0721 - TALKS: Love, Fire & Illumination, I

Episode 0721 - Love, Fire & Illumination, I
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Wide-ranging comments on the practice of patient endurance, detachment & renunciation -- as a basis for alchemical transformation via inner fire & the athanor. Tapas & Dhammapada 184-185, vairagya & equanimity, and the austerity of practicing detachment from habitual desire & hate.

 

Additional references from Pali Buddha-Dhamma, Bhagawan Nityananda & Advaita Vedanta, Ra Material, core Taoism, transpersonal psychology & Western metaphysics.

* Dhammapada 184-185: https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=183

* Tapasa (definitions): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tapasa

* Athanor (definitions): https://www.themystica.com/athanor/

                                           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanor

* Athanor (Ra Material): https://www.lawofone.info/results.php?q=athanor

* Athanor (etymology): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/athanor

* Vairagya (definitions): https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vairagya

* ADDITIONAL RESOURCES *

1. ALL TALKS MIRROR SITES

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https://www.scottmandelker.ca/

2. OLD ARCHIVE SITE

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3. TALKS WITH SCOTT MANDELKER (Non-RA Podcasts)

http://talkswithscottmandelker.blogspot.com

4. LAW OF ONE PODCAST (RA Material+ Series)

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5. ESSAYS, RA MATERIAL & CORE PDF-COMPILATIONS

https://talkswithscottmandelker.com/pdf_files#_=_

https://www.sites.google.com/view/teachingsfromtheself

6. ALL YOUTUBE PLAYLISTS

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7. AUDIO BOOKS PROJECT (UV, 2150, NOSSO LAR, AVHM)

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