Satsang.nl provides an overview of Non-duality and Advaita Vedanta satsang meetings and retreats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Satsang is a gathering where a spiritual teacher transmits the core of the Advaita teachings. Advaita literally means non-duality, not-two.
The oldest sources of Advaita Vedanta are the Upanishads, the Indian scriptures that originated more than 700 years before our era. Great Indian teachers in the last century were Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sri H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji) and Ramesh Balsekar. Through their visitors and students, Advaita Vedanta - often called non-duality here - flowed to the West.
This is a special time. There is a growing interest in the possibility of awakening. More and more people recognize who we actually are. The extraordinary becomes ordinary, discovering who you already are: ONE with EVERYTHING, I and separateness turn out to be an illusion.
This is independent of religion and concepts. It is everyone's true nature and your natural state. Everything else is just a veil that can be lifted. That is what often happens in satsangs. It is simple and yet it is not. The recognition is direct, sometimes permanent in a flash. Those who long to let this fully work through in their heart and life usually choose to attend meetings with a teacher.
