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Adi Da Samraj describing his Realization of Nirvikalpa Samadhi at Swami Muktananda's ashram in India in 1968 and how it differed from His Seventh Stage Realization in the Vedanta Temple in 1970.

special terminology: siddhi; all-and-All

This clip is excerpted from a longer clip which can be found here.

Tags: Avataric Discourse   stages of life   sixth stage traditions   seventh stage traditions   Nirvikalpa Samadhi  

A video excerpt from part 6 ("The Glasses of Consciousness") of the DVD, You Are The Question You Ask, which was drawn from Adi Da's Avataric Discourse of August 30, 2004.

Adi Da talks about how human beings presume that they are just a body and a mind, and this creates the mistaken sense of separation from others and the Divine.

special terminology: self-contraction

Tags: Avataric Discourse  

An excerpt from a longer interview with Ed Reither interviewing Frank Marrero (author of The View from Delphi) on the history of theater and its origins in Eleutherios, Orpheus, the Greek mysteries, and The Upanishads. This leads to deeper understanding of the connection to Adi Da Samraj's Literature, Theater, and Image Art.

Tags: Frank Marrero   Aletheon   Orpheus   Eleutherios   Upanishads   Beezone   Ed Reither  

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.

A list of all the tracks on this DVD can be found here
Tags: slide show   Mahasamadhi   tribute   DVD  

We invite you to participate in a profound transformation at the depth of life and consciousness — a transformation made possible by the Divine Appearance and Self-Revelation of Adi Da Samraj. Come and experience His Blessing-Transmission, His Avataric Teachings, and His Divine Image-Art. Feel and receive Adi Da’s Spiritual Presence, which is powerfully communicated via Sacred Sightings of Him (recorded during His physical Lifetime). Enjoy the live Sacred Offerings of gifted devotee musicians who serve the process of retreat with keen sensitivity and feeling.

For more about this retreat, click here.

Narrator: Anthony Costabile
Videographer: Matt Braithwaite

Tags: European Danda   retreat  

This audio clip is from the CD, What Is Your Intention?. This talk was originally published in Chapter 6 of the Love Ananda-Gita.

Avatar Adi Da describes the three options of human destiny: one can reinforce one's present existence in gross (physical) form; one can go beyond gross existence into subtler dimensions of existence; or one can transcend conditional existence altogether, in the Great Process of seventh stage Divine Self-Realization. He suggests that most people (and most devotees) are opting (generally unconsciously) for the first (and lowest) option.

For those who discover the heart-impulse to the Great Process, Avatar Adi Da offers Graceful Means — but, He clarifies, a most intensive ego-transcending process will be required of such devotees, a constant relinquishment of identification with the separate self.

The talk, What Is Your Intention?, is also available on the DVD, The Commitment to Real-God Realization. A video clip from that DVD is available here.

Tags: CD   DVD  

Monthly, twenty-four hour Fire Pujas are held at the Hermitages, Sanctuaries, and regional centers of Adidam to celebrate Holy Days, Events and Gifts given by Adi Da Samraj. The Fire Puja in this video clip was held at the Fire Keeper site at Da Love-Ananda Mahal, in Kauai, Hawaii.

Tags: Fire Puja   Da Love-Ananda Mahal   Kauai   Hawaii   Celebration   Sanctuary  

Darshan of Adi Da.

[Note: At the end of the video, the viewer is directed to a site, karmafree.com — this site no longer exists.]

Music is Ray Lynch, "Drifted in a Deeper Land", from his album, No Blue Thing; and Ray Lynch, "The Temple", from his album, The Sky Of Mind.

In the background is a recording of Adi Da reciting from the Lion Sutra.

Tags: Darshan   Ray Lynch   Sacred Sighting  

An excerpt from "Guru As Prophet", a humorous and penetrating Discourse from the very earliest years of Avatar Adi Da’s Teaching-Work. Adi Da speaks of the Guru's role as prophet in the world, which is to create "an aggravation, a criticism, an undermining of the usual life". He speaks of how the Guru in the function of prophet is always working to produce a condition in which people's illusions may be undone.

From the CD, Money, Food, and Sex / Guru As Prophet. This talk is also published in the book, My "Bright" Word.

For another excerpt from this talk, click here.

Tags: CD  

You are invited to "I Have Appeared From The Realm Of Light": A Four-Day Retreat at the European Danda.

Dates: July 5 - 8, 2012
Place: The European Danda (the Netherlands).

A devotional, literary, theatrical, and artistic happening, led by longtime devotee Steve Brown, with special guests Ruchiradama Nadikanta, Naamleela Free Jones, and Ruy Carpenter.

More information here.

For upcoming retreats at the European Danda, check our Special Events page.

Videographer: Matt Braithwaite

Tags: European Danda   retreat   Steve Brown   Orpheum   Mummery  

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).

Tags: DVD   Avataric Discourse   Radical Truth Video Series   Darshan  

This video is part five of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.

Beezone editor Ed Reither talks with teacher Frank Marrero.

This video is part four of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.

Beezone editor Ed Reither talks with teacher Frank Marrero.

This video is part three of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.

Beezone editor Ed Reither talks with teacher Frank Marrero.

This video is part two of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.

Beezone editor Ed Reither talks with teacher Frank Marrero.