Articles by Swami Veda Bharati 
Last Desires
11 March, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
What determines the last desire(s) is a question full of complexity. Who knows why one wants to see only that one special child, or wants to eat papaya before dying. From when the seed of such desire lay hidden in him cannot be determined. This also has another dimension. The Gurus are known to fulfil a disciple’s remaining desires before making him enter Samadhi so that these desires would not frustrate his internal journey. A great deal can be written or said about this fact.
Holi Message, 2015
11 March, 2015 @ 2:34 pm
Since the mind is multihued, the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet are called varna. The word ‘varna’ means colour. I wish you the colours of the letters of all mantras to dye your mind.
For Christmas 2014 and new year
25 January, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
On a dark night with intense love burning, Oh good fortune! I departed unnoticed, And, My house was all stilled... ... leaving all cares forgotten among the lilies. Three thousand years before St. John the Rishi of the Veda sang also a hymn to Night, That Is Dawn, in eight stanzas.
Reading List for Parents
25 January, 2015 @ 4:54 pm
A book list suitable for parents who want to raise children with a glow of divinity.
Motto for All Future Silence Days
8 January, 2015 @ 7:03 pm
Motto for all future silence days (from some old lecture of mine): Eat only when you are fasting, Be still while running, Speak only when in silence.
International Yoga Day
30 December, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
To read Swami Veda's Message for International Yoga Day, please visit at the given link.
Yajna, Homa or Havana or Agni-Hotra, A Brief Introduction
30 December, 2014 @ 4:03 pm
The first word of Rigveda is agni ( Cp. ignes, igneous, ignite, ignition). It was due to the Buddhist influence that the Hindus began to sculpt images1. The Vedic religion was primarily that of worshipping divinities through the medium of fire. Very complex fire altars with geometric precision were built. What is now known as Pythagoras’ theorem is called Bodhayana’s theorem by many Hindus as it appears in Bodhayana’s text (14th century BC) on the construction of fire altars.
Yogis in the Snow
18 December, 2014 @ 4:39 pm
In the winter the Himalayan shrines like Kedarnath and Badrinath close and there are elaborate rituals for that. The worship of the deity continues in special shrines in lower reaches throughout the winter. Then at the end of the winter the upper shrines are re-opened again with elaborate rituals.
Diwali Greetings 2014
20 October, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
May the ever-giving Mother Night grant us her stars that burn as flames of souls in our clay bodies.
What Is Mastery in Yoga?
10 July, 2014 @ 5:15 pm
Nowadays thousands of people worldwide publicise themselves as yoga masters. Real masters are few and far between. Even to be a master of one kriya (method or practice) is rare and requires tapasya (ascetic dedication) that few are willing to undertake. Practice a kriya until you have mastered it. How do you know when you have mastered it? Here are the few stages of mastery.