Babaji Bob Kindler is the Spiritual Director of the Sarada Ramakrishna Vivekananda (SRV) Associations since 1993 with teaching centers on the Big Island of Hawaii and Portland, Oregon, USA. Babaji teaches Vedanta, Yoga, Sankhya, and other philosophical systems of Truth with an emphasis on learning to live a divine life and the attainment of direct spiritual experience. He holds a twin spiritual heritage via initiation into the Ramakrishna lineage (Vedanta) and Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism. Editor of Nectar of Non-Dual Truth, A Journal of Universal Religious and Philosophical Teachings, he is also the author of over a dozen books on spiritual topics, including
- Dissolving the Mindstream
- A Quintessential Yoga Vasishtha
- Twenty-Four Aspects of Mother Kali
- Footfalls of the Indian Rishis: Charting the Timeless Wisdom of Mother India
- Babaji’s spiritual discourses can be found on YouTube, Livestream, and on the official SRV Associations website.
- Online and residential retreats are listed here.
- Email subscription and site index.
“Our path is mainly a blend of Advaita and Shaktism, with our devotion to Sri Ramakrishna making it Universal, and inclusive of all religions.”
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Interview recorded November 13, 2021.
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Babaji Bob Kindler
- 00:04:43 – Babaji’s Spiritual Discourses on YouTube
- 00:09:17 – Devotion to Shakti in Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism
- 00:14:03 – The Function of Maya
- 00:18:42 – Awakening from the Dream
- 00:22:42 – The Dangers of Jumping to Spiritual Enlightenment
- 00:26:54 – The Bliss of Meditation
- 00:30:55 – The State of Advaita Non-Duality
- 00:35:15 – The Field of All Possibilities
- 00:39:24 – Reincarnation and the Doctrine of Karma
- 00:43:24 – Remembering Atman and Buddha Nature
- 00:47:32 – Duality and Transcendence in Humanity
- 00:51:37 – The Value of Studying Secular Subjects
- 00:55:34 – Nonviolence and Money-making
- 00:59:40 – Kingdoms of Heaven and the Mind
- 01:03:49 – The Gods Within Us
- 01:07:56 – Different Levels of Consciousness and the Non-Dual Path
- 01:11:51 – Direct Path to Enlightenment
- 01:16:10 – The Forgetfulness of Ignorance and the Cyclic Nature of Time
- 01:20:09 – The Illusion of Change
- 01:24:09 – The Nature of Enlightenment
- 01:28:10 – Following Your Own Calling
- 01:31:52 – Realizing the Atman, the wasted life, and the refinement of the mind
- 01:35:35 – The Guru-Disciple Relationship
- 01:39:48 – The Qualification and Criterion for Sacred Sound
- 01:43:52 – The Universality of Religions and Swami Vivekananda
- 01:48:24 – Realizing the Inner Being and Inter-Religious Gatherings
- 01:52:23 – Deluding Pairs of Opposites and Rising Above
- 01:57:15 – Dharma and Morality
- 02:01:16 – Exploring the Cell of Knowledge
- 02:05:13 – Wrapping Up and Upcoming Interviews
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