12/20/2009: Detachment and Knowledge

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on vairagya (detachment) and jnana (Knowledge), with reference to verse 33 of Saddarshanam, Self-Knowledge, and Self-inquiry. Dialogues on steady bliss, detachment and the difference-less state, being beyond likes and dislikes, transcendence of free will and destiny, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English from chapter 4 of Avadhuta Gita.