Swami Akshara lives his life just this moment, every moment and encourages his followers to live the same.
"The singular cause for
conflicts in the world
rise from people trying
to impose beliefs upon
each other. But all beliefs
can only offer relief to a
helpless mind and will never
help the seeker to
know the Truth".
"The singular cause for
conflicts in the world
rise from people trying
to impose beliefs upon
each other. But all beliefs
can only offer relief to a
helpless mind and will never
help the seeker to
know the Truth".
He also declares that
"there is no definite singular
purpose in your life but
certainly others have
freedom to derive many
purposes out of your life".
"there is no definite singular
purpose in your life but
certainly others have
freedom to derive many
purposes out of your life".
He further explains
"When you lived your
life without a particular
purpose to your self,
then you can be full
of several purposes to
many others around you".
"When you lived your
life without a particular
purpose to your self,
then you can be full
of several purposes to
many others around you".
Delightfully unconventional, seemingly irreverent in his teachings, he bridges the traditional schools of thought with his radical but original perspectives. Known to have tossed a scriptural book aside once at the end of a discourse declaring
"there is no need for it anymore".
When asked why he did that, he had this to say
"Truth is not contained in any book."
"there is no need for it anymore".
When asked why he did that, he had this to say
"Truth is not contained in any book."
He often says in the middle of discourses
"if people ask you,
what did you learn
from Akshara,
tell them you learned
NOTHING".
"if people ask you,
what did you learn
from Akshara,
tell them you learned
NOTHING".
Apparently a misleading statement but his teachings clearly aim at removing every potential support the seeker might want to hold while seeking the truth. Swami Akshara could be a puritan and a unadulterated, undiluted vedantin, despite his modern and apparently unorthodox views about life.Always insisting that he is not keen on stuffing a bunch of more new techniques into the already burdened seeker, he would often caution on the microphone
"Don't expect to take
home some new techniques
when you come here,
but this is a place where
you empty yourself of all
your techniques and
methodologies and go
home as nobody, as an
undistorted expression of Truth".
home some new techniques
when you come here,
but this is a place where
you empty yourself of all
your techniques and
methodologies and go
home as nobody, as an
undistorted expression of Truth".
When asked -can you tell us what is your teaching in a singular line, he replied "Stop trying to become something and start Being in the moment now" When further queried - If everyone is just Being, who will do anything? he replied
"nobody can stop the DOING,
but don't do something in order
to become someone, instead first
BE(discover) yourself then
do everything".
but don't do something in order
to become someone, instead first
BE(discover) yourself then
do everything".
When this writer once asked him rather in a lighter vein,Why don't you spice up your teachings and make it more tastier for people to consume?
He replied
"Enough spice has
covered the Truth
already and I am
here only to unspice
it as much as possible."
He replied
"Enough spice has
covered the Truth
already and I am
here only to unspice
it as much as possible."
Unspicing the Truth may not make you particularly popular among masses?he replied
"I dont care."
"I dont care."