The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The search for Nirvana (as in Buddhism) and the search for Moksha (as in Vedanta) are not different things. The core is no different; both are the ultimate freedom.
Without Viveka (discrimination) and Vairagya (non-possessiveness), you can have yogic powers, but you won’t touch the Truth.
One of Adi Shankaracharya’s main theories was that rituals are excellent for a specific purpose, but won’t lead you to the Supreme Truth.
There was a man called Adi Shankaracharya who walked across India and established centers and ashrams. One of his theories was that no rituals or external factors could take one to the Supreme Trut...
In the wisdom teachings of all ancient religions, there is no intrinsic core difference. It is the same.
Sadhana is to prepare to the mind towards the extraordinary. And, perhaps then, it gets a glimpse of the Truth.
Bow down to the Supreme Teacher, who is beyond the understanding of the ordinary mind. Of course, one understands it when the mind is not just ordinary, but slightly above it.
A prayer from ancient times that is eternally relevant: May the whole world be happy, may we see all that is auspicious, may nobody suffer.
If you have kissed the garment of Truth, then you see the universal in even the mundane. You see the heart; you don’t see anything else.
If you are too attached only to the biological module of a family, then your mind cannot expand to the universal. No mind can live without any attachment. So, we move from a lower attachment to a h...
People don’t realize the power of harmful thoughts. So, while you expand your mind, keep your mind in goodness.
When you become more mindful of yourself, you become more mindful of the outer world.