Articles by Swami Ritavan Bharati 
Sangha Practice for the Next 3 Years
22 March, 2019 @ 11:21 am
Om yaj jāgrato dūram udaiti daivaṁ tadu suptasya tathaivaiti, dūraṅgamaṁ jyotiṣāṁ jyotir ekaṁ tan me manaḥ śiva-saṅkalpam astu. “Tan me manaḥ śiva-saṅkalpam astu” is the essence of the teachings in many ways. Many of you have heard Swami Rama say ‘all of the body is in the mind’ so this understanding that, yes, this personality is more than feeding the body, taking care of the body, for I am a mental being, and the ways in which this life of the mind unfolds are the secrets and the mysteries of yoga.
Spiritual Message for This Holy-Days Season
17 December, 2018 @ 6:02 pm
As you would hold a child in a hug, and breathe with a relaxed body, now do that with the desires and fears that you intently hold; Relaxing is to let-go, and letting-go is non-attachment.
Guru Purnima Letter
2 August, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
30 years ago [in 1988] we were reminded of the purpose of life. Each of us can reflect on how life has unfolded, karmic debts paid, dharma fulfilled. And now set the course with renewed intention, sankalpa, living each day with that awakened spirit, and finding joy in a life well-lived and well-loved.
2019 Sangha Gathering and Preparations
26 June, 2018 @ 9:42 pm
When we look to the future, we see the opportunities for change, for growth, for embracing a loving heart and a smiling mind. During these 40 days of spiritual peace, we deepen our commitment and accept our practices as discovery - a tapas of peace.
Ashram Pramukha Address to Residents
28 May, 2018 @ 2:16 pm
Guru Brahma...Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah; As we gather in this sanctuary, in this sacred place of beauty and peace, gather with sentiments (bhava) of respect, shraddha-faith, and joy, we reflect of the presence of Guru.
Annual Festival of Spiritual Peace
28 May, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
Through the living presence of Swami Veda here in Sadhaka Grama, we are inspired to return “home” to the theme of “Vasudeva”. This theme holds many gems of sadhana practiced as the Annual 40-Day Festival of Spiritual Peace.
Grace of Adi Shankaracharya
8 May, 2018 @ 6:55 pm
As one would visit their long lost ancestral home that is how the pilgrimage to the sacred Sringeri Sharada Peetham felt to me—coming home to this ancient seat of the Bharati Lineage, dating back for more than 1200 years. It was a trip of a lifetime, a trip enough to savor a lifetime, this lifetime. Visiting this island of knowledge as the very source of Adi Shankaracharya’s teachings, paying obeisance to the great Guru Lineage...
2019 Sangha Gathering
28 April, 2018 @ 8:59 pm
When we look to the future, we look at how can we create opportunities for students to deepen their practice or to become familiar with, to be introduced to practices that they may feel that now they are ready for, now they would like to understand themselves through such unique ways of these prayers, contemplations, meditation, yoga practices, so we’re coming together with a special gathering next year.
Sangha Talk
27 February, 2018 @ 7:22 pm
Good evening and welcome on a cold evening. I’m sure you’ve brought your warm hearts and together such warmness will be enlightening. Welcome to those who have come from a distance – all the way from Chicago – as well as all of you, having ventured out on this cold evening to be another ember on this fire of illumination, the beauty of such a conflagration of consciousness that each and every one embraces as their own identity.
Peaceable Emotions
14 January, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
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.