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Adi Da and Adidam

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	The Grace Of Suffering poster: AdiDaVideos length: 13:13 date added: March 20, 2013 event date: January 1976 views: 212; views this month: 82; views this week: 16 In this seminal discourse (at The Mountain Of Attention), from the early years of His Teaching Work, Adi Da speaks about the inevitable process of self-revelation and self-understanding that prepares the being for true Spiritual life. The full talk is available as Volume 2 of the 25th Anniversary DVD Series published by the Dawn Horse Press. This is a beautiful talk by Adi Da. But it IS very compressed, making quite a few points in a short space, and depending to a significant degree on a familiarity with Adi Da's spiritual teaching. Here are some notes that may help. Throughout the talk, the technical term, "sadhana" (spiritual practice), is used. Genuine spiritual practice is not about belief systems, mere rituals, or a little "peace of mind", but rather about actually locating the Divine, through the tangible Transmission of the Spiritual Master. After a recent illness, a devotee mentions to Adi Da that he notices how the physical suffering of illness was distracting enough that he was not "able" to find Adi Da's Transmission when he is ill. Adi Da acknowledges this, and responds with three more general points. 1. The illness didn't "make" the devotee lose the thread of practice; rather, he allowed himself to be distracted from God by the illness. When the devotee gets this, and sees how he himself is "doing" the turning away, he'll be able to "do better next time" by not turning away even when ill. 2. Until Divine Enlightenment — in other words, until there is no limit on one's spiritual practice — sadhana (spiritual practice) is always only reflecting back to devotees the remaining limits in their practice: where they are still turning away from the Divine, where they still need to become responsible for not turning away. In the beginning, the "turning away" is very "crude": even mere physical suffering is enough to distract one from God. (If we find ourselves saying, "what do you mean, MERE physical suffering?" that definitely identifies us as spiritual beginners! :-) ) But as one grows in practice, and ceases to turn away in such a crude manner (as one becomes a "saint", "yogi", "sage", etc.), one discovers that one is still turning from the Divine at an even subtler level of the being (in the mind, the psyche, etc.) It is only when that "turning away" has been inspected, understood, and transcended in every dimension of the being that Divine Realization occurs. In this sense, for the genuine spiritual practitioner, physical suffering — along with every other circumstance that reveals to us our turning away from the Divine — is truly a Grace, enabling us to grow in our practice. 3. Where we are turning away is a reflection of what we are identifying with: the body, the mind, the soul, etc. (For example, if physical illness is enough to distract us from God, then the physical body is what we currently are identified with.) God-Realization only occurs when all "identities" less than God are understood and transcended. In this sense, "there are no winners in God" — the Way is not about seeking, accomplishment, or winning, but rather about surrender to God, sacrifice of self, and ego-death. There's no "one" left to "win"! But the One Who Remains is perfectly, eternally happy.
	Life with the Spiritual Master Adi Da poster: delphiyes speaker: Frank Marrero length: 06:37 date added: October 11, 2012 event date: September 18, 2004 views: 409; views this month: 31; views this week: 6 Devotee Frank Marrero speaks about his experiences in which Adi Da takes him to a deeper level of understanding about what Frank was doing to prevent the Master's State of Love-Bliss in his sadhana. tags: Frank Marrero   sadhana
	The Spiritual Master as God poster: TheBeezone length: 02:08 date added: September 30, 2012 event date: October 1978 views: 351; views this month: 24; views this week: 4 Adi Da Samraj talks about the misunderstandings people can have about the ecstatic speech of the Spiritual Master. [Sound quality is poor.]
	The Five Declarations: Epilogue part 7 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 02:47 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 596; views this month: 41; views this week: 10 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The Fifth Declaration part 6 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 02:17 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 656; views this month: 45; views this week: 10 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The Fourth Declaration part 5 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 01:52 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 655; views this month: 44; views this week: 10 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The Third Declaration part 4 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 02:08 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 619; views this month: 48; views this week: 10 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The Second Declaration part 3 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 02:00 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 615; views this month: 41; views this week: 10 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The First Declaration part 2 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 04:06 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 645; views this month: 59; views this week: 19 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	The Five Declarations: Introduction part 1 of The Five Declarations of Ultimate Knowledge poster: TheBeezone length: 12:06 date added: September 21, 2012 event date: January 6, 2006 views: 582; views this month: 42; views this week: 9 Part of an Avataric Revelation Discourse given at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary, later published in Reality Is All The God There Is. Adi Da offers His unique renderings of the Dharma of the great sages of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, including Gotama Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna, Shankara, and Ribhu. Rather than simply translate their teachings from available source texts, Avatar Adi Da respeaks them as one who has personally realized their truth. He reveals that the Buddhist “Nirvana” and the Advaitic “Brahman” point to the same Transcendental Condition. Avatar Adi Da’s rendering restores to these texts the profundity intended by the Spiritual Masters who created them. tags: Avataric Discourse   Mountain of Attention   Free Rendering   Buddhism   Advaita Vedanta
	You Must Not Believe In Me! poster: delphiyes length: 15:33 date added: September 12, 2012 event date: December 16, 1978 views: 421; views this month: 27; views this week: 6 A talk from 1978 in which Adi Da criticizes cultic behaviour, particularly in relation to the Spiritual Master. He admonishes devotees to consider the childish basis of the religion they were bought up in (or influenced by), and see that their religious upbringing always suggested the impossibility of ever truly knowing the Divine Itself. tags: cult   cultic
	Imaginary Spirituality poster: delphiyes length: 07:46 date added: August 13, 2012 views: 311; views this month: 26; views this week: 5 Adi Da Samraj cuts through imaginary spirituality, speaking about the necessity to take responsibility for every level of living, entering into relationship with the Spiritual Master, following the instruction of the Spiritual Master, and transcending all limitations.
	The Great Tradition of Human and Spiritual Wisdom poster: delphiyes length: 43:54 date added: July 30, 2012 views: 322; views this month: 36; views this week: 3 Adi Da Samraj speaks about the wisdom of the Great Tradition, and the forms in which it has been given by Spiritual Masters throughout history. tags: Avataric Discourse   Great Tradition
	Spiritual Masters are THE Historical Source of Revealed Truth poster: delphiyes length: 07:48 date added: June 11, 2012 views: 354; views this month: 27; views this week: 7 Adi Da speaks about the necessity of the Spiritual Master in order to know Truth and to recognize the delusions with which human beings otherwise confound themselves. tags: Avataric Discourse
	On Cults and Cultism podcast 5 of The Radical Truth Audio Series poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 12:45 date added: March 17, 2012 event date: 1978 listens: 728; listens this month: 45; listens this week: 7 In this talk from 1978, Adi Da notes that cultism is rooted in the childish need to believe and to depend on a person, group, myth, or symbol — without assuming responsibility for oneself. He then points out that the tendency to create a cult (of whatever kind) is present in everyone, every level of human society and culture. Adi Da criticizes the tendency toward cultism in the world at large and within His community of devotees. He calls His devotees to understand and relinquish all modes of false and childish dependency on Him as a Spiritual Master, and to make only the most serious and mature approach to Him, for the great purpose of Spiritual Awakening and Divine Enlightenment. tags: Radical Truth Audio Series   cults   cultism
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