yifuxero: > You're confusing the issues... > The author of this site, Timothy Conway, is obviously an Amma devotee. It is very unseemly to criticize and categorize the new self-help teachers without revealing your own affiliations - it's dishonest.
http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/neo-advaita.html The accused are apparently Wayne Liquorman, Dennis Waite, Echole Tolle, Andrew Cohen, and other teachers of the non-dualist persuasion. But, I've seen no really cogent argument that these teachers are anything but non-dualists. Ramana had no authorized disciples - Acharya Gaudapada was the first 'Neo-Advatin'! You don't have to like your teacher - just do what he or she says. Otherwise, find another teacher to your liking. "...there is, as yet, no such large-scale support for a pure Advaita Vedanta "sangha(s)" inspired by (NOT "in the lineage of") Ramana Maharshi or other well-respected sages like Nisargadatta Maharaj, Atmananda (Sri Krishna Menon), et al." Traps and Pitfalls in the "Neo-Advaita" or "Pseudo-Advaita" form of Advaita (Nondual) Spirituality: http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/neo-advaita.html > > "Jivanmukti is not something to be attained after > > death, nor is it to be experienced or bestowed upon > > you in another world. It is a state of perfect > > awareness and equanimity, which can be experienced > > here and now in this world, while living in the > > body." - Amma > > >
