The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
One has to start somewhere and that starting point is not far away but right here and now. One can start with ten minutes of introspection daily and, then slowly proceed to the more important and i...
One who practices meditation and lives in this world will soon discover even the workings of this world or his relationship with this world or the way he functions in this world is much more perfec...
In Sadhana, it’s required to spend some period in solitude, especially in the beginning. Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to say that in the beginning of the Sadhana, one should protect oneself like th...
If I go to the caves of the Himalayas and meditate for twelve years and say that I am free of anger and jealousy and all the emotions normally associated with undeveloped human minds, I really can’...
Ramakrishna Paramahansa had many disciples and each one he treated and taught in different ways and every one of them, at least most of them, turned out at the end to be sages in their own right. N...
The practice of Sadhana is what is known generally as meditation. This meditation is not some kind of mumbo jumbo done behind closed doors; it is merely a method taught to a student by a spiritual ...
‘Atman’ or the real self – this center of our consciousness can’t be exclusive to anybody. All human beings have it deep down and that is the true consciousness. The process of finding it is known ...
There is a beautiful word in Sanskrit for completeness – ‘Poorna’. Upanishads mentions ‘Poorna’ – which means fulfillment, fullness, completeness. This is the essential characteristic of one’s bein...
Every little thing is full of joy. The dew drop you find on the grass in the morning, the breeze that blows in quietly bringing in the perfume of the jasmine, the smell of the earth after the first...
The Upanishads and the Vedas suggest that there is a way to find lasting happiness within, which is independent of all external things. The great sages who have experienced it are on record saying ...
I am not saying that we should not enjoy the little joys that we find in life day-to-day. Please do it. We should because that’s the greatest, most wonderful thing that the world can offer us. Thes...
We don’t find real happiness because we are not satisfied ever with anything that we have. Maybe there is satisfaction for a short time but, in the long run, we are still looking, searching, someti...