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Łaska Cierpieniavideo
poster: Adi Da Video Polska
length: 13:12
date added: October 5, 2017
event date: January 18, 1976
language: Polish
views: 4463; views this month: 31; views this week: 15
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Adi Da mówi o tym, że kiedy człowiek zrozumiemie, że zwykłe życie jest niewolą i ograniczeniem, wtedy praktyka duchowa staje się możliwa.

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 on the CD, The Grace of Suffering, and on DVD as Volume 2 of the 25th Anniversary DVD Series.


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.
tags:
CD   DVD   Polish  

Świadome Światło, film dokumentalnyvideo
poster: Adi Da Video Polska
length: 02:25
date added: June 7, 2020
language: Polish
views: 838; views this month: 24; views this week: 15
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„Świadome Światło” wielokrotnie nagradzany dokument o niezwykłym życiu wielkiego duchowego mistrza Adi Da Samraj. 11 czerwca, godzina 19.30 – 21.00 CEST
Opierając się na obszernych zbiorach archiwalnych filmów, fotografii i nagrań audio, jak również na wywiadach z uczniami, którzy mieszkali z Adi Da i praktykują jego nauki, „Świadome Światło” zabierze Cię w podróż od narodzin Adi Da poprzez 36 lat jego nauczania aż po przekaz jego spuścizny i żywego duchowego związku z nim.
Zarejestruj się teraz na stronie i zarezerwuj miejsce: www.consciouslightfilm.eu
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The award-winning film, Conscious Light, offers a penetrating insight into the extraordinary life and Enlightened teachings of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, who offers a completely elaborated way of absolute Enlightenment for all.

For more information and screening dates and times, visit the film's website.
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Conscious Light   DVD   Polish  

43video
poster: PaulineChew
length: 08:03
date added: November 8, 2015
language: English
views: 4682; views this month: 34; views this week: 18
Track 5 from Pauline Chew's album, Songs For Baba Da. . . And The World.

Words are from poem 43 in Adi Da's book of poetry, Crazy Da Must Sing.

My loved one sits upon my knee.
My left hand is on her head.
My right hand guides
her listening to my Heart.
My touching awakens her need,
her love for me,
and makes her know me while I speak.

My loved one lies with me.
Our loving appears as every form
of all the worlds.
Our sounds together
make all sounds.
We are the thing that is seen and heard.
We are the rhythmed mind of everything.

Troubles arise for one
who does not know the act
in which he lives.
Therefore, I display the image
of my loved one and me.
One who does not understand
gains power for his lust in holy places.
But one who understands
becomes the lovers’ act that is.
tags:
music   poem  

5:05 - Naamleela Free Jonesvideo
disc one, track 1 of May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts

poster: CDBaby
length: 01:08
date added: February 9, 2020
language: English
views: 1649; views this month: 31; views this week: 26
"5:05" is by Naamleela Free Jones. It is track 1 from Disc One of the double CD, May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts.

The title is a reference to the time of Avatar Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi at 5:05pm (Fiji time) on November 27, 2008.

May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts is a deeply moving, sacred, contemplative CD that celebrates Adi Da's Life of Love and Blessing. This tribute to Adi Da Samraj includes music from many different genres, ranging from Indian classical to jazz to world music and other contemporary styles.

With over two hours of devotional songs filling this double CD, you can listen to pieces composed and performed by many devotee artists, including Naamleela Free Jones, Tamarind Free Jones, Ray Lynch, John Wubbenhorst, John Mackay, Sally Howe, Crane Kirkbride, Antonina Randazzo, Katya Grineva and many others.

Some of the twenty-five pieces on May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts were written and offered in the days immediately following Adi Da's Passing on November 27, 2008, or in the year-long period of formal mourning that followed. Other songs were offered to Him in person during His Lifetime. This CD also contains new songs never released before by Naamleela, Tamarind, and other musicians.
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music   CD  

A New Wayvideo
poster: globalpeacecentral
length: 02:20
date added: February 13, 2009
language: English
views: 6272; views this month: 11; views this week: 8
A new kind of human consciousness is required.

Wisdom from Adi Da's book, Not-Two Is Peace.
tags:
Unity   love   joy   bliss   adi da   peace   oneness   devotion   heart   meditation   enlightment   prior unity   everybody   all people   earth  

Achille Bonito Oliva: Opening Night Remarks, Sundaram Tagore Gallery Exhibit of Adi Da's Image-Artvideo
poster: Daplastique
speaker: Archille Bonito Oliva
length: 10:51
date added: September 29, 2010
event date: September 9, 2010
language: English
views: 6804; views this month: 25; views this week: 17
Achille Bonito Oliva speaks (Italian) at the opening of Adi Da Samraj's solo exhibition, 'Orpheus and Linead', at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York - September 9, 2010. Translated by Teresa Romero.

"Adi Da has a flexibility in his expression that encompasses all the art forms and techniques of the East and West. His work is a multiplication of space in time and time in space.... He's like a barman shaking Western space in the fluidity of Eastern concepts and forms. Adi Da wants to ultimately affirm art as a form of, a spiritual representation of the Divine nature of man, which can articulate a new vision of space and a new vision of time. This relationship between the East and West is very important. In a historical moment such as this, it is important to affirm, as a fundamental value of art at this time, the coexistence of differences."
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery   Achille Bonito Oliva   Orpheus Linead   Image-Art  

Adi Da Belovedaudio
poster: AdiDaUpClose
speaker: Chris Tong
length: 03:04
date added: December 23, 2020
language: English
listens: 1843; listens this month: 23; listens this week: 18
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Chris Tong sings "Adi Da Beloved" — a devotional version of the traditional Christmas carol, "Angels We Have Heard On High".

Words, musical arrangement, and performance by Chris Tong, in the manner of other ecstatic, dramatic, immersive musical pieces like the “Hallelujah Chorus” (the finale of Handel's Messiah) and “Ode To Joy” (the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony).

instruments: synthesizers, horns, flute, piano, violin, bass, drums, bells.

Thanks to my dear friend, Crane Kirkbride, whose own beautiful singing of music like this inspired me to create Adi Da Beloved. Crane also gave me some very helpful singing tips after listening to an earlier version.

This audio is also part of an article, Adi Da and Holiday Music.

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ADI DA BELOVED

All the world awaited Him,
Praying for the Promised Lord.
Then He found a Way to here. . .
Now He's here forever more.

Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.
Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.

He is Consciousness Itself,
All-Pervading,
not apart,
freeing us from separate self,
Shining "Bright" in every heart.

Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.
Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.

All will feel His Presence here
make this world a Sacred Place.
Praise Him for His Sacrifice!
Praise Him for His Blessing Grace!

Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.
Da, Adi Da, Adi Da Beloved.
tags:
music   Danavira Mela  

Adi Da Blesses My Mothervideo
part 3 of My Life with Adi Da Samraj

poster: Aniello Panico
speaker: Aniello Panico
length: 09:48
date added: January 21, 2020
language: English
views: 1750; views this month: 18; views this week: 8
Longtime devotee Aniello Panico tells a story from one of the happiest days of his life: the day Bhagavan Adi Da met and Blessed his mother (when she was 79 or 80 years old) at the Mountain Of Attention, during the Ten-Day Gathering of 1995-1996. This video tells the whole joyous story.

ANIELLO: "I like to share this story because it shows the human compassion and humor of the Guru."

The cookbook Aniello and Brenda helped create for Aniello's mother, Elodia Rigante's Italian Immigrant Cooking, and a New York Times article on the book, Recapturing the Flavors of an Era (August 27, 1995). Aniello, quoted in the article, "We all got heavier putting this cookbook together. . . I gained seven pounds."

For a photo of Adi Da with Aniello's mother, click here.

For a photo of Adi Da holding Aniello's mother's hand, click here.

For more stories and videos from Aniello, click here.

Adi Da Recites The Heart of Understandingvideo
poster: AdiDaVideos
length: 02:47
date added: July 11, 2014
language: English
views: 4262; views this month: 14; views this week: 7
Adi Da recites "The Heart of Understanding", the Prologue to His autobiography, The Knee Of Listening. The recitation is accompanied by photos of Adi Da.

"The Heart of Understanding" is extraordinarily good news: death itself can be transcended! Death is not a problem, and is utterly acceptable, if one realizes and stands as Consciousness Itself, in which all mortal forms and limited worlds are arising.

In the final words of "The Heart of Understanding", Adi Da reveals that He is That: Consciousness Itself. Because this is so, He transmits that Revelation to all beings, and provides (and is) the means whereby all of us finally can be free of mortality and the mortal vision.
tags:
death  

Adi Da Samraj: Pokaz zdjęć z lat 1970-1986video
poster: Adi Da Video Polska
length: 13:37
date added: May 20, 2017
language: Polish
views: 3504; views this month: 25; views this week: 8
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Przegląd zdjęć Adi Da Samraj od pierwszych dni nauczania w 1970 r do 1986.

Aby uzyskać więcej informacji o Adi Da Samraj i Drodze Serca proszę pisać na adres: adidavideo.pl@gmail.com.

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.
tags:
slideshow   Polish  

Adi Da Samraj: Sacred Sighting - California, 2005video
poster: Video di Adi Da, Canale italiano
length: 04:07
date added: August 2, 2017
event date: 2005
language: Italian
views: 2244; views this month: 12; views this week: 3
Questo č il canale che celebra Adi Da Samraj – realizzatore spirituale unico, maestro, autore e artista. Adi Da Samraj ha dedicato la sua vita alla creazione di strumenti utili all'umanitŕ per realizzare la Veritŕ ultima – quello che lui ha chiamato il “Luminoso”, ossia la Indivisibile Realtŕ in cui noi tutti appariamo.

Per ulteriori informazioni su Adi Da Samraj, si prega di scrivere a: videodidida@gmail.com.
tags:
Italian   Darshan   Mountain Of Attention  

Adi Da Samrajin Taide: Näyttelyt Italiassavideo
poster: Adi Da Videot Suomi
speakers: Stuart Gibson, Achille Bonito Oliva, Teresa Romero, Cristina Acidini, Monica Bietti, Paula Crema, Gary Coates
length: 12:23
date added: February 4, 2021
language: Finnish
views: 850; views this month: 27; views this week: 23
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Tämä video on tallenne kahdesta huomattavasta taidenäyttelystä, jossa Adi Dan taideteokset olivat esillä: Venetsian Biennaalista ja Cenacolo Di Ognissantista Firenzessä.

Two important art exhibitions in which Adi Da was invited to participate were the Venice Biennale (2007) and the Cenacolo di Ognissanti in Florence (2008), where His Art was exhibited in the same room as the famous large fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio of "The Last Supper".

Narrated by Stuart Gibson. Additional comments from Achille Bonito Oliva (translated into English by Teresa Romero), Cristina Acidini (Superintendent of Museums, Florence, Italy), Monica Bietti (Assistant Superintendent of Museums, Florence, Italy), Paula Crema (artist), and Gary Coates (Professor of Architecture).
tags:
image-art   Finnish  

Adi Da Speaks to a Young Devotee about How to Lovevideo
part 2 of The Yoga of Human Emotional-Sexual Life

poster: Wisdom Tools for Humanity
length: 09:03
date added: March 26, 2017
event date: October 28, 1978
language: English
views: 3305; views this month: 15; views this week: 8
Adi Da answers a question from a 10-year-old boy who wants to not be so angry and "righteous" all the time. Adi Da reveals some basic secrets about the nature of love. A very sweet exchange. From the talk, "Remember The Mystery In Which You Live", given by Adi Da on October 28, 1978, in Land Bridge Pavilion at The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in Northern California.

The excerpt of Adi Da talking is followed (at 6:36) by commentary by longtime devotee Abel Slater.

Adi Da's Art at the Saatchi Gallery, Londonvideo
poster: MASSOUTREACH
length: 04:55
date added: October 16, 2013
event date: October 9, 2013
language: English
views: 4339; views this month: 18; views this week: 12
A beautiful video tour of the exhibition of Adi Da's Image-Art (and of the visitors to the exhibition) at the 2013 STRARTA Art Fair, in the Saatchi Gallery, London, from October 9-13, 2013. Exhibited works are drawn from Adi Da's Orpheus One Suite, Linead One Suite, and Quandra Loka Suite. The tour includes a glimpse of some of the other art works at the Art Fair as well.

Filmed and edited by Matthew Braithwaite and Dean Steadman
Music by Jon Hopkins
tags:
Image-Art   Quandra Loka   Orpheus   Linead  

Adi Da's Divine Life and Work: Ruchiradama Nadikantavideo
part 1 of A Tribute to the Life and Work of Adi Da Samraj

poster: AdiDaVideos
speaker: Ruchiradama Nadikanta
length: 25:39
date added: November 3, 2012
event date: November 28, 2009
language: English
views: 10042; views this month: 34; 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.
tags:
Leela   Ruchiradama Nadikanta   Mahasamadhi   tribute   DVD  
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