVideos length: 25:39 date added: November 3, 2012 event date: November 28, 2009 views: 467; views this month: 62; views this week: 13
An overview of Adi Da's life and work by Ruchiradama Nadikanta, a long-time devotee. She is a member of the Ruchira Sannyasin Order, the order of fully renunciate practitioners in Adidam.
Excerpt from First Evening: Track 2 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.
A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here.
In this discourse, Adi Da proposes that all human lifetimes are a “quest for the historical self”. He describes how this search is based on the activity of “self”-contraction — the erroneous presumption of an actual, defined, knowable “self”.
Devotee Rachel Kuhn, who grew up in Adi Da's community, gives her testimony about her relationship to Him.
Excerpt from Second Evening: Track 7 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.
A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here.
Slide Show 2008 poster: AdiDaVideos length: 05:28 date added: October 30, 2012 event date: 2008 views: 463; views this month: 41; views this week: 5
A slideshow taken from the last year of Adi Da's lifetime.
The photos are accompanied by a moving song, "What Will You Do If You Love Me?", sung by Adi Da's daughter, Naamleela Free Jones (from her album, Eyes In Other Worlds).
This video clip is an excerpt from Second Evening: Track 2 on the DVD, A Tribute to the Life and Work of His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj. More than 7 hours long, this Tribute DVD (more than 7 hours long) was filmed on the occasion of the first Anniversary of Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, when devotees, family, and friends of Adi Da Samraj gathered at Adi Da Samrajashram, Fiji (Adi Da's principal Hermitage), to acknowledge Adi Da as the Divine in human form, to praise His Greatness, and to express their heart-felt gratitude for the Blessings they have received from Him.
Praise: The Speech of Love poster: delphiyes length: 05:19 date added: September 14, 2012 event date: 1984 views: 447; views this month: 25; views this week: 7
Adi Da engages in an Enlightened Consideration about speech and Ecstasy, praise and Satsang.
This talk takes place at The Mountain Of Attention, in Adi Da's residence, The Manner of Flowers, in 1984, during the "Love of the God-Man" Celebration. It is an excerpt from the DVD, Approach Me From the Heart.
What Is Your Intention? poster: TheBeezone length: 14:14 date added: September 8, 2012 event date: 1988 listens: 420; listens this month: 34; listens this week: 8
In this talk from 1988, Adi Da speaks to devotees about the three different kinds of destiny: material existence; subtle planes of existence; or the transcendence of conditional existence altogether in Real-God-Realization. He asks them to consider which one they are choosing (consciously or unconsciously).
Adidam Is the Seventh Stage Way poster: delphiyes length: 37:07 date added: September 1, 2012 event date: September 23, 2004 views: 511; views this month: 31; views this week: 10
An excerpt from Avatar Adi Da's remarkable Discourse of September 23, 2004, in which He describes, in technical detail, the distinctive qualities of His Reality-Revelation in the context of the Ashtavakra Gita and the Great Tradition altogether.
In this part (Part Five), Adi Da clarifies why the seventh stage of life is unique, and describes the profound moment in His Avataric process that occurred at Ruchira Dham Hermitage (on Lopez Island, Washington) in April, 2000.
The full DVD of this talk (3.5 hours long) is available from The Dawn Horse Press here.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 09:45 date added: March 17, 2012 event date: January 21, 2005 listens: 812; listens this month: 29; listens this week: 8
In this talk excerpt, Adi Da addresses the fact that Truth or God-Realization is not dependent on, nor does it have anything to do with, the functions and activities of the body-mind. It cannot be achieved through sex, science, or even religion.
poster: AdidamVideos length: 10:29 date added: March 16, 2012 event date: October 29, 2004 views: 769; views this month: 47; views this week: 8
In this discourse, Adi Da addresses the fact that the assumption of a separate self or being, is not really the case. It is in fact an illusion and a "lie" that rules our entire life.
This is an excerpt from a longer evening of consideration with Adi Da (October 29, 2004), which can be found on the DVD, The Quest For The Historical Self.
This talk excerpt is followed by a clip of Darshan of Adi Da (at 7:08).
Locate What Is Real poster: DawnHorsePress length: 05:49 date added: February 23, 2012 event date: October 10, 2004 views: 751; views this month: 37; views this week: 11
This is an excerpt from the DVD, Locate What Is Real, an Avataric Discourse given by Adi Da on October 10, 2004.
On the full DVD: * Adi Da describes how Reality is the true “first experience” for everyone — more fundamental to existence than identification with the apparently “born” being. * He speaks about how music and other arts can function as extensions of Spirituality. * He talks about Ramana Maharshi and the sixth stage orientation, in contrast to His seventh stage Reality-Way. * He addresses a devotee’s experience of emotional trauma, and how such events can affect one’s life. * He describes His own Submission, in His early life, to the process of Christian mystical experience.
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