AHYMSIN Sangha Mantra for 2026-29

Vasudeva Mantra

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय।

Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya

Om, I bow to the Lord who dwells within all hearts.

The Vasudeva mantra was given by Swami Ritavan Bharati, the Spiritual Guide of AHYMSIN, on 4th March 2026, and will be practiced by all the members of the AHYMSIN Sangha for the duration of three years, until the AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering in March 2029.

To learn more, kindly read the Vasudeva Principle by Swami Veda Bharati

To watch the live video of Announcement of the New Sangha Mantra by Swami Ritavan Bharati during the AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering 2026, kindly visit - AHYMSIN Channel on YouTube

To learn more, kindly read the Introduction to the Vasudeva Principle by Swami Ritavan Bharati

To learn more about the meaning of the Vasudeva mantra, kindly visit "https://www.ahymsin.org/om-namo-bhagavate-vasudevaya/" by Rabindra Sahu.

To read the detailed meaning of the Vasudeva mantra, kindly visit https://www.ahymsin.org/meaning-of-vasudeva-mantra/ by Rabindra Sahu.

To learn more about Lord Vasudeva, kindly read "Introduction to Lord Vasudeva" by Raghavendra Adiga.

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3 Prime Conditionings

~ Swami Rama

You all want to know that reality or truth which is eternal; you want to experience that state of peace and equilibrium that is your essential nature. And yet the mind and personality prevent you from experiencing that finest level of yourself – the Center of Consciousness within. In the ancient teachings it is said that time, space, and causation are the three primary conditionings or filters that affect the mind; however, you can lead your mind beyond these conditions. Time is the most powerful of all the “filters” that condition the mind. It is a powerful filter of reality. For example, perhaps you are very sad today, but even then, a time comes during the day when you laugh. Or perhaps today you have been laughing and feeling good; still a time will come when you will feel sad. Thus, time affects your mind. Every state of mind is transitory and limited by time.

It is important to understand and recognize how time affects the mind. You can better understand the effect of time by considering the nature of space. If you can fully understand how space is created, then time will no longer deter you; you will go beyond both time and space. For example, if I draw two lines, then there is a space between the first line and another. If there is no space, there is only One; then where is time? Time and space exist only when there is division, when you are divided within yourself. When you are One with yourself, the Self of all, then time, space, and causation – the three conditions and limitations of the mind – are left behind and you go forward to a higher experience.

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Glory to All Saints

~ An Interview with Swami Veda Bharati

The following is an interview with Sadhana Journal, a yoga magazine published in Spanish in Ecuador, South America. The interview was given in preparation for Swami Veda Bharati’s visit to Ecuador (and Galapagos Islands) for a meditation retreat, 31st July to 11th August, 2012.

1. In your words what is yoga?

From Vyasa’s commentary on the very first yoga sutra: Yoga is Samadhi -- the consciousness in which the union with divinity is experienced.

2. With today’s actual generalization of "yoga" as a physical exercise or stress release method, do you think people are misusing this discipline?

They are not necessarily misusing it even though over commercialization is certainly a misuse. They are only presenting a pebble as the entire mountain. The pebble however is from the mountain.

3. How did you get started with this study?

The newspapers in India in 1947 said that I had brought this knowledge from past life. It was my father’s wish that his son should be a rishi. My entire childhood education was in Sanskrit metaphysical texts and the practices of yoga and meditation.

4. You were a professor of oriental philosophy and Sanskrit, you have an MA [and D. Litt.] etc. How did you learn? Where did you study?

Although I hold the degrees from London and Holland, they do not reflect my true education as I have explained in the answer to question 3.

5. At what age did you decide to take vows and become a monk?

At the age of 6. But took the vows only in 1992 at the age of 59.

6. What is the Mahamandaleshara title you have in Hindu religion?

This title is conferred by the community of swamis upon those swamis they consider to be of exceptional knowledge, etc.

7. At what age is it possible to start learning meditation and yoga?

Three years before conception. When parents, planning to invite a yogi soul into the womb, undertake intensive Gayatri mantra and other such practices.

8. Is it necessary to have a guide to learn meditation?

Is it necessary to have a guide to do experiments in physics in a research lab?

9. What is your opinion about the so called gurus that teach this discipline and try to become rich?

I better not express my opinion. I neither call myself a guru nor allow my picture anywhere in my Ashram.

11. We understand that you also direct a meditation research lab and that your master and yourself have done experiments and measures in the lab. What are the psychological and physical benefits of this practice?

In our research lab we have a bibliography of 3,000 articles from medical and scientific journals detailing the beneficial psycho-neuro-physiological effects of meditation. I cannot give a brief summary here.

12. Chemical reactions in the body?

Please see answer to question 11.

13. Can a Catholic or a Christian practice meditation?

There is a long tradition of meditation in Christianity. There are many books on the subject written by the Catholics and other Christians. I may even give a brief summary of this history during our forthcoming seminars in Ecuador.

14. We understand you were in Ecuador many years ago. Can you share your experience of that time?

My memory is of the warmest hospitality, and very positive responses to the teachings. One of the major highlights of that visit was to meet the venerable Padre Davila. After all these decades, that early meeting is bearing its fruits in my forthcoming visit.

15. Do you think there are qualified schools to learn meditation in this country? Any suggestions?

I do not know enough about this country.

16. How do you see yourself?

As a small disciple of my Guru carrying on with his work.

17. What are your sources of inspiration? Books? Masters? Teachers?

Books? Vedas, all the ancient yoga texts, all the revealed scriptures of all religions in the world.
Masters? Ancient rishis, saints of all religions, my Master Swami Rama of the Himalayas.

18. Who do you admire?

I admire my Master the most.

19. What do you see as the principal virtue for a human being?

Selflessness and consequent non-violence.

20. Can yoga help us to change the destructive conduct of patrons?

If you practice the first yama, Ahimsa, the destructive behavior will automatically change.

21. How, as human beings, can we transform this planet and turn the negative situations like violence, fears, environmental problems?

If enough of us change, the planet will change.

22. Can a person seeking enlightenment by meditation forget society? What should be the offering of meditators for society?

I am totally dedicated to meditation and totally dedicated to serving the society. Meditation makes you a selfless servant.

23. What would be your reflections on world peace?

Begin with the peace in your own mind. Learn to integrate the various factions that are constantly at war in the continent of your skull. If enough people and the leaders can do that, there will be world peace.

24. What do you think of the Pope? Or any other famous name in religion or spirituality?

Mine is the standard Hindu answer: sab santan ki jaya. Glory to all saints. I bow to them all.

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Meditation is Washing the Mind

~ Swami Ritavan Bharati

Meditation is the process of washing the mind. It is the way of removing the residue that clouds the clear mind sullied by the different kinds of impressions and reactions. These are all psychological handicaps. They are unconscious habit patterns of your mind that prevent clarity and understanding. They prevent you from rising above your conditioned mind. A person who is on the path of self-discovery, and understanding, gradually, slowly, by constant self-observation, dis-identifies with his or her psychological conditioning. Meditation when going inside, quiets and cleans the mind, so that the Self will see its own reflection within the personality clearly. When it is not seen clearly, then it is bondage. When it is seen clearly, then it is freedom and liberation.

When you study the functions of your mind, you understand that manas creates doubts. The buddhi resolves them. The buddhi sorts out what manas feeds by way of perceptions & cognitions. And by sorting it out it uses its power of “viveka”, discrimination, judgement and decision-making. How does the buddhi function inwardly? When it goes inwards, it draws from the huge reservoir of higher knowledge by way of revelation, inspiration, creativity and intuitive knowledge understanding.

In whatever way a particular events condition your mind, and causes whatever reaction from you, there is freedom of will. Freedom of mind is infused with a spiritual force. Atman is the abode of the freedom of will. That freedom of will is filtered into our mind's functioning.

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New Book:
Guru Disciple Relationship Vol III:
Guru Purnima Messages

~ Rabindra Sahu

ॐ गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात्परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥

Om gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ,
guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ.

On the most sacred day of the Guru Purnima (29 July 2026), we received the most beautiful and precious gift in the form of a legacy book that bears the names of both venerable Gurudeva H.H. Shri Swami Rama of the Himalayas and our beloved master Shri Swami Veda Bharati (Mahamandaleshwar). Guru Disciple Relationship Volume III: Guru Purnima Messages was released on this day by Swami Ritavan Bharati.

This book is one of a kind, not only since this is the first ever book that carries the names of both Swami Rama and Swami Veda, but also because it brings together all the messages that we received from Gurudeva Swami Rama and Swami Veda Bharati from 1980-2014.

Swami Veda once asked Swami Rama after Swamiji's Gurudeva had left his body,
‘Swamiji, you used to say you are always with your Guru. Now the Guruji has left his body, the Grand Master. Are you still with him?’
Swami Rama said, ‘Even more so.’ He said, ‘Because the barrier of the body is gone.’

As the veil, the medium of form has dissolved, the Guru is more immediate and ever so present. This book reveals the secrets and mysteries of a relationship that is most near and dear in the life of a spiritual seeker. Filled with timeless wisdom, loving guidance, and boundless blessings, these words illuminate the true spirit of the sacred Guru Disciple relationship and is a loving invitation for us to experience the Guru within.

Swami Ritavan Bharati has said,

‘These messages from Swami Rama and Swami Veda reveal divine whispers that awaken within you an excitement, an exhilaration—'Today the Guru might come’ and helps you attune yourself to a sentiment of “Presence”. Swami Veda speaks beautifully of this “Presence”, ‘Let the whole day pass in longing and in belonging; longing is the cry to fulfil the urge to belong, and belonging is meditation.’ Wherever you are, walking, working, speaking, let that secret love inside you keep burning, because you do not know on which day of your life that the Guru will come to bless you. That blessing is a gift of grace that descend into you, thus, no longer as an individual walking, you become the whole universe walking. Let these divine whispers remind you of the only ambition worth nurturing—the ambition to know your pure, infinitely loving Self. That ambition alone is an offering of reverent faith, reverent love to the Guru Lineage.’

If you would like to receive a physical copy of this book, you may write to the Bharati Bookstore at hyptbooks@gmail.com. This book is available in both soft and hard covers.

For Kindle edition, you may visit - Guru Disciple Relationship Volume III: Guru Purnima Messages

If you would like to see more books by Swami Veda Bharati, kindly visit - Amazon Author Page

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A Special Maha-Shivaratri Celebration:
Renunciation: The Universal Belonging

~ with Swami Ritavan Bharati

Swami Ritavan Bharati invites all sincere seekers to join this special program on the most auspicious occasion of the Maha-Shivaratri. In 2027, Maha-Shiavratri will be on 6 March 2027.

He has said,

'Let your Maha-Shivaratri pilgrimage to Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama draw you to receive the Guru's Embrace of Love that enwraps all spiritual seekers of Light. Plan to participate in the Shivaratri week-long activities that invites a deeper awareness and offers an opportunity for inner transformation when internal havan burns the dross of samskaras, and external havan with japa creates a transformative experience.

May these themes of fearlessness, non-attachment, and renunciation resonate with that innermost desireless state of equanimity and joy.

A renunciate breathes the life-breath of all; nurturing while being attached to none; gives support and encouragement to all without needing emotional support; beyond fears and jealousy, loving all, excluding none, with "abhayam" for there is no "other" to fear.

Let your heart remain open to receiving this calling of Lord Shiva, the Universal Renunciate.'

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A New Chapter in the
Himalayan Yoga Tradition -
Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP)

~ Namita Sinha

In 2025, we celebrated two sacred events with our global family—the birth centenary of Gurudeva Swami Rama and the 10^th Mahasamadhi of our beloved Swami Veda Bharati. These sacred occasions brought forward a new wave within our global sangha as we came together in gratitude towards the loving guidance and teachings of the Tradition that continues to flow and guide us each day.

During this same period, Swami Ritavan Bharati, AHYMSIN’s Spiritual Guide and Ashram Pramukha, shared his vision for the next chapter of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition - Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP). Swami Ritavan shared that it was Swami Veda’s wish to offer this program from Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Ashram in Rishikesh—the global headquarters of AHYMSIN and the spiritual home of the global sangha.

For several decades, the HYT-TTP has served sincere aspirants worldwide in discovering the authentic teachings of yoga meditation, and in experiencing the subtler teachings in their personal lives. Over the years, the program has trained and helped transform hundreds of teachers across the world to first deepen their own practice and then to share the wisdom of the Himalayan Tradition with their students.

In Swami Veda’s own words:

“This program has been designed to pass on the essential principles and practices of the Tradition, which fosters personal development on all levels. For the aspiring as well as the experienced teacher, the program presents all aspects of yoga/meditation in a spiritually inspiring context…

Our practical, experiential approach to teacher training encourages students to incorporate these skills into their daily lives.”

A Renewed Approach to Teacher Training

Announcing this renewal, Swami Ritavan Bharati shared:

“The teaching as taught by Gurudeva Swami Rama and Swami Veda has been carrying on for 55 years. We are starting another era of the teacher training program here at our ashram. It will be a month-long intensive residency that will be full days of all aspects of training yoga teachers. Not so much for the purpose that they will do research, not for the purpose that they will go out and teach the philosophy, but that they will practice, and they will teach from their experience of practicing.”

The renewed program is dedicated to making the teachings of Gurudev Swami Rama available to a new generation of sincere aspirants. It carries forward the essence of what Swami Veda offered us as the foundation of a teacher in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition: self-transformation through personal practice and teaching through one’s own experience.

The program offers an integrated approach to learning, practice, reflection, and self-study, allowing participants to experience the teachings not merely as knowledge, but as a way of life.

Key Highlights of the Renewed Teacher Training Program

1. An Integrated Program in Self-Transformation

The renewed program is offered in a hybrid format, combining an immersive period of 4-week in-person learning with continued personal practice, self-study, and online guidance for 21 weeks.

4-week Intensive Residential Retreat at SRSG offering experiential and practical training into the study and practice of yoga meditation, within the spiritually energised environment of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama.

21-week Guided Self-study and Personal Practice that is supported by live online weekend classes with internationally acclaimed faculty, thus allowing opportunity for receiving continued guidance from the teachers and providing space and time for self-observation, self-examination, and self-purification.

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Biofeedback, Tai Chi, and Qigong Retreat

~ with Nikki Strong and Daniel Hertz

Tai Chi and Qigong (Nikki):

Two practice sessions and two lectures each day, one focusing on tai chi and the other qigong,

Tai Chi: Our focus will be on practicing simple routines and movement drills that build body and mind awareness and help cultivate health and longevity in a way very complimentary to our regular Himalayan style practices, These practices will be taught at a level accessible to beginners but also offering more depth appropriate for experienced practitioners. At the end of the retreat each person will have a suite of movement practices and a mini Wudang Mountain Tai Chi form that they can use as they see fit, integrated into their daily life, or simply as an experience to help build insight into the practices they already have.

Qigong: The qigong that we will practice is a deeply healing and energetically balancing style of qigong that has its origins in the Shaolin temples and Daoist masters of the mountains of Central China. At the end of the retreat each participant will have a number of valuable tools to add to their toolbox for managing stress, building energetic resilience, and cultivating a healthier, more balanced, body, mind, and spirit.

Biofeedback (Daniel):

A few talks will be offered to explain the concepts of biofeedback. The focus would be on individual, one on one, private sessions with Daniel for all the participants.

Biofeedback is well-recognised as a powerful, non-invasive, and relatively simple way to measure subtle changes in the emotional and physiological state in order to increase self awareness and support the process of leaning self-regulation. Daniel will be using state of the art research/clinical grade biofeedback equipment (and training techniques) to measure HRV (Heart Rate Variability) to determine RFB (Resonant Frequency Breathing), the ideal breathing rate that will most quickly balance the autonomic nervous system. A typical session will use a heart rate sensor and a respiration belt. Participants will be guided through a series of Yoga and Meditation breathing exercises in order to determine the optimal RFB for that individual. Time permitting, other biofeedback modalities may be measured, such as muscle tension, skin temperature, or skin conductance.

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Satsang in Bengaluru
with Swami Ritavan

~ Dr Kashish Pandey

On a quiet Sunday morning in Bengaluru, an intimate gathering of spiritual seekers came together for special satsang with Swami Ritavan Bharati on a special visit in the city.

In the lush green courtyard at home of Namita Sinha; a long time initiate in the tradition about 25 sadhakas arrived with open hearts, ready to listen, reflect, and be inspired in the presence of Swami Ji.

The satsang began at 10:00 a.m. with Swami Ritavan Bharati, also accompanied by special guests from Singapore – Yoong Ji (mantra initiator in the tradition) and his wife Tuat Yien. Their presence added a sense of continuity and lineage to the morning’s reflections.

Swami Ritavan ji opened by illuminating the significance of the Guru–disciple relationship, drawing from the recently launched book Guru Disciple Relationship - Volume 3 of the series on this sacred bond. He spoke in the second-person approach common to Indian psychology to explain how the guru examines the disciple and, equally, how the disciple examines the guru. This mutual discernment, he emphasized, is not about judgment but about clarity, trust, and alignment on the path.

Swami Ji then spoke about doing dharma (duties) and the importance of paying off karmas in daily life. Whether in corporate offices or university settings, he noted, our duties become sadhana when performed with awareness and love. The spiritual path, he reminded, is not separate from our everyday responsibilities; it is woven into them.

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Global Meditation Reminder

Full Moon Meditation
on 27 August 2026

New Moon Meditation
on 10 September 2026

You are invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, “Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise...”

Global Meditations Schedule

Full Moon New Moon

Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
Invites You

~ Upcoming Events

Sacred Journey: A Satsanga for Inner Transformation with Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)

Navaratri Retreat – Cultivating the Divine Feminine with Rabindra Sahu

Breath & Pranayama Retreat

Himalayan Yoga Tradition –
Teacher Training Program Retreat with Swami Ritavan Bharati and all

Meditation and its Practice Retreat with Adhikari Bhoi and others

7, 10, 14, 21 days Mauni Amavasya Silence Retreat with Swami Ritavan Bharati

Biofeedback, Tai Chi, and Qigong Retreat with Nikki Strong and Daniel Hertz

Renunciation: The Universal Belonging with Swami Ritavan Bharati

Himalayan Yoga Tradition - Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP): Level One 4-week retreat with Swami Ritavan Bharati and all

Navaratri Retreat - Cultivating the Divine Feminine with Rabindra Sahu

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Upcoming Global Events

Dutch Silence Retreat in 2026 with Swami Ma Tripurashakti Bharati, Pierre Lefebvre (Pandit Priyadarshan) and Uta Bisseswar,
with assistance from Sonia, Shailendra and Riemke

When: 4-11 September, 2026

For registration, you are very welcome to contact: info@yoga-hymns.nl or visit – www.yoga-hymns.nl

Himalayan Yoga Meditation Retreat 2026
Chitta Prasaadanam ~ Beautifying the Mind ~ with Rabindra Sahu

When: September 20-22, 2026 (2 nights, 3 days)

Venue: Retreat Dome OR

True meditation doesn’t begin on the cushion. It is reflected in how we manage our hearts in daily life. As we learn to clear away emotional clutter and bring harmony to our thoughts, feelings, and reactions, the mind naturally becomes clear, calm, and bright. This retreat offers practical tools for working with our emotions and bridging the gap between daily life and spiritual practice. Through mindful observation of the body, breath, and mind, we cultivate the foundation for deep and steady meditation. We warmly invite you to take a sacred pause in the embrace of nature and rediscover the radiant inner stillness that has always been within you.

Kindly visit our website or contact us via email to register and inquire details. We look forward to seeing you at the venue.

Contact Us: http://ahymsin.jp/. ahymsin.jp@gmail.com

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