M06. What is the difference between Vedanta and Buddhist no-self teachings?
The short answer: Vedanta says there is a self but it is not what you think it is — the…
Questions & Answers
Every article written under the Papneja Method — on consciousness, karma, the nervous system, motivation, the Sound Current, and the mechanics of the inner life.
M05. What is Maya — the actual philosophical meaning?
The short answer: Maya is not illusion in the sense that the world is fake. Maya is the principle through…
M04. What is the witness consciousness — is it the same as the self?
The short answer: The witness consciousness — the Sakshi in Sanskrit — is the awareness that observes all experience without…
M03. What does Advaita Vedanta actually mean — and what are its practical implications?
The short answer: Advaita means non-dual — not two. Advaita Vedanta is the teaching that the apparent duality of individual…
M02. What is Atman and how does it relate to Brahman?
The short answer: Atman is the individual consciousness — the specific expression of the universal ground in the individual form….
M01. What is the difference between consciousness and awareness in Vedanta?
The short answer: Consciousness is the ground — the field in which all experience arises, prior to any specific content….
L01. What is Sant Mat — a precise definition?
The short answer: Sant Mat means the path of the saints — the teaching of those who have found the…
L02. What is the difference between Sant Mat and mainstream Hinduism?
The short answer: Mainstream Hinduism encompasses the full spectrum of practice from ritual to philosophy — including the Vedic sacrifice,…
L03. Who were the historical Sant Mat teachers — Kabir, Nanak, Tulsi Sahib, Paltu?
The short answer: Each was a person who made the direct inner contact with the Sound Current and then spent…
L04. What did Kabir actually teach — and why is it different from how he is usually presented?
The short answer: Kabir taught one thing with extraordinary precision: the Naam — the Sound Current — is inside you,…
L05. What is the Radhasoami tradition and how does it relate to Sant Mat?
The short answer: The Radhasoami tradition is the organized institutional expression of Sant Mat that emerged in northern India in…
L06. What did Guru Nanak mean by the Shabd Guru?
The short answer: Guru Nanak meant that the Sound Current — the Shabd — is the only teacher that never…
