Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *Divine Messengers* by Sri Swami Chidananda It is Knowledge of Self which helps man to attain that state of eternal satisfaction or Nitya Tripti which is the Swarupa or Moksha. But for Self-knowledge Moksha will be impossible. And Self-knowledge itself will be impossible of attainment, but for those Divine Messengers who throw light on the path of our lives. It is impossible to weigh the deep debt of gratitude ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *The Movement of Vasanas in Sadhana* by Sri Swami Sivananda The aspirant is struggling on amidst the rough and tumble of the Vyavaharic world. Troubles and difficulties crop up at every step. Temptations, trials and tests assail him ever and anon. He strives and fights manfully against the heavy odds and at last thinks it high time that he segregated and tried to pursue his Sadhana away from these upsetting fact ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *Nature of Consciousness* by Sri Swami Sivananda It is extremely difficult to define what consciousness means. Words and languages are imperfect. They cannot adequately express your thoughts and ideas. There are different kinds of consciousness. There are physical consciousness, astral consciousness, mental consciousness, supra-mental consciousness or lower Prakamya or Prajna consciousness, cosmic consciousness ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *Be God-Oriented* by Sri Swami Chidananda Direct your entire being—mind, intellect, emotions, sentiments, towards that one and only Being, the sole Source in whom there is enduring, eternal, unalloyed, unmixed, total happiness that would not decrease or change. That is Brahman. That is God. Make all your activities God-oriented by spiritualising them. You may ask: ‘All said and done, how can I implement it? I a ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *How To Find Peace* by Sri Swami Chidananda The mind is but a reflected consciousness. The seeming intelligence, power and perception of the conscious mind are only a borrowed light. The real source is Atman, not the mind. Just as the body is inert, the mind is also inert. The mind is highly subtle matter; nevertheless, it is matter as distinct from spirit. Ultimately all wisdom, knowledge and power derive from ...Continue Reading

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah! Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! Swami Chidananda on Swami Krishnananda Great is my happiness to express my homage and high regards to our most revered Swami Krishnananda Saraswati, my beloved spiri­tual brother and fellow-disciple at the feet of our most worshipful Guru Sri Swami Sivanandji Maharaj, upon this joyful and auspicious anniversary of his 50th Birthday, which, we at the Ashram, are celebrating as his Gold ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *What is Samadhi?* by Sri Swami Sivananda Mind and breath are like milk and water. Raja Yoga is control of mind. He who wants to become a perfect Yogi and to experience the wonderful Samadhi must control mind and breath. He must continuously practise Yoga and observe the rules. He must thoroughly overcome the five Tattvas. Restraint of the mind (Nirodha) leads to Jnana. Nirodha is the culmination of Sankhya and ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *How Do Experiences Arise?* by Sri Swami Chidananda Radiant Immortal Atman! Blessed divinities! Children of the Divine! Beloved seekers of the Lord! Spiritual aspirants! Yogic practitioners upon the path of practical Yoga! I am very happy to welcome you to this Saturday evening Satsang. This day as my humble and loving contribution to this Satsang, I would like to offer a little thought for consideration and re ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *Philosophical Studies in Egoism And Its Elimination* by Sri Swami Sivananda Ego or egoism or Ahamkara in Sanskrit is the self-asserting principle or Tattva born of ignorance or Prakriti. Abhimana is egoism. Garva is egoism. The seed of this ego is the differentiating intellect or Bheda Buddhi. It is the ego which has created the idea of separateness from God or Atman. It is the ego which is the root cause for a ...Continue Reading

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya! Om Namo Bhagavate Krishnanandaya! Namaste! *The Right Relationship with the Mind* by Sri Swami Chidananda Let us consider this supreme faculty of thinking with which God has endowed us. If trained and purified, this faculty will become the means of attaining the highest experience that will bestow illumination and liberation. However, if it is untrained and impure, it binds the individual to this earth life and drags him down through endless experiences ...Continue Reading