The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
For 25 years, The Satsang Vidyalaya (TSV) in Madanapalle has been a place where first-generation learners from underprivileged backgrounds have received education along with the skill and confidenc...
Launched in 2020 by Sri M, the Satsang Jal Seva Sangatan (SJSS) has undertaken several initiatives in rainwater harvesting, desilting and rejuvenation of water bodies, sensitizing citizens on water...
No new thing has been found without somebody asking — is this possible? Even scientific discoveries have happened because some people were sceptical about what they thought was real and said — no, ...
It's the nature of the world that it protects you as long as you are not mature, like a baby in the womb. And once you are mature, the same muscles push you out. So, don't worry. Thank the world fo...
On the spiritual path, it's not so easy to fit in but then you can't totally break free from the world. You stay with it until you become really mature in your spiritual field. Then you have to do ...
Everybody is swimming along the stream. The moment you start a spiritual practice, the moment you turn in another direction, swim against the stream, it becomes a tussle. There is no way out except...
While I advocate that you try to remain with a happy attitude of mind, don't neglect the fact that this cannot be sustained until we find the inner happiness which is in us. When that is found, the...
We all want to be happy in some way. The only permanent ananda available to us is that which is real is within, as opposed to that which is here today and gone tomorrow.
What is the way to convert tamoguna into sattva? Action. Do some work, so that the tamas is converted into rajas and, when rajas (action) is oriented towards the good of others, then it takes you i...
Everybody has a little bit of tamas, rajas, and sattva, the proportion being different in each person. The main problem is when, especially those on the spiritual path, begin to mistake tamas for s...
It's not easy to sit down and meditate when your mind is full of crude, selfish, and self-centred emotions. One way to break that is to help the unfortunate.
You cannot meditate or be spiritual all twenty-four hours. So, what do you do with the rest of the time? You need to initiate some action which is good for others because then you shed the dross of...