The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
There is a beautiful word in Sanskrit for completeness – ‘Poorna’. Upanishads mentions ‘Poorna’ – which means fulfillment, fullness, completeness. This is the essential characteristic of one’s bein...
Every little thing is full of joy. The dew drop you find on the grass in the morning, the breeze that blows in quietly bringing in the perfume of the jasmine, the smell of the earth after the first...
The Upanishads and the Vedas suggest that there is a way to find lasting happiness within, which is independent of all external things. The great sages who have experienced it are on record saying ...
I am not saying that we should not enjoy the little joys that we find in life day-to-day. Please do it. We should because that’s the greatest, most wonderful thing that the world can offer us. Thes...
We don’t find real happiness because we are not satisfied ever with anything that we have. Maybe there is satisfaction for a short time but, in the long run, we are still looking, searching, someti...
What is love really, in that sense of the term? It is separation. When your beloved is with you, then what is love? When your beloved is not there, and the mind pines with longing, it is called lov...
15th April 2016 started early with Yogasanas and meditation at 7 am. By 10.30 am, friends and representatives of different organizations joined for chanting of Ramnaam & bhajans. Young interns from...
Everybody says, ‘I have surrendered.’ Nobody has truly surrendered. To surrender, really, is not easy. If I surrender, it means to firstly consider what am I surrendering to? Who am I surrendering ...
First, I must say, ‘I cannot understand’. Then, what happens here is the same thing comes into the picture – that ‘stillness’, that ‘emptiness’ – because I am not doing anything; because I have giv...
All the knowledge I have gathered is confined to my mind and my brain, which can conk off at any time. You know it. One part of the brain malfunctions and one function is immediately impaired. I do...
When we go to a temple, we see the image there. I go down there, and I worship. I bow my head down and I fall flat worshipping. After that, I come out. What do I do next? I see a human being – a go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_jQOPHMLsY The text of Sri M's speech. “First of all, let me thank the people of Kashmir. I would also like to specially mention Ms. Jyoti Singh for having o...