623. Babaji Bob Kindler

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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Transcript of this interview.

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