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Guru Purnima Message

Guru Purnima Message

Jul. 10 | July 1964 Om Namo Bhagavte Sivanandaya! Salutations and worshipful Pranams to the sacred lotus-Feet of the Guru whose form is to be an object of our meditation, whose feet are to be adored, whose words are most holy truths and whose Grace grants us supreme...

The Role of The Guru

The Role of The Guru

Jul. 10 | Ajnana-Timirandhasya Jnananjana-Salakaya; Chakshurunmilitam Yena Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah. Prostrations to that Guru who, by the collyrium-rod of Knowledge, opens the eyes of those who are rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance (Guru Gita). The Guru...

Guru-Bhakti Yoga

Guru-Bhakti Yoga

Jul. 10 | Just as Kirtan-Sadhana has been made the special Kali-Yuga Sadhana for quick God-vision, even so herein you have the new Yoga, a Yoga most eminently suitable for this age of doubt and scepticism, pride and egoism. It is Guru-Bhakti Yoga. This Yoga is...

Waste not this Rare Human Birth

Waste not this Rare Human Birth

Jul. 10 | (H.H. SRI SWAMI SIVANANDAJI MAHARAJ) Guru Purnima Message-6th July 1963 (Saturday) Salutations again and again at the Holy Feet of the great Sage, Sri Vyasa Bhagavan or Sri Krishna Dwaipayana, who edited the Vedas, composed the Brahmasutras, and wrote...

Happy New Year 2022

Happy New Year 2022

Jan. 1 | GURUDEV’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE EVERY DAY A BETTER PERSONALITY (Sri Swami Sivananda) The dawn of a new year has arrived; the new bud of elusive hope has blossomed again. You have woken up in the cool morning of the virgin year, but find yourself in...

19th Punyatithi Aradhana

19th Punyatithi Aradhana

Nov. 22 | Photos taken during 19th Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh-Himalayas. [nggallery id=304]

Siva Yoga Sadhana

Siva Yoga Sadhana

Mar. 1 | by Swami Krishnananda SECRET OF PANCHAKSHARA Panchakshara is a Mahamantra which is composed of five letters, Namassivaya. A Mantra is that which removes all obstacles and miseries of one who reflects on it and bestows eternal bliss and immortality. Panchakshara...

Happy New Year 2019

Happy New Year 2019

Jan. 2 | Click the image to enlarge Click the image to enlarge New Year Greeting 2019 Recorded New year Message – Video H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj   [nggallery id=264] New Year Message Sri Swami Sivananda EVERY DAY A BETTER...

Happy New Year 2018

Happy New Year 2018

Jan. 1 | Click the image to enlarge Click the image to enlarge New Year Greeting 2018 Recorded New year Message – Video H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj Bhajans, Kirtan & Blessings 2018  New Year Message Sri Swami Sivananda EVERY...

The Subjective Dimension of Prayer

The Subjective Dimension of Prayer

Feb. 12 | By Swami Chidananda We will soon be observing the sacred annual worship of Lord Siva, Mahasivaratri. It is customary to regard and to speak of Lord Siva in terms of being a destroyer. The three aspects of the Supreme Being are Brahma the creator, Vishnu...