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The Function of Practice

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Vajragoni

The Paradox of Practice in Non-Dual Traditions

The problem of practice is one of the most enduring paradoxes in non-dual spirituality. If the Absolute is already here—if Brahman is one’s very Self, if the Unborn Mind is the ever-present reality—then why should practice be necessary at all? Any effort to “reach” the goal seems already to betray ignorance, for it implies that the seeker is separate from the sought. Yet traditions across the world insist on the indispensability of practice: discipline, meditation, inquiry, devotion, or mindfulness. How can this contradiction be reconciled? read more

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The Sacred Doctrine of Brahman and Absolute Nothingness in Advaita Vedānta (Part Two)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Vajragoni
  1. The Doctrine of Māyā: The World as Appearance

If Brahman is the Absolute, unchanging and eternal, how do we account for the world of multiplicity, change, and suffering? Advaita answers with one of its most profound and often misunderstood doctrines: Māyā. read more

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The Practical Path: From Ignorance to Realization

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Vajragoni

Advaita never tires of repeating: liberation is not the acquisition of something new, but the removal of ignorance (avidyā). The Self is already Brahman, but through misidentification, we imagine ourselves to be the body, the senses, the mind. Liberation (mokṣa) is nothing other than the unveiling of what has always been the case. read more

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