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Goal of Life is God-Realisation

Articles are by Swami Sivananda unless otherwise stated.

• Teachings of Swami Sivananda

  1. Sadhana (Spiritual Practices)
  2. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions
  3. Sadhana Tattva or The Science of Seven Cultures
  4. The Eighteen “Ities”
  5. Universal Prayer
  6. The Role of the Guru
  7. The Sishya (Disciple)
  8. Ahimsa (Non-violence)
  9. Satyam (Truth)
  10. Brahmacharya (Celibacy)
  11. Concentration
  12. Practice of Meditation
  13. Resolves for Quick Spiritual Progress
  14. Spiritual Diary
  15. Barometer of Spiritual Progress
  16. Yoga
  17. Karma Yoga (The Path of Selfless Service)
  18. Bhakti Yoga (The Path of Devotion)
  19. Sankirtan Yoga (Singing of the Lord’s Name)
  20. Japa Yoga or Mantra Yoga (Repetition of the Lord’s Name)
  21. Raja Yoga (The Path of Meditation)
  22. Jnana Yoga (The Path of Enquiry)
  23. Tantra Yoga
  24. Yoga of Synthesis

   

• Inspiring Messages

• Early Morning Meditation Talks
• Essays on Religion, Science & Faith
• Essays on Concentration & Meditation
• Advice To Brahmacharis (Celibates)
• Advice to Businessmen
• Advice to Children
• Advice To Householders
• Advice to Sannyasins
• Approaching the Guru By Swami Paramananda.
• Ayurveda—Although Ancient It Can Be Ever New
• Ayurveda—Theory and Practice
• The Call of the Absolute Teachings from Swami Krishnananda.
• The Call of the Real
• Caste Problem in India By Swami Vivekananda.
• Creation
• Dare to give up the Illusion of Time A dialogue with Swami Krishnananda.
• Death
• The Destiny of Man By Swami Chidananda.
• The Divine Life An interview with Swami Chidananda on chastity. (external link)
• Do you aspire for God Realization? A talk by Swami Krishnananda.
• Dream
• Duty and Cosmic Will By Swami Sadananda.
• Encountering the Powers of Nature By Swami Krishnananda.
• Fate, Free Will and God’s Will By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
• The Four Sources of Knowledge
• Guru-Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
• Happiness
• The Individual Nature By Swami Krishnananda.
• Knowledge as Means to Freedom By Swami Krishnananda.
• May the Bell Ring Swami Krishnananda recounts a classic Indian tale.
• Memory-Culture
• New Year Message (1999) By Swami Chidananda.
• New Year Message (2003) By Swami Chidananda.
• The Ontological Arguments in Philosophy and Meditational Techniques By Swami Krishnananda.
• Peace
• Positive Aids to Peace of Mind By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
• Practical Way to Self-Realisation
• Pratyahara (Abstraction of the Senses) By Swami Krishnananda.
• A Project of Education By Swami Krishnananda.
• Purity By Swami Krishnananda.
• The Qualifications for a Student of Yoga
• Rays from the Light Fountain By Swami Chidananda.
• The Role of Spiritual Institutions and the Functions of the Divine Life Society
• Sandilya-Vidya (meditation on the immanence of God) By Swami Krishnananda.
• Science of Relaxation
• The Search For Happiness By Swami Krishnananda.
• Self-realisation an interview with Swami Chidananda.
• A Simple But Powerful Spiritual Practice By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
• Sin
• Some Valuable Clues to Prosperity in the House By Swami Chidananda.
• Tantra Sadhana By Swami Krishnananda.
• Vegetarianism
• Why Do Sadhana? By Sri N.Ananthanarayanan.
• Yoga—What It Is and What It Is Not By Swami Chidananda.
• Yoga for Health, Happiness and World Peace By Swami Chidananda.

• Religion, Science & Faith

  1. God
  2. Is Modern Science a Challenge to Religion? By Swami Krishnananda.
  3. Alice in Wonderland By Swami Krishnananda.
  4. God Exists
  5. Quotes of Albert Einstein on Spirituality
  6. Religion and Science
  7. Seven Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God By A. Cressy Morrison, former President of the New York Academy of Sciences.
  8. The Royal Science of Brahma-Vidya
  9. The Search For Truth By Swami Krishnananda.

• Concentration & Meditation

  1. Concentration
  2. How to Meditate By Swami Venkatesananda.
  3. The Meaning of Meditation By Swami Krishnananda.
  4. Meditation—Your Only Duty
  5. Meditation and its Utility in Daily Life With Practical Hints By Swami Premananda.
  6. Mind Conquest by a Simple Sadhana
  7. Mind Control By Swami Krishnananda.
  8. The Mysterious Mind and Its Control By Swami Chidananda.
  9. Practice of Meditation
  10. Preliminaries to Concentration
  11. Raja Yoga (The Path of Meditation)
  12. Signs of Progress in the Path of Meditation
  13. What Is Meditation? By Swami Shivapremananda.
  14. Why Meditate? By Swami Venkatesananda.
  15. Yoga and Meditation By Swami Krishnananda.

• Early Morning Meditation Talks at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

  1. Everything Is Yoga By Swami Chidananda.
  2. The Razor-Edge By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  3. The Importance of Understanding By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  4. Be a Conscious Expression of God’s Will By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  5. From the Universal to the Universal By Swami Chidananda.
  6. The Subtle Awareness By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  7. You Are Unique but Not Special By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  8. See Yourself Impartially By Swami Chidananda.
  9. See God in All By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  10. Gurudev’s Way By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  11. Tap the Infinite Source of Energy By Swami Chidananda.
  12. The Real Cause of Suffering By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  13. A Barometer of Our Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  14. Be Master of the Mind and Intellect! By Swami Chidananda.
  15. Back Your Will with Effort By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  16. The Key to Effort By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  17. The Importance of Joy By Swami Chidananda.
  18. Ram Navami By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  19. Freedom from Experiences By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  20. Abide in the Light By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  21. You Are That! By Swami Chidananda.
  22. The Essence of the Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  23. Being Real By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  24. Persistence and Surrender By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  25. We Are the Ultimate Knower By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  26. Always Be Positive! By Swami Chidananda.
  27. Why Do We Not Surrender? By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  28. The Wonderful News of Non-duality By Swami Chidananda.
  29. Be Like Babes By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  30. The Best New Year Resolution By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  31. Perseverance and Aspiration Leads to Success By Swami Chidananda.
  32. True Success By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  33. Spirituality Means Being Willing to Change Moment by Moment By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  34. The Good News By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  35. It Is Possible To Be in the World Yet Dwell in God! By Swami Chidananda.
  36. Spirituality Means Willingness to Change By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  37. The Right Bhav By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  38. The Rationale Behind Prayer By Swami Chidananda.
  39. Change Now! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  40. Practise Your Conviction By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  41. Looking at Problems from a Different Angle of Vision By Swami Chidananda.
  42. The Path and the Goal Are the Same By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  43. The Practice of Truth By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  44. God Is Present in the Midst of the Human Condition By Swami Chidananda.
  45. Testing Our Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  46. A New Angle of Vision By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  47. Purposefully Direct the Power Potential Within By Swami Chidananda.
  48. Affirm the Reality Wherever We Are At! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  49. The Need for Both Dispassion and Practice By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  50. Take Refuge NOW! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  51. The World Is Not Our Enemy! By Swami Chidananda.
  52. Our World Viewpoint By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  53. We Want Two Identities By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  54. What is Knowledge Doing for Us? By Swami Chidananda.
  55. “That’s Enough” By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  56. Living With Spiritual Paradoxes By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  57. The Best Part of Knowledge By Swami Chidananda. 
  58. The Guru is Spirit By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  59. Understanding and Controlling the Mind By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  60. Recognising the Manifestations of Ego By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  61. The Thing To Be Known By Swami Chidananda.

• Saints & Mystics

  1. The Glory of Saints
  2. Jivanmukta
  3. Swami Sivananda
     1. Dissemination of Knowledge By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     2. Divine Life By Swami Chidananda.
     3. Divine Life Society By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     4. Glory to Gurudev, Our Ideal By Swami Chidananda.
     5. Guru and Disciple By Swami Yajnavalkyananda.
     6. Guru and Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
     7. Guru Seva By Swami Chidananda.
     8. Gurudev Lived To Serve All By Swami Chidananda.
     9. Gurudev Sivananda–Physician of the Soul By Swami Krishnananda.
     10. Last Days By Swami Venkatesananda.
     11. The Last Days By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     12. The Light of the Himalayas by Srimati B. Sita Rai, New Delhi
     13. My Religion, Its Technique and Dissemination
     14. My Years With the Master By Swami Vishnudevananda.
     15. Philosopher-Realist By Swami Chidananda.
     16. Practised Before Preaching By Swami Chidananda.
     17. Pre-Determined Maha Samadhi By Swami Venkatesananda.
     18. Siva—The Sevak By Swami Narayanananda.
     19. Siva—A True Guide By Swami Narayanananda.
     20. Siva—His Work for Spiritual Uplift By Swami Narayanananda.
     21. Siva—His Hospitality By Swami Narayanananda.
     22. Siva—A Unique Personality By Swami Narayanananda.
     23. Sivananda—The Fire of Sannyasa By Swami Krishnananda.
     24. Sivananda’s Personality By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     25. The Silent Teachings By Sri Swami Chidananda.
     26. The Spirit of Ananda Kutir By Smt. Savitri Asopa
     27. Sri Swami Sivananda—A Composite Personality By Swami Paramananda.
     28. Surgeon Sivananda’s Egodectomy By Swami Venkatesananda.
     29. Swami Sivananda By Swami Krishnananda.
     30. Swami Sivananda—Personified Synthesis of Dynamism and Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
     31. Swami Sivananda’s Philosophy By Sri B.S. Mathur.
     32. Swami Sivananda’s Unique Way of Teaching By Swami Venkatesananda.
     33. Treatment of Visitors By Swami Venkatesananda.
  4. Swami Paramanananda
  5. Swami Chidananda
     • Aspire to be A Shining Star Like Swami Chidananda by Swami Sivananda.
     • In Memoriam
     • A Great Master and a Perfect Disciple by Swami Vimalananda
     • An Embodiment of Supreme Love and Selfless Service by Swami Yajnavalkyananda
     • As I Understand Swami Chidananda by Swami Arpananda
     • Beloved Papa And Sri Gurudev In My Life By Swami Chidananda.
     • Epilogue – To This Monk From India by Yvonne Lebeau.
     • Epochal Tour With the Master by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • In The Company of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj by An Ashramite.
     • In The New World by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • In True Bharatiya Tradition… by Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     • Incarnate Compassion and Renunciation by Swami Venkatesananda.
     • Life by Debi Prasad Mohanty.
     • Light From The East by Swami Krishnananda.
     • See God in All by Sri P. Ganesh Prasad.
     • The Faithful Apostle of Yoga-Vedanta by Sri Kavi-Yogi Shuddhananda Bharatiar.
     • The Great Awakener by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • The Greatness of Swami Chidananda by Dr. Devaki Kutty.
     • The Life Divine by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • The Voice of Reality by Swami Gurudevananda.
     • Who is Chidananda by Swami Venkatesananda
  6. Swami Krishnananda
     • Swami Krishnananda–The Ideal Saint by Swami Chidananda.
  7. Swami Venkatesananda
  8. Swami Dayananda
  9. Swami Madhavananda
  10. Swami Vishnudevananda
  11. Swami Chinmayananda
  12. Swami Satyananda
  13. Swami Satchidananda
  14. Swami Jyotirmayananda
  15. Swami Sivananda-Hridayananda
  16. Swami Premananda
  17. Swami Devananda
  18. Dr. Devaki Kutty
  • Saints of Ancient Times
    1. Maharshi Vyasa
    2. Sage Yajnavalkya
    3. Dattatreya
  • The Acharyas
    1. Adi Sankaracharya
    2. Ramanujacharya
    3. Madhvacharya 
    4. Vallabhacharya
    5. Nimbarkacharya
    6. Lord Gauranga
  • The Saints
    1. Milarepa
    2. Thiruvalluvar
    3. Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1228)
    4. Namdev (1269-1295)
    5. Jnanadev (1275-1296)
    6. Mira Bai (1499-1547)
    7. Goswami Tulsidas (1532-1623)
    8. Ekanath (1533-1599)
    9. Appayya Dikshitar (1554-1626)
    10. Samartha Ramdas (1608-1682)
    11. The Baal Shem Tov (~1700-1760) By Swami Venkatesananda.
    12. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-1886)
    13. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
    14. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
    15. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (1871-1950)
    16. Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906)
    17. Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
    18. Papa Ramdas
    19. Swami Omkar (1889-1982)
    20. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)
    21. Baba Neem Karoli

• Religions of the World

  1. The Unity That Underlies All Religions
  2. My Religion, Its Technique and Dissemination
  3. On the Question of Correct Approach to God by Swami Krishnananda.
  4. Religious Freedom. Swami Venkatesananda on how Swami Sivananda “Adapts, Adjusts and Accommodates” people with differing religious viewpoints.
  5. Authentic Religion By Swami Chidananda.
  6. What Is Religion? By Swami Krishnananda.
  7. What Religion Is About By Brother Wayne Teasdale.
  8. Hinduism
     • Festivals:
       • Dattatreya Jayanthi
       •     The Divine Trinity (Dattatreya Jayanti Message) By Swami Chidananda.
       • Deepavali
       •     The Indestructible Divine Seed
       •     Can We Rejoice Always? By Swami Chidananda
       •     Yajna–Quintessence of the Culture of India By Swami Krishnananda.
       • The Significance of Ekadasi By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Ganesh Chaturthi
       •     A Good Beginning By Swami Chidananda.
       •     Lord Ganesa–The Remover of Obstacles By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Gita Jayanti
       •     The Ancient Gospel to Modern Mankind
       •     Bhagavad Gita Yoga
       •     Message of the Gita
       •     The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Chidananda.
       •     The Gospel of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Guru Purnima
       • Hanuman Jayanthi
       •     Strength and Humility By Swami Chidananda.
       • Holi
       • Krishna Janmashtami
       •     Gospel of Lord Krishna
       •     The Human Ideal
       •     The Divine Advent by Swami Chidananda
       •     Sri Krishna–The Purna-Avatara By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Makara Shankranti
       •     Sun—The Eye of the World By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Navaratri
       •     Dussera Message — 1942
       •     A Message To Mothers — 1945
       •     Navaratri Durga Puja, Its Significance — 1946
       •     The True Significance of Devi Puja — 1947
       •     Devi Worship — 1949
       •     Strive For The Ideal — 1954
       •     The Terrible Kaali, The Benign Mother By Swami Chidananda.
       •     The Quintessence of The Spiritual Quest By Swami Chidananda.
       •     The Esoteric Significance of the Devi-Mahatmya By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Pradosha Vrata
       • Sri Radha–The Divine Mystery By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Raksha Bandhan
       • Ramnavmi
       •     Way to Rama Rajya
       •     Rama–The Apotheosis of Human Perfection By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Sankara Jayanti Message
       •     Sankara Jayanthi By Swami Chidananda.
       •     Sankara–The Genius By Swami Krishnananda.
       •     Shankara—The First Guru of Kali Yuga By Swami Madhavananda.
       • Shivaratri
       •     Siva–The Mystic Night By Swami Krishnananda.
       • Skanda Sashti
       •     Skanda Shashti Message (1945)
       •     Skanda Shashthi Message (1946)
       •     Skanda Shashti Message (1947)
       •     The Divine Commander
       •     Never Despair By Swami Chidananda
       •     Lord Skanda–Concentrated Divine Energy By Swami Krishnananda
       • The Sport of the Infinite (Rasa Lila) By Swami Krishnananda
       • Thaipusam
       • Vasanta Navaratri
     • Gods:
       • Avatara
       • The Esoteric Meaning of the Ten Avataras By Swami Chidananda.
       • Theology By Swami Krishnananda
       • Dattatreya
       • Devi
       • Ganesha
       • Hanuman
       • Sri Hanuman
       • Krishna
       • Sri Rama
         • Rama
       • Shanmukha
       • Siva
     • Scriptures:
       • The Vedas
       • The Upanishads
       • The Smritis
       • Ramayana
       • The Yoga Vasishtha
       • The Mahabharata
       • The Bhagavad Gita
       • The Puranas
       • The Agamas
       • The Darsanas
       • Brahma Sutras
       • The Secular Writings
       • Bhaja Govindam
  9. Buddhism
  10. Jainism
  11. Judaism
  12. Christianity
      • A Call to Rebirth by Swami Chidananda
      • Behold Jesus In Thy Midst
      • Christ-Consciousness by Swami Krishnananda.
      • Essence of Christianity by Swami Chidananda
      • Thy Kingdom Come by Swami Chidananda
  13. The Spiritual Significance of Ramzan by Swami Chidananda.
  14. Sufism
  15. Zoroastrianism
  16. Taoism
  17. Confucianism
  18. Shintoism
  19. Yoga and Christianity By Swami Chidananda.
  20. Spiritual Calendar

• Discourse

  1. July 2023 – Sri Gurudev by Swami Chidananda.
  2. June 2023 – Seeds of Vairagya by Swami Chidananda.
  3. May 2023 – The Problem of Evil Thoughts
  4. June 2022 – The Glory of Renunciation by Swami Chidananda.
  5. May 2022 – The Type of Mind You Should Pray For by Swami Chidananda.
  6. September 2021 – Mind-conquest By Spiritual Culture
  7. June 2021 – Sannyasa — Rebirth into Love and Service
  8. May 2021 – Secret of Unswerving Righteousness
  9. February 2021 – Not A Rosy Path by Swami Chidananda.
  10. January 2021 – The Real Purpose of Your Life
  11. November 2020 – Practical Instructions on Mind-Control
  12. October 2020 – Strive For The Ideal — 1954
  13. July 2020 – Divine Messengers by Swami Chidananda.
  14. June 2020 – Be God-Oriented by Swami Chidananda.
  15. May 2020 – How To Find Peace by Swami Chidananda.
  16. April 2020 – How Do Experiences Arise? by Swami Chidananda.
  17. March 2020 – The Dynamics of Selfless Service
  18. February 2020 – Svarnakesa
  19. January 2020 – What Does A New Year Mean To You? by Swami Chidananda.
  20. September 2019 – Karma Can Be Transformed Into Yoga
  21. August 2019 – Testing One’s Spiritual Progress by Swami Chidananda.
  22. July 2019 – The Remover of Darkness by Swami Chidananda.
  23. January 2019 – Primary Principles of Sadhana And Their Perversions
  24. November 2018 – Behold The Light of Lights—The Atman by Swami Chidananda.
  25. October 2018 – We Are Supremely Blessed by Swami Chidananda.
  26. September 2018 – Become Ye Krishnas
  27. August 2018 – Effacement of Ego by Swami Chidananda.
  28. July 2018 – Who is a Jivanmukta?
  29. June 2018 – Mind—A Great Blessing and a Great Curse by Swami Chidananda.
  30. January 2018 – Make A Beginning — Start From Today
  31. November 2017 – Knowledge, Meditation And Spiritualising Your Life by Swami Chidananda.
  32. October 2017 – Skanda Shashti Message (1947)
  33. September 2017 – Yoga Sadhana
  34. August 2017 – An Analytical Study of Cosmic Consciousness
  35. July 2017 – Guru Sishya Yoga by Swami Chidananda.
  36. June 2017 – True Sannyasa by Swami Chidananda
  37. May 2017 – Affirm Truth Reject Untruth by Swami Chidananda.
  38. November 2016 – Skanda Shashti Message (1945)
  39. October 2016 – Sakti Yoga Philosophy – I
  40. September 2016 – Swami Sivananda: That Wonderful, Noble-Souled Man by Swami Chidananda.
  41. January 2016 – Prerequisites of Spiritual Sadhana
  42. December 2015 – Counting One’s Blessings And Good Fortune by Swami Chidananda.
  43. November 2015 – The Story of Veetahavya
  44. October 2015 – Is Liberation Possible in This Very Birth? by Swami Chidananda.
  45. September 2015 – Outstanding Features of Siva’s Personality by Sri C. H. Divanji.
  46. August 2015 – Uniqueness of the Gospel of Gurudev by Swami Chidananda.
  47. July 2015 – Message for Guru Poornima
  48. June 2015 – The Richest Treasure on Earth by Swami Chidananda.
  49. May 2015 – A Unique Message of Gurudev Swami Sivananda by Swami Chidananda.
  50. April 2015 – On Meditation
  51. March 2015 – See The Great Reality Even In Obstacles by Swami Chidananda.
  52. February 2015 – Absolute Subdual Of The Mind
  53. January 2015 – Introduction To Yoga
  54. December 2014 – Meditation, Work and Rest
  55. November 2014 – Aspirants—A Distinct Class By Themselves
  56. October 2014 – Main Impediments To Sadhana
  57. September 2014 – Call Unto Divine Life by Swami Chidananda.
  58. August 2014 – True Happiness
  59. July 2014 – Necessity of a Guru
  60. Jun 2014 – Prerequisites For Meditation
  61. May 2014 – The Mind of The Aspirant: A Psychological Study
  62. April 2014 – Vasanas
  63. March 2014 – The Incredible Gift of Our Spiritual Heritage by Swami Chidananda.
  64. February 2014 – The Movement of Vasanas in Sadhana
  65. January 2014 – Gospel of Holy Aspiration
  66. December 2013 – Nature of Consciousness
  67. November 2013 – What is Samadhi?
  68. October 2013 – The Sacred Duty of Every Man by Swami Chidananda.
  69. September 2013 – The Golden Era is at Hand
  70. August 2013 – Philosophical Studies in Egoism And Its Elimination
  71. July 2013 – The Glory of the Preceptor
  72. June 2013 – The Right Relationship with the Mind by Swami Chidananda.
  73. May 2013 – Essence of Yoga Vasishtha
  74. April 2013 – Spiritualisation of Human Nature
  75. March 2013 – The Liberating Wisdom at Our Doorsteps by Swami Chidananda.
  76. February 2013 – The Three Governing Factors of Sadhana
  77. January 2013 – New Year Message by Swami Chidananda.
  78. December 2012 – Religion is One
  79. November 2012 – Awaken from The Slumber of Non-Awareness by Swami Chidananda.
  80. October 2012 – What is Mind
  81. September 2012 – Vedantic Culture
  82. August 2012 – Real Renunciation
  83. July 2012 – The Heart of The Guru by Swami Chidananda.
  84. June 2012 – Standing Like a Rock, No Matter What Comes by Swami Chidananda.
  85. May 2012 – Pleasure and Pain
  86. April 2012 – What is Health?
  87. March 2012 – The Moment of Surrender By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  88. February 2012 – Self-Analysis, Self-Reliance, Self-Determination
  89. January 2012 – A Divine Life Mission
  90. December 2011 – Guiding Lights for Self-conquest
  91. November 2011 – Sense of Urgency in Sadhana By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  92. October 2011 – A Message To Mothers — 1945
  93. September 2011 – The Difficulty of Progress in Sadhana
  94. August 2011 – Practice of Meditation
  95. July 2011 – A Pointing Finger By Swami Chidananda.
  96. June 2011 – The Heart of The Spiritual Problem by Swami Chidananda
  97. May 2011 – The Key To Your Transformation by Swami Chidananda
  98. April 2011 – Glory of Ramanama
  99. March 2011 – Bases of Spiritual Sadhana
  100. February 2011 – Aspire Fervently, Apply Tenaciously
  101. January 2011 – Reveal Your Inherent Divinity By Swami Chidananda.
  102. December 2010 – Be Ever Vigilant
  103. November 2010 – The Doctrine of Grace
  104. October 2010 – Triumph Over Materialism
  105. September 2010 – The Rugged Path
  106. August 2010 – Devotion to the Lord
  107. July 2010 – You Are A Living Light Of Guru’s Ideals By Swami Chidananda.
  108. June 2010 – Samskara Raksha—Protection of Spiritual Impressions
  109. May 2010 – Are Spiritual Practices Necessary? By Swami Chidananda.
  110. April 2010 – Philosophy of Proverbs
  111. March 2010 – Yogic Life – In And Through The World By Swami Chidananda.
  112. February 2010 – Cast Off This Ego
  113. January 2010 – The Supreme Need of the Hour: Love
  114. December 2009 – The Necessity for a Guru By Swami Chidananda.
  115. November 2009 – Force of Samskaras
  116. October 2009 – You Are the Light By Swami Chidananda.
  117. September 2009 – Qualification For Sadhana
  118. August 2009 – Running After The Shadow
  119. July 2009 – Guru Oriented Life By Swami Chidananda.
  120. June 2009 – The Ultimate Success By Swami Chidananda.
  121. May 2009 – Adaptability, A Means To Peace
  122. April 2009 – Light into the Darkness By Swami Chidananda.
  123. March 2009 – Precepts for Practice
  124. February 2009 – The Supreme Reality
  125. January 2009 – Let Divinity Be The Keynote By Swami Chidananda.
  126. December 2008 – What We Think That We Become By Swami Brahmananda.
  127. November 2008 – Siva Replies To The Press
  128. October 2008 – Ideal of Yoga
  129. September 2008 – He Is Beside You By Swami Chidananda.
  130. August 2008 – Mind Your Own Business! By Swami Chidananda.
  131. July 2008 – Guru And Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
  132. June 2008 – The Lofty Ideal Of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
  133. May 2008 – Vedanta is Living Experience
  134. April 2008 – Thoughts To Ponder By Swami Shivapremananda.
  135. March 2008 – The Basis of Success in all Human Endeavours By Swami Chidananda.
  136. February 2008 – How To Recognise A Jivanmukta
  137. January 2008 – Life And Its Purpose
  138. December 2007 – Secret of Success
  139. November 2007 – The Significance of Dipavali By Swami Chidananda.
  140. October 2007 – The Highest End of Man
  141. September 2007 – Gopis’ Love for Krishna
  142. August 2007 – Real Education
  143. July 2007 – Where Is Real Love?
  144. June 2007 – Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
  145. May 2007 – World Peace
  146. April 2007 – Key Guidelines to Successful Meditation
  147. March 2007 – Focussing Of The Mind By Swami Chidananda.
  148. February 2007 – Pain is a Blessing in Disguise By Swami Chidananda.
  149. January 2007 – Living in the Present By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  150. December 2006 – How to Get Your Desires Fulfilled By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  151. November 2006 – Dwell in God-thought By Swami Chidananda.
  152. October 2006 – Quest for Peace By Swami Chidananda.
  153. September 2006 – Life is One By Swami Chidananda.
  154. August 2006 – Tulasidas’ Gift to Humanity By Swami Chidananda.
  155. July 2006 – Guru Purnima By Swami Chidananda.
  156. June 2006 – Sri Swami Sivananda’s Favourite Formula By Swami Sadananda.
  157. May 2006 – Brush Yoga
  158. April 2006 – Philosophy of the Mind
  159. March 2006 – Crown of Human Achievement
  160. February 2006 – Essential Ingredients of a Victorious Spiritual Life By Swami Chidananda.
  161. January 2006 – Atma-Samyama Yoga
  162. December 2005 – Significance of Grihastha Ashrama or Married Life By Swami Chidananda.
  163. November 2005 – Not Work But Sadhana For Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
  164. October 2005 – Guru Sharana Yoga
  165. September 2005 – Vedantic Sadhana
  166. August 2005 – Atma-Svarajya (Freedom of the Self)
  167. July 2005 – Garland of Vedanta
  168. June 2005 – Pratyahara
  169. May 2005 – The Pure and the Impure Mind
  170. April 2005 – Good Life and God-Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  171. March 2005 – Wake Up! By Swami Venkatesananda.
  172. February 2005 – Raja Yoga Samadhi
  173. January 2005 – Yoga and Life By Swami Brahmananda.
  174. December 2004 – Art—The Expression Of Divinity
  175. November 2004 – A Message For Renascent India
  176. October 2004 – Worship of Divine Power
  177. September 2004 – The Need For Spiritual Regeneration
  178. August 2004 – Dissemination of Knowledge
  179. July 2004 – What is True Vairagya?
  180. June 2004 – Guru and the Great Beyond By Swami Brahmananda.
  181. May 2004 – Conquest of The Conqueror By Swami Venkatesananda.
  182. April 2004 – The Sense of Spiritual Direction By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  183. March 2004 – Theory and Practice in Spiritual Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  184. February 2004 – Atma Yoga
  185. January 2004 – The Meaning of Life By Swami Venkatesananda.
  186. December 2003 – The Wedding of The Century By Swami Venkatesananda.
  187. November 2003 – One Experience: Many Expressions By Swami Venkatesananda.
  188. October 2003 – Introduction to The Eternal Religion By Swami Venkatesananda.
  189. September 2003 – The Secret of Life
  190. August 2003 – The Purpose of Life
  191. July 2003 – Hatha Yoga: An Art And A Science By Swami Venkatesananda.
  192. June 2003 – Advice to Sannyasins
  193. May 2003 – Marks of Spiritual Progress
  194. April 2003 – All Worship Is Directed To The One Reality By Swami Chidananda.
  195. March 2003 – The Symbol of Supreme Aspiration
  196. February 2003 – The Easy Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
  197. January 2003 – The Supreme Need Of The Hour—Love
  198. December 2002 – Practice of the Remembrance of God
  199. November 2002 – The World We Live In By Swami Venkatesananda.
  200. October 2002 – Durga Puja Message
  201. September 2002 – Light of Yoga
  202. August 2002 – Gist of Vedanta
  203. July 2002 – Introduction to the Yoga Vasistha By Swami Venkatesananda.
  204. June 2002 – “A Little I Will Say”
  205. May 2002 – Hinduism—Monotheism and Polytheism Reconciled By Swami Chidananda.
  206. April 2002 – Salvation—Rests With You Only By Swami Chidananda.
  207. March 2002 – Sadhana is a Necessity
  208. February 2002 – A True Philosophy of Life
  209. January 2002 – The Message of the New Year By Swami Chidananda.
  210. December 2001 – The Making of a Scholar-Saint–A Minibiography of Swami Krishnananda By Swami Chidananda.
  211. November 2001 – Sadhana and The Divine Life Society By Swami Chidananda.
  212. October 2001 – Philosophy of Bhakti
  213. September 2001 – What Gurudev Is For Us By Swami Chidananda.
  214. August 2001 – Essence of Vairagya
  215. July 2001 – Preliminaries to Concentration
  216. June 2001 – Structure of Yoga Sadhana
  217. May 2001 – Discovering The Ego By Swami Venkatesananda.
  218. April 2001 – How to Approach a Saint By Swami Chidananda.
  219. March 2001 – Theory and Practice By Swami Venkatesananda.
  220. February 2001 – God Operates In Selfless Service
  221. January 2001 – One-Pointed Aspiration For God Alone By Swami Chidananda.
  222. December 2000 – Gurudev’s Trisul By Dr. Devaki Kutty.
  223. November 2000 – Skanda Shashthi Message (1946)
  224. October 2000 – Gandhiji: His Mission And Message By Swami Chidananda.
  225. September 2000 – The Saint’s Magic By Swami Chidananda.
  226. August 2000 – The Wheel of Divine Life
  227. July 2000 – Doctrine of Prapatti (Self-surrender)
  228. June 2000 – Religion and Spirituality By Swami Krishnananda.
  229. May 2000 – Music: A Unique Means for God-Realisation By Swami Vidyananda.
  230. Apr 2000 – What is Yoga? By Swami Chidananda.
  231. Mar 2000 – Desire and Deserve By Swami Chidananda.
  232. Feb 2000 – The Three Paths
  233. Jan 2000 – New Year Message
  234. Dec ’99 – Does The Guru Ever Die? By Swami Chidananda.
  235. Nov ’99 – Waste Not This Rare Human Birth
  236. Oct ’99 – The Offering That Will Delight The Guru By Swami Chidananda.
  237. Sep ’99 – The Ideal of the Superman
  238. Aug ’99 – Moral Law and World Peace
  239. Jul ’99 – Is God Responsible for Earthly Anomalies? By Swami Rama Tirtha.
  240. Jun ’99 – Take a Stand By Swami Chidananda.
  241. May ’99 – Beyond Time and Space By Swami Venkatesananda.
  242. Apr ’99 – Unity in Diversity
  243. Mar ’99 – Repression in Sadhana and its Effects
  244. Feb ’99 – The Marionettes’ Game By Swami Venkatesananda.
  245. Jan ’99 – World-Peace Through Inter-Religious Understanding By Swami Chidananda.
  246. Dec ’98 – The Key to Discovery By Swami Venkatesananda.
  247. Nov ’98 – Why You are Called Radiant Atman By Swami Chidananda.
  248. Oct ’98 – Signs of Progress in the Path of Meditation
  249. Sep ’98 – Fundamentals of the Spiritual Ascent By Swami Krishnananda.
  250. Aug ’98 – How to Attain God Before Realising Him By Swami Chidananda.
  251. Jul ’98 – The Spiritual Guide
  252. Jun ’98 – Aids to Spiritual Progress
  253. May ’98 – Eternal Happiness
  254. Apr ’98 – God’s Plan For You By Swami Chidananda.
  255. Mar ’98 – Sure Recipe for World Peace
  256. Feb ’98 – Need For a Measure of Detachment
  257. Jan ’98 – Steps to Self-Realization
  258. Dec ’97 – Running After the Shadow
  259. Nov ’97 – The Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
  260. Oct ’97 – The Movement of Subtle Desires in Sadhana
  261. Sep ’97 – Prarabdha and Purushartha (Fate and Effort)
  262. Aug ’97 – The Ecstasy of God-Love By Swami Krishnananda.
  263. Jul ’97 – Education of the Child
  264. Jun ’97 – A Sermon on Sadhana
  265. May ’97 – Are You a Spiritual Seeker? By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
  266. Apr ’97 – Path to Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
  267. Mar ’97 – Highest Yoga
  268. Feb ’97 – Spiritual Life Should Be Vital and Alive By Swami Chidananda.
  269. Jan ’97 – Understand Your Life By Swami Chidananda.
  270. Dec ’96 – From Rituals to Realization By Swami Venkatesananda.
  271. Nov ’96 – The Absoute and the Relative By Swami Krishnananda.
  272. Oct ’96 – Vedanta in Daily Life
  273. Sep ’96 – Foundation of Yoga 
  274. Aug ’96 – Living the Divine Life By Swami Chidananda.
  275. Jul ’96 – Higher Knowledge and Lesser Knowledge By Swami Chidananda.
  276. Jun ’96 – What Has To Be Known ? By Swami Chidananda.
  277. May ’96 – Universal Love
  278. April ’96 – Food for the Soul
  279. March ’96 – Best Yoga for Man

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