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Sri Mahasivaratri

Sri Mahasivaratri

Feb. 15 | Photos-Audios taken during Sri Mahasivaratri Celebration at Sivananda Ashram-Rishikesh Himalayas.   Mahasivaratri Bhajans Kirtans Bhajans Kirtans 1 Bhajans Kirtans 2 Bhajans Kirtans 3 Bhajans Kirtans 4   [nggallery id=227]

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...

The Four Asramas

The Four Asramas

Mar. 5 | There are four Asramas or stages in life, viz., Brahmacharya or the period of studentship, Grihastha or the stage of the householder, Vanaprastha or the stage of the forest-dweller or hermit, and Sannyasa or the life of renunciation or asceticism. Each...

Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation

Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation

Feb. 27 | Loving adorations to revered and beloved Holy Master Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj who was a sage established in the great Reality—a state which did not come easily to him. It came by dint of great effort, great austerity, great penance, great...

Swami Sivananda – Personified Synthesis of Dynamism and Renunciation

Swami Sivananda – Personified Synthesis of Dynamism and Renunciation

Feb. 27 | The lives of great men are like so many lights removing the darkness that besets the highway of human progress. Their lofty actions are sources of perennial inspiration, not only to the people of their own immediate times, but for human beings in times...