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

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*Ganesha* by Sri Swami SivanandaLord Ganesha is an embodiment of wisdom and bliss. He is the Lord of Brahmacharins. He is the foremost among Brahmacharins or celibates.He rides on the Vahana, the small mouse. He is the Presiding Deity of the Muladhara Chakra.He is the Lord who removes all obstacles in the spiritual path and brings worldly success. So He is called Vighna Vinayaka. His Bijakshara ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*The Greatness of Swami Chidananda* by Dr. Devaki KuttyWhen Swamiji used to visit Lucknow during Gurudev’s time, Gurudev always sent some books for me and Swamiji came by bicycle to deliver them. He was so simple, humble and polite! Even after he became the President of the Divine Life Society, there was no change in his attitude and nature. This was Swamiji’s greatness. In 1974 Swamiji came to ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!Namaste!Swami Sivananda was Unique by Sri Swami KrishnanandaSwami Sivananda was a unique person, and we are all unique disciples. We lived with him; we rubbed shoulders with him, I should say. Mighty stalwart was Swami Sivananda. His teaching was his being, his message was his gesture. He did not give lectures. If any one of us would go there, “Please instruct us, speak to us,” he will say, “What are you asking me? You see what I am doing from morning till evening. See what I am doing. That ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*Sri Gurudev* by Sri Swami ChidanandaBlessed spiritual radiance, worshipful Gurudev! We bow in devotion, faith and simplicity before you and accept with eagerness and earnestness this gift of your presence and this gift of proximity to you in this sanctified Samadhi Shrine. In this holy Ashram on the banks of the Divine Mother Ganga, we come to you with eagerness once again in this early dawn t ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*Guru Purnima Message* by Sri Swami KrishnanandaOn this holy, most blessed Sri Guru Purnima, we place within our hearts the great Sri Nara-Narayana Bhagavan, whose grace spreads through the whole Earth as threads permeate a cloth, who is stationed in sacred Badrika Ashrama, as tradition goes, who is the original incarnation of Sriman Narayana; to these twin forces of Nara and Narayana we give o ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya!Namaste!*Prerequisites of Spiritual Sadhana* by Sri Swami SivanandaI will dwell here upon the main qualifications necessary for launching upon the actual Sadhana. All the ancient saints, seers, men of God that have had intuitive experience of the Truth have been declaring to all mankind the great bliss, the vast power and knowledge that can be experienced if only man would turn from sensual sinful life ...Continue Reading