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Nitya Teachings

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Guru Nitya and Nataraja Guru

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Scott and Nitya at work

Welcome to my site. My name is Scott Teitsworth, and I'm a spouse of and co-seeker with Deborah Buchanan. We're lifelong disciples of Guru Nitya, and this site will let you know how to access his works. Nitya also means eternal. Here you'll find teachings related to matters of universal interest, not limited in time and space, most or all written by me. Our Portland Gurukula has weekly classes based on the wisdom of Narayana Guru, Nataraja Guru and Guru Nitya. Recently I have begun class notes summarizing these sessions. I am evolving an extensive Bhagavad Gita commentary from another series of classes. For most of the books I have edited for the above-named rishis I have also written introductions. All these will sooner or later find their way to the site. I'll be the first to admit my writing is not very good, but I believe the ideas are valuable enough to throw it out there anyway. Enjoy!

If you're a newcomer, I recommend you read my introduction to That Alone: The Core Of Wisdom first, as it provides a background sketch of where I'm coming from. The most valuable part is the Bhagavad Gita commentary, very different from anything else available but true as I can make it to the visionary spirit of the original. 
  In the words of Narayana Guru, the purpose of this website is to exchange knowledge, "to know and let know, not to argue and win." Truth is valid regardless of where it is found. It is not limited to any particular group or belief system. Conflict is never over truth itself, only over opinions about truth. Happiness is the aim of every being, so we all share a common purpose.

Newly Added Material (linked via the navigation bar at the top)

  

       August 2008 - Gita, Ch. IV,        substantially finished!


        September 2008 - class notes for the Yoga Letters of Guru Nitya, introducing the subject

Plus, the really, really final Ch IV of the Gita

                      

 November, 2008 - Consuming the Host

     Gita III, 27 upgraded


December, 2008 - Gita, Ch. X major upgrade

 substantial upgrades to Chapters V, VI and IX


March 2009 - Gita, Ch. V completed

                        India Trip 2009

                        Yoga Sutras I class notes


April 2009 - Labors of Hercules 3 & 4

                   Most Gita chapters improved

                   Chapter VI & VII completed


June 2009 - Yoga Sutras class notes for I: 11-20

                      Gita Ch. VIII and IX finished


July 2009 - Gita Ch. II finished. The first            half (Chs. I-IX) is now complete!


 

  

Disclaimer

This site is permanently under construction, so bear with me. You only found it because you're searching for wisdom, not because you care about minor details. I'm the same way.

 

 Because this is a free site, there are no options to do any of the nice things that seem obvious, like stretching this text across the whole page or putting the pictures where I'd like them, for instance. All the documents lose their formatting and have annoying random problems. Italics are lost, etc. I can't for the life of me adjust the font size or anything else. The host provides maximum incentive to upgrade to a paid site, but I'm not going to bite. I think the content is worth overlooking a few glitches. This is only about word wisdom, for those who are drawn to it. Aum.  

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Deb and Scott

 

Please get in touch with any comments or reactions to my site.

Scott Teitsworth

rsteitsworth@yahoo.com