The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
When the desire for liberation becomes a fire that burns off all the unnecessary things and becomes the most important thing for us, then it is tapasya. Tapa means to generate that fire of desire f...
Yoga Sutras as well as the Sankhya philosophy believe that the finest part of the food that we eat, goes to form the brain. Sri M's Quotes are now available in regional languages as well. To receiv...
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Yoga believes that without a healthy body, you cannot have a healthy mind. So, for a healthy body, apart from the asanas which are postures, you need restrictions in your food you eat, what you eat...
Yoga is a dualistic philosophy. The essence of yoga is that in every human being there are two parts; there is Purusha, meaning pure consciousness (doesn’t mean a male) and Prakriti, the whole worl...
The Rig Veda, the earliest of the Vedas, declared ekam sat vipra bahuda vadanti. This means that the truth is One but wise call it by different names.
When you enter the meditation hall, leave your shoes outside along with your ego; don’t bring it in. Go inside like a new-born child who is free, has no enemies, doesn’t hate anybody, at least for ...
Once all illusions are burnt to ashes, one arrives at supreme satisfaction, unlimited bliss and happiness. Therefore one has no other desire left. This happens when the Kundalini reaches the ajna c...
According to the tantras, Shiva, the Supreme Being resides on the Sahasraara Chakra, with his legs let down and touching the bhrumadhya, center between the eyebrows. The point at which the sushumna...
The rising of the kundalini is the rising of consciousness from the gross to the subtler levels until it reaches the highest stage in the sahasrara chakra and the yogi enters into a deep trance whi...
The word Guru has a deeper meaning - the capacity to initiate the process in others; to enquire and investigate the meaning of what is this world and our relationship with it and the existence of a...
According to Vedanta the feeling of being dependent on what is around you, the feeling that you are bound and that you have to get out of it, is part of the great illusion of the mind called the Ma...