The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....
Upanishad is made up of ‘Upa’, ‘Ni’ and ‘Shad’. ‘Upa’ means to move closer, it also means to sit close and listen to what is being said, not just in the physical sense. It means the mind moves clos...
The limbic system is what takes care of our feelings. If the limbic system didn’t work, we would have no emotions. Therefore, in the process of raising or awakening of the ‘Kundalini’, emotion play...
The path that has been described by all the important teachers, unfortunately, happens to be narrow, not because of any narrowness in thinking but because the other paths are so wide and inviting t...
When the mind is absolutely still, when it is no longer engaged in what we call ‘worship’—where every worship has a worshipper and the worshipped, or the thinker and the thing thought of—when the o...
Vedanta is not intellectual acrobatics. You can study all the scriptures and know them by heart. But, unless the quality of mind improves, one cannot find the truth. And how does the quality improv...
Even the greatest iconoclastic religions worship something. They do not have an image of God but they do have a symbol. If they don’t have a symbol, they have a book. If they don’t have a book, the...
There is this great Buddhist Mahayana chant that says, “At some point or the other, in our endless cycle of rebirths, every individual on this earth must have been our mother! Therefore, I bow befo...
Love is a many-splendoured entity. Physical love or spiritual love has the same source, although it manifests in different degrees. You cut across all barriers. Who cares for personal consequences?...
One of the symbols that Shiva carries is the ‘paasha’ - a noose. Shiva only throws this noose on those who are ready to accept the noose; it is not thrown at random. Believe me, it is a beautiful n...
Have you opened your window and, by accident, suddenly noticed a full moon, a beautiful night, and for a few seconds, forgot everything except the moon? You did not exist for the time being, those ...
When I’m enjoying something, there is also a hidden element of unhappiness attached to it. This is because I’m afraid that the thing, which I am enjoying, might disappear any moment. If I have comm...