The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Shanti starts from the mind of the individual, from the heart of the matter. If our minds and hearts are at peace, then we can talk about peace, bring about peace, we can get people together. As lo...
While you have to look after your body to keep it in shape physically and mentally, you should have this understanding that one day this is going to go. So, let me also keep my eye on something whi...
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had no education in the conventional sense of the term. In fact, when he was first admitted to the school in the Kamarpakur village. After a few years, he left the schoo...
Ayurveda, the ancient science of life, for day to day living lays great emphasis on ‘Dinacharya’, or daily routine, for preserving the health of the body. Oleation of the body is an important aspec...
Why Salutations to the Sun? "The sun is a symbol of the Supreme primordial life energy, the ‘Vaisvanara’, which pervades all objects, protects all objects, and gives life to everything on Earth. Th...
The Satsang Foundation’s mission to revive the perennial flow of the Godavari – the largest water system of peninsular India – has been progressing over the past few months. Working steadily on the...
Going within means for some time to stop all external movements and retire, into yourself.
To love my own child and look after my child – all animals do that, including the gorillas and the monkeys, no big deal. Suppose, I say I love my neighbour’s child, that is something – then I am mo...
Kalaripayattu, the ancient martial art form of Kerala, has been taught at The Peepal Grove School since the past decade. Students - girls and boys - learn from masters who belong to the ancient Kal...
Be down to earth. By keeping your feet on the ground, much can be sorted out. -Sri M Vision The My Bhoomi movement stands as a beacon of environmental stewardship, dedicated to caring for Mot...
Is there something which cannot be changed, which is not a dream, which is real, which I need not worry about it going away from me, something which is in essence my own essence? When I have found ...
Divinity exists in every human being. There is nowhere it does not. On the ultimate side it is ‘Ishavasyam idam sarvam,’ it pervades everywhere, but where we can be conscious of it is, in our hearts.