Tattvabodha

Lessons

• 1. Qualification for Knowledge – Spiritual growth and self-knowledge flourish when the mind is clear and the life is somewhat ordered. This is not about being perfect. It is about creating conditions that support inner clarity: a regular time for…
• 2. Nature of Reality – Reality, in this teaching, is not the world of separate objects and persons. It is the one non-dual consciousness in which all of that appears. There are not two things—consciousness and the world—but one reality…
• 3. Three Bodies Concept – Human experience can be described in layers. The physical body is what we see and touch—the gross form. The subtle body includes the mind: thoughts, emotions, memories, the sense of "I." The causal body is the deepest…
• 4. Five Sheaths – The "sheaths" are another way of describing layers that seem to cover the self. There is the sheath of the body, of breath, of mind, of wisdom, and of bliss. We identify with these—we say "I am tired," "I am anxious,"…
• 5. Realization – Knowledge, in this context, is the direct recognition that you are the awareness in which everything appears. This recognition is liberation—not because the world disappears, but because the one who was seeking is…