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PEACE IS …..

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“PEACE IS…” has been read at the inauguration of the UNESCO Chair of Peace Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria, on 4th July 2004.

PEACE IS…..

Peace is the cool waters that flow between riparian states

Peace is the continents touching under the mantleof the depth of the oceans

Peace is the mountain passes through which the people course freely from one side to the other

Peace is the breezes travelling freely from country to country

Peace is the monsoons nourishing the fields of friends and the enemies alike

Peace is the moonlight scattered on both sidesof the imagined borders

Peace is the stars looking down on all humanity without discirimination in each twinkle

Peace is to call upon God by the name by which the ‘enemy’ used to call Him

Peace is the breath shared when two nations kiss and hug

Peace is to place all weapons in a Museum to Barbarity

Peace is every child on earth going to sleep with a full stomach

Peace is every child learning to recite the song of many nations

Peace is when you name any religion and every child as “that, too, is my religion”

Peace is God calling your enemy “My Beloved Child”

Peace is God calling you “My Beloved Child”

Peace is the enemy’s God calling you “My Beloved Child”

Peace is you and the enemy calling each other over the mountains and across the rivers, “Brother, where are you?”

Peace is to contemplate, “Can I manage without this additional acquisition of goods?”

Peace is the Art by which all arts flourish

Peace is to call the scriptures of all religions, “my sacred book”

Peace is to abandon that which was acquired by power

Peace is to let the weaker one win

Peace is for the stronger one to bow in humility

Peace is women suckling children unthreatened

Peace is women continuing to civilize wild males

Peace is the philosopher advising all kings1 and the kings listening to the advice

Peace is trees, plants, grasses forever remaining green and lush

Peace is no more war inside any Continent of the Skull

Peace is diffusing anger with non-anger

Peace is the heart not missing a beat in love

Peace is a conflict-free mind immmersed in the contemplations of the beauty of diversities

Peace is to know the one soul in all bodies and forms.

Peace is the heart pausing in stillness between beats

Peace is the silent moment between breaths

Peace is the natural human urge to which we all give way after the warps and aberrations of conflict

Peace is the mind becoming a still abode of infinity.

1 The ‘king’ here is meant to indicate all who rule and lead with secular power.

Friend

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Bhagavad-gita 6.9 lists six kinds of relationships. These are explained by the great Shankaracharya in his Commentary as follows:

Su-hrd: one who grants benevolence without expecting a return
Mitra: one who feels an affection
Ari: an enemy
Udasina: one who does not take sides
Madhya-stha: a well-wisher to both parties in a dispute
Dveshya: one for whom one has a dislike (irrespective of the other party’s feelings)
Bandhu: kinsperson

Here we are concerned with the two words expressive of friendship. Su-hrd means one with a good heart; his/her good-heartedness is not limited to just a feeling, a sentiment, but expressive itself in unselfishly good deeds for which one seeks no return. The word mitra, at least here, simply expresses the feeling of affection. A bandhu loves only because of a congenital or marital relationship, whereas a su-hrd and mitra do so with no other relationship except that of good-hearted affection.

Another word for friend that is found in the earliest Vedic hymns is sakhi. And friendship is sakhya.

Devanam sakhyam up-sedima vayam (Rg-veda-samhita 1.89.2): In friendship with the devas we sit close to them.

Yaska’s Nirukta, the earliest work on Vedic etymology explains the word sakhi as samana-khyana, one whose consciousness or level of awareness and understanding is akin, similar, to one’s own. But there is more to it than that. Su-hrd enjoys the state of eucardia. We shall come to the word mitra later. The word sakhi (the feminine form of which is sakhee) is derived from sam or sama plus kha. The prefix sam expresses harmony and togetherness, wellness, also thoroughness. Its cognates are found in words like sympathy, synchrony, and German samen (together), for example samenwerken (to work together). Sama means ‘same’, ‘similar’ and so forth. It is ham in Persian, as in ham-shireh, ham-dard, ham-vatan. The second part of the word sakhi is from kha, which is a word of mastery. The Yajur-veda-samhita ends with

Om kham brahma – YV.40.17

This is one of the earliest references to Brahman, the Transcendental Reality as Kha, which can be rendered as space, shunya, zero, neti. The philosophical concept and spiritual experience, from which the zero was derived to be written the best way, a space, may be expressed by circling an imaginary area of space: 0. The way the Roman zero is written, an elongated oval, is not true to the original concept. In the Hindu numerals, and in the Arabic ones derived from them, it is a round circle.

Just a little later in the Vedic period, the word kha denotes senses, giving rise to the words su-kha (pleasure) and duh-kha (pain), a comfortable space of the senses and an unpleasant state of the senses.

Anyway, the word sakhi means one who shares the same space, feels the same way, senses the same way, shares the same pleasures and pains, and in the final goals of life, is similar in the level of realization of the Transcendental reality. The nominative singular form in Sanskrit is sakhaa. Arjuna’s mistake was:

Sakheti matvaa pra-sabham yad-uktam….
Tat kshaamye tavaam — BhG 11.41

Thinking of you as my sakhaa, I addressed you (informally) as an equal. I ask you to please forgive me.

Until Krishna showed him the divine vision of his true form, Arjuna thought that Krishna was his sa-kha, sharing the same space, the same comprehension of reality.

Now we return to mitra. In the earliest usage the word is one of the names of the Sun Deity. In the ancient religion of Iran it becomes Mithra that becomes the Roman Mithras. The religion of Mitra or Mithra spread far and wide. Mithra as synonym of the Sun becomes Mihir. We have the famous Sanskrit polymath Varaha-mihira. The emperor Mihirkul. The town near Delhi known as Mehrauli, perhaps the site of an ancient astronomical observatory. And the Shah of Iran bore the title Arya-mihir, Sun of the Aryas. To this day, in performing the daily surya-namaskara, the set of yoga postures known as solar salutation, we recite, among the salutations to the 12 aspects of the Sun, Mitraaya namah: Salutation to Mitra.

Quite early in the development of the language, the word mitra began to denote a ‘friend’ as well. However, whereas mitra meaning Sun is masculine, the same word meaning friend is in the neuter gender. Why that should be so is still a mystery of the whims of a language. Of the twenty mantras of the Rg-veda beginning with the word mitra, two begin with it meaning ‘a friend.’ Mitram na yam shimyaa goshu (RV.1.151.1); Mitram na yam su-dhitam (RV.6.15.21); Mitram krnudhvam khalu (10.34.14). We recite in the Vedic hymns:

Mitrasya maa chakshushaa sarvaani bhuutaani sam-eekshantamm. Mitrasyaaham chakshushaa sarvaani bhuutaani sameekshe. Mitrasya chakshushaa sameekshaamahe.

May all beings look at me with an eye of a friend. May I look at all beings with the eye of a friend. May we look (at each other) with the eye of a friend.

In the Vedic wedding ceremony, the bridegroom addresses the bride:

Mitrasya tvaa chakshushaa sam-eekshe
I look at you with the eye of a friend.

One is tempted here to elaborate on the expression sam-eeksh. It does not mean simply ‘to look’. Refer above to the meaning of the prefix sam. Merge its meaning with that of eeksh, to see, and the word sam-eeksha will reveal its meaning.

But who is a true friend? The Buddha called himself everyone’s kalyana-mitra, noble friend, friend on the noble path. He encouraged his disciples and followers to be kalyana-mitra to each other. As a good friend seeing his friend about to slip on a banana peel, warns him, holds him back, and helps lift him up if the friend has already fallen, so does a co-disciple express his/her affection towards a co-traveller on the path. S/he reminds the friend not to get lost, not to waver, not to slip but to remain steadfast. This brings us to the verb root meaning of the word mitra, from maa ‘to measure’. The Sun is the measure, and the measure of all time, so He is mitra. This sense of measuring is expressed, inter alia, in the Rg-veda 1.38.14; 5.59.8; 9.64.19. A friend measures the capacity of the friend, watches and measures whether the friend is progressing, so serves like a solar beacon. Thus do the meanings ‘sun’ and ‘friend’ unite in one.

Such a friendship is not a short time game of fun and frolic. It is a part of our karmically established connections. Once a soul-mind jumps into it, it must continue for many life times. The Sanskrit texts state:

The friendship of the shallow is like the morning shadows.
The friendship of the wise is like the evening shadows.

The morning shadows start large, covering the whole earth but vanish by noon. The evening shadows start small and turn into an envelope for the planet.

It is such a friendship, amity, that is called maitri in Sanskrit, metta in Pali. Both in Buddhism and in the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali (1.33) it is the first of the four ‘frolics in God’, brahma-viharas. Amity, together with three others, constitutes the yoga practice of chitta-prasaadana, making the mind pleasant and clear; clear, thereby pleasant; pleasant, thereby clear. This pleasant clarity of mind, like that of a clear and pleasantly flowing stream, also becomes sthiti-ni-bandhani, not merely stabilizing but firming up, permanently establishing stability.

A friend, thus, is one who starts off out of a sentiment of affection; grants benevolence without seeking a return or an acknowledgment; slowly shares the same space of awareness, awakening of same level of consciousness and the realization of the Transcendent; at each step encouraging the friend to keep on the path, not to slip into apathy and darkness and confusion; serves as a solar beacon to light up the friend’s path and helps to stabilize him permanently into a clarity and pleasantness of the mind. Su-hrd, mitra, sa-khaa.

Editor’s Note

This is from a hard copy of the article given to Dave and Carolyn Hume when Swami Veda was still in the body.

Saumya Mantra

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(This was previously published as part of “The 2014 Annual 40-Day Spiritual Festival.”)

Saumyā Mantra
Explanation, Translation and Transliteration into English

Prepared by Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma)

सौम्या सौम्यतरा शेष
सौम्येभ्यस्त्वतिसुन्दरी।
परापराणां परमा त्वमेव परमेश्वरी॥

saumyā saumyātarāśeṣā
saumyebhyas tvati sundari
parāparāṇāṁ paramā
tvameva parameshvarī

This mantra is addressed to the Divine Mother as Saumyā, Divine Mother as cool, gentle, moonlike peacefulness. It is used as a special mantra for the cultivation of these aspects of personality. The mantra occurs in Caṇḍī, or Devī-mahātmya, (I.62 or 71, depending on the edition) an important text in the tantric part of our tradition.

Saumya Practice 2001 – 2002

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SHREEM
SAUMYA SAUMYATARAASHESHA
SAUMYEBHYAS TVATI SUNDARI
PARAA PARAANAM PARAMAA
TVAM EVA PARAMESHWARI
STREEM

 

This particular observance that I am requesting our Gurudeva’s discipleship to undertake this year has the purpose of bringing about peacefulness within each mind, radiating first into the personal family, then into the entire Guru family AND then into the larger global family. The normal rule is that while such an observance is going on there should be no controversial or confrontational thought. Not even one thought, leave along a word or action on the part of those who are undertaking such an observance.

Even though we have declareda purpose for that observance, we do it without expectation. We do it simply as surrender to the divinity. It is ‘Guru Prityartham’, that is, ‘for the pleasure of the divine Guru spirit’, to invoke the Guru spirit’s grace. It is with this intent of self-purification that I have requested that all collectively undertake this observance.

I strongly recommend that you read about these special japa observances in my little booklet titled “Special Mantras”. At the end of that booklet there is an appendix about the sankalpa, that is, a resolve with which one undertakes an observance for a specific period and for a certain duration. It will not be possible for more people to follow the dating system as given in the appendix to that booklet, so you may just recite the date according to the western calendar. Location as known to you. Your name and lineage a known to you. Those who are familiar with the tradition described in that appendix may follow that accordingly. For those who can recite the sankalpa and prefer to do so in Sanskrit I am giving the words here in Sanskrit. Those who know only English or a western language may mentally recite the sankalpa below in that language.

ASMAD GURUDEVA CHARNANAM, SHISHYA VARGASYA
CHITTA SHANTYA PARASPARAM SAUHARDA
STHAPANARTHAM TAT DVARA GURU PREETYARTHAM…

The purpose of this observance is to etablish and enhance the peacefulness in the hearts and minds of Gurudeva’s disciples and thereby to strengthen a bond of good heartedness among all beings…only for the pleasure of Gurudeva.

It is recommended that this prayer be undertaken only by initiates. Non-initiates can participate however, but at the recommendation of their local director or teaching guide.

Many people who have never undertaken the practice of a long mantra before, may request my cassette,”How to do long mantras faster”. Once your rhythm is established the practice will go much faster than you think.

In this mantra I have added two very powerful bijas, (seed mantras), one in the beginning and the other at the end. In the beginning, SHREEM, and at the end, STREEM. They are both bijas of the Divine Mother. The first seed sound, Shreem, is the Mother of the Sri Vidya principle in Her aspect of glory and divinity. The second one, Streem, is the bija mantra of the entire feminine aspect of creation. It is to bring the feminine kindness, compassion and motherliness among all of us. This has nothing to do with the gender of the person undertaking the observance, but rather it is for the enhancement of the motherliness in all of us.

Although the mantras are done for their sound vibration, they may carry a translation. Then there may be translations within translations going down to thousands of depths. I will give you here the shallowest level of translation.

The first word “Saumya” is a feminine word referring to soma like, or lunar qualities and attributes. Saumya, she of the lunar aspect, moonlike, peaceful and kind. Saumyatara, even more lunar and peaceful than the moon itself. Here there is a linguistic little secret. There is a hidden ‘a’ in a shesha saumyebhyas… She is even more beautiful than all lunar like forces and peaceful entities combined in the entire universe. So, breaking down the first hald for the verse word for word it reads, “saumya, saumyatara, ashesha, saumyebhyas, tu, ati, sundari.”

The next half of the verse is as follows: Paraparanam, parama. Parama, supreme one transcending. Paraparanam…all things of the transcendent realities and the realities of this shore as experience in the world. She who transcends even the transcendent forces a well as immanent forces. Tvam Eva, thou alone, Parameshvari, Oh supreme Lady. Tvam Eva Parameshvari, Thou are the supreme Lady. Thou alone art the supreme Lady who transcends all transcendent realities and immanent forces.

If you are presently doing some special practice, (purashcharana), then for this period of the one year, continue with that purashcharana and you may do only one mala of the Saumya mantra, or as many as you are capable of doing.

If you have any questions please forward them to Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral…

May the Guru Spirit thereby be pleased and confer Its grace upon us all.

Swami Veda Bharati

February 8, 2001

[Attached to this letter were “SAUMYA MANTRA as explained by Swami Veda” and “Phonetic Pronunciation in Saumya Mantra”; please see below.]

SAUMYA MANTRA as explained by Swami Veda

SHREEM
SAUMYA SAUMYATARAASHESHA
SAUMYEBHYAS TVATI SUNDARI
PARAA PARAANAM PARAMAA
TVAM EVA PARAMESHWARI
STREEM

The practice of saumya mantra repetition has the purpose of bringing about peacefulness within each mind, radiating first into the personal family, then into the entire Guru family AND then into the larger global family. The normal rule is that while such an observance is going on there should be no controversial or confrontational thought. Not even one thought, let alone a word or action on the part of those who are undertaking such an observance.

Even though we have declareda purpose for that observance, we do it without expectation. We do it simply as surrender to the divinity. It is ‘Guru Prityartham’, that is, ‘for the pleasure of the divine Guru spirit’, to invoke the Guru spirit’s grace. It is with this intent of self-purification that I have requested that all collectively undertake this observance.

I strongly recommend that you read about these special japa observances in my little booklet titled “Special Mantras”.

It is recommended that this prayer be undertaken only by initiates. Non-initiates can participate however, but at the recommendation of their local director or teaching guide.

Many people who have never undertaken the practice of a long mantra before, may request my cassette,”How to do long mantras faster”. Once your rhythm is established the practice will go much faster than you think.

In this mantra I have added two very powerful bijas, (seed mantras), one in the beginning and the other at the end. In the beginning, SHREEM, and at the end, STREEM. They are both bijas of the Divine Mother. The first seed sound, Shreem, is the Mother of the Sri Vidya principle in Her aspect of glory and divinity. The second one, Streem, is the bija mantra of the entire feminine aspect of creation. It is to bring the feminine kindness, compassion and motherliness among all of us. This has nothing to do with the gender of the person undertaking the observance, but rather it is for the enhancement of the motherliness in all of us.

Although the mantras are done for their sound vibration, they may carry a translation. Then there may be translations within translations going down to thousands of depths. I will give you here the shallowest level of translation.

The first word “Saumya” is a feminine word referring to soma like, or lunar qualities and attributes. Saumya, she of the lunar aspect, moonlike, peaceful and kind. Saumyatara, even more lunar and peaceful than the moon itself. Here there is a linguistic little secret. There is a hidden ‘a’ in a shesha saumyebhyas… She is even more beautiful than all lunar like forces and peaceful entities combined in the entire universe. So, breaking down the first hald for the verse word for word it reads, “saumya, saumyatara, ashesha, saumyebhyas, tu, ati, sundari.”

The next half of the verse is as follows: Paraparanam, parama. Parama, supreme one transcending. Paraparanam…all things of the transcendent realities and the realities of this shore as experience in the world. She who transcends even the transcendent forces a well as immanent forces. Tvam Eva, thou alone, Parameshvari, Oh supreme Lady. Tvam Eva Parameshvari, Thou are the supreme Lady. Thou alone art the supreme Lady who transcends all transcendent realities and immanent forces.

Phonetic Pronunciation in Saumya Mantra:

“A’ is pronounced as in “mama” “papa” “la” “baba” “ha”

“AU” is pronounced as the “au’s” in “saurkraut” or like in “cow” or “house”

“E” is pronounced like “ay” (long A) as in “day” or better yet “grey”

SHESHA – shay-sha

SAUMYEBHYAS = saum-yay-bhyas

EVA = ay-va

PARAMESHVARI = param-aysh-va-ree

“I” is pronounced like “ee’ (long E)

“U” is prnounced like “oo” (long U), as in “loon” “raccoon” “moon” “noon”

SUNDARI = soon-da-ree

The V is actually a combination of a V and a W, (VW), the way Russians would pronounce the V in VODKA.

Peaceable Emotions

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If saintly tranquility is a dream, let us awaken realizing the choice of peaceable emotions is our daily duty.

When the senses no long burn with uncontrolled desires and anger, understanding reveals innate tranquility.

Free from disturbance lake-like mind remains calm, pacified heart remains loving.

Your true nature reveals the source of your health and wealth.

Meditate and Listen.

Editor’s Note:

“Peaceable Emotions” by Swami Ritavan Bharati was published in the June 2016 edition of the AHYMSIN Newsletter as well as by The Meditation Center.

Body, Mind and Breath of the Ahymsin-self

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Question from a student

I experience myself as an individual self, but what would be the body, the mind and the breath of the Ahymsin-self?

Answer from Swami Veda

Very good. I love that question. The body of an organization or a family or a nation is its structure; the mind is the degree of awareness of its mission; and the breath is the life you put into it. Then you can elaborate on that theme. The structure is the body. The awareness of its mission is the mind – and the mind of a thumb is not different from the mind of a nose in your body. A thumb doesn’t say, “Hey, I have a mind of my own. I’m not going to help you.” In the organization, in the family, that [unity of vision and purpose] happens. [There is] that mind – and then [there is] what you do with it out of compassion. The word “love” ceases, stops. If there is only one, who will love whom?

Long ago I gave a lecture back in the early seventies in Minneapolis I still recall. I don’t know if it’s available, Saints Do Not Pray. To whom will they pray? And I would add to that a sentence. A true lover is he who does not love – because there is no other left to love. Let’s remember that. Saints do not pray and lovers do not love, and that’s the ideal. Only in the world of duality is there separations; there is one and there is another to love. When there is only one mind . . . . The word love exists where there is a sense of separation. I love someone. Does my hand love my mouth, and does my mouth love my stomach? So the hand kindly puts food into the mouth, and mouth doesn’t say, “Hey, I have a mind of my own. I’m just going to keep the food in the mouth. Why should I give it to that stomach?” Because you have one body, one mind from head to toe – and when the organization, nation, group, family, become like that, there is no other to love and no one to fear. Then there is no one to fear. Okay. Alright.

Editor’s Note

This is a transcription of an excerpt from “Discussion on Bodhisattva,” Rishikesh, India, February, 2007.

Beijing, May 18, 2015

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As the keynote speaker at the plenum closing session of the inaugural Yoga summit conference in Beijing, Swami Veda Bharati delivered a lecture to the conference participants via life video. This was likely his very last public lecture before dropping the body in July 2015. The transcription below is based on a recording made by the event organizer.

I pay homage to Swami Rama of the Himalayas and all the gurus of the lineage. I pay homage to the Buddha, to Lao Tzu, to Confucius. I pay homage to Kāśyapa Mātaṅg and to Dharmaratna [being the first two recorded Buddhist masters of the 1st Century BC traveling to ancient China and whose remains were buried at the White Horse Temple] of Luoyang. I pay homage to Kumārajīva [a monk of 4th Century AD from Central Asia who alone translated massive volumes of Buddhist scriptures into Chinese], to Faxian [of 4th Century AD], to Yijing [of early 7th Century], to Xuanzang [of 7th Century], [the latter three being Chinese monks who traveled to India and brought back and translated scrolls and scrolls of Buddhist scriptures]. I pay homage to Bodhidharma. I pay homage to all those in both civilizations who have communicated with each other in silence for thousands of years.

Yoga which unites everybody in silence and meditation now unites the people of China and people of India. Walking on the footsteps of all those great immortals to whom I have paid homage, I come to you to revive in you that tradition of discovering the inner serene silence through yoga. Yoga is not a system of physical movement. It is a system of silence and stillness from which the movement expresses itself. It is this yoga to which I invite you to enter within yourself. It is the subtle yoga, not the yoga of the body but the yoga of inner self.

I will first take you through five minutes only of the entry way into the chamber of inner silence. First you will discover your spine. Your spine is a center of all your energies in teachings of the Taoist masters of China and the yoga masters of India. As you discover your spine you will begin to sit straight and you will begin to sense the subtle flow of energy in your spine. And then your senses will naturally want to close. Your eyes will close to look inward into a chamber of silence. Then, as you enter that chamber, your spine will remain erect but all your muscles and joints remain relaxed.

Relax your forehead. Bring your mind’s attention to your breath. Only observe how your breath is flowing. The source of your breath in the energy centers in the spine, the source of serene flow of breath. Simply observe and feel your breath flowing. As you observe your breath will slow down.

Now, feel the flow and touch of your breath in your nostrils. Breathe gently, slowly, smoothly. Just feel the flow and touch in the nostrils. No jerk in your breath. No break between breaths. Let your entire mind become absorbed in feeling this energy stream.

Now the word I give you will not come to your mouth, only in your mind. While you are feeling the outward flow and inward flow of your breaths, count in your mind in your own language: one — two — … Breathing out, one… Breathing in, two… Continue to feel the breath with the count of one and two… No break in the flow of the breath. No break in the count. Observe how the mind, the word and the breath are flowing together in a single energy stream of your conscious mind. Without the feel of the flow gently open your eyes, but let the flows continue even with the eyes open.

Resolve in your mind to calm the mind in this way many, many times during the day. This way is the very first step we teach in our ashram in our yoga tradition. It’s only the first step. But even with this step you will join the great disciples who for thousands of years have sat at the feet of masters and the immortals. The count of one and two is for those who do not wish to believe in any Guanyin, Buddha, religion, Vedas and the masters even. It is a perfect system for the atheist scientific societies. However, if you wish to follow a different system you will have many alternatives.

Those who wish to follow the Heart Sutra, as is shown on the screen written in the Siddham script. The entire Heart Sutra cannot be done in one breath – unless you are already an immortal. So for those who are dedicated to the Heart Sutra you may use “bodhi svāhā”. With each breath you use those words flowing in the mind.

For those dedicated to Guanyin you may use the mantra that’s dedicated to Guanyin in all of China, or to Dölma in Tibet, to Tara in India and to all these lands in Asia, two and half billion people are united by this mantra of Guanyin: “tāre tuttāre ture svāhā”. It is the same mantra that is recited to mother Tārā at my ashram here in Rishikesh by the holy river Ganga. The entire mantra again cannot be done with one breath. So meditation with the breath you may use only the word “tāre”. Breathing out, feel the breath in nostril and think in your mind: “tā – re –”. Breathing in, feel the breath and think in your mind: “tā – re –”.

However, in the yoga tradition, in India commonly, the masters of the Himalayas, they use another word. When Xuanzang brought thousands of scriptures from India and he established the pagoda in Xian, under the patronage of Tang emperor, called the Haṃso Pagoda. Why did he choose to call it Haṃso? That is the word which the yoga masters teach to every beginner to start the practice of meditation.

Now in the honor of Xuanzang, join me, feel the breath in your nostrils. Be still and breathing out think “ham –“, breathing in think “so –“. Continue in silence with your mind, hamso and the breath flowing together.

Many years ago, nearly ten years ago, I had the honor of making the pilgrimage to the temple in Qinling Mountains where Laotzu gave his teachings. I had the honor of sitting with a Tao master who was the abbot there. He talked about the Tao path of energy in the spine. I talked about the Yoga path of energy in the spine. He talked about the bifurcation of the energies in the base of the skull and I talked about the bifurcation of the energies in the base of the skull. He talked of the great masters and immortals leaving the bodies consciously from the top of the head. And I talked of the great yoga masters leaving the body consciously from what we call here brahmarandhra, the opening to Infinity.

I did not bring any offering to the abbot but he gave me, out of his spontaneous love, this Chinese calligraphy that hangs on the wall in my room to this day. Also hanging in my room are the portrait of my master, Swami Rama, and the painting of Guanyin. This is how the traditions unite us.

And I am so joyful that you and I, though apparently thousands of miles away, are united today in yoga. Here in India we have kept the language from which the masters like Xuanzang translated. For example, I have here (holding up a scripture) the Lotus Sutra in the Sanskrit language from which Kumārajīva translated in the 4th Century, seventeen hundred years ago and we are teaching them in our ashram.

I had the honor of visiting the chamber where Xuanzang’s skull was preserved. And I was permitted to enter that chamber. There I recited the original Heart Sutra from which Xuanzang had translated for you. I am sure that his spirit accepted my love offering.

There are yoga and yogas. The paths of yoga have been offered to followers of many cultures. If you do not believe in any religion just use the count of “one –“ and “two – “ with your breath. If you are a Christian you may use the name of Yesu. There is a Christian yoga. There is also a Muslim yoga. And there is also a Buddhist yoga. Now to add a little humor – there is also a “Hollywood yoga”!

But I have no sense of humor and the only yoga I enjoy is the Himalayan yoga. This Himalayan yoga is not the yoga for powers. It is the yoga for purity and serenity. Learn to move as though you are not moving – that is yoga. We have a beautiful text here in India called the Bhagavad Gītā, the Divine Song. It says, “He who knows action in inaction and inaction in action knows the meaning of action.” [around 47:30 SVB stopped briefly in the middle of a sentence, said “Excuse me” and remained in silence for around 30 seconds before continuing citing the Gītā]

[At this point the video connection was interrupted. After resuming the connection Swami Veda continued.] I hope our minds remained connected. Through your silence and through your serenity you can connect to the minds of all the teachers and immortals.

As I was saying, the Divine Song, the texts in Sanskrit says, “He who knows action in inaction and inaction in action knows the meaning of action.” Lao Tzu also says, “A warrior who in the middle of battlefield is not fighting is a true warrior.”

So do not do only postures. Learn to lead such a yoga life with a yoga mind. What was it that the great Himalayan masters were doing in their mind sitting years and years in silence in the caves? They were not pursuing a path of powers. They were pursuing a path of purity and serenity. When the Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree for 49 days and 49 nights absolutely still, what was he doing in his mind? When Bodhidharma sat in front of the wall for so many years that his shadow was imprinted on the wall, what was he actually doing in his mind? Do not only honor the founder of yoga, or the Buddha, or Bodhidharma. Do not only honor them. Be ambitious. Learn to do with your mind what they did with their mind.

I have a wish for you – that you become someone that anyone who comes in your presence, any time, feels that he has entered a realm of peace. To have that ambition is yoga. I wish you to be ambitious.

Please accept my thanks to Yin Yan and Mohan for organizing this event for us. I thank the honorable Prime Minister of India and the honorable President and Prime Minister of China for having brought us all together here under the banner of yoga. This union in the yoga transcends all political boundaries as it has done for thousands of years in the past. I pray that someday I welcome many of you to come and sit in silence meditation with me here. In the meantime, please make a resolve that you will calm your mind many, many times in the day by following the harmony of mind with one single thought and the breath for however many minutes it may keep you in enjoying your own inner peace.

Yin Yan would you kindly convey my sincere thanks to his excellency, the Ambassador of India. I shall be grateful.

[Yin Yan: On behalf of all the participants here, I thank you, Swamiji, and I shall bring our students to your ashram to study meditation with you.]

Thank you, Yin Yan. Thank you all. Now before you all go, once more, enter your inner realm for one minute. Just relax your mind and feel the flow and touch of your breath in the nostrils with “one — two—“or with “ham— so—“. Just sit for a minute in silence.

With all the love of my heart, with all the power of action in my hands, with all thoughts and intellect in my head, I honor and worship the pure serene spirit within you. May that always be your own source of peace.

Are there any questions?

Question: Whenever I sit in meditation I would be in tears. Why is that?

Swami Veda: You have many emotions stored up inside you. When you relax they begin to flow out. Make your emotions a flower offering to Guanyin, to your inner spirit, to whomever divine mother you believe in and they will accept your offering. Your tears will turn into a very serene feeling. After some times when you let out your emotions as an offering, after some times, it will stop flowing and you will be calm in your meditation. Just accept it. Accept it and keep coming back to the feel of your breath and the word of your choice. Just keep doing it again and again.

Question: I want to know how meditation can benefit us and what’s the connection between meditation and the āsanas we do in hatha yoga?

Swami Veda: First, my advice – do not practice meditation for its benefits. What is the benefit of smiling? What is fun of smiling? What is the correct method of smiling? What is the benefit of being calm and being in peace with yourself? If you smile for its benefit, is it a smile? So practice being at peace just for the sake of being at peace. Now, you carry a lot of load of emotional tensions in your body, in your muscles. That also makes your breath very short, very shaky and very jerky. Through hatha yoga in postures you release these stored up tensions, stress and so forth so that your body may calm down and be relaxed so that your breath may begin to flow gently and smoothly. In fact, when we teach hatha yoga we teach that the postures being done with a smooth movement, gentle and unjerky flow of the breath. If your body is full of tension and stress it will not let you sit still in meditation. It keeps shaking about. In fact, as I have been taught by my master and as we have been teaching in our ashram, we think of hatha yoga as a form of meditation not separate from meditation. These are explained in my book the Philosophy of Hatha Yoga. So hatha yoga is one of the forms of meditation when it is done with a serene mind with even flow of breath and relaxed movements.

Question: What is samādhi? Is it a way to calm our mind? And let’s add one more question, does God exist?

Swami Veda: What is samādhi? In February 2016 we are doing a 6-day program and the topic is: Can I have samādhi? But I do not promise that you will enter samādhi by doing this – even the Buddha had to sit for 49 days and 49 nights. Samadhi is being that what you really are. You are not your eyes, ears, hands and feet. You are not your breath, your emotions, your disturbances. You are a serene form of conscious energy that is total and pure knowledge and absolute joy. Samadhi is returning to that self-nature. Once you have RE-discovered that self-nature you will never lose it again.

Now to the question: Does God exist – why do you want to believe my answer? Find out for yourself. That is what my master taught me – find out for yourself. You will not find it out by asking intellectual questions. Go to the most serene, quietest place inside you and there find out if there is a God. You will come back from there and tell me if God exists. Find out for yourself.

My blessings.

Editor’s Note

Shi Hong provided this transcript and also acted as translator of Swami Veda when Swami Veda gave the talk.

Chinese translations

Traditional: https://www.facebook.com/ahymsin.taiwan/posts/1773505236053274
Simplified: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-PjoqiM1PsKFp2BFDGTA8g

Guru-purnima 2001

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Dear fellow wave in the Oceanward river of light,

The gravity pull of the earthly dense objects pulls all things downwards. The flame of spirit is pulled in the opposite direction by the Guru’s upward pull. May you be pulled upwards like a flame. Be a flame of light to all thereafter.

A subtle sound is heard in the ears, an un-nameable flavour is percolated into the taste-buds of the soul. The song that lay asleep in the recesses beyond mind begins to float up and becomes music on the tongue. A touch of lightning into every pore. To those who have washed themselves; to those who have purified; to those who have made sacred their home – the walking, blinking, thinking, feeling home that has been built by the bricks of karma and the mortar of samskaras.

The Guru comes to perform a sacred ceremony in this home of yours. Have you truly washed the house clean? Have you spread out the welcome mate? Have you set his seat where he may be offered the five offerings of the senses, that he may consume them and leave you senseless? That from that seat he may speak the inspirations so subtle only the soul without physical ears can hear? For, the Guru is a sight only the soul without physical eyes can see.

May your physical eyes and ears and mouths of all senses be shut this day and your prana and mind be set as twin chalices on the altar to be filled with the amrita of Guru-Grace. As a priest’s offering may you give him your beclouded identification with karmabrick-samskara-mortar-built home so that the Guru may leave you homeless and give you wings to roam freely with the light-breathing celestials.

On this day of Guru-purnima a special rain falls upon humankind that soaks only the soul. Those who have somewhat attenuated the body cloaks would feel the drenching of the Guru-shakti.

May you be drenched through and through never to feel the dryness of the world’s deserts again.

On this day the Guru descends into our prana and mind to make us sacred. May his presence within you be a strong vibration, for this day be such a memory that remains your interior companion throughoutthe year till he returns to descend again.

See you in the Ocean but who will be the seer who will be the seen, all in the Guru.

With profound blessings,

Swami Veda Bharati

Silent Prayer of the Heart

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Question

You taught us to meditate, but you’ve not taught us to pray. You’re not supposed to ask for anything.

Swami Veda

A devotee can ask anything. A meditator asks for nothing. But a devotee is a child: he can ask for a morsel out of the mouth of his mother. It depends on where you are. A meditator asks for nothing, but a child asks for anything. When prayer becomes wordless it becomes meditation.

I have not taught much on prayer. I don’t want to say more about it, and it’s not because I’m not interested in prayer. All life should be prayer. There should be nothing in life that is not prayer. There should be nothing in life that is not worship. There’s nothing in life that is not devotion. There is nothing outside prayer, no human activity. For prayer, you have to be a devotee, not a dependent. Understand this.

For prayer you have to be a devotee, not a dependent. In a crowd where many people are dependents, devotion is very difficult to teach, because devotion becomes an excuse for showing dependence and it’s not devotion. There are few who can truly pray. Others only give vent to their insecurities.

I’d like you to know the difference between the two. Prayer is a gushing fountain. It cannot be constructed, it cannot follow a text, and it cannot follow words or a method. Who can teach you to pray? You have it in you, it flows from you as a fountain.

It never exhausts itself. If you want to lead the life of prayer, your tears will purify you. They’ll cleanse you, they’ll wash all the transgressions and failures and fears. One who prays is afraid of nothing because he knows that by his prayer he can call upon the Protector of all Protectors.

How can I write down words of prayer and teach? That is not prayer. Prayer is something you either have in you or you don’t have in you. Who taught the first man to pray? In which school of literature did the writers of the psalms of David learn to compose poetry? Who critiqued their poems? Who edited them and said they were ready to publish? Who taught them? They had less of the world literature to draw upon historically at that time. Yet what came out of their hearts and their mouths became immortal literature because there was prayer in them. Indeed, prayers that have flowed out of them have been read by others to follow a model.

So we read prayers and we recite verses. In every religion of the world, even in Buddhism, which does not believe in a Creator God, there are prayers.

Worship is divine. If you have the worshipfulness, you’ll find the right object of worship. What is worshipfulness? The spirit within you, calling you, I’m here. Recognize me? I have met you many times before. “O Arjuna. Many incarnations have past, yours and mine. I remember them all, but you do not remember them.”

So we have met that God, many, many times before but have forgotten His face and His touch. Suddenly you meet Him again, or expect to meet Him, hope to meet Him, or He just simply, barely calls from inside, from within.

A desire arises to place flowers somewhere. So if they don’t go to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, they place flowers on the Lenin stone. The urge to place the flowers is the urge to pray. If you did not believe in a God, you would still find a place where you want to put your flowers. And you cannot be without it.

For me that prayer is something spontaneous. Today’s prayer is often like a Hallmark card you send to your beloved ones. Somebody else has to write and sell you the love message. It’s one thing I don’t understand. Somebody else has to write and send you the love message that you are to send. I know my statement is not good for the greeting card industry!

Can you not pray without a book? Without somebody else dictating? Have you no feelings left of your own? How can one teach you feelings? If you have love, you write your own love letter and don’t borrow someone else’s printed word. The best prayer, as you know, is the silent prayer. That silent prayer becomes meditation. Then it becomes meditation in action or it becomes prayer in action. When the feelings awaken, then you will pray. You need no one to teach you.

Editor’s Note

This transcript is an excerpt from Pandit Usharbudh Arya’s talk on the Bhagavad Gita given at The Meditation Center in 1985. Pandit Arya became Swami Veda Bharati when he took sanyas.

To read “How to Pray for Someone” by Swami Veda Bharati:  http://ahymsin.org/main/Swami-Veda-Bharati/how-to-pray-for-someone.html

Index of AHYMSIN Newsletters with Table of Contents

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Below is an index of the AHYMSIN Newsletters with their Tables of Contents. Also there is a link for each edition so you can access any edition. (Archive here). Note: A Number of the newsletters have the “Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…” column; to read a listing of those questions and questions, please click on Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

 

2021

April AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Yoga and Buddhism (Part 2 of 3) by Swami Veda Bharati
3 Prime Conditions by Swami Rama
Anniversary Celebration in Pune by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Online Seminar in May by Sofia Foteina
The Noose of Time by Shirin Venkat
HYT-TTP Virtual Workshop by HYT-TTP Administration Team
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Questions Is…

March AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Yoga and Buddhism (Part 1 of 3) by Swami Veda Bharati
Atman by Swami Rama
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

February AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Oneness in Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
30 Goals for 30 Days by Swami Rama
Full Moon Message by Wolfgang Bischoff
Upcoming HYT-TTP Virtual Workshop by HYT-TTP Admininstration
Online Workshop in March by Namita Sinha
Reflections on Sadhana Panchakam by Stephanie Robinson
Dear Yoga Mentors, My Question Is…

January AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Stories and Parables of Power by Swami Veda Bharati
Collective Happiness by Swami Rama
Full Moon Message by Wolfgang Bischoff
The “New Meditation Hall” is almost complete! by Rabindra Sahu
Narada Bhakti Sutras [study] submitted by Divya Gupta
Yoga and Family Life [workshop] by Sofia Foteina, John Sellinger, and Divya Gupta
New Online Workshops by Yuko Metsugi
New SRSG Organic Garden by Divya Gupta
Motto for All Future Silence Days by Swami Veda Bharati
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

2020

December AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Subtle Body and Karma by Swami Veda Bharati
The Treasure by Swami Rama
AHYMSIN Board Meeting December 2020 reported by Rajini Prakash
Zoom Class in January 2021 by Divya Gupta
Bhaja Govindam and Tattva Bodha by Berta Millas
Bhaja Govindam
In Praise of Thanksgiving by Randall Krause
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

November AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Reincarnation, Karma and Samskaras by Swami Veda Bharati
Understanding the Purpose of Life by Swami Rama
HYT-TTP Newsletter
Chitta Prasadanam by Keshav Rajgopal
Inspired on Bhaja Govindam by Igor Sampaio
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

October AHYMSIN Newsletter and Full Moon Meditation

News
Sacred Activism by Swami Veda Bharati
Action and Inaction by Swami Rama
8 Qualities of Yogic Breathing by Michael Smith
2020 Navaratri Silence Retreat in Taiwan by Francine Kuo (Sujata)
I am. by Rachna Arora
A Little Ditty by Veena Haasl-Blilie
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

September AHYMSIN Newsletter and October Full Moon Meditation

News
Compassion by Swami Veda Bharati
Prayer in Action by Swami Rama
Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati
AHYMSIN Board Meeting, September 2020 Reported by Rajini Prakash
Reopening of SRSG by Divya Gupta
Symbolism of Kamandalu & Kalasha by Michael Smith
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

August AHYMSIN Newsletter and September Full Moon Meditation

News
Sources of Energy by Swami Veda Bharati
Universal Brotherhood by SwamiRama
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Budapest, Hungary by Frankó Csuba Dea
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA by Daniel Hertz
Virtual Silence Retreat by Lori Beron
Appreciation for All Living Beings by Wolfgang Bischoff
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

July AHYMSIN Newsletter and August Full Moon Meditation

News
Heaven, Hell, Reincarnation? by Swami Veda Bharati
Raja Yoga – Meditation & Samadhi by Swami Rama
Remembering Nina Johnson by Wesley Van Linda
Guru Purnima and South India Sangha by Ashok Shanbhag
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Republic of China (Taiwan)by Tinyu Chen
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

June 2020

News
Non-Violence and Spiritual Strength by Swami Veda Bharati
Discipline by Swami Rama
AHYMSIN Board Meeting June 2020 reported by Rajini Prakash
A New Book from Daniel Hertz by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Republic of Croatia by Patricija Kos Pešut
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Orissa, India by Sudhir Chaitanya
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Pune, India by Dr. Shirin Venkatramani
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Florence, Italy by Ilaria Sarra
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Milan, Italy by Daniele Belloni and Susi Stefanini
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Republic of Korea (South Korea) by Heejung Lee
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Thailand by Little student of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Trinidad and Tobago by Tricia Lai Tan
AHYMSIN around the Globe – United Kingdom by Rajini Prakash
AHYMSIN around the Globe – Palatine, Illinois, USA by Anil Saigal
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

May 2020

News
Meditation Makes Time for Itself by Swami Veda Bharati
Digging for the Treasure of Life by Swami Rama
The Importance of the AHYMSIN Community Saumya Practice by Swami Ritavan Bharati
The Story of Sai Om by Shi Hong
Infinity Is Six Years Old by Jim Fraser
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is

April 2020

News
Seeking God by Swami Veda Bharati
You Are the Architect of Your Life by Swami Rama
A Willful Event of Purification by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama during Lock-down by Rabindra Sahu
Karuna – Compassion: What It Means in Today’s World by Lalita Arya (Ammaji)
Choosing Tranquility by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Concern for Humanity by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
The Burden of I by Shirin Venkatramani
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

March 2020

News
Two Blood Cells by Swami Veda Bharati
Living Beauty by Swami Rama
Prayers and Succour for Current Global Uncertainties by Dr. Mohan Swami
Dignity to Every Moment of Life by Wolfgang Bischoff
Covid-19 Updates from SRSG by Rabindra Sahu
AHYMSIN Board Meeting March 2020 Reported by Rajini Prakash
MahaShivaRatri 2020 at Sadhaka Grama by Riemke de Groot
Eternal Dedication to Swami Veda Bharatiji by Rashmi Bawa
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Luminosity by Anu Gupta
Italy before Covid-19 by Stephen Parker (Stoma)

January 2020

News
Guru Disciple Relationship by Swami Veda Bharati
Niyamas by Swami Rama
December Workshop in Thailand by little student
Yoga Sutras in Malayasia by Tang
AHYMSIN Board Meeting December 2019 reported by Divya Gupta
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

2019

December 2019

News
Purgation by Swami Veda Bharati
Seven Steps by Swami Rama
Pranayama Week at SRSG by Trix Dekkers-Heezius
Thank You! by Sofia Foteina
Something’s Brewing in Tucson by Randall Krause (Mokshdeva)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

November 2019

News
Wisdom Within Stories by Swami Veda Bharati
Self-reliance and Happiness by Swami Rama
Construction Project at SRSG by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre) (lots of photos)
November 2019 HYT-TTP retreat by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre) (lots of photos)
Two Seminars in Italy in 2020 by Ilaria Sarri
December Workshop in Greece by Sofia Foteina
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

October 2019

News
Draw Yourself to Yourself by Swami Veda Bharati
To Sit Still by Swami Rama
The Beginning of a New Journey by Ilaria Sarri
Silent Retreat in the Netherlands by Nina Terpstra
AHYMSIN / HYMTA Retreat by Marylou Nunamaker
Swami Ma Radha Bharati in California by Silvia Baratta
Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar Pilgimage by Francine Kuo (Sujata)
Silence.Stillness.Love. by Veena Haasl-Blilie
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

September 2019

News
Mastery of Meditation Method by Swami Veda Bharati
Three Categories of People by Swami Rama
Self-Regulation and Stress Management by Daniel Hertz
AHYMSIN Board Meeting, September 2019 Reported by Rajini Prakash
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

August 2019

News
Sanatsujata – The Child Saint by Swami Veda Bharati
The One-Pointed Mind by Swami Rama
Paradise on Heart by Daniela Citti
Guru Purnima Celebration in Bangalore by Namita Sinha
Why Do We Do Joints & Glands Exercises? by Ashutosh Sharma
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

July 2019

News
The Three Shocks of the Buddha by Swami Veda Bharati
Kundalini by Swami Rama
Guru Purnima Blessings from the Himalayan Sages, From Swami Ritavan Bharati
Commencing the 50-Year Celebration by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Japa, Silence and Atma-tattva-avalokanam, Part 4 by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
3 Year Anniversary – Initiation by Joe Garrison
World Yoga Day Celebrations in Pune by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Yoga Day Program in Bangalore by Namita Sinha
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
International Day of Yoga, Sabah, Malaysia, Submitted by Henry Yap
Mahasamadhi Anniversary and Guru Purnima at SRSG by Sofia Foteina
New Book – Mahabharata’s Bhishma, Death Your Servant
A Prayer by Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Mohan Swami

June 2019

News
Blessing of a Death Congueror by Swami Veda Bharati
The One-Pointed Mind by Swami Rama
Swami Rama Book Now Available by Swami Rama Centre
Himalayan Tradition Gathering in Chicago by Anil Saigal and Swami Ritavan Bharati
Japa, Silence and Atma-tattva-avalokanam, Part 3 by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Workshop with Swami Nitya and Sabina by Marjan Overgaag
AHYMSIN Board Meeting June 2019 Reported by Rajini Prakash
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

May 2019

News
The Fountainhead of Worship by Swami Veda Bharati
Samkalpa Shakti by Swami Rama
Audio Talk – Swami Veda
Japa, Silence and Atma-tattva-avalokanam (part 2) by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Silence, Svadhyaya and Steadiness of Mind by Jim Fraser
March 2019 HYT-TTP Retreat Summary by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

April 2019

News (includes audio files for the new mantra practice)
The Character of the Mantra by Swami Veda Bharati
Journey of Love by Swami Rama
Audio Talk – Swami Veda – “Refining Negative Emotions”
Be a Flexible Rock: An Account of a Silence Practice by Jim Fraser
Japa, Silence and Ātma-tattva-avalokanam by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Sharing Experiences with Swami Rama by Jyothi Pattabhiram
Sangha Gathering 2019 by Michael Kissener
My Panchakarma Retreat by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

March 2019

News – Three Year Mantra Practice given by Swami Ritavan
Ways into Silence by Swami Veda
Joy of Giving and Sacrificing by Swami Rama and Swami Ajaya
Sangha Practice for the Next 3 Years by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Saumya Mantra Explanation
Advancing Guidance in Yoga Sadhana by Swami Ritavan Bharati
What is AHYMSIN by Swami Ritavan Bharati and Shi Hong
Vision for the Next Three Years, Part 1, by Swami Ritavan Bharati
AHYMSIN Executive Committee 2019 – 2022 by Shi Hong
Mind Mirror by Dr. Vijay Dhasmana
Guidelines for 3 Year Practice by Swami Ritavan Bharati
2019 Sangha Gathering Slideshow by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Working Groups Report by Sonia Van Nispen
Shivaratri Manasa Puja by Swami Ritavan Bharati
What is Shivaratri? by Pawan Mishra

February 2019

News
Methods in Meditation by Swami Veda
Violence by Swami Rama
Mauni Amavasya 2019 by Riemke de Groot
First Stay at Ashram, First Return Home by Debora Ghiraldelli
The Australian Sangha by Nina Pulaska
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

January 2019

News
The Perennial in the Millennium by Swami Veda
Yamas by Swami Rama
November 2018 HYT-TTP retreat by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre)
Yoga of Life Retreat in Thailand by Little student of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition
Mauni Amavasya 4th February by Carolyn Hume
December Youth and Children’s Retreat by Tarinee Awasthi
Updates on Renovation at SRSG by Rabindra Sahu
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

2018

December 2018

News
Diversity of Siddhis in the Yoga Sutras by Swami Veda Bharati
Christ and John the Baptist by Swami Rama
“What is a Disciple?” Audio by Swami Veda
TTP Level 3 Retreat by Marjan Overgaag
Holistic Health by Marjan Overgaag
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

November 2018

News
What to Do With Your Mind by Swami Veda
Concentration by Swami Rama
AHYMSIN Board Meeting October 2018, Reported by Rajini Prakash
Griha Pravesh for New Dining Hall by Amrita McKinney
Audio Lecture – Swami Rama
Audio Talk – Swami Veda
October Seminars in Greece by Sofia Foteina
Journey Within by Ajay and Charu Srivastava
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

October 2018

News
Two Donkeys by Swami Veda
Knowledge of Brahmavidyā by Swami Rama
Silence Retreats in 2019
Silence in the Netherlands by Marjan Overgaag
Bhakti and Loving Meditation Retreat by Amrita McKinney
Navaratri 2018 by Amrita McKinney
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

September 2018

News
A Child’s Insight by Swami Veda Bharati
The Cream of Yoga Science by Swami Rama
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
July Yoga Retreat, Czech Republic by Beatrix Dekkers-Heezius
Griha Pravesh for the New Ashram Kitchen by Amrita McKinney
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

August 2018

News
Observing the Vibration of Infinity Within by Swami Veda Bharati
Transforming Thought Patterns by Swami Rama
Guru Purnima at SRSG by Divya Gupta
Invitation to Children’s Retreat 2018 by Tarinee Awasthi and Divya Gupta
Initiates Retreat October 2018 by Divya Gupta
AHYMSIN Board Meeting July 2018 by Rajini Prakash
Silence Retreat in Italy by Ilaria Sarri
Guru Purnima Celebration in South India by Namita Sinha
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Guru Purnima, Minneapolis 2018 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Not Yet There, Not Yet by Solmaz Dabiri
The Forty-Day Spiritual Festival at SRSG by Tarinee Awasthi

July 2018

News
Delete Death by Swami Veda Bharati
Mind and Prana by Swami Rama
Guru Purnima Letter by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Swami Veda Bharati’s Third Mahasamadhi Anniversary by Tarinee Awasthi
Welcome home dear Swami Ritavan by Sofia Foteina
International Day of Yoga 2018 by Carolyn Hume
International Day of Yoga in Hungary by Andrea Zsolnai
International Yoga Day in Noida by Prateek Panday
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
International Day of Yoga at SRSG by Tarinee Awasthi
The Dance of Transformation by Ildikó Duna
A Month in South Korea by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre)

June 2018

News
A Song of Compassion by Swami Veda Bharati
Do Not Lie by Swami Rama
2019 Sangha Gathering and Preparations by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Children’s Yoga Camp Gurgaon, 2018 by Sucheta Sabharwal and Anjali Misra
Ahymsin Thailand by John Sellinger
Himalayan Yoga Workshops by Atsuko Kiyoyoshi
A Small Offering by Shauna Tuttle
Retreat and Workshops in Japan by Yuko Metsugi
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

May 2018

News
What You Might Do by Swami Veda Bharati
God Is in You/Me by Swami Rama
Annual Festival of Spiritual Peace by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Ashram Pramukha Address to Residents by Swami Ritavan Bharati
AHYMSIN Board Meeting, April 2018 by Rajini Prakash
Blessings & Guidance from Swami Ritavan by Rajini Prakash
Nourished by the Tradition by Ines Tsai
What the HYM Center in Pune Is Doing by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
June Events in Greece by Sofia Foteina
Retreat “Yoga Sutras” by Nina Terpstra

April 2018

News
Significance of Yajna by Swami Veda Bharati
Death and Transition by Swami Rama
2019 Sangha Gathering by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Visit to Burkina Faso by Pandit Priyadarshan
HYT-TTP Newsletter March 2018 by Rabindra Sahu
AHYMSIN South India Sangha by Rabindra Sahu and Namita Sinha
Grace of Adi Shankaracharya by Swami Ritavan Bharati
The Words of My Master by Dev Kar
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Shankaracharya Jayanti at SRSG by Divya Gupta and Rabindra Sahu

March 2018

News
Gulliverian Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
Love and Forgiveness by Swami Rama
Celebration in Silence by Sofia Foteina
Culmination of 5 Year Silence Practice by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Prāna, Prāna-Vidya: What is it? by Jim Fraser
Dance Workshop Feedback
August Program for Non-Initiates
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

February 2018 News/1802/e-mail.html 

News
Psychology of Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
The Method for Inner Study by Swami Rama
Sangha Talk by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Deepening Your Sadhana by Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral
New Book! Silence: The Illuminated Mind by Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust
Ten Days Silence in SRSG by Shunyaa Tsai
Retreat with Swami Tat Sat Bharati by Srila Devi
July Retreats at SRSG
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Meditation in Christianity by Beatrix Dekkers-Heezius
Dance Workshop & Maha Shivaratri by Carolyn Hume

January 2018 News/1801/index.html

News
Beijing, May 18, 2015 by Swami Veda Bharati
Progress in Meditation by Swami Rama
South India Sangha Gathering 2018 by Namita Sinha
Dance Workshop 2018 February
Youth & Children’s Retreat by Namita Sinha and Divya Gupta
Holiday Celebrations at SRSG by Divya Gupta
Letter from Minnesota by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

2017

December 2017 News/1712/e-mail.html

Purification of Emotions by Swami Veda Bharati
Path of Love by Swami Rama
Mauni Amavasya
Teacher Training in March
April Program for Initiates
Yoga and Martial Arts October 2018 by Pandit Priyadarshan
December AHYMSIN BoD Meeting by Pandit Priyadarshan
Essence of Yoga by Thaniya Kevalee
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

November 2017 News/1711/e-mail.html

Skill in Action by Swami Veda Bharati
Here and Hereafter by Swami Rama
Is an Ashram for Me? by Swami Ritavan Bharati
HYT-TTP Newsletter by Rabindra Sahu
Yoga Approved in Saudi Arabia by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Thoughts on Breath Retreat by Ruby Hand
Seminar with Bettina Bäumer by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
New Release! Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Karma Yoga, by Swami Rama
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Sadhana in Applied Spirituality (Back in Print)

October 2017 News/1710/index.html

Silent Prayer of the Heart by Swami Veda Bharati
Happiness in Marriage by Swami Rama
Is an Ashram for Me? by Swami Ritavan Bharati
2018 Yoga Nidra Retreat
Strength and Power of the Sangha by Ilaria Sarri
Ashram for a Weekend by Riemke de Groot
Talk with Nina Johnson
New Book Available by Swami Rama Centre
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
November Christian Meditation Retreat
Clearing the Path available in India by Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust
A Sleep Science Conference by Stephen Parker (Stoma)

September 2017 News/1709/index.html

Mind, Economics and Anxieties by Swami Veda Bharati
Power of Determination by Swami Rama
Is an Ashram for Me? by Swami Ritavan Bharati
e-Books Now Available! by Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust
September Board Meeting by Rajini Prakash
New AHYMSIN Managing Director by John Sellinger and Joanne Sullivan
The River of Crocodiles by Dev Kar
3 Events in Thailand by Thaniya Kevalee
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
A Silence Retreat by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Workshops in Japan by Yuko Metsugi
Ashram Life by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

August 2017 News/1708/index.html

Three Principles of Communication by Swami Veda Bharati
Discipline by Swami Rama
Is an Ashram for Me? by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Christmas & Children at SRSG by Namita Sinha
2018 Mauni Amavasya Silence Retreats
Teacher Training at SRSG
October Initiates’ Retreat
Travelling with Swamiji by Tejaswini
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Two Events with Swami Radha by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Human to Human, Heart to Heart by Daniel Hertz
Teaching Joints & Glands by Alice Coelho
Caught by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

July 2017 News/1707/index.html

On Leaving the Body by Swami Veda Bharati
Life and Karma by Swami Rama
Is an Ashram for Me? by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Silence Retreats in Celebration by Swami Ritavan Bharati
New SVB Videos on YouTube by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre)
Guru Purnima and Mahasamadhi by Divya Gupta
Guru Purnima and Mahasamadhi 2017 by Sofia Foteina
Celebration in Pune by Shirin Venkat
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Children Celebrate Yoga Day by Sofia Foteina
International Day of Yoga 2017 by Himalayan Yoga Science Society Sabah
Swami Rama Book Available by Swami Rama Centre
October Prana-Vidya Workshop by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)

June 2017 News/1706/index.html

What is a Guru by Swami Veda Bharati
Guru Purnima Address by Swami Rama
New Book Releases by Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust
My Experience with TTP by Geeta Sadhika
In Burkina Faso by Idriss Raoua Ouedraogo
108 Surya Namaskars by Dian Singh
International Yoga Day by Divya Gupta
International Day of Yoga, Noida by Divya Chauhan
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Global Ecumenism by Michael Smith

May 2017 News/1705/index.html

Meditation for Others’ Sake by Swami Veda Bharati
Spiritual Intimacy by Swami Rama
Breath Seminar in November
Initiates’ Retreat by Sandra de los Reyes Hernández Martínez
Shankaracharya Jayanti by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Teacher Training by Julia Lutz
Retreat in South Korea May 2017
Korea Retreat Slideshow by HeungMin Baik
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Mandukya Retreat by Manon van den Berge
August Program for Non-Initiates

April 2017 News/1704/index.html

What Is Knowledge by Swami Veda Bharati
Transformation of Thoughts by Swami Rama
October Seminar and Pilgrimage
Art of Shavasana by Svetlana Breus
TTP2 Retreat by Riemke de Groot
Online Satsangs by Namita Sinha
October Retreat with Bettina Bäumer
The Shavasana Retreat by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Mindfulness in Ayurveda & Yoga by Gary Gran
Joyful at Death’s Threshold by Randall Krause
A Week of Silence by Dirk Gysels

March 2017 News/1703/index.html

Rituals in the Modern World by Swami Veda Bharati
The Real and Un-real by Swami Rama
Ahymsin Board Meeting: March 2017 by Rajini Prakash
July Events
International Yoga Festival by Tarinee Awasthi
Rasasvada – Taste of Bliss by Dr. Prakriti Bhaskar
The Dance of Transformation by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Workshop with Swami Tat Sat by Manon van den Berge
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
HYT-TTP Newsletter, March 2017 by Rabindra Sahu
Dance Participant Feedback

February 2017 News/1702/index.html

Himalayan Tradition in Polity and Economy by Swami Veda Bharati
Intellect, Sadhana and Wisdom by Swami Rama
Like a Thriller-Action Movie by Patricija Kos
Teaching Children by Mamta Nakoti
In the Mind’s Garden by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
A Weekend with Swami Tat Sat by Dirk Gysels
Love Whispers by Little student of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition
Thoughts on Vanaprastha by Pandit Tejomaya
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Nataraja Murti Sanctified by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)

January 2017 News/1701/index.html

Self-Study by Swami Veda Bharati
Sadhana in Relationships by Swami Rama
Journey with a Himalayan Master Swami Rama by Dr. Prakash Keshaviah
Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Children’s Retreat, 2016 by Yuko Metsugi
Meditation in Action by Wolfgang Bischoff
Coming Home by Lea and John Sellinger
Back to the Origin of Yoga II
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Meditation and Art by Jim Fraser
Naked Before God by Richard Parenti
Concert with Pandit Mishra by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

2016

December 2016 News/1612/index.html

What Really Is Pranayama? by Swami Veda Bharati
Art of Stillness by Swami Rama
Ahymsin Board Meeting: December 2016
CDbaby New Release!
Science of Breath Retreat by Sam Cook
Symposium in Shimla by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Teaching from the Source by Ilaria Sarri
HYT-TTP Newsletter, Nov 2016 by Rabinra Sahu
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Initiators’ Retreat by Yoong
Parenting Seminar in Athens by Sofia Foteina
Annual Sabah Retreat
Upeksha

November 2016 News/1611/index.html

Art of Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
The Journey of Love by Swami Rama
New Release! by Swami Rama Centre
An Ever Present Call by Michael Kissener
Little Light by Tamara Soru
The Dance of Life by Ahimsa Ishaya
Breaking Down the Walls by Daniel Hertz
The Choice by Barbara Murrell
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
The Yoga of the Netra Tantra
Around the Globe Facebook Sharings

October 2016 News/1610/index.html

Be the Dwelling Place of God by Swami Veda Bharati
Understanding the Mind by Swami Rama
Intensive Silence Retreat by Manon van den Berge
A New Center Is Born by Patricija Kos
Swami Ritavan in Budapest by Puskás Kata Szidónia
Shavasana Retreat in March
Dance Workshop in February
Two New Books
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
AHYMSIN Board: September 2016 by Rabindra Sahu
Stomaji’s Visit in Athens by Sofia Foteina
Jelle Grupstra’s Center by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
An Unexpected Blossoming by Joachim Volger
Northern California Silence Retreat by Maryon Maass
Workshops in Greece by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Around the Globe Facebook Sharing

August – September 2016 News/1608/index.html

Tapas in Hatha Yoga by Swami Veda Bharati
Personal Philosophy of Life by Swami Rama
Sadhaka Grama Awaits You by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Guru Purnima 2016 at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Remembering Swami Veda Bharati by Shailendra Bisseswar
1st Mahasamadhi Anniversary by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
North American Teachers Training Program by Chuck Linke
Śrī-Vidyā by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Research Publications by Manu (Dr. Manuel Fernandez)
Ustad Kamal Sabri by Dr. Prakash Dixit

July 2016 News/1607/index.html

The Touch of a Master Hand by Swami Veda Bharati
Guru Purnima Address, 1980 by Swami Rama
Guru Purnima Messages for 2016
Maha Samadhi Address by Swami Ritavan Bharati
1st Mahasamadhi Anniversary by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Celebration in Pune by Dr.Shirin Venkat
Polish International Yoga Festival by Elisa Parigi
New Books Released by John Sellinger
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
International Day of Yoga at SRSG By Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Silence in Hungary by Riemke de Groot
Guru Purnima, 19 July 2016 by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
School Life by Harsh Gupta
Yoga Sutra 2.33, Part 2 by Richard Parenti©

June 2016 News/1606/index.html

Make Yourself Small by Swami Veda Bharati
Working With Mind by Swami Rama
1st Mahasamadhi Anniversary by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Peaceable Emotions by Swami Ritavan Bharati
AHYMSIN Youth
Lucas, Bhishma, and Swami Veda’s Blessing by Gustavo Plaza
May at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Yoga Sutra 2.33, Part 1 by Richard Parenti ©
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Himalayas in the Maldives By Savitri Jugdeo and Rabindra Sahu
AHYMSIN Board Meeting: June 2016 by Rajini Prakash

May 2016 News/1605/index.html

Bhakti, Meditation and Guru by Swami Veda Bharati
Source of Positive Emotions by Swami Rama
40 Day Spiritual Festival
The Gurukulam Library by Elisa Parigi
Chariot of Sadhana by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Breath Seminar October 2016
Firewalking by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
International Day of Yoga
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…

April 2016 News/1604/index.html

14 Practices by Swami Veda Bharati
Forgiveness by Swami Rama
Can I Have Samadhi? by Shi Hong
TTP Program for Thailand and Taiwan by Thaniya Kevalee
Navaratra (Poem & Slideshow) by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
HYT-TTP Newsletter by Rabindra Sahu
Pune Pranayama Camp by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Sangha Gathering 2016 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Swami Nijananda Bharati
Cancer, No Easy Choices by Richard Parenti
Netra Tantra Seminar, October 2016

March 2016 News/1603/index.html

Spiritual Roots of Arts, Culture and Ethics by Swami Veda Bharati
Direct Experience by Swami Rama
Dr. Mohan Swami´s Address to the Sangha
2016 Sangha Slideshow by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Coming Home by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Love by Miklós Zoltai
News from Debrecen, Hungary by Miklós Zoltai
Full Moon Meditation with Refugees by Marloes Vervaet)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Mauni Amavasya, Day of Silence by Joanne Sullivan (Divya))
The Search for Eternal Truth by Amy Cui
Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Yuko Metsugi

January 2016 News/1601/index.html

Guidelines for Spiritual Living by Swami Veda Bharati
Meditative Posture by Swami Rama
Youth and Children’s Retreat Slideshow
2015 Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat
Children Coming Home by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
December AHYMSIN BoD Meeting by Rajini Prakash
My Experience with TTP byFrancine Kuo (Sujata)
Himalayan Yoga in Thailand by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
From Form to Formlessness by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Yoga Sutras in Taipei by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)
SVB – Last Conversation by Salvatore Zamibito
The Wonder of Dhrupad by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

2015

December 2015 News/1512Dec/index.html

Half a Halo by Swami Veda Bharati
Fearlessness by Swami Rama
HYT- TTP Newsletter by Rabindra Sahu
Annual Initiators Retreat by Michael Kissener
A Stay at SRSG by Jim Fraser
Holistic Motherhood by Dr. Shirin Venkatramani
Wish List 2015 by YYCR Organizers
In Homage to Swami Veda by Swami Jaidev Bharati
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Dharma in the World Today by Sabina Cesaroni
Finding a True Teacher by Randall Krause
March Retreat at SRSG 2016

November 2015 News/1511Nov/index.html

How to Counsel Yourself by Swami Veda Bharati
A Liberating Reality by Swami Rama
Swami Ritavan Interview, Part 2
Deepening Meditation Course by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Blog Invitation
Yoga and Marital Arts Seminar by Nina Pulaska
Wish List 2015 by YYCR Organizers
On Guidance by Judith Wermuth-Atkinson
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Life Experience and Bliss by Françoise Paradot
Whole Hearted by Arlene Matthews
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap
Because I Still Can by Roxanne Currie

September 2015 News/1509Sep/index.html

A Giant Roped by Swami Veda Bharati
Karma by Swami Rama
Swami Veda’s Intention for AHYMSIN from Swami Ritavan Bharati
Interview with Swami Ritavan Bharati
Interview with Dr. Mohan Swami
Jal Samadhi by Dr. Mohan Swami and Swami Ritavan Bharati
Preview of Upcoming Program at SRSG
Home from Home; Heart to Heart by Moni Ambrus
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
1000 Thoughts by Daniel Hertz
Lama Doboom Tulku Visits SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Delete Death! by Swami Veda Bharati
Unexpected Guest by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

August 2015 News/1508Aug/index.html

Letter to AHYMSIN Family
Who Am I? by Swami Rama
125,000 Gayatris by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
A Tribute to Swami Veda by Bhola Shanker Dabral and Joanne Sullivan
Meditation in the Labour Ward By Dr. Shirin Venkat
Yoga Camp in Moradabad by Rabindra Sahu
Lithuanian Silence Retreat by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Pranams by Madhav P Kamat
Brahmi Juice by Sopa Tamachotipong
In Memory of Swami Veda Bharati by Sudhansu Misra
An Open Letter to My Gurudev by Archana Ranjan
Nectar from Swamiji’s Words by Pat Layton
In Remembrance of Swamiji by Meeta Jagtap
Guru Purnima in Rishikesh by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Guru Purnima in Budapest by Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma)

July 2015 News/1507Jul/index.html

To That Guru
Guru Purnima Message by Swami Rama
Guru Purnima 2015 for AHYMSIN Sangha by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Swami Veda Lecture Given in April 2015
Gayatri Yajna By Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Mahasamadhi Satsang by Jagadananda Das
The Silent Teacher by Judith Wermuth-Atkinson
Eulogy for Swami Veda Bharati by Randall Krause
In Memory of Swami Veda Bharati by Nandini
Impermanence by Daniel Hertz
August Open House for Hym-LA’s New Home by Randall Krause
International Yoga Day Part 1
International Yoga Day Part 2

Swami Veda Special Edition July 2015 News/1507Svb/index.html

On Death by Swami Veda Bharati
Love Is Deathless by Swami Rama
Chronology of Events
Photos
Swami Veda Bharati Takes his Mahasamadhi by Dr. David Frawley
Swamiji’s Maha Samadhi July 17, 2015 by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Swami Veda – 14 July 2015 by Wolfgang Bischoff
Honouring That Which We Share by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Two Poems from Stoma
A Poem from Swami Veda from Paul Emerson
Jal Samadhi by Veronica M.T. Benjamin
Mahasamadhi of Swami Veda Bharati by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

June 2015 News/1506Jun/index.html

Natural Laws and God’s Hand by Swami Veda Bharati
Determination by Swami Rama
Taiwan Seminars 2015 by Stoma
Programme in Gurgaon by Veena Maitra
The Pilgrimages By Françoise Paradot
Pilgrimage by Anna Stromma
Heat Wave Diary by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
News from India by Swami Veda Bharati
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap
Truly Historical Day in Pune by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Hazel Diaries IX by Roxanne Currie

May 2015 News/1505May/index.html

Pain and Ignorance by Swami Veda Bharati
Vairagya by Swami Rama
Pilgrimage to Sikkim by Lori Beron
Returning to my Spiritual Home by Little student of Himalayan Yoga Meditation
Full Moon Meditations in Toronto
Life in the Gurukulam by Ahimsa Ishaya
A Visit to AHYMSIN Korea by Dr. Stephen Parker
Practical Gains from Esoteric Practices by Judith Wermuth-Atkinson
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Swami Veda in Beijing by Shi Hong
Sometimes Words Diminish the Communication by Randall Krause
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap

April 2015 News/1504Apr/index.html

Variety of Dreams by Swami Veda Bharati
Unconscious Mind Stays with You by Swami Rama
HYT-TTP March 2015 by Maryon Maass
Annual Day Celebrations 2015 by HYMC Noida
Two Events Intertwine by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Navaratri (Slideshow) by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Story about Kashayp Goshal by Swami Veda Bharati
Gioco Yoga – Joyful Yoga for Kids by Costanza Viciani and Antonella Panzani
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Tarkeshwar and Dunagiri by Tacson Fernandez and Rajini Prakash
Story about Lala Babu by Swami Veda Bharati
Rural Development Initiatives by Sadhana Mishra
Dear Swamiji by Gabrielle Allen
Council on Yoga Accreditation International by Stephen Parker (Stoma)

March 2015 News/1503Mar/index.html

The Silent World by Swami Veda Bharati
Ten Commitments by Swami Rama
From Gurukulam Student to Pandit by Rajini Prakash
Yoga for Children by Rajah Indran
From Burkina Faso to India to Rwanda by Marie-Noëlle Grell
The Guru’s Shawl by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Conference at Mangalore University by Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre)
Conference on Yoga for Wellness by Dr. Prabhu
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Peaceful Conflict Resolution by Daniel Hertz
New Book by Swami Veda by Dr. Mehrad Nazari
Yoga Tarangini by Swami Veda Bharati
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap

February 2015 News/1502Feb/index.html

The Ancient Traveler by Swami Rama
Silence Can Be Your Wishing Stone by Swami Veda Bharati
A Day Designed In Silence by Warren Garstecki
Now, let us share a day of silence. by Pandit Tejomaya
Silence Day in Enschede, Netherlands by Riemke de Groot
Mauni Amavasya: A Secret Enclosure by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Mauni Amavasya & the Purpose of Silence by Ahimsa Ishaya
Mauni Amavasya in Ludhiana by Sunil Trika
Last Desires by Swami Veda Bharati
Celebration in Pune! by Dr. Shirin Venkat, Manasi Vaidya, and Richa Bhansali
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Inspirations 3 by Meeta Jagtap
Addendum to Austerity of Speech by Michael Smith
Aspects of Effective Speaking by Michael Smith

January 2015 News/1501Jan/index.html

Pain and Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
The Preaching of the Plants by Swami Rama
Connecting to Mother Earth by Maria Miguel Ribeiro
Fun with Kids by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
2014 Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Joanne Sullivan
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
2015 Breath & Prana Seminar
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap
Austerity of Speech by Michael Smith
Sabbatical by Swami Nitya
2015 Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Swami Veda Bharati
Shivaratri and Navaratra by Swami Veda Bharati

2014

December 2014 News/1412Dec/index.html

Yogis in the Snow by Swami Veda Bharati
Teaching Children by Swami Rama
HYT-TTP Newsletter, November 2014 by Maryon Maass
Adolescent Resource Centre (ARC) at Lakshmi Devi Academy by Bhola Shanker Dabral
Learning to Forgive by Daniel Hertz
Are You Prepared? by Randall Krause
Dear Yoga Mentor
Yoga and Martial Arts (1997 interview with Ingo Beardi [later Swami Tat Sat Bharati])
Inspirations by Meeta Jagtap
The Recent Initiators’ Retreat by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Teaching Yoga to Children in Hungary by Mónika Bertalan

November 2014 News/1411Nov/index.html

Liquified Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
Contentment by Swami Rama
Dear Yoga Mentor
Sage Yoga: Chair Yoga by Rob Diggins
Yoga Sutra Skype Study Group by Randall Krause
The Castle with Nothing Inside by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra Glimpse by Jim Fraser
Breath Happens by Maria Miguel Ribeiro
Divali, 2014 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

October 2014 News/1410Oct/index.html

Brain Damage in Modernity by Swami Veda Bharati
Conscience by Swami Rama
Navaratri, Autumn 2014 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Workshop in Pune by Dr Shirin Venkat
Pilgrimage to Kailash Mountain by Susan Kuang
Silence Retreat in Italy by Sabina Cesaroni
From Mind to Consciousness by Trix Dekkers- Heezius
Yoga from My Experience by Cynthia Gran
Forests & Trees by Gary Gran CYT, DAy.
Hazel Diaries VIII by Roxanne Currie
Activities at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
2014 Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Lela, Surya, Namita and Nalini
Wish List by Surya, Namita, and Lela
13th Gathering of Grandmothers by Sabina Cesaroni

September 2014 News/1409Sep/index.html

Why Heartaches? by Swami Veda Bharati
Streams of Negative Emotion by Swami Rama
Thank You for Your Support
What I Wanted Was Inside All Along by Randall Krause
Basking in the Light of the Guru-Tattva by Dirk Gysels
Yoga from my Experience by Cynthia Gran
We Live in Two Worlds by Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Future Attractions at SRSG

August 2014 News/1408Aug/index.html

Navel-Gazers and Lotus-Eaters by Swami Veda Bharati
Worrying by Swami Rama
Rural Development: Sewing Project
Guru Purnima Retreat 2014 – photos taken by Jay Prakash Bahuguna
Guru Purnima as Gateway to the Infinite by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Yoga-Tarangini by Swami Veda
When the Student Is Ready by Sarojini Bissessur-Asgarally
O’ World: Many Voices
Sadhana Yoga Conference by Cintamani Musello
Swami Hari Bandhu Bharati by Swami Prashant Bharati
Santosha – Happy to Breathe by Jim Fraser
Surya Namaskar and ‘More’by Sarojini Bissessur-Asgarally
My Commentary on the Yoga Sutras by Swami Veda Bharati
Nava-ratra 2014 by Swami Veda Bharati

July 2014 News/1407Jul/index.html

To That Guru
Guru Purnima Message by Swami Rama
Guru by Swami Rama
Mastering Yoga Nidra by Swami Veda Bharati
Anniversary Celebrations by Dr. Shirin Venkat
The End of Children’s School Year by Mónika Bertalan
The Grace of the Guru by Aditi M. Gaur
An Intangible Beauty by Daniele Belloni
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is …
Walk Up to Guru Purnima 2014 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
What Is Mastery in Yoga? by Swami Veda Bharati
New Book Published: Anant Ki Khoj by AHYMSIN Publishers
Some Coming Attractions at SRSG

June 2014 News/1406Jun/index.html

SVB At Home
Karma by Swami Rama
Experiments with Yoga Nidra by Swami Veda
SVB and the Sunflower by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Beauty That No Cosmetic Can Imitate by Randall Krause
Technology & Kalyana Mitras? by Denise Martin-Harker
A Yoga Home Away From Home by Catherine Campion
Back to the Origin of Yoga by Little Student
Six Steps of Meditative Asanas by Swami Veda Bharati
Recognition Award by Tejaswini
Invitation to Meditate on 1st July, An Interfaith and Global Meditation

May 2014 News/1405May/index.html

Meditation through Sublime Emotions by Swami Veda Bharati
Ego by Swami Rama
Silence, Yoga Nidra Retreat in 2015
Breath by Sonia Van Nispen
A Journey to Inner Self by Sujata
The Connected Feeling by Peter Fabian
AHYMSIN Open House — Europe by Rajini Prakash
AHYMSIN Open House — Asia submitted by Tinyu Chen and written with the support of Thaniya Kevalee.
Silence by Michael Smith
Open House – Heart Experience! by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Hazel Diaries VII by Roxanne Currie
Paintings Lost and Found by Elli Rasmi
The Desire for Something Higher by Sabina Cesaroni
European Intensive Silence Retreat by Willem Meijer and Kries Mannie Sing
Full Moon Connection by Nandini (Grace) Bishop
Kashmir 2012 by Swami Veda Bharati

April 2014 News/1404Apr/index.html

Three Yogas by Swami Veda Bharati
Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas by Swami Rama
March 2014 TTP Newsletter by Maryon Maass
Meditation Research Institute [M.R.I] by M.R.I.team
Bio-Feedback in Meditation Sciences by Dr. Prabhu
Himalayan Yoga Science Society Sabah
Wilderness by Nic Klein
Breath Practicum and Silence Retreat By Carolyn Hume
Key Events in Thailand 2005-2013
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Walk and Dance … by Prasanna K. Pati
Not Just for Teachers in Training! by Jennifer Manion
Shri Anoop Misra, by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

March 2014 News/1403Mar/index.html

Yoga Psychology by Swami Veda Bharati
First Steps toward Self-Transformation by Swami Rama
Swami Veda Returns to SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
2014-15 Gurukulam — Register Now by David Rodrigo
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is … by Stoma
Let’s Meet Again by Sabina Cesaroni
Bhagavad Gita 18.66 by David Rodrigo
International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh By Sandeep Pandey
From Dusk to the Dawn of a New Life by Padmini Persaud
Jarasanda’s Boon by Sudhansu Misra
My Experiences by Dr. Dharmesh Tewari
Mahashivaratri Diary, 2014 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Stoma’s Holland Seminars 2014 by Stoma
Gist of Life by Dr. Dharmesh Tewari
Pandit Shree Datt Sharma Has Left Us By Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

February 2014 News/1402Feb/index.html

Two Paths in Yoga by Swami Veda Bharati
Brahman and Brahma-Vihāra by Swami Rama
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
In Silence by Atem S. Ramsundersingh
Mauni Amavasya 30th January 2014 by Daniela Citti
Kalyana Mitra at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Origins of the Himalayan Tradition by Swami Veda Bharati
The SRSG Experience by Denise Martin-Harker
Rishikesh, February 17, 2014 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Weekend with Swami Ritavan & Pandit Dabral by Lynnda Sharp
The Hazel Diaries VI by Roxanne Currie
Emotional Sobriety by Richard Parenti
Celebrations at SRSG by Swami Veda Bharati
July 2014 HYT-TTP Retreats by The HYT-TTP team

January 2014 News/1401Jan/index.html

Kalyana Mitra Lecture #1 by Swami Veda Bharati
Svadhyaya by Swami Rama
Cultural Activities by SRSG Children by Chandramani
Yoga and Science Retreat by Rajah Indran
TTP Students’ Sangha by Beatrix Dekkers and Jim Fraser
The Hazel Diaries V by Roxanne Currie
A Labour of Love by Michael Smith
Musing by Jyoti Gerlitz
The Gifts of Silence by Aditi M Gaur
Gayatri Marx, a Dear Friend Moves On by Randall Krause
Go-Shala at SRSG Campus by Swami Veda Bharati

2013

December 2013 News/1312Dec/index.html

Lecture #9 by Swami Veda Bharati
Selflessness by Swami Rama
HYT-TTP November 10-22, 2013 by Maryon Maass
Blessing on TTP Certification Day by Swami Veda Bharati
Excerpts from Yoga Sutra 1.7 by Swami Veda Bharati
To Be Rich by Emitai Rodrigo
Himalayan Yoga Institute Italia TTP by Castel Firentino
Shunyaa’s Life in Gurukulam by Shunyaa Tsai
Swami Rama Swadhyaya Goshthi by Dr. Sheelendra Rai Vidyarthi
Visiting Sadhaka Grama by Sudhansu Misra
Eleven Women and One Swami by Sabina Cesaroni
The Hazel Diaries IV by Roxanne Currie
Catching a Traveling Teacher by Stoma

November 2013 News/1311Nov/index.html

Lecture #8 by Swami Veda Bharati
Yoga Is Skillfulness in Actions by Swami Rama
Silence After 2013 by Swami Veda Bharati
Education Welfare Fund by Sadhana Mishra
Hazel Diaries III by Roxanne Currie
Sharing a Poem by Riemke de Groot
What Is a Master? by Randall Krause
Am I A Yogi? by Sudhansu Misra
Effect of Yoga on Health by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Swami Rama Dhyana Gurukulam New Year by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Thank you for… by Shunyaa Tsai
Divali 2013 at Rishikesh by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Lectures on Superconscious Meditation Summarized by Little Student of Himalayan Tradition

October 2013 News/1310Oct/index.html

Lecture #7 by Swami Veda Bharati
Ahimsa and Truth by Swami Rama
AHYMSIN Taiwan Center by Joanna Siauw
A Venture in Spiritual Communication
Open House Pilot Session by Rajini Prakash
Packets of Pain and Pleasure by Randall Krause
The Hazel Diaries II by Roxanne Currie
Travelling Teacher in East and South Asia by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Spaces by Suruchi Maitra
“Song of the Lord, Gita in Yoga-Vasishtha” — Book by Swami Veda by AHYMSIN Publishers
Official Photos of Swami Veda Bharati
Navaratri, Autumn 2013 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

September 2013 News/1309Sep/index.html

Lecture #6 by Swami Veda Bharati
Guru Purnima 22nd July – Rishikesh by HYMC Noida Sangha
Fear by Sopha Tamachotipong
“Superconscious Meditation (Audio)” by Swami Veda by Ahymsa Publishers
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Free Yoga in the Park by Marylou P. Nunamaker
The Hazel Diaries by Roxanne Currie
Meditation: What, Why and How by Nina Johnson
A Practical Meaning of the Tàijítú (Yin-Yang Symbol) by Ilyaz Nasrullah
Swami Nitya on the USA’s West Coast by Maryon Maass
“We Are Only Visitors”
You Needn’t Be Lonely by Swami Veda Bharati

August 2013 News/1308Aug/index.html

Lecture #5 by Swami Veda Bharati
Uttarakhand Disaster Relief
Inner Yatra (Pilgrimage) by Daniela Citti
Death, Inseparable Companion of Life By David Rodrigo Garcia
The Human Urge for Peace; What is Right with the World, 2nd Edition by Carol Weiler
Explore the Richness of Inner Life by Little Student of Himalayan Yoga Tradition
Experiences of a Student Teacher of TTP by Geeta Currimjee
How Is Your Silence Going? by Swami Veda Bharati
Destiny by Randall Krause
Mindful Musings by John David Wilson
Interview with Pandit Harshanand Uniyal by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Guru Purnima in Rishikesh by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
HYM Workshop at the Pune Center by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Swami Hari on Kindle by Daniel Hertz

July 2013 News/1307Jul/index.html

Homage to the Guru by Swami Rama
Lecture #4 by Swami Veda Bharati
2014 International Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Lela Pierce
Reflections on my Mantra Initiation by Judith Wermuth-Atkinson
First Scholarly Article Published by Dr. Manuel Fernandez
Silence Which Speaks Loudly about Body and Mind by Dr. Prabhu
2013 Spring Workshop in Taiwan by Kai-Fang Cheng
The Last Art Class with SRSG Kids by Shunya Tsai
Silence Retreat on Lake Balaton, Hungary by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Bundles of Joy! by Dr. Shirin Venkat
An Album of a Spiritual Journey by Maryon Maass
Swans by Stephen Parker (Stoma)

June 2013 News/1306Jun/index.html

Lecture #3 by Swami Veda Bharati
Cultivating Sankalpa Shakti by Swami Rama
A New Release from Swami Veda Bharati by Ahymsa Publishers
Happy Birthday! Shankara Jayanti at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
Davood Azad Speaks through Music at SRSG: No Trance, No Dance by Swami Veda Bharati and That Beautiful Night by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Bocskai Award Given to Miklós Zoltai
Yoga for Children by Mónika Bertalan
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
“Sutra” Group Introduction by Veena Maitra and Shih Hung
Eyeful of Sky by Lalita Arya by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Dr. Sanjay Shastri on the Meaning of Havan, Yajña and Ritual by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Sewing Project by Sadhana Mishra
Barun Kumar Pal Concert and the Guru by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

May 2013 News/1305May/index.html

Lecture #2 by Swami Veda Bharati
Saving the World, One Breath at a Time by Jim Whiting
Audios for you! by Ahymsin Publishers
Our Place in the Tradition by Sandhya Matthews
Changing Loss into Learning by Fiza Mishra
Navaratri at SRSG by Daniela Citti, Silvia Baratta, and Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Meditate Your Way through Childbirth by Sweta Parikshit Dalmiya
Kumbha Mela (part 2) by Pierre Lefebvre
An Invitation to You to Become Kalyana-Mitras by Swami Veda Bharati
Can We Live in Silence in Everyday Life? by Denise Harker-Martin
Poems Written in India by John David Wilson
Children at Saksham School by Sadhana Mishra
2013 Sangha Gathering by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

April 2013 News/1304Apr/index.html

Lecture #1 by Swami Veda Bharati
How to Bring Spirituality into Family Life by Swami Veda Bharati
HYT-TTP Newsletter, March 2013 by Maryon Maass
Secret History of Teaching by Swami Veda Bharati
Summer Events at SRSG
Swami Veda’s Silence Vow Ceremony by Michelle Kinsey
Something Swamiji Said by Sunil Trikha
Vanaprastha Vows by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Maha-Shivaratri 2013 by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Annual Day Celebration of HYMC Noida by the HYMC Noida Sangha
A Newborn Flower in the Blessed Garden of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama by David Rodrigo
Future Force Yoga Youth by Vikash Ramjanam
Gurukulam Admissions Open for 2013/2014 by David Rodrigo
Activities at the Himalayan Yoga Center Pune by Shirin Venkat

March 2013 News/1303Mar/index.html

If You Want to Live Positively and Joyfully by Swami Rama
Love in Stillness by Swami Veda Bharati
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Thai TTP Group by Little student of Himalayan Yoga and Meditation
Kumbha Mela by Pierre Lefebvre
An Interview with Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral
How to Practice Non-violence in a Violent World by Randall Krause
We Are Not the Body by Daniel Hertz
Two Wings to Fly by Ilyaz Nasrullah
Meditation in Embroidery by Swami Veda Bharati
Samadhi nai Ngan Pak by Gorapin Pangnakorn
Gratitude for Spoken Words
Introduction to Bali by Swami Veda Bharati
The Hour of The Goddess by Karin Fiedler
Brief Notes on the 2013 Sangha Gathering Program at SRSG by Rajini Prakash
Gendercide: Daughters of the Goddess by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati

January 2013 News/1301Jan/index.html

Resort to Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
Elaboration of Meditation as “Indwelling” by Wolfgang Bischoff
My Friend the Mantra by Randall Krause
Bali Comes to SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
Yoga for Inner Peace and Outer Strength by Rajah Indran
Homage to the Masters! by Suruchi Maitra
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
On a Festival Called Savitri… by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Speak to Me of Silence by Nandini Grace Bishop
Self and Non-Self
Sing like the Birds Sing by Ilyaz Nasrullah
SRSG Ashram News by Lalita Arya
Thunderstorm at SRSG
The Tunnel Inside by Daniel Hertz

2012

December 2012 News/1212Dec/index.html

Upaaya-Kaushala by Swami Veda Bharati
Chitta-Prasaadanam by Swami Veda Bharati
Imparting the Knowledge of Brahma Vidya by Swami Rama
November’s HYT-TTP Retreat by Maryon Maass
The Prince or the Pauper by Jyoti Gerlitz
A Weekend in Wales by Sabina Cesaroni
Shouting from the Roof Tops! by Denise Martin-Harker
Pilgrimage to Dev Bhumi by Dr. Advaita Manohar
“Nbr 15” Put Wrinkles 0n My Forehead! by Denise Martin-Harker
Bedridden at Cottage 18 by Karin Fiedler
Wandering Sages of the Himalayas by Dr. Tacson Fernandez and Rajini Prakash
Alone, Not Lonely by Ilyaz Nasrullah
It Started with a Whisper by Daniel Hertz
Shiva Meets Patañjali by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Understanding Human Personality by AHYMSA Publishers
Would You Rather Be or Do This or That by Veena
Swami Veda Returns to SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)

October – November 2012 News/1210OctNov/index.html

Three Festivals by Swami Veda Bharati
Swami Veda Visits Ecuador by Gustavo Plaza (Arjuna)
Yama and Niyama Kriya by Pandit Tejomaya
Cosmos within Cosmos within Cosmos by Denise Martin-Harker
Burkina Faso 2012 by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
Destiny Crossroads – Why Meditate by Wolfgang Bischoff
Yoga Alchemy by Joanna Siauw
Celebrate Silence by Dr. Divya Mittal and Mr. Sanjay Kath
Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…
Yoga Nidra, A State of Consciousness by Tina Gatterman
Without Fear by Randal Persad
Celebrating Vimala Chaitanya – A Letter from Swami Veda Bharati and Swami Ritavan Bharati
With Gratitude by Daniel Hertz
Transitions in Self-Transformation by Swami Ritavan Bharati

September 2012 News/1209Sep/index.html

Sadhana in Applied Spirituality by Swami Veda Bharati
Breath by Wolfgang Bischoff
Purifying One’s Emotion with Yoga Asana by Ashutosh Sharma
Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Shibir by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Discover the Potential of Your True Nature, Explore the Five Elements by Marylou Nunamaker
How fortunate are we to be followers of the Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation? by Joan Anundson-Ah
Home Study in HYT-TTP by Maryon Maass
Personal Retreats and Residential Programs at The Meditation Center by Lela Pierce
Silence Retreat in Northern California by Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Society Northern California and the Awakening Retreat Center
Yoga Nidra for Making Mother’s Day Cards by Sopa Tamachotipong
Contemplative Walking by the Ocean by Stephen Parker (Stoma) and Dhimati (Elizabeth Procter)
Something Swamiji Said

August 2012 News/1208Aug/index.html

Therapy as Spiritual Liberation by Swami Veda Bharati
Guru Purnima Message 2012 by Swami Veda Bharati
Like a Tortoise Withdrawing His Limbs by Swami Rama
Practicing Greatness by Jennifer Manion
About the Children’s Program by Greg Hart
Himalayan Yoga Camp, September 2012 In Pune, India by Shirin Venkat
Reflections on a Sacred Thread byPandit Tejomaya/Tim Bruns
Silent Meditation Retreat by diane hunter
Purusharthas: The Four Purposes of Life by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Something Swamiji Said by Romy van der Pool
Prana Vidya Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers and Students by Carolyn Hodges
Guru’s Eyes by Emilio Bettaglio
200-hr Teacher Training in Chile by Manuel Fernandez

July 2012 News/1207Jul/index.html

Why Did He Not Heal Himself? by Swami Veda Bharati
Glory to All Saints, An Interview with Swami Veda Bharati
Parents, Children, and Spirituality by Swami Rama
50 Kids in a Memorable 4-day Program by David Rodrigo
Questions Can Save a Life
Yes! Yes! Yes! And Yes! by Divya (Joanne Sullivan)
To Be Born by Daniel Hertz
Shiva Country – Himalayan Pilgrimage 6th-9th November 2012 by Silvia Baratta
“Silence, the voice of the soul” by Sabina Cesaroni
2012 Taiwan Tour by Stoma
Guru Purnima, 2012 by Divya (Joanne Sullivan)
Silence by Bryan Stenlund
Listen to Your Inner Wisdom by Sabina Cesaroni
The One and Only Church of Universal Ice Cream by Steven J. Gold
Something Swamiji Said by Four Sadhakas
Self-Study Readings, Recordings, Videos Of Swami Rama and Swami Veda

June 2012 News/1206Jun/index.html

Raising a Spiritual Child by Swami Veda Bharati
The Future Force Yoga Youth Conference 2013 by Lela Pierce
A Reflection on my Experience in the Gurukulam by Maurizio Teodoro
Yoga for the Little Ones by Noida Sadhakas
Ferry Meditation by Sarah
Something Swamiji Said by Roxanne Currie
Spring 2012 Korean Tour by Stoma
Lithuania 2012 by Stoma
One Year Anniversary in Pune by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Silent Retreat on the Shore with Ma Radha by Lauren Forney
God Speaking, Humans Hearing, and a Nice Jewish Boy Meets Rabbi Jesus by Steven J. Gold
Poem for Swamiji by Elizabeth Proctor
The Art of Joyful Living
Tattva Samasa by Swami Nityamuktananda Sarawati

May 2012 News/1205May/index.html

Swami Veda Talks about 2013
Chakra Puja by Swami Veda Bharati
A Discussion with a Wandering Monk by Joanne Sullivan
Tara Comes to Town by Dirk Gysels
My Experience as a Gurukulam Student by John Sellinger
The Art of Borobudur: Working with the 5 Dhyani Buddhas and the 5 Elements by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Meditation Classes in Pune by Dr. Shirin Venkat
German Group Visits SRSG by Iris Stenzel
Three New Books by Swami Veda
Running on Empty by Jim Nelson
Pilgrimage to the Himalayas With Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral
Yoga at the University by Susi Stefanini
Stoma Visits California by Gabi Allen
Something Swamiji Said by Arianna Darshani
Evening Lecture Series by The Meditation Center
Opportunities for 2012 and 2013

April 2012 News/1204Apr/index.html

Ahimsa in the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Veda Bharati
Puroheeta-Diksha by Swami Veda Bharati
Kusum, Priestess of the New Devi Temple at SRSG by Dr. Vijaya Subramani, by Dr. Vijaya Subramani,and Joanne Sullivan
TTP News by Maryon Maass
Ecuador Yoga Retreats with Swami Veda Bharati by Gustavo Plaza
Inauguration of Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center Noida, India by Jaya Bhagat and Arjun Banarjee
Sitting Lesson by Peter Fabian
News from Taiwan by Joanna Siauw
Swami Veda’s Lectures on Mantra Available
Something Swamiji Said by Two Sadhakas
Why Families are Important by Swami Rama
Admission Open for Swami Rama Dhyana Gurukulam by David Rodrigo
The Birth of The Lady of Compassion at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan with Pawan Mishra

March 2012 News/1203Mar/index.html

“Nurturing Spirituality in the Family”
Our Tradition by Swami Rama
Meditation, the Unifying Stream in Religions by Swami Veda Bharati
Religion as Re-Linking by Dr. Stephen (Stoma) Parker
Religious Perspective on Unity in Diversity by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Installation of Mount Kailash Murti At Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Installation Photos
The Thousand Names of Shiva by Lalita Arya
Teacher Training Program in Chile by Manuel Fernandez
Swami Veda Bharati in Thailand by “little student of Himalayan Yoga and Meditation”
Transitions and Speaking in Silence, 1st – 22nd July 2012 Conference, Minnesota, USA
Something Swamiji Said by Rob Diggins
European Retreat – June 2012 by Christina Nobile
KHEL Annual Report 2011 by Lalita Arya, Stomya Arya Persaud, and Beni Bhatt
A Norway Family at SRSG by Lalita Arya

February 2012 News/1202Feb/index.html

First Initiation by Swami Veda Bharati
Something Swamiji Said by Four Sadhakas
This Journey by Lucia
A Spiritual Retreat in Thailand by Stoma Parker
The Birth of Swami Prashant Bharati by Joanne Sullivan
Kamadeva & Valentine by Lalita Arya
Dr. George Mann
SRSG Impressions by Ian Stenlund
Back to the Himalayas by Gustavo Plaza (Arjuna)
Anatomy in Clay by Mary Bowman-Cline
Reeny Rowny Cookies by Margaret Woods

January 2012 News/1201Jan/index.html

The Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Joanne Sullivan
Wisdom of Ten Years Old by Swami Veda Bharati
To Serve Nature by Swami Veda Bharati
Seeds Were Planted by Sabina Cesaroni
An Experience of the Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Carolyn Hume
TTP for the Taiwanese: Reflections on the 2011 TTP by Joanna Siauw
A New Important Project by Giancarlo Colombo
Dr. Shirley Telles at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan
40 Days Silence at SRSG by Dave Downing
Something Swamiji Said by Four Sadhakas
Three YMT Seminars in Italy by Danielle Belloni
Toronto News December 2011 by Shanta Sawh
Expanding Identity by Randall Krause
Perpetual Youth by Swami Rama
“Yoga in India”
Love is a Song of the Nightingale by Nandini

2011

December 2011 News/1112Dec/index.html

Fasting for Enlightenment by Swami Veda Bharati
“The Yoga Society” 40th Anniversary by John Barry Stutt
Largest HYT Teacher Training in Rishikesh EVER!! by Maryon Maass
TTP Graduation Talk by Swami Veda
Something Swamiji Said by Katie Stueve
Contemplative Walking in a Peace Garden by Lori Beron
Swami Nityamuktananda in Florence by Sabina Cesaroni
Something Stolen by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Only A Life: A Journey to the Vashishta Cave by Arlene Matthews
A Walk in the Winter Dawn by Joanne Sullivan
A Himalayan Blueprint by Joan Anundson-Ahr
February Retreat in Thailand by Thaniya Kevalee
Divine Mother at SRSG by Swami Veda
A Retreat to Re-Treat Yourself submitted by Rose Reindl
New Swami Rama Book
Download the Shiva Sutras Series! by Wesley Van Linda
The Children Are Here! by Carolyn Hume

November 2011 News/1111Nov/index.html

Virat-Atma Meditation by Swami Veda Bharati
Mt. Kailash by Swami Veda Bharati
Coming Home! by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Tinyu’s Mt. Kailash Trip by Tinyu Chen
The Parikrama, Circumambulation of Mt. Kailash by Yoong
The Human Being Is on a Pilgrimage by Swami Rama
New Center in Hungary by Anna Mezosi
Something Swamiji Said by Four Sadhakas
Swami Veda Returns to SRSG by Joanne Sullivan
Divali 2011 at SRSG by Joanne Sullivan
New Children’s Room by Lela Pierce
Silence in Holland by Stoma
Catch Them Young! by Dr. Vishala
SVB’s One US Public Appearance in 2012
Audio Downloads Available

October 2011 News/1110Oct/index.html

Gods My only Kin by Swami Veda Bharati
30 Years – Himalayan Institute Germany by Wolfgang Bischoff
Something Swamiji Said by Lalita Arya
Pain-Teacher by Veena Haasl-Blilie
Marching Onwards by Dian Singh
To Give People a Daily Practice by Giancarlo Colombo
Surya Namaskar by Lori Beron
Biofeedback and Beyond by Daniel Hertz
Untying Emotional Knots on the Way to Joy by Randall Krause
Self Awareness – The Core of Yoga by Florentina Hausknotz
You Should Teach your Children through Example by Swami Rama
Swami Veda Recommends Two Books
2013: Are You Coming?

September 2011 News/1109Sep/index.html

How to Prevent Future September 11ths by Swami Veda Bharati
Hiking with Swami Ritavan in Jasper, Canada by Margaret Wood
The Gardener by Phil Paradis
Svaha: On Giving Up my Father by Saumya Arya Haas
Spartan Training Regimen Using Yogic Breathing Technique (Practical Use of Pranayama in Alleviation of Pain) by Peter Fabian
Teacher Training Program Retreat Through the Eyes of a Student by Jyoti Gerlitz
From Simple Forest Monk to World Traveler by Daniel Hertz
Five Elements, Human Emotions, and Love by Arlene Matthews
Manu in Chile and Ecuador
Strengthening the Ball of Light in the Heart by Marylou Nunamaker
Swami Nitya Visits Southern California by Randall Krause
Something Magic Happened in Kauai by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Important: Registrations for 2013

August 2011 News/1108Aug/index.html

Integration and Ecstasy by Swami Veda Bharati
Darshan with Swami Veda by Sharon Fruechte
Silence Retreat 2011, Tihany, Lake Balaton, Hungary by Dea Frankó Csuba
The Patañjali Course in Budapest, June 2011 by László Mészáros
The Guru Lineage and a Yoga Documentary on OHM TV By Daan De Lange and Kries Mannie Singh
600 Celebrate Guru Purnima in Orissa by Sudhir Chaitanya
After Silence: Full Moon of May 2010 by Steve Siegel
if you had just a minute or ten what would you do? by Valerio Gullì
Meditation, Mysticism, Poetry and Consciousness by John David Wilson
UK Retreat: 1st – 3rd July 2011, The Joy of Yoga by Denise Martin-Harker
Ware … A Fantastic 3 Days Workshop by Sabina Cesaroni
Thirty-One Graduate from Sewing School
A Dedicated Family Member Serves Soldiers by Swami Veda Bharati
World Peace and Prayer Day 2011 By Jim Feketa and Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
World Peace and Prayer Day, 21 June 2011 – Summer Solstice – Minneapolis By Sabina Cesaroni
Swami Veda’s Letter to Hungary
DunHuang Energy Dance By Jenny Lee
2011 Events and Beyond

July 2011 News/1107Jul/index.html

How to Pray for Someone by Swami Veda Bharati
‘Last Words of the Rishi’ by Dirk Gysels
Himalayan Neem Nursery by Sunil Trikha
Challenges on the Spiritual Path by Pandit Hari Shankar Dabral
Highlights from Korea
The Himalayan Tradition in Italy by Sabina Cesaroni
Surrender to the Wave of Silence by Jim Whiting
Lithuania Silence Retreat by Darius Plikynas
Health Camp for Virpur Khurd
A Contemplation on the GURU-Gita by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Life’s Twists and Turns by Marylou P. Nunamaker
New Magazine Announcement
2011 Events and Beyond

June 2011 News/1106Jun/index.html

Meditation, Love and Service by Swami Veda Bharati
Service To Our Elders As A Path Of Love and Spiritual Growth by Randall Krause
HYT-TTP Replacement, Rishikesh By Maryon Maass
Transitions in TTP by Chuck Linke
“I’m telling you of the joy I have experienced.” An Interview with Nina Johnson by John Barry Stutt
Emergency in the Cowshed! by Dr. Shirin Venkat
Buddha Purnima at SRSG with Lama Doboom Tulku Rinpoche by Jagadananda Das
Between Samadhi and Solar Science by Daniele Belloni
AHYMSIN Taiwan April Workshop by Joanna Siauw and Tinyu Chen
A Letting Be Concept by Denise
Yoga for Self Awareness, AHYMSIN-Asia Retreat 2011 by Jean Bibby
Inspiring Israel- Being Inspired by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
Register NOW! International Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Lela Pierce and Nalini Behari
2013 All Teachers and Sangha Gathering
The 2011 Himalayan Yoga Meditation Congress
Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teacher Training Programs (HYT-TTP)
New Jersey Satsang, July 9-10, 2011 by Janice Englund
2011 Events and Beyond

May 2011 News/1105May/index.html

International Study Programme
A Successful Yoga Nidra Retreat by Stephen (Stoma) Parker
After Years of Yoga Nidra I Am Moved from the Inside by Hélène
After 3 Years of Yoga Nidra by Riccardo Valdettaro
Use of Yoga Nidra for Creativity and for Enhancing Intuitive Faculty by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
News from the Land Down Under by Jean-Alain d’Argent & the Dharma Team, Dr Mihaela Ivan, Dr Daniel Jalba, Nina Pulaska
Insight Journey to Tiruvannamallai by Silvia Baratta
Children’s Yoga: Breath- Awareness by Nivedita Mishra
The Universal Soul is Hurt by Dr. Dinesh Sharma
The Children of KHEL Perform at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
2011 Events and Beyond

April 2011 News/1104Apr/index.html

My “su-hrd” — “beautiful-hearted” friend by Swami Veda Bharati
Teacher Training March 2011 by Dirk Gysels
Education of Children
AHYMSIN Annual Report – 2010 by Sadhana Mishra
What Sannyasa Means to Me by Swami Chetan Bharati
We are all his hands and feet by Joanne Sullivan
Full Moon with Swami Veda
Swami Veda’s SRSG Teaching Schedule
The Lawrence School Visits SRSG by Nalini Behari
2011 Events and Beyond

February 2011 News/11Feb/index.html

One Must Run One’s Life by a Spiritual Plan by Swami Veda Bharati
Swami Veda Visits Taiwan
TEDx-Taipei 2011 – Swami Veda Bharati
Intimacy by Swami Nitya
A Sufi – Yogi Dialog by Swami Chetan Bharati
Joyful Living with Yoga in Tokyo
Peter Fabian Receives His E-RYT 500! By Maryon Maass
Children’s Yoga Camp 2010 at Swami Rama Himalayan Yoga Ashram, Orissa, India
The Human Being Is Born Out of Selfless Love by Swami Rama
5th Keningau Annual Retreat By Judy Chin
Mind Your Mind by Mehrad Nazari
Great Spiritual Inspiration From the Himalayas to Bangkok
AN ODE Honoring Swami Veda
Offerings by Vijaya Subramani
Yoga Congress 2011

January 2011 News/11Jan/index.html

2013 All Teachers and Sangha Gathering
Maya Margo Balog By Keely Scott
Yoga Nidra Seminar 2011
Mysticism Beyond Bounds Conference
Friends Finding One Another
We are two birds of different branches by Chandramani
A Mantra for Freedom from Fear by Swami Veda Bharati
November 2010 TTP News from Rishikesh by Maryon Maass
Honoring Mr. & Mrs. Nijhawan
Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat by Swami Veda Bharati
2011 Events and Beyond
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

2010

October 2010 News/10Oct/

Dive into the Depths of Your True Nature, “Svabhava and Svarupa” by Swami Veda Bharati
Personal Reflection of Semi-Silence by Thaniya Kevalee
Yoga Nidra Conference 2011
Divya Prem Sewa Mission Project by Adhikari Bhoi and Br.Sukru Chaitanya
Summer of Satsang 2010
Himalayan Tradition Retreat in Lithuania and Hungary
Canadian Students “Lived Traditions of India”
Upcoming Events
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

May 2010 News/0510/

No Silence Nor Non-Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
A Secret by Swami Veda Bharati
An Experiment To Try by Swami Rama
Practices For AHYMSIN Family 2010-2013
Svanta Sukaya, Because it Gives Me Satisfaction by Swami Veda Bharati
Just Released!! What is Right with the World, Human Urge for Peace By Swami Veda Bharati
Initiation by Carolyn Hume
AHYMSIN DVDS
600 Hour Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teacher Training Retreat in Rishikesh 2010
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

April 2010 News/0410/

Pilgrimage, A Talk by Swami Veda Bharati
Four Poems by Elizabeth Procter
A Unique Yoga Approach in Helping People with Multiple Sclerosis Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes By Richard Parenti
Lord, Give Me the Strength by Michael Smith
Earthquakes and Mindquakes By Swami Veda
The First Himalayan Tradition Workshop in Australia by Dr Mihaela Ivan
New Center in Orissa India
TTP News March 2010 by Maryon Maass
Report on “The Holistic Health Through Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Workshop” 28th March-4th April 2010 in Pune, Maharashtra, India by Dr. Shirin Venkatramani
Samanvaya Vidya Dham by Jagadananda (Jagat)
Two New Booklets by Swami Veda Bharati by Lalita Arya
The Meditation Center’s Online Bookstore
Learn from Swami Rama! HIHT Publications
Dans Digital Bookstore » Dan’s Special Help Books
Swami Veda Article in “Yoga Journal”
Atma Tattva Avalokanam by Swami Veda Bharati
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

February – March 2010 News/0210/

Swami Veda, Mahamandaleshwar
GPIW Summary Report – Sufi Yogi Dialogue
Meet three of Swami Veda’s new friends from the Sufi-Yogi Dialogue
Gathering of the Sangha
Vows of a Swami: The Sanyasa Ceremony
Marriage of Atul and Klara at SRSG
Devotional Poems by John David Wilson
Holi Washes, Holi Wishes by Joanne Sullivan
Yoga-Yatra: The Inner Pilgrimage
The Meditation Center’s Online Bookstore
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

January 2010 News/0110/

The Essence of Sacrifice by Swami Rama
You Are Invited Wherever You Might Be To Be One with the Sangha
pūrṇa – āhuti by Swami Veda Bharati
AHYMSIN Three Year Report 2007 – 2009
Coming to One through the Many by Dena Merriam
Kindness, Health, Education & Laughter (KHEL) for Leprosy Families and the Poor by Lalita Arya, Beni Bhatt, and Stomya Persaud
Orrisa New Dawn Project by Wolfgang Bischoff
7 Days of Silence by Jim Waeffler
Peace on Earth Meditation by Veena Haasl-Blilie
www.dansdigitalbooks.com by Dan Prideaux
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

2009

December 2009 e-mail/newyear.html

Consecration by Swami Veda Bharati
Gathering of the Sangha, 1-12 February, 2010
Sarva Yoga International Congress
International Yoga Week
Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program
Himalayan “Insight-Seeing” Tour from 21-25 March, 2010
European Retreat 27 – 30 June 2010 by Christina Nobile
Peace on Earth Meditation, 7 January 2010 by Veena Blilie
Human Fulfillment by Swami Veda Bharati
Heart Yoga Becomes a Best Seller in Taiwan by Shi Hong

October – November 2009  News/10_1109/

New Havan Kund at The Meditation Center by Lela Pierce
The cows are here! The cows are here!
Sitting with the Swami by Sheila Rampersad
October 2009 TTP Report by Maryon Maass
Planting the Precious Seed – Children and Yoga by Lela Pierce
An Insight – Seeing Tour Around Himalayan Temples By Allman Metten
Vedic Sacred Art
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

August – September 2009 News/08_0909/

Power of One 10.10.10,Washington, DC, Conference, Swami Veda Bharati’s Address to the Delegates, September, 2009
Swamiji in Trinidad, Personal Reflections by Priya
Summer Sadhana at Kalimath by Pierre Lefebvre
Datuk Rajah Indran, The New International Managing Director of AHYMSIN
AHYMSIN – ASIA August ’09 Retreat Report
Dr. Sharma Meets SVB and King Cobra
Children and Yoga Around the World
HYT -TTP Report by Maryon Maass
Swami Veda at Rancho La Puerta
New AHYMSIN Centre Opens in Mauritius by Geeta Currimjee
Insight Travel
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

June – July 2009 News/06_0709/

Swami Rama’s Address to the Meditation Center by phone on Guru Purnima, July 29th, 1988
To Everyone with Love, GURU PURNIMA MESSAGE FROM SWAMI VEDA BHARATI 2009
Our Lineage (Guru-Parampara)
“Live with Nature, Walk with Nature. .” by Rahul and Acharya Chandramani Shastri
SHING NING YOGA (HEART YOGA), Swami Veda visits Taiwan to celebrate publication of his first book in Chinese
Swami Veda Visits Scotland, Russia and Hungary by Tejaswini and Stoma
AHYMSIN-Asia to hold August Retreat by Rajah Indran
Peace on Earth Meditation – Summer 2009
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

April – May 2009 News/04_0509/

Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
HIMALAYAN YOGA AND MEDITATION CAMP
Swami Veda’s early spring visit to Holland.
Visit of Gurukulam students to Devprayag and Chandrabadni by Rahul and Chandramani
SANSKRIT BHARATI YOGA MEDITATION CAMP AT SRSG by Adhikari
Call for Volunteers
TTP News
Yoga Nidra Workshop with Swami Ritavan Bharati
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

March 2009 News/0309/

Happy Holi!
Gurukulum Outreach
Stabilizing the Spiritual Mindfield
Remembering Raj Verma by Peter Fabian
HYT-TTP March 2009 by Maryon Maass
SRSG, “Little Hungary”
AHYMSIN-WorldWide
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates
Location of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama on the Globe

February 2009 News/0209/index.html

Vedic Sacred Art
Pain Teacher by Veena
On the Full Moon, the Universal Mind and Love by Swami Veda Bharati
My Visit to the SRSG Ashram by Rashmi Kaura
A Parting Reflection from the Korean TTPers by Mi Suk, Yoon
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates

January 2009 News/0109/index.html

Congratulations to AHYMS-Asia!
Invitation to 2010 Fire Offerings by Swami Veda Bharati
Lohri, Celebration of the New Year by Mr. Nijhawan
Makara Sankranti Festival – From Darkness to Light by Adhikari Bhoi
International Conference on Meditation for Pain Management
TTP NEWS
YOGA YOUTH AND CHILDREN!
Upcoming Events and Calendar
Full Moon Meditation Dates

2008

November – December 2008 News/NovDec2008/index.html

Meditation Research Institute (MRI)
SRSG Presents: “Insight Seeing ” March 16-21, 2009
News from the HYT-TTP Rishikesh office by Maryon Maass
HYT-TTP Rancho La Puerta Memories
Upcoming Events
CALLING ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH!