Articles by Swami Ritavan Bharati 
A Thanksgiving Message
24 November, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
Dear Initiates of the Tradition, Dear Family Members, OM With a deep breath of fullness, exhaled as gratitude;
Diwali Message – 2020
9 November, 2020 @ 2:47 pm
Diwali Blessings of the Ancients: "Jyotir, Jyotir, Jyotih, Idam Madhu, Idam Madhu Idam Madhu; Light, Life, Love This is honey, this is sweet, so pleasant, so beautiful!"
Desperation and Dedication
29 October, 2020 @ 4:22 pm
Desperation and Dedication are the valley and the mountain, the two known only to each other. Desperation and Dedication are the two sides of the same coin,
Message from Swami Ritavan
1 October, 2020 @ 5:28 pm
As we gather in the spirit of Guru's grace, light of knowledge, and with aspirations for kindness (amity), compassion (karuna),
Full Moon Meditation Message
1 October, 2020 @ 5:21 pm
In meditation, we gather in the spirit of Guru’s grace, light of knowledge, and with aspirations for kindness (amity), compassion (karuna), our task remains—Awake and Aware.
A Willful Event of Purification
31 July, 2020 @ 1:39 pm
I've shared with the community, as you know, a short message that has come through me in some way. Initially by way of a few weeks ago when certain experiences of people's suffering were manifesting in various parts of the globe. At that time, I had written that the knots of your heart should remain open to hope, to a sense of fullness.
The Importance of the AHYMSIN Community Saumya Mantra Practice
31 July, 2020 @ 1:30 pm
The practices that no doubt each of us have by way of those daily routines of sadhana, but by way of having time, making time, honouring time to intensify, to deepen, to nurture another part of our spiritual life that we have always hoped for - the opportunity to address in addition to our daily meditation for spiritual renewal, for that rejuvenation of the spirit by way of our own mantras, also knowing yourself to be not the meditator, but the very way in which the meditation can flow, a flow that actually is arising from the samasti citta, from the universal mindfield where those saintly minds, the Masters in their bodiless forms remain as mind and thereby extending their blessing honouring that role that they continue playing in blessing humanity and thus bringing grace toward for us by way of our meditations to receive.
Fifth Anniversary of Swami Veda Bharati’s Maha-samadhi
12 July, 2020 @ 5:33 pm
"Share with the world a wrinkle-free forehead, a calm, soothed, wrinkle-free mind-pool of stillness and silence." the often repeated words of Swami Veda.
Guru Purnima 2020
4 July, 2020 @ 11:42 am
a fire burns within, a sacred yajna honoring the light of knowledge, the guru within, above, below, on all sides, the very source of peace happiness and bliss - danda-pranam.
Announcement for Covid-19
17 March, 2020 @ 12:13 pm
Together, on behalf of the Lineage, let us dedicate our prayers, japa and actions for the well-being and benefit of humanity. Please continue with your daily meditations offering the fruits of your yoga with the sentiment of “namah”, not mine but Thine. In addition to your mantra japa, and your Saumyā-Tārā verse and mantra purascharana, may I request that you use your time wisely for your inner life and your spiritual renewal and rejuvenation. The following are suggestions for our global Sangha members: