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.

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“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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Summary and Transcript of this interview.

Interview recorded November 13, 2021.

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