Just as profound knowledge of what to do is essential, so having a one-pointed mind is equally essential. The modern student tends to know intellectually but...
One of seven Great Contemplations or Mahavakyas, excerpted from the approximately 14-page article: http://www.swamij.com/mahavakyas.htm Brahma satyam jagan...
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Buddha...
In the path of sadhana [practices] no effort is in vain; all sincere efforts bear their fruits in the unconscious mind according to the inevitable law of...
India moves to protect its yoga traditions (New Delhi, Sep 13, 2005) - The Indian health ministry is documenting 1,500 yoga asanas (postures) in an effort to...
Excerpted from the approximately 40-page article: Bindu: The Final Convergence Point of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra (Includes 6 Exercises and several graphics) ...
Report on the Dharma Summit 2005 By Lakshmi Ravu August 22, 2005 New York The overwhelmingly successful Dharma Summit that recently took place at Rutger's...
Excerpted from the 16-page discussion on Yoga Sutras 2.1-2.9 Minimizing gross colorings that veil the Self; Describing Avidya, or spiritual ignorance ...
From the article: Swami Vivekananda at the World Congress of Religions September 11, 1893 http://www.swamij.com/swami-vivekananda-1893.htm In this famous...
Pain and pleasure are two opposites that we experience in daily life, but they are relative terms. When one sees the horizon through the window, it appears...
From the article: Choosing the Highest "T" http://www.swamij.com/ts.htm The mind naturally has priorities of this over that. Sometimes our priorities are made...
To give love, we must become independent in ourselves and be a pillar in life for others to hold to us. Such an individual, who needs no crutches for his own...
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin – to say that you are...
Some of the suggestions from Chapter 1, Preparation for Choosing a Path, from the book Choosing a Path, by Swami Rama: 1) Learn the philosophical and...
15 Laws of Life From Swami Vivekananda What You Need to Keep in Mind 1. LOVE IS THE LAW OF LIFE: All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is...
When both nostrils flow freely, that is called sandhya, the wedding of the sun and the moon, or between pingala and ida. This is a delightful moment, in which...
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if...
The Eighteen "Ities" By Swami Sivananda For everyone's success in life and especially for an aspirant's success in spiritual life, it is essential that he...
"That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart." And a man present said, "Verily, a man is fond of having good clothes, and good...
The Clown Chakra Scientists from the Clown Academy have discovered a new source of healing. It is a psychic energy point located between the heart chakra and...
Regardless of what specific path one follows, the story in the Ten Zen Ox Pictures is a most beautiful representation of the entire journey to the rediscovery...
Excerpted from the approximately 12 page article on Mahavakyas, or Great Contemplations: http://www.swamij.com/mahavakyas.htm Ekam evadvitiyam brahma Brahman...
Excerpted from the approximately 30 page article: Witnessing Your Thoughts http://www.swamij.com/witnessing.htm Witness everything. A simple process: ...
Excerpted from the approximately 20 page article: Karma and the Sources of Actions, Speech, and Thoughts http://www.swamij.com/karma.htm (Includes useful...
We can easily understand and unveil the mystery of death with a simile. In our everyday speech, we use the expression: the sun rises and the sun sets. The...
