The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The Supreme Guru is the Supreme Being and that Supreme Being is all-pervading : Isha Vasyam Idam Sarvam.
A true Guru does not want you to be dependent on anybody. He wants you ultimately to flower, become free and not to bind you even to himself.
Guru Mantra is the mantra given by one's Guru to the disciple, which means it connects or links you to the Guru.
If two people who live together are interested in the spiritual field, it is the best, because both of you can complement each other. When you go wrong, she can help, when she goes wrong, you can h...
A process of evolution has been set up. Everything works according to that. The setter-up of that evolution is none other than the Supreme Being. When you have finally found the essence of your be...
The whole attempt of sadhana is to bring one There and then break the mold, not before that.
One need not have fear. Sometimes that becomes an obstacle to moving forward. One thinks what will happen then? Nothing will happen. Everything will happen as it should happen, not what you thought...
Sadhana, is meant to purify the mind, to bring about that state which recognises the eternally free. Once it is recognised, then you are eternally free, you don't have any temptations because you h...
Every sadhak who goes onto the spiritual path has great difficulties. But if you are serious about it, as serious as you are about making money or having a child then it's not as difficult. The asp...
The Guru teaches you how to reach this freedom, how to swim towards it, how to enjoy it, how to discover this ocean within you, and that the ocean is you but you don’t know it.
The word Guru has two syllables, Gu and Ru. Gu is Guhya, hidden, dark, darkness and Ru is a short form of Rudra, the destroyer of darkness. So Guru means one who destroys the darkness. When you say...
Merely by taking flowers and gifts to a Guru, one should not suppose that one is moving towards one's spiritual goal. That can happen only when teachings are followed and one remains with the teach...