Sublime

The Mountain Path, a journal which propagates Sri Ramana’s teachings.

There is a story about a disciple who goes to the master and the master says, “What have you come here for?” And the man says, “Moksha.” Moksha is the Sanskrit word for “freedom.” “I’ve come for freedom.” “Oh, freedom,” says the master. “Mm-hmm. Go and find out who has bound you.” So the guy goes back and meditates for a week, and he comes back and

Vedanta is the teaching of the Upanishads, a collection of dialogues, stories, and poems, some of which go back to at least 800

Sufi teacher Idries Shah

Among many others, I draw on the ideas of two spiritual teachers I should mention. One is my friend Douglas Harding, whose unique and inimitable approach sheds light on the Self as Consciousness, which is pure Kashmir Shaivism. The other is the enigmatic 20th-century teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. I met his teachings in my earliest days as a spiritual se