08/24/2008: The Knower

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the Knowledge of the Knower, Self-inquiry, and the bodiless and egoless nature of the Self. Dialogues on the nature of happiness, the illusory nature of the ego, detachment from phenomena and the focus on the Self, the purpose of the experience of the world, freedom from the conception of being the performer of actions, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita.