poster: 25nomind length: 09:01 date added: October 29, 2010 event date: 1976 views: 1567; views this month: 36; views this week: 11
Adi Da talks about doing practice as a seeker vs. practice as a lover, a non-separate participant. Sadhana is not about separating out from life (including emotional-sexual relationships), but rather fully engaging it in its mystery and its fully polarized play. The "men's tent" and "women's tent" are only places to consider the play, not places to live apart from (or escape) the play. The loved one may change form as practice evolves, but the primary form of participation in it remains being a lover.
poster: 25nomind length: 09:01 date added: October 29, 2010 event date: 1976 views: 1143; views this month: 28; views this week: 9
Adi Da talks about doing practice as a seeker vs. practice as a lover, a non-separate participant. Sadhana is not about separating out from life (including emotional-sexual relationships), but rather fully engaging it in its mystery and its fully polarized play. The "men's tent" and "women's tent" are only places to consider the play, not places to live apart from (or escape) the play. The loved one may change form as practice evolves, but the primary form of participation in it remains being a lover.
poster: 25nomind length: 09:01 date added: October 29, 2010 event date: 1976 views: 1184; views this month: 35; views this week: 8
Adi Da talks about doing practice as a seeker vs. practice as a lover, a non-separate participant. Sadhana is not about separating out from life (including emotional-sexual relationships), but rather fully engaging it in its mystery and its fully polarized play. The "men's tent" and "women's tent" are only places to consider the play, not places to live apart from (or escape) the play. The loved one may change form as practice evolves, but the primary form of participation in it remains being a lover.
poster: 25nomind length: 09:06 date added: October 29, 2010 event date: 1976 views: 1056; views this month: 26; views this week: 8
Adi Da talks about doing practice as a seeker vs. practice as a lover, a non-separate participant. Sadhana is not about separating out from life (including emotional-sexual relationships), but rather fully engaging it in its mystery and its fully polarized play. The "men's tent" and "women's tent" are only places to consider the play, not places to live apart from (or escape) the play. The loved one may change form as practice evolves, but the primary form of participation in it remains being a lover.
poster: 25nomind length: 09:01 date added: October 29, 2010 views: 1124; views this month: 24; views this week: 7
Adi Da talks about doing practice as a seeker vs. practice as a lover, a non-separate participant. Sadhana is not about separating out from life (including emotional-sexual relationships), but rather fully engaging it in its mystery and its fully polarized play. The "men's tent" and "women's tent" are only places to consider the play, not places to live apart from (or escape) the play. The loved one may change form as practice evolves, but the primary form of participation in it remains being a lover.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 10:25 date added: October 5, 2010 event date: April 1986 listens: 1568; listens this month: 45; listens this week: 9
In this historical recording from April, 1986, Adi Da Samraj recites the final section of His Love-Ananda Gita (now called The Lion Sutra and published in Part 15 of The Aletheon). In it, Adi Da communicates His most "radical" transcendental teaching regarding true renunciation of the egoic motive of separation and Realization of the Divine Self-Condition.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 25:21 date added: March 17, 2012
In this discourse Adi Da calls us to understand the doctrines and spiritual attainments of humankind not as separate traditions or paths but as a whole: a single "Great Tradition". He also urges humankind to transcend merely belief-based religious myths, dogma, and "religious provincialism" which only support egoic separation and conflict.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 16:53 date added: March 17, 2012
Adi Da Samraj responds to a question from a devotee who had lost a grandchild and was asking for some understanding that might ease his sorrow. Adi Da describes how there is no answer to the pain of loss, except for Divine Realization.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 34:44 date added: March 17, 2012
This podcast is drawn from two talks.
In the first excerpt (from 1985), Adi Da describes how the habits of attention, while alive, determine what happens in and after death. He dispels the myth, "When you die, you go to heaven." He gives a clear picture of how the death process works, and why spiritual life is absolutely necessary in serving that process.
In the second excerpt (at 12:55), devotee Carolyn Lee relates a wonderful story from 1983. While in Adi Da's physical Company in Fiji (five hours from any hospital), a devotee has a near-fatal accident. For the full (text) version of this story, read A Devotee's Journey into Death and Back.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 16:40 date added: March 17, 2012 event date: 2005
In this excerpt (from an Avataric Discourse from 2005), a devotee asks Adi Da a question about the nature of the ego and what is causing the sense of self-separation. In response, Adi Da describes how the Divine is the substance of all that arises, not the "cause" of anything. Our own activity (of separating from the Divine) causes the assumption of separation.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 25:49 date added: March 17, 2012 event date: 1972
In an excerpt from His historic talk from 1972, "Money, Food, and Sex" (now published in My "Bright" Word), Adi Da addresses the dilemma those taking up "spiritual life" encounter when bringing discipline to the areas of money, food, and sex.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 16:10 date added: March 17, 2012
In this passionate talk, Adi Da speaks to the crisis mankind is in and the urgency for true spiritual practice and the disposition that undermines mankind's assumption of separation.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 12:45 date added: March 17, 2012 event date: 1978
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.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 12:05 date added: October 5, 2010 event date: May 31, 1980 listens: 974; listens this month: 23; listens this week: 6
In this discourse from May 31, 1980, a student of Avatar Adi Da asks Him for suggestions to help her dying mother. Adi Da responds both with compassion and also with very practical advice.
[The recording of Adi Da's voice is slightly distorted, but understandable.]
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