The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
When all going and grasping and grouping stops, when the mind becomes still, then you touch that which is real.
Today’s education basically is quite linear. What we need is, education which is not a supply of information, but something by which the mind becomes sensitive and charged to look at things in a no...
The whole world is my family. Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu, may the whole world be happy.
For the spiritual quest it is not necessary to get detached from social relations completely. In fact it’s only while living in this world, within your social relationships, that you can actually d...
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, 'Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God'. He did not say that they will not see God because they belong to this or that community. He said - '...
Spirituality is basically the inner and deeper aspect of religion.
‘Think out of the box’, don’t go on only linear logic, use fuzzy logic and you will see things which are quite different. The mindset should be unprejudiced and then only enquiry starts.
To become spiritual is not to put your brain in the freezer. Think, find out for yourself, because when you find out for yourself it’s your understanding not mine. If you accept what I am saying, i...
The Upanishad says, when you find the Truth, you find that there is one Truth, it pervades everything. It’s complete, it doesn’t diminish, it’s always there.
The Mandukya Upanishad explains AUM as consisting of Aa, Uu and Mm, of which Aa is the waking state, Uu is the dream state and Mm is the deep sleep and Mm as it ends, unsaid unstruck sound is turiy...
The Keno Upanishad comes from the Sama Veda and from the point of view of the Vedantic studies, the Sama Veda is a very important Veda, because all the music that we have in India comes from the Sa...
Dialogue is when both participate equally; thinking here is a problem, let us solve it together.