The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Abandon not the infinite ocean of bliss and happiness that knows no end but is itself the end of the road. Some call it 'God', some 'Truth', and some 'Nothingness', for it can't be described by wor...
You are the consciousness which is the witness of all the drama, watching in amusement as the ego plays its games, dons different masks at different times and ends up identifying itself with the ro...
Has this wonderful complex world come about by accident? Or is there a Supreme Intelligence behind all these happenings – however difficult this may seem for our puny brains to discover its plans a...
Don't let intellectual arrogance destroy your being. Think carefully for you are merely prejudiced. The believer in God is as prejudiced as the atheist for both affirms or deny without due inquiry....
We have the same troubles. We have the same problems. We have the same jealousies. We have the same anger. We are the same. We don't even have to speculate philosophically to say we are one. We are...
You cannot really classify spiritual progress into any category and say logically that you can go from step 1 to step 2, and then to step 3. It’s an abandonment of everything. So, all rules are bro...
Keep the jewel in the lotus of your heart clean and pure - don't allow anything to sully it! It means don't have hatred towards anybody. Anybody!
A real temple is a place where people are served. It is much more than a place where they light lamps. All that is necessary but this service is the most important worship that a human being can do.
Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is attained by being good and 'letting go!' There is a great saying in the Ishavasya Upanishad, ‘Tena tyaktena bhunjitha...’ which means ‘...
Devotion is a feeling that wells up in the heart, where you cannot differentiate another person from yourself. It’s where you always want to do good to others and never anything bad. Doing bad will...
When you serve a less fortunate person – either materially or spiritually – you are not doing him or her a favour. In fact, the person who receives your help does you a favour by accepting what you...
How long can you desire something after another? You have a house; you have a steady income, good enough. There is no limit to desires. It will go on expanding; there is nothing you can do about it...