The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The Upanishads say that the Truth is something which is far and yet so near; it moves but it’s faster than any movement. It is that which is, and not that which was. Every minute, it is new.
We are either full of our own thoughts or our own prejudices. We are full of what others have taught us or what has been filled into our brain. Usually, there is no space at all! If you are filled ...
Spiritual development is not a mass affair. We cannot develop spiritually in groups. All that should be taken off our minds. We are not sheep that can be herded together and made to eat the same fo...
Every day when you wake up in the morning, or go to bed at night, look at yourself and say, ‘what am I doing? How many falsities are still in my life? Am I really doing my sadhana sincerely?’ Peopl...
If both shraddha and saburi are there, then definitely, there is no problem in sadhana. Both are necessary. Absolute, one-pointed total attention is required in our path along with infinite patience.
What each one of us must understand is to first lead a good life - helping as many people as possible, to sing the name of God, to do our ‘japa’, and to dwell on the Inner Spirit constantly.
Satsang is critical because you ‘become’ according to the company you keep. If I live with people who talk about the Truth or want to find out what it is; who do japa, kirtan and bhajan, then I wil...
Sai Baba of Shirdi was a prime example of a manifestation of the Supreme Being in the form of a poor ‘Fakir’. He taught the unity of not only Vedanta and other Hindu scriptures, but also pointed ou...
Serving a human being is the greatest form of worship. It also purifies your mind and prepares you for the spiritual journey
Greed transfers itself even into the so-called spiritual system. I call this ‘spiritual materialism’. I don’t think real teachers are for sale. You can give a teacher millions of dollars. I don’t t...
‘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 absolute calmness. And, it is from that calmness that everything ...
Start with where you are. Then you can improve and break the images that you have. Ultimately when you have broken all images, then you find the truth.