Articles by Swami Ritavan Bharati 
2025 IS-WAS-IS TODAY 2026 – New Year Message
28 December, 2025 @ 7:43 pm
New Year 2026 Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati
Guru Purnima Message
8 July, 2025 @ 5:21 pm
At this sacred time, we pay homage in gratitude to our Gurudeva Swami Rama, who takes the form of our spiritual guide. A guide who protects us on the journey from this shore to the other shore. A guide who graces our spirit in each breath, to re-cognise our true nature through his gift of mantra—sacred name.
Inspirations from the Life of Pope Francis
1 May, 2025 @ 4:45 pm
The events surrounding the departure of Pope Francis are not merely a time to look back with remorse, but to look forward, embracing the teachings we have received from the life of Pope Francis. We now have a sacred opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the sacred journey emblematic in his life. This reverie of his life is an invitation for us to journey together, bringing together all faith traditions, and drawing ever closer to the ultimate truth and joy that our beloved form of Divinity has illuminated as the path for us all.
Swami Rama’s Birth Centenary Celebrations – 2025
1 January, 2025 @ 9:02 pm
With overflowing joy and profound gratitude, we extend a heartfelt invitation to all members of the Guru’s family to unite in celebration, honouring the birth centenary of our revered Gurudeva, His Holiness Swami Rama. A beacon of ancient wisdom, he seamlessly wove the ancient teachings of yoga meditation from the Himalayan Masters into our lives. As we celebrate and commemorate the centenary of his earthly presence, we bow in loving reverence.
Meditate
11 December, 2024 @ 5:08 pm
Meditate silently and meditate lovingly, where love and silence are one and the same. The secret of love is revealed through meditation in silence. When you quiet the noises of the mind that is silence. When you pacify destructive emotions that is love. The two are one and the same. May your commitment to your spirituality and your commitment to loving become the commitment you make in thoughts, speech and actions toward others through expanding your capacity to love.
Sangha Blessings
15 August, 2024 @ 8:19 pm
We have gathered here, in solemn remembrance and joyous celebration, as we recall the teachings of our Himalayan lineage through our Master Gurudev Swami Rama and the life of our beloved saint, Swami Veda Bharati, and through so many others to whom we give gratitude in appreciation.
Finding a Spiritual Home in the Mind of a Sage-Saint
18 July, 2024 @ 10:59 pm
By continual practice (abhyasa) and dispassion (vairagya), the aspirant concentrates on the progressively subtle and subtler relationship with the Guru. Thus, the dispassionate mind-field of the Guru, becomes the supportive factor in the aspirant’s meditation.
Yoga is Samadhi
19 June, 2024 @ 3:13 pm
Yoga Meditation is the song of your soul, the sweetness of being. The music of your mind is the melody of feelings, and the music of your heart is the rhythm of emotions. The music of your soul is bhava and the subtlest is mantra. When your thoughts settle, when your emotions calm, when the entire mind is pure, the soul sings in the most inaudible, pleasant, and loving manner. A quietness that is so sweet, a savoring that attracts your attention within to experience your essence. This unified experience of aliveness-of being - this bhava is your most natural state, your mind in samadhi.
A loving invitation to the Sangha of the Americas
21 April, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
I am thrilled to extend my personal invitation to all members of the Guru family to join us at the beautiful St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, USA from July 25th to August 3rd, 2024, as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of our inaugural Sangha Gathering at this very location with Swami Veda Bharati.
Rasa – The Flavor of Essence
22 February, 2024 @ 3:39 am
There is a word in the Sanskrit language. The word is RASA. The word, rasa means a juice, the flavor, as the essence. Rasa means that essence as the experience. That which you taste, not merely the object of taste but the object of taste, the process of tasting, and the experience of tasting.
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