India, Foothills of the Himalayas, 2nd part

Spiritual journey in north India, in the eighties, looking for Advaita vada
Kalimat 1 From Almora, let's go up to Kalimat
Kalimat 1

From Almora, let's go up to Kalimat

Kalimat 2 To continue our pilgrmage:
Kalimat 2

To continue our pilgrmage:

Kalimat 3 We still have so much to discover
Kalimat 3

We still have so much to discover

Kalimat 4 Behind the veil of appearances!
Kalimat 4

Behind the veil of appearances!

Kalimat 5 Like this very old altar
Kalimat 5

Like this very old altar

Kalimat 6 Used by passing by Sunyasins (renunciants)...
Kalimat 6

Used by passing by Sunyasins (renunciants)...

Kalimat 7 Let's go meditate with them
Kalimat 7

Let's go meditate with them

Kalimat 8 In another temple, very simple:
Kalimat 8

In another temple, very simple:

Kalimat 9 That of Kasar Devi.
Kalimat 9

That of Kasar Devi.

Kasar Devi 1 He is not as majestic as Jageshwar, not so old,
Kasar Devi 1

He is not as majestic as Jageshwar, not so old,

Kasar Devi 2 But his simplicity is really Vedic:
Kasar Devi 2

But his simplicity is really Vedic:

Kasar Devi 3 It is that of the Sadhu, who live naked.
Kasar Devi 3

It is that of the Sadhu, who live naked.

Kasar Devi 4 Here is their sacrificial altar
Kasar Devi 4

Here is their sacrificial altar

Kasar Devi 5 And the palace where they live.
Kasar Devi 5

And the palace where they live.

Kasar Devi 6 With them, give up this world
Kasar Devi 6

With them, give up this world

Kasar Devi 7 To find the door
Kasar Devi 7

To find the door

Kasar Devi 8 Of Deliverance.
Kasar Devi 8

Of Deliverance.

Sunyata 1 In the meantime, let's visit Sunyata,
Sunyata 1

In the meantime, let's visit Sunyata,

Sunyata 2 A Danish wise man, Alfred Sorensen
Sunyata 2

A Danish wise man, Alfred Sorensen

Sunyata 3 Who lived there more than fifty years.
Sunyata 3

Who lived there more than fifty years.

Sunyata 4 He was a jivanmukta, a ‟living liberated‟ like Ramana Maharshi,
Sunyata 4

He was a jivanmukta, a ‟living liberated‟ like Ramana Maharshi,

Sunyata 5 Who gives him this name, Sunyata: ‟being non-Being‟.
Sunyata 5

Who gives him this name, Sunyata: ‟being non-Being‟.

Sunyata 6 In 1936 at Arunachala, Alfred Sorensen met the wise man
Sunyata 6

In 1936 at Arunachala, Alfred Sorensen met the wise man

Sunyata 7 Who says of him ‟Here is one of us visiting us‟.
Sunyata 7

Who says of him ‟Here is one of us visiting us‟.

Sunyata 8 Sunyata settled on this hill, at Kasar Devi.
Sunyata 8

Sunyata settled on this hill, at Kasar Devi.

Sunyata 9 He called this place ‟Turya nivas‟: ‟Residence of the Fourth State‟. According to the Upanishads, the other states are those of Awakening, Dreaming and Deep sleep.
Sunyata 9

He called this place ‟Turya nivas‟: ‟Residence of the Fourth State‟. According to the Upanishads, the other states are those of Awakening, Dreaming and Deep sleep.

Sunyata 10 He died at age 95 in California on August 13, 1984.
Sunyata 10

He died at age 95 in California on August 13, 1984.

Snow-View 1 Now we are ready to contemplate the Himalayas!
Snow-View 1

Now we are ready to contemplate the Himalayas!

Snow-View 2 Let's advance on the ridge, towards the top of the world!
Snow-View 2

Let's advance on the ridge, towards the top of the world!

Snow-View 3 This ridge is called Crank's Ridge; from the sixties
Snow-View 3

This ridge is called Crank's Ridge; from the sixties

Snow-View 4 It is frequented by Hippies.
Snow-View 4

It is frequented by Hippies.

Snow-View 5 But no need for drugs to contemplate Mount Kailash!
Snow-View 5

But no need for drugs to contemplate Mount Kailash!

Snow-View 6 According to a Hindu legend, it is at the foot of Mount Kailash, the Meru, axis of the World,
Snow-View 6

According to a Hindu legend, it is at the foot of Mount Kailash, the Meru, axis of the World,

Snow-View 7 That Adam was deposed, driven from Eden, on the shore of Lake Manasarovar.
Snow-View 7

That Adam was deposed, driven from Eden, on the shore of Lake Manasarovar.

Snow-View 8 From there, he could contemplate the Paradise lost...
Snow-View 8

From there, he could contemplate the Paradise lost...

Snow-View 9 Adam, the first man, is the Principle of Man:
Snow-View 9

Adam, the first man, is the Principle of Man:

Snow-View 10 He is nothing but... ourselves!
Snow-View 10

He is nothing but... ourselves!