Dear Friends, Swami Rama Foundation has been formed with the following statement from their website: “The Swami Rama Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt...
In this lifetime, you can attain the highest rung of life, a state free from pain and misery. Don't postpone this, as you postpone the other joys of your life....
It is not only saints but everything in nature--trees, birds, animals--they all live for the sake of others. Why does a candle burn and melt away? To give...
The computer can be used as a modern metaphor for understanding the process of meditation and the levels of consciousness through which one journeys. Here is a...
In the ancient Indian tradition, one planned the years of life in four ashrams or stages. The purpose for this life planning is to attain the direct experience...
Yoga science teaches that if you want to develop love, then you should first do no violence. Whether you are learning to love your husband, wife, children or ...
There is a story that goes like this: Once upon a time, a student went to a great sage to ask about the meaning of life and how to attain the direct experience...
For thousands of years, yogis have been teaching the value of mantra in stabilizing and clearing the mind, leading one to deeper spiritual awakening. Modern...
In the November 10 issue of Newsweek (a USA publication), the cover story is entitled God & Health. I've not read it yet, but thought you might like to know...
RE: Yoga Nidra Survey Dear Friends, We are exploring the possibility of doing some professional quality research on the benefits of Yoga Nidra. My research...
Telescopes have immense capacities in the external world to show us countless galaxies. But if one wishes to look inward to study his thoughts, feelings, and...
Consciously or unconsciously, every human being knows the purpose of life, but being unaware of the appropriate means to pursue it and the proper application...
In relation to meditation and other spiritual practices, there are two meanings to the common phrase, "I don't have time." 1) I'm too busy to do this--maybe...
The Indian view of the mind is different from the prevailing western or European view. The West defines a human being by the mind, as with Rene Descartes’...
A few new pages have been added to the website. I hope you find them useful. Who is the witness? http://www.swamij.com/who-is-witness.htm Japa and ajapa-japa...
Death and birth are two strong habits of the body; they have nothing to do with annihilation. Death does not annihilate the essential; it merely brings about a...
There is a story that goes like this: Once upon a time, a student went to a great sage to ask about the meaning of life and how to attain the direct experience...
An attitude of indifference and laxity towards the purpose of life is ruinous. We should always carefully refrain from such an attitude. Friends, my words may ...
Dear Friends, Recently you were sent a link to new web pages on the Soham Mantra. In the description of the mantra, it was mentioned that Soooo… is like the...
The root of the word "meditation" is similar to the root word for "medical" or "medicate," and the root of all these words implies the sense of "attending to"...
A new article has been added to the website, comparing Types of meditation with Stages of meditation. This might sound like a boring subject at first glance,...
Dear Friends, An new web page has been added, which is an online recording of the Soham mantra. It is a 17 minute practice, wherein the breath and the mantra...
You should have some desires as a human being; you cannot live totally without desires. But those desires should be filtered by the sense of discrimination...
Dear Friends, A new page has been added to the website entitled "Maranatha - A Christian Meditation Mantra" http://www.swamij.com/maranatha.htm I hope you...
The cover of the August 4, 2003 issue of Time Magazine (USA) is entitled "The Science of Meditation." The subtitle is "New Age mumbo jumbo? Not for millions of...
All sadhanas (spiritual practices), techniques, and disciplines are actually means to train the mind. And the foremost part of the training is to make the mind...
Dear Friends, A new article is on the website entitled "Uncoloring your Colored Thoughts", describing klishta (colored) and aklishta (uncolored) thought...
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...
