Discourse – The Divine Life Society

by Swami Sivananda unless noted otherwise.

July 2023 – Sri Gurudev by Swami Chidananda.
June 2023 – Seeds of Vairagya by Swami Chidananda.
May 2023 – The Problem of Evil Thoughts
June 2022 – The Glory of Renunciation by Swami Chidananda.
May 2022 – The Type of Mind You Should Pray For by Swami Chidananda.
September 2021 – Mind-conquest By Spiritual Culture
June 2021 – Sannyasa — Rebirth into Love and Service
May 2021 – Secret of Unswerving Righteousness
February 2021 – Not A Rosy Path by Swami Chidananda.
January 2021 – The Real Purpose of Your Life
November 2020 – Practical Instructions on Mind-Control
October 2020 – Strive For The Ideal — 1954
July 2020 – Divine Messengers by Swami Chidananda.
June 2020 – Be God-Oriented by Swami Chidananda.
May 2020 – How To Find Peace by Swami Chidananda.
April 2020 – How Do Experiences Arise? by Swami Chidananda.
March 2020 – The Dynamics of Selfless Service
February 2020 – Svarnakesa
January 2020 – What Does A New Year Mean To You? by Swami Chidananda.
September 2019 – Karma Can Be Transformed Into Yoga
August 2019 – Testing One’s Spiritual Progress by Swami Chidananda.
July 2019 – The Remover of Darkness by Swami Chidananda.
January 2019 – Primary Principles of Sadhana And Their Perversions
November 2018 – Behold The Light of Lights—The Atman by Swami Chidananda.
October 2018 – We Are Supremely Blessed by Swami Chidananda.
September 2018 – Become Ye Krishnas
August 2018 – Effacement of Ego by Swami Chidananda.
July 2018 – Who is a Jivanmukta?
June 2018 – Mind—A Great Blessing and a Great Curse by Swami Chidananda.
January 2018 – Make A Beginning — Start From Today
November 2017 – Knowledge, Meditation And Spiritualising Your Life by Swami Chidananda.
October 2017 – Skanda Shashti Message (1947)
September 2017 – Yoga Sadhana
August 2017 – An Analytical Study of Cosmic Consciousness
July 2017 – Guru Sishya Yoga by Swami Chidananda.
June 2017 – True Sannyasa by Swami Chidananda.
May 2017 – Affirm Truth Reject Untruth by Swami Chidananda.
November 2016 – Skanda Shashti Message (1945)
October 2016 – Sakti Yoga Philosophy – I
September 2016 – Swami Sivananda: That Wonderful, Noble-Souled Man by Swami Chidananda.
January 2016 – Prerequisites of Spiritual Sadhana
December 2015 – Counting One’s Blessings And Good Fortune by Swami Chidananda.
November 2015 – The Story of Veetahavya
October 2015 – Is Liberation Possible in This Very Birth? by Swami Chidananda.
September 2015 – Outstanding Features of Siva’s Personality by Sri C. H. Divanji.
August 2015 – Uniqueness of the Gospel of Gurudev by Swami Chidananda.
July 2015 – Message for Guru Poornima
June 2015 – The Richest Treasure on Earth by Swami Chidananda.
May 2015 – A Unique Message of Gurudev Swami Sivananda by Swami Chidananda.
April 2015 – On Meditation
March 2015 – See The Great Reality Even In Obstacles by Swami Chidananda.
February 2015 – Absolute Subdual Of The Mind
January 2015 – Introduction To Yoga
December 2014 – Meditation, Work and Rest
November 2014 – Aspirants—A Distinct Class By Themselves
October 2014 – Main Impediments To Sadhana
September 2014 – Call Unto Divine Life by Swami Chidananda.
August 2014 – True Happiness
July 2014 – Necessity of a Guru
Jun 2014 – Prerequisites For Meditation
May 2014 – The Mind of The Aspirant: A Psychological Study
April 2014 – Vasanas
March 2014 – The Incredible Gift of Our Spiritual Heritage by Swami Chidananda.
February 2014 – The Movement of Vasanas in Sadhana
January 2014 – Gospel of Holy Aspiration
December 2013 – Nature of Consciousness
November 2013 – What is Samadhi?
October 2013 – The Sacred Duty of Every Man by Swami Chidananda.
September 2013 – The Golden Era is at Hand
August 2013 – Philosophical Studies in Egoism And Its Elimination
July 2013 – The Glory of the Preceptor
June 2013 – The Right Relationship with the Mind by Swami Chidananda.
May 2013 – Essence of Yoga Vasishtha
April 2013 – Spiritualisation of Human Nature
March 2013 – The Liberating Wisdom at Our Doorsteps by Swami Chidananda.
February 2013 – The Three Governing Factors of Sadhana
January 2013 – New Year Message by Swami Chidananda.
December 2012 – Religion is One
November 2012 – Awaken from The Slumber of Non-Awareness by Swami Chidananda.
October 2012 – What is Mind
September 2012 – Vedantic Culture
August 2012 – Real Renunciation
July 2012 – The Heart of The Guru by Swami Chidananda.
June 2012 – Standing Like a Rock, No Matter What Comes by Swami Chidananda.
May 2012 – Pleasure and Pain
April 2012 – What is Health?
March 2012 – The Moment of Surrender By N. Ananthanarayanan.
February 2012 – Self-Analysis, Self-Reliance, Self-Determination
January 2012 – A Divine Life Mission
December 2011 – Guiding Lights for Self-conquest
November 2011 – Sense of Urgency in Sadhana By N. Ananthanarayanan.
October 2011 – A Message To Mothers — 1945
September 2011 – The Difficulty of Progress in Sadhana
August 2011 – Practice of Meditation
July 2011 – A Pointing Finger By Swami Chidananda
June 2011 – The Heart of The Spiritual Problem by Swami Chidananda
May 2011 – The Key To Your Transformation by Swami Chidananda
April 2011 – Glory of Ramanama
March 2011 – Bases of Spiritual Sadhana
February 2011 – Aspire Fervently, Apply Tenaciously
January 2011 – Reveal Your Inherent Divinity By Swami Chidananda.
December 2010 – Be Ever Vigilant
November 2010 – The Doctrine of Grace
October 2010 – Triumph Over Materialism
September 2010 – The Rugged Path
August 2010 – Devotion to the Lord
July 2010 – You Are A Living Light Of Guru’s Ideals By Swami Chidananda.
June 2010 – Samskara Raksha—Protection of Spiritual Impressions
May 2010 – Are Spiritual Practices Necessary? By Swami Chidananda.
April 2010 – Philosophy of Proverbs
March 2010 – Yogic Life – In And Through The World By Swami Chidananda.
February 2010 – Cast Off This Ego
January 2010 – The Supreme Need of the Hour: Love
December 2009 – The Necessity for a Guru By Swami Chidananda.
November 2009 – Force of Samskaras
October 2009 – You Are the Light By Swami Chidananda.
September 2009 – Qualification For Sadhana
August 2009 – Running After The Shadow
July 2009 – Guru Oriented Life By Swami Chidananda.
June 2009 – The Ultimate Success By Swami Chidananda.
May 2009 – Adaptability, A Means To Peace
April 2009 – Light into the Darkness By Swami Chidananda.
March 2009 – Precepts for Practice
February 2009 – The Supreme Reality
January 2009 – Let Divinity Be The Keynote By Swami Chidananda.
December 2008 – What We Think That We Become By Swami Brahmananda.
November 2008 – Siva Replies To The Press
October 2008 – Ideal of Yoga
September 2008 – He Is Beside You By Swami Chidananda.
August 2008 – Mind Your Own Business! By Swami Chidananda.
July 2008 – Guru And Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
June 2008 – The Lofty Ideal Of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
May 2008 – Vedanta is Living Experience
April 2008 – Thoughts To Ponder By Swami Shivapremananda.
March 2008 – The Basis of Success in all Human Endeavours By Swami Chidananda.
February 2008 – How To Recognise A Jivanmukta
January 2008 – Life And Its Purpose
December 2007 – Secret of Success
November 2007 – The Significance of Dipavali By Swami Chidananda.
October 2007 – The Highest End of Man
September 2007 – Gopis’ Love for Krishna
August 2007 – Real Education
July 2007 – Where Is Real Love?
June 2007 – Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
May 2007 – World Peace
April 2007 – Key Guidelines to Successful Meditation
March 2007 – Focussing Of The Mind By Swami Chidananda.
February 2007 – Pain is a Blessing in Disguise By Swami Chidananda.
January 2007 – Living in the Present By N. Ananthanarayanan.
December 2006 – How to Get Your Desires Fulfilled By N. Ananthanarayanan.
November 2006 – Dwell in God-thought By Swami Chidananda.
October 2006 – Quest for Peace By Swami Chidananda.
September 2006 – Life is One By Swami Chidananda.
August 2006 – Tulasidas’ Gift to Humanity By Swami Chidananda.
July 2006 – Guru Purnima By Swami Chidananda.
June 2006 – Sri Swami Sivananda’s Favourite Formula By Swami Sadananda.
May 2006 – Brush Yoga
April 2006 – Philosophy of the Mind
March 2006 – Crown of Human Achievement
February 2006 – Essential Ingredients of a Victorious Spiritual Life By Swami Chidananda.
January 2006 – Atma-Samyama Yoga
December 2005 – Significance of Grihastha Ashrama or Married Life By Swami Chidananda.
November 2005 – Not Work But Sadhana For Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
October 2005 – Guru Sharana Yoga
September 2005 – Vedantic Sadhana
August 2005 – Atma-Svarajya (Freedom of the Self)
July 2005 – Garland of Vedanta
June 2005 – Pratyahara
May 2005 – The Pure and the Impure Mind
April 2005 – Good Life and God-Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
March 2005 – Wake Up! By Swami Venkatesananda.
February 2005 – Raja Yoga Samadhi
January 2005 – Yoga and Life By Swami Brahmananda.
December 2004 – Art—The Expression Of Divinity
November 2004 – A Message For Renascent India
October 2004 – Worship of Divine Power
September 2004 – The Need For Spiritual Regeneration
August 2004 – Dissemination of Knowledge
July 2004 – What is True Vairagya?
June 2004 – Guru and the Great Beyond By Swami Brahmananda.
May 2004 – Conquest of The Conqueror By Swami Venkatesananda.
April 2004 – The Sense of Spiritual Direction By N. Ananthanarayanan.
March 2004 – Theory and Practice in Spiritual Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
February 2004 – Atma Yoga
January 2004 – The Meaning of Life By Swami Venkatesananda.
December 2003 – The Wedding of The Century By Swami Venkatesananda.
November 2003 – One Experience: Many Expressions By Swami Venkatesananda.
October 2003 – Introduction to The Eternal Religion By Swami Venkatesananda.
September 2003 – The Secret of Life
August 2003 – The Purpose of Life
July 2003 – Hatha Yoga: An Art And A Science By Swami Venkatesananda.
June 2003 – Advice to Sannyasins
May 2003 – Marks of Spiritual Progress
April 2003 – All Worship Is Directed To The One Reality By Swami Chidananda.
March 2003 – The Symbol of Supreme Aspiration
February 2003 – The Easy Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
January 2003 – The Supreme Need Of The Hour—Love
December 2002 – Practice of the Remembrance of God
November 2002 – The World We Live In By Swami Venkatesananda.
October 2002 – Devi Worship — 1949
September 2002 – Light of Yoga
August 2002 – Gist of Vedanta
July 2002 – Introduction to the Yoga Vasistha By Swami Venkatesananda.
June 2002 – “A Little I Will Say”
May 2002 – Hinduism—Monotheism and Polytheism Reconciled By Swami Chidananda.
April 2002 – Salvation—Rests With You Only By Swami Chidananda.
March 2002 – Sadhana is a Necessity
February 2002 – A True Philosophy of Life
January 2002 – The Message of the New Year By Swami Chidananda.
December 2001 – The Making of a Scholar-Saint–A Minibiography of Swami Krishnananda By Swami Chidananda.
November 2001 – Sadhana and The Divine Life Society By Swami Chidananda.
October 2001 – Philosophy of Bhakti
September 2001 – What Gurudev Is For Us By Swami Chidananda.
August 2001 – Essence of Vairagya
July 2001 – Preliminaries to Concentration
June 2001 – Structure of Yoga Sadhana
May 2001 – Discovering The Ego By Swami Venkatesananda.
April 2001 – How to Approach a Saint By Swami Chidananda.
March 2001 – Theory and Practice By Swami Venkatesananda.
February 2001 – God Operates In Selfless Service
January 2001 – One-Pointed Aspiration For God Alone By Swami Chidananda.
December 2000 – Gurudev’s Trisul By Dr. Devaki Kutty.
November 2000 – Skanda Shashthi Message (1946)
October 2000 – Gandhiji: His Mission And Message By Swami Chidananda.
September 2000 – The Saint’s Magic By Swami Chidananda.
August 2000 – The Wheel of Divine Life
July 2000 – Doctrine of Prapatti (Self-surrender)
June 2000 – Religion and Spirituality By Swami Krishnananda.
May 2000 – Music: A Unique Means for God-Realisation By Swami Vidyananda.
Apr 2000 – What is Yoga? By Swami Chidananda.
Mar 2000 – Desire and Deserve By Swami Chidananda.
Feb 2000 – The Three Paths
Jan 2000 – New Year Message
Dec ’99 – Does The Guru Ever Die? By Swami Chidananda.
Nov ’99 – Waste Not This Rare Human Birth
Oct ’99 – The Offering That Will Delight The Guru By Swami Chidananda.
Sep ’99 – The Ideal of the Superman
Aug ’99 – Moral Law and World Peace
Jul ’99 – Is God Responsible for Earthly Anomalies? By Swami Rama Tirtha.
Jun ’99 – Take a Stand By Swami Chidananda.
May ’99 – Beyond Time and Space By Swami Venkatesananda.
Apr ’99 – Unity in Diversity
Mar ’99 – Repression in Sadhana and its Effects
Feb ’99 – The Marionettes’ Game By Swami Venkatesananda.
Jan ’99 – World-Peace Through Inter-Religious Understanding By Swami Chidananda.
Dec ’98 – The Key to Discovery By Swami Venkatesananda.
Nov ’98 – Why You are Called Radiant Atman By Swami Chidananda.
Oct ’98 – Signs of Progress in the Path of Meditation
Sep ’98 – Fundamentals of the Spiritual Ascent By Swami Krishnananda.
Aug ’98 – How to Attain God Before Realising Him By Swami Chidananda.
Jul ’98 – The Spiritual Guide
Jun ’98 – Aids To Spiritual Progress
May ’98 – Eternal Happiness
Apr ’98 – God’s Plan For You By Swami Chidananda.
Mar ’98 – Sure Recipe for World Peace
Feb ’98 – Need For a Measure of Detachment
Jan ’98 – Steps to Self-Realization
Dec ’97 – Running After the Shadow
Nov ’97 – The Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
Oct ’97 – The Movement of Subtle Desires in Sadhana
Sep ’97 – Prarabdha and Purushartha (Fate and Effort)
Aug ’97 – The Ecstasy of God-Love By Swami Krishnananda.
Jul ’97 – Education of the Child
Jun ’97 – A Sermon on Sadhana
May ’97 – Are You a Spiritual Seeker? By N. Ananthanarayanan.
Apr ’97 – Path to Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
Mar ’97 – Highest Yoga
Feb ’97 – Spiritual Life Should Be Vital and Alive By Swami Chidananda.
Jan ’97 – Understand Your Life By Swami Chidananda.
Dec ’96 – From Rituals to Realization By Swami Venkatesananda.
Nov ’96 – The Absolute and the Relative By Swami Krishnananda.
Oct ’96 – Vedanta in Daily Life
Sep ’96 – Foundation of Yoga
Aug ’96 – Living the Divine Life By Swami Chidananda.
Jul ’96 – Higher Knowledge and Lesser Knowledge By Swami Chidananda.
Jun ’96 – What Has To Be Known? By Swami Chidananda.
May ’96 – Universal Love
April ’96 – Food for the Soul
March ’96 – Best Yoga for Man