Omm Namo Bhagavate Over-eager yogis sometimes have a tendency to blur the line between self-control and self-torture. This is a critical distinction. One must approach it like a scientist working with explosive chemicals, as Swamiji discusses in this December 2023 … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Performing sadhana is not the purpose of Gita yoga. Sadhana is just a transitional stage on the path that takes us toward the goal. But what happens when we reach the goal? What do we do then? … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Imagine trying to fill a bucket with water when there is a hole in the bucket. That’s what happens when a yogi is not diligent about preserving sattwa—it keeps leaking out. Swamiji shared this during the Advanced … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate To be linked with our true state, our svarupa, we must be able to see the difference between prakriti (nature) and her attributes, as Swamiji explains in this segment of a March 2024 Interaction at Satyachetana Ashram.
Continue reading →Omm Namo Bhagavate From the perspective of Gita verse 347 (9.9), Swamiji discusses how to remain unidentified with the actions of others, and the importance of purifying one’s aspiration, in this excerpt from an Interaction at Satyachetana Ashram in March … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Here Swamiji continues to discuss the difference between you reacting and your system reacting, in an excerpt from a March Interaction at Satyachetana Ashram. The first two Gita verses quoted in Sanskrit early in this recording are … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate In this March Interaction at Satyachetana Ashram, Swamiji discusses what happens when a yogi that has reached a high state is compelled to be in a rajasic or tamasic environment, and the difference between the response of … Continue reading →
Omm Namo Bhagavate Swamiji continues the discussion of Saankyha yoga and Gita yoga, in this February Interaction at Satyachetana Ashram.
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