The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
In yoga, Samadhi means a super-conscious state, where one is in touch with one's inner essence, a part of the Supreme Being.
If you truly and seriously are on the spiritual path, you don’t want any other nonsense or fancy trimmings and if your heart is aching and pining for That, then you will get the right Guru from som...
If you have a problem, try to face it squarely. If after continuous trials you do not succeed, then you can say this is my destiny. How can you say that before trying?
We are the result of a million years of genetic evolution. If one gets into this totally fatalistic idea that everything is predestined, life comes to a blinding halt.
Love is the essence of religion for it is religion that teaches us ethics, concern and compassion.
The aim of the spiritual teachings is to discover the unconditional ever free self in all human beings. To break free from all bondage, realise that your true self is ever free, never bound and, th...
The true self, essence of the human being, called the consciousness, in its absolute purity is by itself pure and free. It is not conditioned at all.
The true self of every human being is eternally free; and when I say eternally free, it's free even before birth. At birth, it is in fact slightly conditioned.
“Samvo Manamsi Jnanatam". With our minds put together, may we understand. To put our minds together we have to get rid of differences, which crop up mainly because of the ego. Nobody can function i...
Stitha pragna means one whose pragna has become stitha, which means one whose consciousness, thought process, mind has become absolutely still, quiet, tranquil and balanced.
The best thing to do to be free of fear is to face it. If somebody tells you not to go in the dark as there is a ghost, you can’t get rid of it by avoiding it. You have to go there and face it. The...
The motive is more important than the action. One can have a terrible motive and act in a very nice way. One can have a good motive, but outside action might look bad to others.