The September Online Satsang is now available on Youtube here: youtube.com/watch?v=FVUeEY… #satsang #spiritualgrowth

Is it the water's fault?

"The greatest error is to call a man a weak and miserable sinner. Every time a person thinks in this mistaken manner, he rivets one more link in the chain of avidya that binds him, adds one more layer to the "self-hypnotism" that lies heavy over his mind." ~Swami Vivekananda

A twenty second short on how our spiritual practice needs to be. Forceful. Direct. Without obstructions. #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening

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"Day and night should be spent in the quest for God. The desire to find Him has to be specially fostered." ~Ananadamayi Ma

Grow your spiritual library, read widely, distill what you read and practice it. Meet with spiritual people who will help you and not drag you down. Learn from the examples of the wise. #satsang #scripture

A Selection from 'The Catechism of Enlightenment' ocoy.org/a-selection-fr… From the article: The doctrine of Maya is fundamental to upanishadic thought, because at all times the student must keep the perspective that everything is an appearance only, that things are only images

“Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner." ~St. Paul Repentance means change, not just being sorry for wrong-doing.

A picture of a young Krishna playing the flute. Generated by Grok on X, edited with Photoshop. #ai #krishna #grok

"The word 'kardia' is indeed used to indicate the physical heart, but its primary meaning is “center” or “core.” And the core of all being is Spirit. We are no exception. Thus, to be “centered” is to be established in the pure consciousness that is our essential being." ~Swami

Our new book, "Hinduism The Universal Religion" is set to launch on Amazon on October 5th. #kindle #amazon #books

From a satsang by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) about a simile of Sri Ramakrishna on Self-Awakening #spiritualawakening #ramakrishna #spiritualgrowth

Spiritual life is a war against our lower self, and we have to know the costs involved or we will not be victorious. "For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath

We asked Grok to write a paragraph about spirituality in the style of Swami Nirmalananda. Here are the results. Wadya think? "Spirituality transcends the mere practice of rituals or the adherence to dogmatic beliefs; it is an intimate journey towards the discovery of the Self,

"Along with meditation and repetition of the Lord’s name, we must reason keenly and carefully–we must search out the desires hiding in the dark corners of the mind and drive them away. Thus we are to conquer the mind." ~Swami Premananda #spiritualgrowth #premananda #spirituality

The key is to be moving forward and upward, no matter what our current situation is.

"Buddhi yoga is performed as an expression of divinity for the revelation of divinity, all other benefits, individual and communal being secondary–even insignificant. For it is purely psychological, even if sometimes expressed outwardly." ~Swami Nirmalananda

Swami Chidananda was one of Swami Sivananda's foremost disciples. We had the good fortune to see him in Rishikesh in 2003.