GURU-PURNIMA: 12th July 2014

19 June, 2014 @ 3:10 pm

Many are still unclear on who or what the Guru is. Guru is a shakti, a transcendental force permeating the immanent world. It is the very Holy Spirit, the Teacher of All. You have felt the presence of this shakti. You have felt the shakti when sitting in a group meditation with a teacher whose meditation is deep enough for the shakti to descend through him/her.

Six Steps of Meditative Asanas

10 June, 2014 @ 11:27 pm

These six principles of asanas (yoga postures) were composed in sutra form by Swami Veda Bharati. These have been given a commentary by a team of advanced teachers of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Ashram in Rishikesh, India. "Yoga is a journey of the self, through the self, to the Self."

Prayers used with Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

20 February, 2014 @ 5:22 pm

The Science of Mantra and the Study of Mrtyunjaya Mantra

19 February, 2014 @ 2:29 am

Japa is a special science. It is a science of devoting the mind's energies to a specific goal so that particular divine conscious forces may arise within us and make us their dwelling place. Through which ever deities' japa you perform, the qualities, the attributes of that devata enters into you. What is a devata? The pictures and images are not the devata. Devas are conscious, living forces. We give them bodies because we project those forms onto them. In the mantra vidya [mantra science], we think of the mantra as the body of the devata. A Devata has two forms, a jyoti form and a nada form. There is the universal conscious sound, the Maha Nada of the cosmos, and certain waves of that cosmos are the mantras. These mantras have been revealed in the "minds" of the rishis. (I am using the word "mind" incorrectly but we are just getting started, and it is the best word I can use at this level without going into a detailed treatment of this very deep topic. Please review my past tapes on the subject of mind.)

Mahā-mṛtyuñjaya Mantra

18 February, 2014 @ 2:51 pm

OM tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi vardhanam urvārukamiva bandhanān (or bandhanāt) mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt

Origins of the Himalayan Tradition

11 February, 2014 @ 12:33 am

Feel the flow and the touch of your breath in your nostrils. With a relaxed mind, no strain. Only observe the flow. Breathing gently, slowly, smoothly. As you come to the end of a breath, let there be no break as you are approaching the end of a breath. Prepare your mind to continue the awareness. As you come to the end of a breath, immediately begin to feel the next breath. Your mantra or your favorite name for Divinity, let that be your only thought. Exhaling and inhaling, the thought flowing along with the breath. No break between the breaths. No break between the mantra thought and the mantra thought. Without breaking the flow, observe how the breath, mind and the name of the Divinity are flowing together into a single stream. Simply observe how the consciousness has become a stream. Observe the flow of consciousness. Continuing to observe the flow, gently open your eyes.

Two Paths in Yoga

3 February, 2014 @ 10:11 pm

Here, there are two paths. The path of dhyana-yogis and the path of hatha-yogis. The hatha-yoga practices that grant youthfulness and glow of health are time consuming. The dhyana-yogis do basic hatha just to enable the body to sit in meditation. They prefer then to spend more time in the internal meditative practices to achieve the goals of the realization of eternity and moksha.

Swami Veda Bharati’s Lectures at the 2013 Sangha Gathering

26 January, 2014 @ 6:37 pm

Swami Veda Bharati took a 5 year vow of silence on 10th March 2013 at the 2013 Sangha Gathering at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India. The gathering started on 28th February 2013, and Swamiji lectured each day from then until 10th March.

Silence Day (Mauni Amavasya) 2014

13 January, 2014 @ 7:07 pm

There is an annual silence day in the traditions of India. It is called Mauni Amavasya. Mauni means ‘of or for silence’, and amavasya means ‘no-moon day.’

Christmas and New Year Message

23 December, 2013 @ 4:06 pm

Year is Fire. Year is Prāṇa; Wealth of wealth, the Great Habitat. May the most holy anointed ones, grant to your year, a clear luminous light of peace