The Three-Fold Path
A Simple, Timeless Guide
Introduction
In an era where information floods our senses and the complexities of modern life create constant inner turmoil, a simple truth remains: peace, joy, and harmony are not to be sought externally but to be discovered within. The Three-Fold Path, a spiritual framework designed to remind and guide us back to our original nature, offers a profound, yet accessible way to realize this truth. This path is not a new invention but a distillation of ancient wisdom, refined through personal experience, practice, and understanding. It provides a roadmap to navigate the journey from confusion to clarity, from individuality to universality, and from suffering to everlasting peace.
Sri Ashish’s one core teaching
“You are not the body, mind, or identity — you are pure, silent awareness. Realize this, and all suffering ends.”
At the heart of all his teachings lies the profound invitation to recognize the false sense of separateness and return to the ever-present reality of the Self — not as a concept or belief, but as a direct, living experience of “I AM.”
"Truth is not found. It is remembered in silence."
Sri Ashish’s Core Teachings
The body, thoughts, and emotions are temporary expressions. Your true nature is the formless, unchanging awareness that witnesses them.
Real understanding arises in deep stillness. Silence is not just absence of noise, but the natural state of the Self, where Truth reveals itself effortlessly.
The pure sense of “I AM” is the doorway between illusion and Truth. Abide in it—not as an identity, but as presence—and it will dissolve into the Reality beyond.
The Self that the Advaitin inquires into is the same God that the devotee surrenders to. Bhakti and inquiry are not separate—they converge in realization.
There is no individual acting. Life unfolds naturally. Let go of the ego’s claim to doership, and action becomes spontaneous, pure, and free of karma.
The Three-Fold Path is not a method to gain something, but a process of shedding false identifications:
- Right Understanding clears illusion.
- Right Practice stabilizes awareness.
- Right Experience reveals unity and transcendence.
Karma binds only when you identify with the ego. When you recognize your Self as pure awareness, karma loses its grip.
Realization is not about reaching something new. It is the uncovering of what you already are—ever-present, ever-free.
The “I AM” is pure awareness, but even this is not the final truth. The ultimate Reality lies beyond even the subtlest sense of being—absolute, formless, silent.
You do not need to go anywhere. Just stop seeking outwardly, turn inward, and be still. The Truth is already what you are.
What is the Three-Fold Path?
At the heart of the Three-Fold Path is the recognition that Truth is non-dual—we are all interconnected, and the divisions we perceive between ourselves and the world are illusory. The teachings invite us to remember that our true nature is timeless, silent, and still, a state that exists beyond the mind’s constant chatter. This simple but profound Truth is the foundation of the path.
Through the practice of remembrance, we return again and again to this fundamental Truth. The practice is simple. Truth is supposed to be very simple. We are not striving to attain something new; rather, we are uncovering what has always been within us, the eternal state of Being-Awareness-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda: Existence-Consciousness-Bliss or the Ever-Pure Blissful Consciousness).
The path has three interconnected principles. Together, they form a guide to remember and realize our true nature—a nature that is inherently peaceful, joyful, and harmonious.
Right Understanding - Knowing the Truth
Provides right knowledge of the nature of reality and recognizing the “I AM” as the essence of ones’ being, while teaching us to see through the illusions created by the mind, to recognize the interconnectedness of all life, and to discover the truth beyond our thoughts and perceptions. Learning to see life as it truly is – beyond illusions and ego-driven narratives.
Right Practice - Remembering the Truth
Gives us the tools to ground this understanding in daily life that stabilizes awareness, helping us cultivate habits that nurture inner stillness, clarity, and non-attachment.
Right Experience - Being the Truth
Is the culmination of the path, where we live from a place of peace, joy and unconditional love, seeing ourselves and the world from the perspective of our true nature.
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Right Understanding provides intellectual clarity about the truth of reality, inspiring the practitioner to engage in Right Practice. Through practice, understanding becomes grounded in experience, leading to glimpses of Realization. These moments of realization, in turn, refine and deepen understanding, creating a continuous feedback loop that leads to the stabilization of awareness in “I AM.”
A Mirror, Not a Method.
The Three-Fold Path
Introduction
The heart of Sri Ashish’s teaching rests in what he calls the Three-Fold Path — a simple, living framework that reveals the Self not as something to attain, but something to recognize.
It is not a technique. Not a philosophy. It is a way of remembering:
- Who you truly are,
- What you’ve always been,
- And how to live from that silent, unshakable center.
This path is self-validating. Each fold feeds the other — understanding refines practice, practice opens experience, and experience deepens understanding.
Right Understanding – Knowing the Truth
Right Understanding is the foundation of clarity. It begins with the courage to question:
- Who am I?
- What is the nature of this “I” that perceives?
- Is the Self a thought, a form, or something deeper?
Here, we begin to see through illusion — through the layers of ego, identity, and conditioning. We see that the sense of separation is not real. That the Self is not the story we tell, but the awareness in which all stories arise.
Key Insights:
- The Self is not the mind, not the body, not the roles we play.
- All suffering arises from misidentification with form and thought.
- What is real never changes — and that reality is the Self.
This is Advaita Bhakti (non-dual devotion) — a love without object, a surrender without division.
Right Practice – Remembering the Truth
Once the truth is glimpsed, practice becomes remembrance. This is not discipline in the traditional sense. It is not about control. It is the gentle returning to presence. Again and again.
Practice stabilizes awareness. It brings the understanding of non-duality into the living moment.
Key Insights:
- Silence: Sitting without agenda — allowing stillness to reveal itself.
- Self-Inquiry: “To whom is this arising?”
- Meditative Abidance: Resting in the felt sense of “I AM.”
- Surrender & Devotion: Offering all to the One within.
This is Advaita Bhakti (non-dual devotion) — a love without object, a surrender without division.
Right Experience – Being the Truth
Right Experience is not about extraordinary states or visions. It is the natural realization of what has always been true. Here, there is no more seeking, no more striving. The “I” that wanted to awaken dissolves and what remains is awareness itself — pure, still, infinite.
This is Right Experience:
- You are no longer doing awareness.
- You are no longer remembering awareness.
- You are awareness.
From this space flows:
- Non-attachment
- Uncaused joy
- Spontaneous compassion
- Silent knowing
- And freedom beyond effort
The Living Spiral of the Path
This is not a ladder with steps. It is a spiral — living, deepening, returning.
- Understanding clarifies what is.
- Practice remembers what is.
- Experience abides as what is. And again… understanding deepens.
Deep Teachings & Satsang Insights
“Every question leads to the same answer: I am. Stay there.” – Sri Ashish
This section is drawn directly from the living field of inquiry — through spontaneous Satsangs, intimate Q&A sessions, and years of dialogue with seekers. These teachings were not prepared; they emerged in real-time from the presence of awareness and the depth of the moment.
Sri Ashish’s responses are not meant to answer questions in the conventional sense. They are meant to dissolve the questioner.
The Teacher Who Dissolves the Questioner
Sri Ashish often begins with the most fundamental question: “Who is the one asking?”
The ego, he teaches, is not an entity — it is a process of identification. It arises the moment we say “I am this” or “I am that”. When we inquire into the nature of this “I,” we begin to see that it has no substance — only stories, labels, and conditioning.
“You are not the one you think you are. You are the one who is aware of the thinker.” – Sri Ashish
This insight leads to a gradual unraveling of identity, not by force, but through deep seeing.
What Is “I AM” and How to Abide in It
The core of Sri Ashish’s teaching rests on abiding in the sense of “I AM” — the pure conscious awareness that exists before any identity. This is not a mental practice, but an experiential resting. “I AM” is the gateway to reality — the space where thought falls silent and truth begins to shine.
“If you can remain in the I AM without becoming anyone, you are already home.” – Sri Ashish
Abidance is not doing. It is letting all doing fall away until only being remains.
Grace, Devotion, and Surrender Beyond Duality
While rooted in non-duality, Sri Ashish’s path is also deeply devotional. This is Advaita Bhakti (non-dual devotion) — the love of the One without separation. Grace, he shares, is not something given. It is what remains when the ego drops.
Devotion is not directed to a deity — it is directed to the formless awareness within. Surrender is the natural outcome of right understanding. There is nothing to hold on to. So we let go.
The Illusion of Control and the Freedom
of Non-Doership
A recurring theme in Satsangs is the idea that we are not the doers. What appears as control is actually resistance. What appears as choice is often conditioning. Freedom arises when we see this.
“There is no separate ‘you’ choosing. There is only life unfolding — through awareness.” – Sri Ashish
When this is seen clearly, action still happens but it arises from stillness, not struggle.
A Living Transmission
Each Satsang is a transmission. Not of knowledge — but of presence. In silence, between the questions and words, the true teaching happens.
These insights are not academic. They are soul-to-soul whispers — reminders of what you already know.
“Surrender is not a decision. It is what happens when nothing is left to protect.”
“The path to Truth is through simplicity, stillness, and sincere questioning.”
