Dear Friends, A new article has been added to the website, entitled "Mysticism, Yoga, and Religion": http://www.swamij.com/mysticism-yoga-religion.htm I hope...
In an online article of the July/August 2003 issue of LA Yoga Magazine, the widely recognized scholar on Yoga, Georg Feuerstein is asked by the interviewer...
To help you find things on the website, an extensive Site Map has been added. It is near the top left of the Home page: http://www.swamij.com/index.htm Or,...
A human being is a citizen of two worlds, and he or she has to develop the ability to have access to both without any confusion. Clarity of mind comes if you...
Dear Friends, A new section has been added to the website on Kundalini Awakening. The section has a total of 8 web pages. After you click on the link below, be...
Dear Friends, It is said that 125,000 recitations of a mantra will bring mantra siddhi, the realization of a notable level of benefit from the mantra. Believe...
A new addition has been made to the website, a description of the soham mantra, which is used along with the breath. It has been called the universal mantra...
Each day is a life to one who divides. The child is the next life to one who multiplies. This and the next life is real life to one who adds. This life brings...
"A human being cannot live without doing karma, actions. And when he does some karma he reaps the fruits of the actions. And those fruits lead him to do more...
Dear Friends, From time to time people ask questions like, "What is a swami?" or "Why did you become a swami?" Sometimes these are difficult to explain, so...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Love and attachment are two different things. Love means giving selflessly, excluding non and including all. Attachment is possessing something. In reality, it...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
