Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah!Om Sri Durgayai Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!Durga Puja (1948) by Sri Swami SivanandaGlory to the Benign Mother by whose Grace all that is here, exists! My salutations to Her!As with the individual, so with the cosmos; nothing is possible without the Mother. Man’s progress—material and spiritual—is bound up inextricably with his mother—human and Divine. The human part of man is moulded almost entirely by his human mo ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!Namaste!*They are the Embodiment of what we learn from Scriptures* by Sri Swami Muktananda Anandashram, Kanhanghad, KeralaTalk delivered on the occasion of the Shodashi Celebration of Sri Swami Chidanandaji MaharajOm Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai RamSwami Chidananda’s association with Anandashram dates back to the 1930’s during Papa’s time when he was still Sridhar Rao. During Mother Krishnabai’s and Swami Satchidananda’s time we had the privilege of having his dar ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!Integral Yoga by Sri Swami SivanandaThe Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita may be called the Integral Yoga or the Yoga of the imperishable Absolute. It is not a one-sided Yoga, but the Yoga-all. It includes all the Yogas in itself. It is a means for the grand fulfilment of life, the consummation of all purposes, the perfection of being.The Gita aims at a thorough transformation and integration of every ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!How To Develop Will Power by Sri Swami SivanandaAttention, power of endurance, overcoming aversion, dislikes and irritations, fortitude in suffering, TAPAS (austerities such as standing on one foot, sitting in the hot sun) or PANCHAGNI TAPAS before five fires, standing in cold water in piercing winter, raising the hands above and keeping in the same position for an hour, fasting, patience, comm ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!Namaste!*Sages—A Great Need For Moral And Spiritual Guidance* by Sri Swami Chidananda(Message given on the 80th Birth Anniversary of Swami Sivananda) We may say that the saints and sages of this country are, though past from the physical point of view, still living in a cosmic form in and through every true son and daughter of Bharatavarsha who has imbibed and drawn into himself or herself some part of the fundamentals of our culture. For the pattern of the daily life of every individual is ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!Mind, World, Inner Discipline And Spiritual Progress by Sri Swami SivanandaThe body is the root of the tree of Samsara or the earthly existence.There was not pot in the beginning and there will not be any at the end. But if you see the pot in the middle, then your attitude towards it should be detached i.e., you should not believe in its permanence.So also, there was no body in the beginning, a ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*Qualifications Of A Yogic Student* by Sri Swami SivanandaThe Yogic student must have faith, devotion to Guru and the Lord. He must have faith in the teachings of his Guru and in Yogic scriptures. He must have intense aspiration and dispassion. Faith, aspiration and dispassion are the three important qualities of a Yogic student. Non-violence, truthfulness and celibacy are the three fundamental ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!Namaste!*My Experiences with Swami Chidananda* by Dr. Sanjay GuptaHow to describe an ocean of compassion, mercy, love and strength! Our beloved Swamiji Maharaj, our Sadgurudev, was all this and more. Every second of Swamiji’s life was flowing with Divine Consciousness. Every act was imbued with this feeling.There are many episodes imprinted in my mind, and I want to share just a few.We were doing eye surgeries in Uttarkashi. During this time Swamiji Maharaj c ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!Namaste!A Little Of All by Sri Swami VenkatesanandaIn the history of the world there have been sages, saints and prophets who have practised and preached one or the other modes of approaching the goal, which is self-realisation. It was Gurudev Swami Sivananda), the prophet of integral yoga, who insisted “It is not enough to practise any one kind of spiritual discipline, however well you may strive to do so. Every aspirant should incorporate in his spiritual programme all the items of all th ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!Namaste!*Epilogue - To This Monk From India (Swami Chidananda)* by Yvonne LebeauWe know words are powerless to describe the glory of his perfection. Yet we try again and again. It is an outlet for our overflowing heart. His constant and total adherence to the ideal, his utter spontaneity in all his actions, utter disregard for praise or blame, his supreme simplicity as well as complete absence of egoism, make all realise the great saint that he is. He is all ...Continue Reading