Celebrate with a Bhandara or Meal to the Ashram!

15 February, 2011 @ 9:11 am

People of all ancient cultures have the concept of ‘food as a worship offering’. It is one of the commonest expressions of ‘sacredness’ in India. It is known by different names in different parts of the country. It comes under the category of punya-arjana, ‘earning good karma’. In a country like Thailand where thousands of monks may be fed, the English translation for this category of acts is ‘merit-making’. Not merry-making but ‘merit-making’.

Friends Finding One Another

13 February, 2011 @ 10:57 pm

“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,”

2013 All Teachers and Sangha Gathering

13 February, 2011 @ 10:47 pm

Yoga Nidra – Methods of Conscious Sleep

3 October, 2010 @ 8:16 pm

Report from Guru Purnima 2010

31 July, 2010 @ 7:19 pm

"Swami Veda's Guru Purnima celebration was broadcast live from Minneapolis - 26 July 2010 and via Skype to the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) Ashram in Rishikesh  as well as simultaneously to the Milwaukee Center. The "Bharati Radio" broadcast was heard by many throughout North America." - svb

Tri-Yearly Fire Offerings, 25th February – 11th March, 2013

15 June, 2010 @ 8:32 pm

Spiritual Festival Guidelines for 2010

3 June, 2010 @ 11:07 pm

The 40-day Spiritual Festival in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition is a time period when sadhakas undertake special spiritual practices, such as more intense japa and increased implementing of the Yamas and Niyamas etc.  There are many suggestions given in the articles cited below as to how to cultivate a more sattvic personality.

A Unique Yoga Approach in Helping People with Multiple Sclerosis Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes

25 May, 2010 @ 3:22 pm

The subject of this article is to gain a basic understanding of some of the health principles found in Yoga and Ayurveda, the science of life, that can help people with multiple sclerosis make healthy lifestyle changes.  Also, it includes taking into consideration some useful guidelines prior to starting to work with people with multiple sclerosis.

Report on “The Holistic Health Through Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Workshop”

25 May, 2010 @ 12:41 pm

First of all I pay homage to my Guru Swami Rama of the Himalayas by whose grace the Holistic Health workshops were completed successfully. Humble pranams to Swami VEDA Bharati our inspiration for this effort.

Pilgrimage- A Talk by Swami Veda Bharati

24 May, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

The Kumbha Mela, the most sacred of all the Hindu pilgrimages, culminated on April 14th in the sacred Maha Kumbha Sahi Snan – the royal bath. Thousands of holy men and women (mahamandeleshwaras, monks, saints and sadhus) in addition to the pilgrims who journeyed from villages far and wide in India, gathered to take a dip in Mother Ganga on this most auspicious of days. For the past month or so, millions of people have journeyed to Haridwar for the Kumbh Mela.  In addition to the major event of the ritual bath, other activities include religious discussions, devotional singing, mass feeding of holy men and women and the poor, and religious assemblies where doctrines are debated and standardized.