Madhukar (author)
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Advaita-Master and Author
Madhukar (* 1957 August 14 Stuttgart, Germany, Sanskrit, literally translated: “Beloved, sweet as honey“) is Advaita-Master, Jnana-yogi and author.
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[edit] Introduction
Madhukar is a modern representative of Advaita Vedanta (a-dvaita: not-two = „Non-Duality“). Since 1997 he teaches Self-enquiry (atma vichara) in public meetings, traditionally called Satsang (Sat = truth, Sangha = community).
In 1992, during a stay in India, he heard reports about the “Lion of Lucknow”, a Guru in the Advaita tradition. He immediately went on a 42 hour journey across the sub-continent to meet H. W. L. Poonja, an ardent devotee of the famous Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi. Madhukar had come to his Master, who embodied the message of Advaita. Advaita-Vedanta (A-dvaita: not two = “Non-Duality“) is the mystical direction of Hinduism, a Monism philosophy (Monism = All is one), which is in its origins, among others, going back to Shankara (788 - 820 AD). Sri Poonja gave him his name, and he awakened to the understanding “who he really is."
Since returning to Europe in 1997, he has been spreading the essential knowledge of Advaita through public meetings called Satsang (Sat = truth and Sangha = community). Today Madhukar carries on the master lineage Ramana Maharshi/H.W.L. Poonja by encouraging the people to consequently focus on the question “Who am I?”
Madhukar has his residence in Amsterdam and spends long periods in India.
[edit] Life
Madhukar grew up in his place of birth Stuttgart. During his university studies in economic science and philosophy Madhukar worked as a photographic model. After he graduated he became a TV journalist. In the eighties Madhukar traveled for several years through Asia. There he experienced a spontaneous Kundalini-Awakening. Inspired by this experience he established as a yoga and meditation teacher in India. Later he became a disciple of the Tantric-Buddhist Dzogchen-Master Namkhai Norbu. 1992 he met Guru H.W.L. Poonja, a disciple of the Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi. H.W.L. Poonja , also called the „Lion of Lucknow“, embodied the message of Advaita and has been visited from many people from all over the world.
[edit] Publications
- "Einssein", Lüchow publishers, 1. edition, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-363-03120-1
- „Erwachen in Freiheit“, Lüchow publishers, 2nd edition, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-363-03054-1.
- „The Simplest Way“, Editions India, 2nd edition, USA & India 2006, ISBN 81-89658-04-2.
- "Freedom here and now", Music-CD.
