147. Francis Lucille

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2012

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Francis Lucille is a spiritual teacher of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality). He became a disciple of Jean Klein, a French Advaita teacher whom he met in 1975. This was the beginning of a close association that lasted until the death of his friend and spiritual master in 1998. Jean Klein's own guru, "Panditji" Rao, whom he met in India in the nineteen-fifties, was a college professor in Bangalore who taught Sanskrit and belonged to a lineage of traditional Advaita Vedanta teachers. www.francislucille.com. Interview recorded 10/29/2012 Summary and Transcript of this interview. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Francis Lucille 00:02:54 - The Impossibility of Proving Consciousness 00:05:58 - The Belief in Limited Consciousness and its Revolt 00:08:51 - The Search for Truth 00:11:26 - The Reality of Consciousness 00:14:08 - The Reality of Consciousness 00:16:30 - Discrimination between the perceiver and the perceived 00:19:04 - The Journey to Enlightenment 00:21:56 - The Difference Between Intellectual Understanding and Realization 00:24:18 - A Zen Story about Satori 00:27:08 - Establishing Peace and Happiness 00:29:35 - The Journey to the Summit 00:32:00 - The Importance of Physical Proximity in Transmission 00:34:43 - Becoming Addicted and Finding True Nature 00:37:28 - The Natural State of Fulfillment 00:39:43 - Enjoying the Show and Following Your Heart 00:41:20 - The Value of Exemplarity 00:43:40 - The Watershed Moment of Enlightenment 00:46:01 - Incremental Glimpses of Consciousness 00:48:15 - Glimpses of Not-Being 00:50:29 - The Litmus Test for Awakening 00:53:04 - The Three States of Consciousness 00:55:53 - The Unity of God in Sufism 00:59:30 - Expanding Consciousness and Connecting with Others 01:02:07 - The Body Expanded to the Size of the Universe and Contains All Things 01:04:37 - The Surprise of Absolute Happiness 01:06:24 - Recognizing the Love for Truth 01:08:56 - The Miraculous Intelligence in Everything 01:11:24 - The Divine qualities in consciousness 01:13:42 - The Bird Enjoys the Singing 01:15:36 - Gratitude for Donations and Closing Remarks

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Bhop
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0:12.0	. Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:29.4	My name is Rick Archer, and my guest this week is Francis Lucille.
0:33.6	Francis is a spiritual teacher of the tradition of Advaita Vedanta, non-duality.
0:39.1	He became a disciple of Jean Klein, a French Advaita teacher whom he met in 1975.
0:45.0	This was the beginning of a close association that lasted until the death of his friend and spiritual master in 1998.
0:52.7	Jean-Cline's own guru, Pantachi, Rau, whom he met in India in the 1950s, was a college
0:59.4	professor in Bangalore who taught Sanskrit and belonged to a lineage of traditional
1:04.1	invited Vedanta teachers.
1:07.5	Francis and I have just been attending the Science and Non-Duality Conference in California,
1:13.6	and so I thought it might be appropriate to start by defining a few terms that are commonly used in this genre
1:21.6	so that we understand how we're each using the terms, and so our listeners also understand,
1:30.2	so if we mention a word like enlightenment or awakening or whatever,
1:34.4	they'll have a clear understanding of the sense in which we're using the term.
1:38.2	So let's start with non-duality, since this was the non-duality conference,
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