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Gangaji

Non-duality · Self-inquiry

American teacher of self-inquiry in the lineage of the Indian sage Papaji, known for a direct, uncomplicated invitation to recognise freedom now.

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About the teacher

Gangaji

Gangaji (born Antoinette Roberson Varner in 1942) met the teacher Papaji in India in 1990, an encounter she describes as the turning point that ended her own search. She has taught internationally ever since, known for a plain, unadorned style that repeatedly returns students to the immediacy of the present moment rather than to any doctrine.

Now in her early eighties, she continues to teach, with her current schedule of gatherings and retreats maintained on her own website.

Before I met Papaji I had a story of suffering. After Papaji, I have a life. I am life.
Gangaji
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Talks & videos

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Talk

Gangaji: Freedom and Desire

A satsang exploring the relationship between desire and freedom.

Talk

Gangaji | The Fire of the Living Prayer

A satsang talk on prayer as a living, direct encounter rather than a fixed form of words.

Path

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Inquiry into awareness

Non-duality

Direct contemplation of awareness, identity and the experience of separation.

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