In meditation, we try to let go of all the many mental distractions, preoccupations, and the fleeting thoughts and associations of our normal waking...
Dear Friends, Following is a news release from the Associated Press of Asia, dated January 6, 2003 relating to the slaughter of cows in India. I am not ...
Dear Friends, A Site Search feature has been added to the SwamiJ.com website, and is at the top left of the home page: http://swamij.com/index.html In loving...
In the cycle of evolution a human being has attained a status and intelligence that enables him to survey the whole of life. He has all the potentials and...
Real power resides within, with all its potentials. The external world is a mere expression of the power residing within. It is beyond sense perception and...
In your meditation today.... May your body be still and comfortable.... May your head, neck and trunk be aligned.... May your breath be smooth, slow, serene,...
Yoga is one of six schools or systems of classical Indian philosophy and practice. By understanding Yoga in this greater context, it is easier to see (and...
Once, a journalist asked Mahatma Gandhi how to attain happiness. Gandhi answered, "When you don't have any desires, then you will be happy." Normally, you...
Asatoma Sat Gamaya Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya Lead me from the unreal to the Real Lead me from the darkness to the Light Lead me from the...
Dear Friends, Here is an addition to the website that briefly describes the interrelationship between Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra, which are companion practices...
Dear Friends, A new "Additions" page has been added to the website. Whenever new pages or revisions to the SwamiJ.com website are made, they will be listed...
Learning to be still and calm should not be made a ceremony or a part of any religion; it is a universal requirement of the human body. When one learns to sit...
The Sanskrit word for "action" is "karma," derived from the root "kri" which means "to do." One does action and gets remunerated for it, in turn transferring ...
In your meditation today.... May your body be still and comfortable.... May your head, neck and trunk be aligned.... May your breath be smooth, slow, serene,...
Love and attachment are two different things. Love means giving selflessly, excluding non and including all. Attachment is possessing something. In reality, it...
If anyone wants to be a student of the interior world, of the path of light, if he wants to do inner research, he will have to understand this point: one must...
The music that fills the outer ear is but an echo of the inner harmony. One who learns to make his whole being an ear, alone hears the music of eternity. The...
The Self is the dearest of all things, and only through the Self is anything else dear. The Self is the origin of all finite happiness, but it is itself pure...
First your teacher introduces you to the real teacher within you, which is called your own conscience. Then you start counseling within: "I should not do this...
When one learns to forget all that one remembers, then in which language will the mind think? The thinker has nothing to think upon. Therefore, there is no...
A Rare Friendship Between a Leopard and a Cow GUJARAT, INDIA, May 12, 2003: A rare phenomena has captured the hearts and minds of inhabitants of a village in...
The majority of people view yoga as a system of physical culture. Very few understand that yoga science is complete in itself, and deals systematically with...
Probably if I were to play back tapes of my past talks, it would be the same ideas again and again. People might say, "The swami says nothing new--the same old...
Here is a link to a page that outlines nine quotes made by Swami Rama on holistic health: http://www.swamij.com/swami-rama-holistic.htm The emphasis is in the...
A new article has been added to the website, entitled: "What is `systematic' meditation?" The purpose of this article is to discuss what it means to go inward...
The chariot is used by the ancient sages as symbol for how to train your mind and senses. Though most of us do not use horse drawn chariots, the lesson is as ...
