World Heart Day was on the 29th of September. It is amazing not one specialist or doctor spoke about the actual heart. What was said that we must take care of our heart. We must eat the right food and we must exercise. We must have a healthy heart? Continue reading
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965 – Purify your heart through Seva
How does one do that? Our expectations and attachments become refined. They are not related to our desires, needs and wishes. We feel affection for everyone and our sincere in our awareness. We learn to express ourselves. We do not make resolves but act. Continue reading
963 – In my Guru’s Garden
I heard a voice from within
‘Siva wake up and fill the cup of your life with this nectar
Share it with all
I shall give you strength, energy, power and wisdom’
I obeyed his command
He did fill the cup and I shared with all. – Swami Sivananda Saraswati
856 – Spiritual Knowledge – Brahma Vidya
What is spiritual knowledge? Who seeks it? We seek it. Animals are not interested in it and that is why they are animals. There would be no difference between man and animals if one lived only to eat and procreate. We must rise from this level and the pursuit of Yoga is the way. We enter the earth as humans after 84 million births. Continue reading
610 – Colors and thoughts
Swami Sivananda defines color and thoughts brilliantly. He also speaks about the color of our thoughts. According to him, a spiritual thought is yellow in color, an angry thought is red in color, a thought focusing on hatred is of a blood red color and a selfish thought is brown in color. Continue reading
311 – Lost and in the dark
Have you experienced being lost and in the dark? No one is there to guide you. How many of you have felt this darkness within yourselves? We become so immersed in ourselves that we have forgotten what our Gurus said. Continue reading
091 – My God
Swami Sivananda loved all creatures unconditionally. One day a very wealthy visitor came to the ashram. The devotee had spent a couple of days in the ashram, where he had been bitten black and blue by mosquitoes. There was no mosquito net, the toilet was far away. It was also hot and there were no fans. Continue reading
069 – How do we purify our mind
Swami Sivanananda said that by helping others we are cleansing our mind. When we give money to charity, it is used for medicines, food, clothes, education and whatever else is necessary. If we give something to someone, we are purifying our mind. Continue reading
The conscious principle – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda
Talk 4 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019.
The conscious principle. All is in me. Consciousness and objects. One or several teachers. Path of action and path of renunciation.
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Human pursuits – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda
Talk 3 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019.
Question and answers. Human pursuits. Roles in life and attitudes. Need for a teacher. Self inquiry. Vedanta and you are that. The tenth man. Sadhana.
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Karma Yoga and Devotion – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda
Talk 2 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019.
Subject: Karma Yoga and results of actions. Prasadam. Attitude of Devotion to Ishvara. Roles in life. Vers 2:51 Bhagavad Gita. Clarity of purpose. Atma and body. Substance and form.
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The fundamental human problem – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda
The first of a series of 4 talks on Vedanta, self growth and self discovery by Swami Nityabodhananda.
He became a disciple of Swami Chinmayananda at the age of 24. In 1995 he attended the 3 years Vedanta course of Swami Dayananda. These talks were given in September 2019 in the Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne in Germany. With german translation. In this first talk the subject is: Human birth. Fundamental human problem: Feeling of inadequacy. Human pursuits. Scriptures as guides. The Veda and Vedanta. Need for satsanga.
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Swami Vishnu Devananda chants some Kirtans and speaks about Guru and Master! (1983)
Swami Vishnu Devananda chants some Kirtans and speaks about Guru and Master!
Chant with him and enjoy his original voice and his energy!
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Come, Come Little Ones by Swami Sivananda and Sunanja Group
Listen to the voice of Master, Sadguru, Friend!
You can listen to Swami Sivanandas original voice!
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Is Vedanta a Philosophical System?
In this Podcast Sukadev is talking about the question: “Is Vedanta a Philosophical System?”
Advaita Vedanta is a school in Hinduism. People who believe in Advaita believe that their soul is not different from Brahman. The most famous Hindu philosopher who taught about Advaita Vedanta was Shankaracharya who lived in India more than a thousand years ago.
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