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Kosi
Kosi during Barcelona Interview 2012
Kosi during Barcelona Interview 2012
Born (1960-10-21) October 21, 1960 (age 63)
USA
OccupationWriter, Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) Teacher
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdvaita, Vedic
Notable worksWho Are You...Really?
(Video July 2011)
Website
http://www.wisdomrock.org

Kosi (born in Pennsylvania 1960) is writer and western spiritual teacher of Advaita Vedanta, which is the non-dual philosophy that originated in the scriptural texts of the Prasthanatrayi, and the canonical texts consisting of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras of ancient India.[1][2][3]The primary focus of her teaching is on the life and teaching of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi who taught knowledge (Jnana) and love (Bhakti) as the two principal paths of self-realization described as the mountain path by Arther Osbourne who was a devotee of Ramana and the original editor for the Mountain Path magazine.[4][5] Since 2001 Kosi has been a student of Gangaji, who is considered the principal student and teacher of HWL Poonja better known as Papaji, who was a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi.[3][6] Papaji is also recognized for the further popularisation of Ramana through the so-called religious or satsang movement known as Neo-Advaita.[7] Kosi also the producer of a YouTube video entitled Who Are You...Really? that has been viewed by over 618,000 people and translated into over fifty different languages.[3][8]

Biography[edit]

Early Life[edit]

Kosi was born as Jill Warner in Pennsylvania.[9] She grew up in Northern Virginia in the United States and is a graduate of Virginia Tech.[10][11] Her aunt, Gertrude "Trudy" Warner who was a voice actor on The Shadow and The Guiding Light in the 1930's and 1940's, inspired her to pursue a degree in art.[12] She was also influence by her father's military career and World War II combat experience—he was a B17 Flying Fortress Pilot and Prisoner of War (POW) during World War II.[12][13] After her graduation from Virginia Tech in 1982, she pursued a career in computer graphics with an emphasis on Aerospace and Defense, which led her to the Silicon Valley in Northern California. Her disallusionment with her career was the catalyst for her spiritual search, which began in the summer of 1996.[11][12][10]

Spiritual Awakening[edit]

Ordination of Jill L Warner aka Kosi by Reverend Matthew Garrigan of Radiant Light Ministries in San Francisco on June 6, 1999.

In 1997, Kosi, then Jill Warner, had a spiritual awakening during a workshop called the Liberty Experience developed by Rev. Matthew Garrigan.[11][14][12][15]After studying with Radiant Light Ministries for two years she was ordained as a minister in a public ceremony by Rev. Matthew Garrigan on June 6, 1999 in San Francisco.[15][3][10] Radiant Light Ministries was a multi-faith church with an emphasis on non-dual teachings that embraced the teaching of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, and other gurus and teachers, but was not limited by, nor in judgment of religious dogma or any other restrictions. Radiant Light Ministries also emphasized the teachings of Ernest Holmes who is the founder of The Science of Mind movement, Charles and Myrtle Filmore founders of the spiritual movement Unity, and Mary Baker Eddy who was the founder of Christian Science and her book Science and Health with Keys to the Scriptures.[16] After her ordination Kosi spent time studying with the Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rinpoche, and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda.[3][11][12][17]

Meeting Gangaji[edit]

Photograph taken by Kosi of Gangaji Teaching in Australia 2009

In June of 2001, after a deep prayer for an enlightened master, Kosi she was introduced to Gangaji and spent many years with her as a student and volunteer.[18] With Gangaji's support, Kosi directly realized the living presence of our inherent nature, which is synonymous with self-realization or discovering the true self.[19][3][11][12][20] She received a letter of encouragement from Gangaji to teach in 2002.[21] Her use of the mantra as a form of inquiry has been recognized to be in alignment with ancient teachings, but is also seen as departure from the teaching style of the majority of Neo Advaita teachers.[3][14][10][22][23][24]

Spiritual Name[edit]

The name Kosi was given as a silent initiation at the foot the mountain Arunachala Siva—the Master of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.[11][12] The Kosi கொஸி (pronounced Ko-she) is also a river in India and is one of the largest tributaries of the Ganga. Its source is in Tibet and its mouth (end) is the Ganga and contains the spiritual significance associated with the Kosi River in India.[11][12]

Video[edit]

In April of 2011, Kosi produced the video entitled Who Are You…Really?[3] that has been viewed on YouTube by over 260,000 people world-wide and was subsequently copied to dotsub where it has been translated into over 40 different languages and viewed by over 580,000 people world-wide.[3][8]

Wisdom Rock Foundation[edit]

Kosi Teaching in Lausanne Switzerland 2012

Kosi is the founder of Wisdom Rock Foundation, a 501C3 Non-profit.[25]

Teaching[edit]

Direct Path Advaita[edit]

Kosi is non-dual teacher whose teaching style is defined as the Direct Path of Advaita Vedanta.[3][26] She also incorporates the teaching of the Vedas as well as the simplicity of Self-Inquiry. But due to the fact that she is a western teacher and influenced by the work of Gangaji, she is also considered to be a part of the Neo Advaita movement.[3][12][14]Her primary focus is on silence and self-inquiry,[3][27] as demonstrated and taught by Sri Bhagavan Ramana Marharshi and documented in the book Who Am I? (Nan Yar).[28] She also incorporates the three primary aspects of the ancient Vedic traditions of Silence (meditation), Sound (mantra), and Satsang (self-inquiry), which are viewed in India as the essential support for true liberation from the suffering nature of the egoic mind. [3]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).[14][11][29] These three aspects of inquiry are widely believed to support what is known as liberation or Self-realization, also describe as moksha in the advaita vedanta non-dual philosophy.[3][30][31][27]

Influence of Her Holiness Sri Amma Karunamayi[edit]

In July of 2011, Kosi received shaktipat initiation from Sri Amma Karunamayi,[3][12][32][33]who is recognized throughout the world as a living Saint and Avatar—one who is born enlightened as the embodiment of the Divine Mother.[34] [35]Kosi's use of Vedic mantras as a form of inquiry, is influenced by Sri Amma Karuanamayi and is widely believed to be the support essential for liberation.[3][11][12]

Bibliography[edit]

Books by Kosi[edit]

  • by Jill L. Warner, Van (2004). English, Van (ed.). Absence of Doubt: When the Search for Enlightenment STOPS!. One Message Publishing. ISBN 0-9748805-0-7.
  • by Jill L. Warner, Van (2007). English, Van (ed.). The Secret Teaching of Jesus Christ. One Message Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9748805-1-8.
  • by Kosi (2011). Arunachala Siva - Heart of Ramana. One Message Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9748805-1-8.
  • by Kosi (2013). Organic Awakening - The Great Secret of Living Freedom. ISBN 978-0-9748805-3-2.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nakamura 1990, p. 112.
  2. ^ "Origins of Adviata Vedanta"Overview of Advaita Vedanta
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Advaita News"Kosi is Featured on Advaita News
  4. ^ "The Mountain Path edited by Arther Osbourne 1964" The Mountain Path Magazined Published by Ramana Ashram Tiruvanammalai India
  5. ^ "The Path of Sri Ramana by Sri Sadhu Om" The Path of Sri Ramana by Sri Sadhu Om
  6. ^ "Papaji Biography"Papaji Biography
  7. ^ Swartz 2008, p. 306-307.
  8. ^ a b "Who Are You...Really?" YouTube Video - Produced by Kosi - Translated into over 40 different languages Cite error: The named reference "Kosi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Biography of Kosi". Kosi.co. 1999-06-06. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  10. ^ a b c d January 17, 2014 - RTE Radio Interview with Kosi RTE Radio Interview with Kosi January 17, 2014
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i Buddha and the Gas Pump Interview by Rich Archer Interviews with 'Ordinary' Spiritually Awakened People by Rick Archer
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Advaita News - Interview with Kosi - Switzerland 2013 Cite error: The named reference "AdvaitaNews" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Biography of James L. Warner" Biography of James L. Warner - Kosi's Father
  14. ^ a b c d Breezy New Media, www.breezy.cz. Maitrea "Magazine - Prague Czech Republic -Interview with Kosi". Magazin.maitrea.cz. Retrieved 2014-01-20. Cite error: The named reference "Maitrea" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b The Liberty ExperienceTransformational Workshop created by Rev. Matthew Garrigan Cite error: The named reference "Garrigan" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  16. ^ Radiant Light Ministries Guiding Principles of Radiant Light Ministries
  17. ^ The Meath Chronicle. Ireland, July 20, 2013. Pg 13.
  18. ^ Photo taken by Kosi Kosi was a full time volunteer on the Gangaji Australia Tour 2009
  19. ^ Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an important influence on the development of this idea.
  20. ^ See for example Osho for a popularization of this idea.
  21. ^ "Letters Kosi received from Gangaji" Letter from Gangaji,
  22. ^ Radio 4 - Veda Verda Interview An Introduction of Kosi to Barcelona with Spanish Translation by Nacho Ammat (Note: interview is toward the end of this archival recording)
  23. ^ "Veda Verda Interview" Picture of Kosi during Veda Verda Inteview - Barcelona 2012
  24. ^ OHM Talks News ArticlePRweb Online News 2012
  25. ^ Wisdom Rock Foundation 501C3 Non-profit EIN: 14-1870728 GuideStar Non-profit Listing
  26. ^ Jacobs 2004, p. 81-88.
  27. ^ a b Mahadevan 1994.
  28. ^ Maharshi 1945.
  29. ^ Monier-Williams 2006, p. 1015; Apte 1965, p. 856
  30. ^ Consciousness in Indian philosophy: The False Advaita Doctrine of Awareness Only by Sthaneshwar Timalsina, p. 125
  31. ^ Ebert 2006.
  32. ^ Photograph of Kosi's Shaktipat Initiation with Sri Amma Karnamayi Sri Karunamayi News-Gurupurnima Shaktipat Initiation with Sri Karunamayi July 2011
  33. ^ "Description of Shaktipat Photograph" Description of Sri Amma's Shaktipat Initiation of Kosi
  34. ^ Amma Recognized as One of the World's Leading HumanitariansSri Amma Recognized as an Avatar and Humanitarian 2012
  35. ^ "Amma Recognized as an Avatar" Ramana Maharshi Predicts Her Divine Birth

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