Richard Clarke
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Richard Clarke
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Exploring the Self through Ramana Maharshi's wisdom, Advaita Vedanta teachings like the Ashtavakra Gita, and mindfulness meditation. Sharing insights on self-inquiry, inner stillness, and the art of presence. Join me in living from the essence of Being
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The Problem with Seeking - Nonduality episode 2 by Richard Clarke
Most spiritual seeking assumes something is missing.
That assumption is rarely questioned.
Seeking assumes a seeker, and that assumption quietly reinforces the sense of separation.
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The Problem with Seeking - Nonduality episode 2 by Richard Clarke
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December 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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No Action Can Produce the Self
The Self is not something you create, improve, or arrive at. It is what you already are.
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No Action Can Produce the Self #advaita #nonduality #selfinquiry #shankara
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December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Nondual Brahman Without Parts or Attributes | Song of Ribhu
In this video, Richard Clarke reflects on a passage from the Song of Ribhu that describes the Self as undivided, nondual Brahman, what is already present, before identity appears.
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Nondual Brahman Without Parts or Attributes | Song of Ribhu
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December 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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No Action Can Produce the Self
The Self is not something you create, improve, or arrive at. It is what you already are.

#advaita #nonduality #selfinquiry #shankara
No Action Can Produce the Self #advaita #nonduality #selfinquiry #shankara
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December 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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You Are Not What You Think You Are | Song of Ribhu
Song of Ribhu: Introduction by Richard Clarke.

#nonduality #ramanamaharshi #advaita #spiritualawakening #vedanta #ribhu #ribhugita
You Are Not What You Think You Are | Song of Ribhu
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December 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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There is a moment you notice that the body no longer behaves as it once did. It wants things to be what they were. Yet, a deeper question begins to form. If the body is changing, ‘What about me?’ What is it that notices the change?
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You Are Not Your Body – Growing into Yourself Episode 5
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December 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Stillness Grows Each Time You Return to Awareness
Most meditators think distraction means failure. It doesn’t.

Each time the mind wanders and you return to awareness, something quiet but powerful happens.
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Stillness Grows Each Time You Return to Awareness #advaita #nonduality #selfinquiry #meditation
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December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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You Are Not Who You Think You Are: Tattva Bodha in Plain English
You have studied. You have practiced. You may even feel close. But something still does not settle. Who is the one doing all this seeking?
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You Are Not Who You Think You Are: Tattva Bodha in Plain English
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December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Knowledge Alone Will Not Stabilize the Mind
There comes a point in every seeker’s life when knowledge alone is not enough.

Talk by Richard Clarke on Sankara's Knowledge of Truth, Tattva Bodha.
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Knowledge Alone Will Not Stabilize the Mind #advaita #nonduality #shankara #selfknowledge
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December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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What Happens After the Body Falls Away: Videha-mukti Explained - Tattva Bodha 36
What actually ends when the body ends, and what never does?
That question haunts almost every spiritual path. This verse speaks directly to that moment, but not in the way most expect.
What Happens After the Body Falls Away: Videha-mukti Explained - Tattva Bodha 36
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December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The One Who Knows Never Changes
The Self isn’t hidden — it’s overlooked. The mistake is identification, not ignorance.
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The One Who Knows Never Changes #advaita #nonduality #ramanamaharshi #selfinquiry
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December 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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What Actually Makes You Ready for Liberation?
Tattva Bodha verse 3 comments by Richard Clarke
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What Actually Makes You Ready for Liberation?
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December 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Freedom While Living: What It Means to Be a Jīvanmukta - - Tattva Bodha 35
Freedom does not wait for death or some perfect future moment.
That idea alone can stop you in your tracks.
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Freedom While Living: What It Means to Be a Jīvanmukta - - Tattva Bodha 35
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Is your spiritual practice propping up a Hidden Self - Talk by Richard Clarke
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Is your spiritual practice propping up a Hidden Self - Talk by Richard Clarke #advaita #nonduality
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December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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This Is Not Philosophy. It Is a Razor - comments on Sankara's Tattva Bodha, verse 2 by Richard Clarke
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This Is Not Philosophy It Is a Razor -Talk by Richard Clarke #nonduality #advaita #ramanamaharshi
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December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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What is nonduality? - Talk by Richard Clarke
You assume you are inside your body, looking out at a separate world.
That assumption feels obvious, natural, and unquestioned.
And it may be the central mistake shaping your entire life.
#nonduality #advaita
What is nonduality? - Talk by Richard Clarke
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December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Liberation Is Seeing What Never Left - Tattva Bodha 34
Liberation is not what you think it is.
It is not an experience you collect or a state you maintain. It does not arrive with fireworks or special feelings. It shows up quietly, when the search runs out of steam.
Liberation Is Seeing What Never Left - - Tattva Bodha 34
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December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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This One Question Reveals Whether You’re Ready for Real Freedom
Important words about your motivation for spiritual growth from commentary on Adi Sankara' from Tattva Bodha, verse 1.

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This One Question Reveals Whether You’re Ready for Real Freedom
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December 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Knowledge Alone: Why Action Cannot Free the Self - - Tattva Bodha 33
What if the things you do to find peace are the very things keeping you from it? Who am I, really, if I am not the one doing all these actions? Stop for a moment. Just look at the one who is looking.
Knowledge Alone: Why Action Cannot Free the Self - - Tattva Bodha 33
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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False Identification and the Quiet Birth of Bondage - Tattva Bodha 32
There is a habit so familiar that it rarely gets questioned. You wake up and the sense of being a body with a history appears. But it’s just a habit. This verse points straight at that habit
False Identification and the Quiet Birth of Bondage - Tattva Bodha 32
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December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Tat Tvam Asi Explained: The Sentence That Ends Seeking
There is a moment on the path where seeking quietly exhausts itself. You have read, reflected, practiced, and listened for years. It does not point to a future state. It speaks directly to what you already are.
Tat Tvam Asi Explained: The Sentence That Ends Seeking
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December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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The Witness in You Is Brahman Itself - Tattva Bodha 30
You may have spent years feeling a quiet presence within, something steady that watches your life without effort. At times it feels intimate and personal. At other times it feels vast and impersonal.
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The Witness in You Is Brahman Itself - Tattva Bodha 30
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December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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You Are the Witness: The Light That Never Changes - Tattva Bodha 29
You have watched your life unfold for decades. Scenes change. Roles change. Moods change. Bodies age. Thoughts rise and fade. Still, something in you has never aged, never changed.
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You Are the Witness: The Light That Never Changes - Tattva Bodha 29
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December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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You Are Not the Ego: The Light That Outlasts Every Identity -Tattva Bodha 28
There is a moment, sometimes brief, when you sense that the person you believe yourself to be is not quite solid. Something in you remains steady while this shifting persona rises and falls.
You Are Not the Ego: The Light That Outlasts Every Identity - Tattva Bodha 28
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December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Seeing Through Maya: How the Illusion Fades Under Clear Awareness –Essence of Yoga Vasistha Ch 2 5-8
Vasishta: 5. This long-living ghost of a samsara which is the creation of the deluded mind of man and the cause of his sufferings disappears when one ponders over it.
Seeing Through Maya: How the Illusion Fades Under Clear Awareness –Essence of Yoga Vasistha Ch 2 5-8
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December 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM