Below is a copy of an appeal for donations for relief fund for victims of the tsunami in India. This is a good way for you to make tax deductible donations and...
Dear Friends, A new article has been added to the SwamiJ.com site, which is entitled: "Prakriti and Its Evolutes: Returning to Self-Realization" ...
In an individual, the basis for action is inner inspiration. If the inspiration is incomplete, impure, or has ignorance as its source, then the power of action...
Every thought has a form, and every sound creates a ripple that is called a thought. Each thought has a form, thus the sound and form are one and the same....
Attention hatha yoga teachers trained at the Himalayan Institute in the tradition of Swami Rama. If you would be interested in coming to teach and spend one to...
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize or make real that which alone is real? All we need to do is to give up...
The nature of inner life changes the quality of external life. The way we think is the way in which we form our personality. That inner world is also governed...
Dear Friends, Thanks to the help of one of my computer guides, Nimish Shah, there is now a section on the website for articles you can Download. Presently I...
The current issue (Sep/Oct 2004) of Yoga Journal magazine has an article on Yoga Nidra. It is entitled "In Need of Yoga Nidra," with the heading "In today's...
QUESTION: Someone wrote, "...Often i feel guilty for not being disciplined enough...." RESPONSE: If you really like to eat chocolate, then how hard is it to...
Swami Rama tells this story: "There was once a swami who used to teach students every day. One of the students listened attentively and heard the swami...
Advertisers finding yoga now in mainstream (August 6, 2004) Robert Mullins Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal Recognizing that the practice of yoga has...
In response to the newsletter on Pain, Pleasure, and Joy someone wrote back: "I am aware that pain and pleasure are different than where I find myself most of...
I was just emailing somebody, and typed out the below sketch. Thought you might enjoy this. (Hope the spacing holds up in the newsletter email) < PAIN >...
On sutra 1.6 Swami Venkatesananda Saraswati explains in part: The self can go on thinking, creating thoughts and concepts, and of course think they are right...
Sometimes sadhana or spiritual practices can seem very, very complicated. Mind generates more and more words. Discussions get started. Debates get started....
Georg Feuerstein has just published on his Traditional Yoga Studies site an extremely extensive online glossary of terminology, containing over 2000 entries. ...
Today, July 2, the full moon day, is guru purnima, a traditional, annual day for remembering and celebrating the teaching force called guru. "Gu" means...
SHIVA AND SHAKTI: Tantra considers the universe to be a manifestation of pure consciousness. Through this process of manifesting, consciousness divides itself...
Click here to see the practice: http://www.swamij.com/trataka.htm Notice how easy it is to focus attention within space. By regulating attention in space, the ...
You'll never find the sunken treasure by wading along the seashore, however attractive the scenery. Dive deep into the ocean of meditation. Swami Jnaneshvara...
Yoga Sutra 2.8: The nature of aversion http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras/yoga-sutras-20109.htm#2.8 (for more info) ... 2.8 Aversion (dvesha) is a modification...
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...
It is not necessary to retire to a monastery to lead a spiritual life. We cannot escape from our inherent longings or postpone our utmost needs. In addition to...
Yoga Sutra 2.7: The nature of attachment http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras/yoga-sutras-20109.htm#2.7 (for more info) ... 2.7 Attachment (raga) is a separate...
Back problems, head or chest colds, neck problems, joint pain or stiffness, and anxiety and depression are the most common reasons people turn to alternative...
Within the city of the body, there is the heart, and within the heart there is a little house. This house has the shape of a lotus, and within it dwells that...
Dear friends, The newsletter will be suspended for a few weeks. In the meantime... In your meditation today.... May your body be still and comfortable.... May...
