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God is honoring you

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 4:15pm

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesQuestion: How can a devotee honor God?Sri Gurudev: The Lord doesn't look for your honor. If you want to honor God, make Him happy by expressing His image, that part of God that is functioning in you. Put yourself into His hands. As the Bhagavad Gita proclaims, "Whatever you do, whatever you enjoy, whatever penance you perform, in essence everything that you think, speak or do, do it as an offering to God." Sri Krishna tells Arjuna, "Do it as an offering to me." God

Reality of life

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 2:52pm

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets Often when U are happy U feel life is a dream because U do not believe in the reality of it. When there is misery U feel life is a burden and U take trivial things very seriously…..But when one goes through pleasure & realizes that pleasure is a burden & undergoes misery thoroughly & realizes that life is a dream, a joke; one becomes calm!.....When U see life is dream, a burden or a joke only then can U be centered

Greed

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 2:30pm

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets .......

The more greed increases the more one burns out within. To calm the burn one needs to be dispassionate. Until the mind focuses towards the truth you can't be dispassionate. And the longing for the truth and knowledge takes one forward in life. All the crimes all over the world are happening because of greed! Therefore when the mind is under total control then it is centered and that state is called dispassion

The same for one and all

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 1:47pm

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesEnlightment is the same for one and all. Is the sun in Australia different from the sun in America? There is the same sun, the same light, the same rain, the same air. Is there a man's sleep and a woman's sleep, a dog's sleep and a cat's sleep? No. Sleep is the same. Death is the same. Enlightenment also is the same. It doesn't differ at all from one person to the next. The only difference would be in how long it takes to come to that experience. But the experience

The God within

Posted by amit agarwal on May 12, 2009 at 5:36am

The God within!Back to Art of Living -Ekta wroteon March 2, 2009 at 8:05amGod is never an object of isolation but the very core of your being. The difference between Self and God is just like the wave and the ocean. Can there be a wave without the ocean?Who are you? Do you know about yourself? Find out about yourself first. If you think you are just the body, that is not possible because the body has its limitations. If you think that you are the mind then that is also not possible because the m

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 11 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 11, 2009 at 6:09pm

Tryambakam / ज्ञानकोश:ॐ त्र्‍यंबकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम ।उर्वारुकमिवबान्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ।।/ tryambakaM yajāmahe sugandhim puSTivardhanam | urvārukam iva bandhanān mRtyor mukSīya māmRtāt /The literal translation of this name means Great Death-conquering Mantra. This mantra is from the Vedas. This mantra worships a three-eyed deity commonly identified with Lord Shiva. It is also called Tryambakam Mantra or Mrita-Sanjivini mantra or Rudra Mantra. The reason for it being name

Stages of spirituality in life

Posted by amit agarwal on May 11, 2009 at 1:16pm

Spiiritual life is unique for individual Yoga practitioner. However, broadly speaking it can be classified into four stages. An average practitioner undergoes these four stages progressively. Depending on his progress a practitioner can be termed as:• Worldly Person• Spiritual Aspirant• Spiritual Seeker.Spiritual MasterA worldly person is the one who sees objects and events happening the world around him. For him the sense organs are utmost important and he spends tremendous amount of efforts in

Ma Anandamayi Omkareshwar Newsletter--April

Posted by Swami Mangalananda on May 10, 2009 at 10:39am

Om MaWelcome to the Newsletter from www.SriAnandamayiMa.org!April, 2009Our Miraculous Ma(Note: The following three stories were told to me directly be a very senior, scholarly and saintly devotee of Ma who spent twenty-two years in close and intimate contact with Ma.)Ma always responded to the sincere yearning of the heart, sometimes coming to the longing devotee in surprising ways. One day this man and his wife were in a city bus in Pune on the way to Anandamayi Ashram to see Ma, when suddenly

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 09 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 9, 2009 at 4:54pm

i asked the lord for abunch of fresh flowersbut instead he gave mean ugly cactus withmany thornes.i asked the lordfor some beautifulbutterfiesbut instead he gave memany ugly anddreadful worms.i was threatened.i was disapponted.i mourned.but after many days,suddenly,i saw the cactusbloom with manybeautiful flowers,and those worms becamebeautiful butterfliesflying in the spring wind.god´s way is the best way.Chun-Ming Kao(writing from prison)The more I am here at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg the mor

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 08 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 9, 2009 at 4:00pm

Lakshmi / लक्ष्मी is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, and generosity; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Goddess Lakshmi is regularly worshipped in home shrines and temples by Her devotees. A special worship is offered to Her annually on the auspicious day of Diwali, with religious rituals and colorful ceremonies specifically devoted to Her.

Though retained by Vishnu as his consort, Lakshmi remained an avid devotee of Lord Shiva. An interesting legend surrounds her devotion to

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 07 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 4:15pm

Ganesha / Sanskrit: गणेश;/,is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon

The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth.Ganesha's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existen

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 05 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 9:39am

What is satsang?सत्संगA simple definition of satsang is devotional speech and chanting programs for the upliftment of the divine love consciousness of a devotee.Sat (सत्‌) means Divine.Sang (संग) means association.Not just coming close, but to join. And how do you join? Only with love. Love is the glue that joins two things.Suppose there were two papers, and you put them together. You press hard, but they are separate still. There’s no glue inside. Put some glue and join together—now, they are s

3 weeks in paradise

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 9:37am

May 5. 2009Motivation starts with the desire to be free, to be free from dependency on others, freedom to live the lifestyle we dream of, freedom to explore our ideas. Total freedom is not possible or desirable, but the struggle to achieve that ideal is the basis for motivation.A goal is a desire that sends us on a journey using decisions to transport us to an unknown destination. Very often, this destination is vague because we encounter opportunities/experiences that change our thinking which

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 06 )

Posted by Kati Kalipriya Cato on May 7, 2009 at 9:30am

A call-and-response chanting performed in India's devotional traditions.A person performing kirtan is known as a kirtankar.The roots of kirtan go back over 500 years to Renaissance IndiaThere are two classifications of kirtan: . Nama Kirtan and Lila kirtanNama Kirtan refers to singing the divine names of one's personal worshipful Deity.The understanding is that the name of God is non-different from God, because spiritual nature is absolute. In this way the devotee can associate with God through

Some thoughts about the Divine

Posted by Jacob on April 26, 2009 at 4:03pm

Some thoughts about the Divine, God, eternal truth, or the many names by which it is called. Why think about God? Thinking about something gives us an opportunity to use our own intelligence, to arrive at more clarity about any given topic, isn’t it. Intelligence is the greatest gift of God. To use it instead of believing something blindly is not a sin. Do not let others mislead ourselves into believing that.Thinking about something need not necessarily mean coming up with the right answer. It c

Ma Anandamayi Newsletter--March

Posted by Swami Mangalananda on April 20, 2009 at 2:35am

Om MaWelcome to the Newsletter from www.SriAnandamayiMa.org!March, 2009Mother AnandamayiBy Mahamahopadhyaya Gopinath Karviraj(Note: Sri Gopinath Kaviraj was considered the greatest living Pandit and philosopher of his generation. For many years the Principal of the prestigious Sanskrit College of Varanasi, he was also a disciple of the great Swami Vishudhananda and had attained an exalted state of sainthood and yogic accomplishment himself. He first came to Ma in 1928 and found in Ma all the man

Read Ten Bits of Wisdom by Paramhansa Yogananda from Yogananda's lectures.

Posted by Reddy Kilowatt on April 19, 2009 at 12:47am

Read Ten Bits of Wisdom by Paramhansa Yogananda from Yogananda's lectures.

Sivananda Buried Yoga

Posted by Neil Anthony on April 18, 2009 at 8:13pm

What an amazing contemporary book to read. In some ways it blows apart every pre-conception I had about yoga, the different styles, traditions, and practices. In other ways it now all makes perfect sense, pieces of the jig-saw all coming together in the one defining purpose.The author Yogi Manmoyanand takes the reader through his personal journey, first as a rebel irreverently questioning everything about postures and styles, the difference between "gymnastic asanas" and "spiritual Asana." Then,

About Kirtans & Voice Sivananda story ...

Posted by Gregg Hill Gopal on April 7, 2009 at 3:37pm

Someone commented to Master Sivananda that the people in a certain place in North India weren't very spiritual. Master Sivananda said, " I don't know about that, when I was there, I had them all dancing ... ( 35,000 people estimated !!!)Why play with voice when you can have Kirtan ?Gopal/Gregg Hill

Blog de Yoga en español

Posted by Victoria Ambrós on April 3, 2009 at 6:10pm

Hola a todos, os dejo la dirección del blog en español, por si os apetece visitarlo UniversoyogaTambién estoy muy interesada en la ayuda que el Yoga y sus prácticas pueden aportar para minimizar el estrés de la vida actual, y por ello he creado un blog dedicado al tema del estrés y las técnicas para prevenirlo y minimizarlo, aportando todo el conocimiento propio sobre el tema así como artículos de estudios médicos que pueden aportar luz a las preguntas cotidianas.Blog Destres

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God is honoring you

Reality of life

Greed

The same for one and all

The God within

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 11 )

Stages of spirituality in life

Ma Anandamayi Omkareshwar Newsletter--April

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 09 )

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 08 )

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 07 )

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 05 )

3 weeks in paradise

3 weeks in paradise (2009 05 06 )

Some thoughts about the Divine

Ma Anandamayi Newsletter--March

Read Ten Bits of Wisdom by Paramhansa Yogananda from Yogananda's lectures.

Sivananda Buried Yoga

About Kirtans & Voice Sivananda story ...

Blog de Yoga en español

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