The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
‘That which does not move’ – is that which is absolutely still like the eye of the cyclone, total motion but in the middle there is no movement – absolute calmness. And, it is from that calmness th...
"What asanas can one practise before starting kriya?" - Q & A with Sri M in the last satsang of the retreat in Badrinath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsAD_m0nHw&feature=youtu.be
In the 2nd satsang on Day 2 of Satsangs at Badrinath, Sri M speaks about the Mandukya Upanishad, which is an ancient Upanishad and has only 12 verses. It deals with the different states of consciou...
Sri M explains and practically demonstrates the practice of Chakra Dharana in this satsang at the Badrinath retreat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdJeuzpgJt0&feature=youtu.be
Plato has said it brilliantly. He says ‘there are two eternal things in this universe– one ‘Is’ and is never becoming and the other ‘is not’ but is ever becoming’. That ‘becoming’ is what is known ...
You must have heard the famous statement that many people think is a modern English saying – 'blind leading the blind’. It is an ancient statement. It comes from the Mundaka Upanishad – ‘andhenaiva...
As long as you have a physical body, nobody can know everything. We need to learn. At any time, one should be prepared to learn. For learning deep things like the Upanishads – one needs to have the...
In the 3rd satsang, Sri M completes his explanation of the 15th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita - Purushothama Yoga which is followed by an explanation of the Theory of Kriya Yoga, at the Badrinath Re...
In the 2nd satsang, Sri M continues his explanation of the 15th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita - Purushothama Yoga which is followed by a Q&A session, at the Badrinath Retreat on 10th October 2018 (m...
The 1st satsang with Sri M at the Badrinath Retreat on 10th October 2018 (morning). Sri M briefly expounds the 15th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita - Purushothama Yoga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
The avadhoot Dattatreya had twenty-four teachers in his life, and one of them was the honey–bee. The Avadhoot says, I learnt the lesson from the honeybee, collecting and storing for a rainy day; ho...
The meaning that Adi Shankaracharya has given for ‘shad’ in the word ‘Upanishad’ is ‘to shake up’ – shake the mind out of its delusion that happiness is outside and not inside. Of course in the ult...