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Every spiritual place has something special
Seek only the dust of the Guru's feet, the spiritual blessing and energy that awakens within.This is the true treasure, surpassing all worldly riches. Spiritual places accumulate energy from the practice and devotion of masters and seekers. This vibration is palpable to those who are open. A visiting Jain ascetic felt … read more »
We are all one
The essence of spiritual practice is connection, which is fundamental for everything to function.Like an equation expanding before simplifying, the spiritual journey begins with a small inner question that grows complex through practice and self-exposure before resolving into a simple answer. The core knowledge from ancient texts like the … read more »
The Living Light of God - Indian Saints
A saint provides light for the path, but disciples must apply the brakes of self-discipline.A wandering saint walked a dark road with a torch. A motorcycle approached rapidly with no light. The saint, wishing to help, shone his torch and offered his battery, shouting warnings. The rider passed and shouted … read more »
He Is Not Far If We Have Inner Connection
The relationship with the Guru is defined by openness and humility, allowing his guidance to flow.Physical distance is irrelevant; the inner connection determines proximity. The key is to accept the guidance given, not the answer desired. This requires a humble stance, acknowledging the Guru has something to give. Bowing is a … read more »
YIDL Teacher seminar Strilky 3
The life and work of Śrī Śa karācārya is the topic.He is considered an incarnation of Lord Śiva, born to restore dharma in a time of spiritual decline. A proponent of Advaita Vedānta, he taught the non-dual nature of reality. His parents, devout brāhmaṇas, prayed to … read more »
Speaking out about our master
The most important principle is "I am not the doer"; the greatest danger is the ego.The teacher's life must exemplify the principles taught. The relationship with students must be pure love, free from selfish motivation or attachment. The connection to the divine requires a specific channel, which is the master. Personal … read more »
Find the cause of your problems, Part 1
The discipline of observation is a spiritual and practical guide for self-knowledge.A physiotherapist assesses by asking specific questions to find a cause, often a small, accumulated habit. This method is directly applicable to yoga and spiritual practice. One must observe one's own actions and reactions to learn. … read more »
Yoga breathing
The breath is a bridge between unconscious function and conscious control.It belongs to the autonomic nervous system yet can be willfully directed. Observing the natural breath is the essential foundation. A consciously maintained breathing pattern influences the heartbeat and other autonomic functions, explaining prāṇāyāma's profound effects. … read more »
What Is Love?
Love is a fundamental power, with both conditional human forms and an unconditional divine essence.Love is a positive emotion that, like all emotion, can narrow awareness yet also grants immense strength. We first experience it as essential nourishment in childhood. Human love evolves through relationships with family, friends, and partners, … read more »
Time in Ashram is time for change
The ashram environment accelerates spiritual transformation by removing worldly comforts and escapes.Staying for an extended period, such as five years, is a rare tapasya. One faces constant interactions and friction with others, which serves as a mirror for inner work. This friction generates the heat necessary for … read more »
Children Are The Future Of The Country
The path is found in simplicity, not in accumulation.A school celebration demonstrated creating beautiful rangoli art from ordinary materials like lentils, stones, and leaves, not specialized tools. This mirrors spiritual practice, which requires no perfect conditions, special equipment, or complex techniques. The essence is … read more »
Are We Open Enough To Listen?
The art of listening is a profound spiritual practice.A common claim is that the younger generation lacks spirituality, being interested only in money. This view fails to listen. Their expression of compassion and care may differ from traditional forms, but the essence remains. We … read more »
Find The Point Of Stillness
Practicing Asanas brings us good health.It brings us flexibility. It can reduce problems which we have in our body. It can release energy within the body. It can release tension. But the most important part of the Asanas is, that it … read more »
Search for direction
Quality in sādhanā is more important than quantity.A man taught the principle of quality to a nation known for poor manufacturing. He emphasized that creating excellence is more important than profit. The entire industrial culture transformed, achieving tremendous success. This concept resonates with … read more »
We Have Karmic Relations
The law of karma governs all beings through action and consequence.All beings are that Śiva. Dharma must be protected; if it is not protected, it cannot protect you. The soul in a human body is with the creatures, who must go through their past without decision. … read more »
Bharat Is The Holy Land
Bharat is the holy land where divine incarnations and sages manifested.Its soil is sacred, a place of austerity where every village is a tapobhumi and every individual reflects the divine. Self-realization is realized here; all sages hope to incarnate on this soil. Spiritual practice performed here … read more »
Love, Serve, Meditate and Realize
Life is given to serve, meditate, love, and realize.The goal is to achieve Brahman and escape the cycle of rebirth. This requires abandoning laziness and professional ego, for you will leave this world empty-handed. True prosperity, Śrī, is spiritual wealth and wisdom. The path … read more »
Festivals remind us to share
Culture connects humanity through festivals, traditions, and a shared spiritual root.Festivals maintain social relations and remind us of our heritage. All cultures originate from one eternal principle, Sanātana Dharma, like branches from a single tree. Humans uniquely carry a debt to five sources: parents, the divine … read more »
This is it. Voices from the Ashram
Destiny and past Karmas are bringing us to the right place in our life.Volunteers and Karma Yogis from all over the world, which are living in Jadan Ashram for a longer time, are sharing their personal experiences. They speak about the different aspects of living in the Ashram. They … read more »
Mahasamadhi Day of Sri Swami Madhavananda Ji
Live webcast of evening satsang from Jadan Ashram, Rajasthan India.The webcast will continue with some interruptions for about 16 hours.
Go slowly but continuously
The spiritual path is a narrow journey requiring a guide.As long as you are on the path, you have not reached the destination. The Guru is the navigator, warning and guiding through life's curves. The path is narrow, dark, and slippery with temptations. Without the … read more »
Only Love Can Lead You
Clarity gives life meaning; its absence creates complication and suffering.Human life faces two situations. Ignoring past karmas allows them to torment you later. Awakening these dormant seeds makes life turbulent and hard to master. This turbulence often increases when one begins spiritual practice through prayer, … read more »
The world is full of miracles
The moon's cycles govern the mind and vegetation, illustrating spiritual balance.The mind is restless and greedy, constantly changing like the moon's phases. Do not act according to its whims. Use intellect for discernment. The breath, through prāṇāyāma beginning with the left nostril, connects to this lunar … read more »
Closing Satsang from Diwali seminar
The Guru is the eternal divine principle, identical to the Ātmā within all.The apparent difference is only in the brightness of awareness. The Guru incarnates from compassion to re-establish Dharma and liberate souls from suffering, which stems from ignorance of our true, non-separate nature. The darśan of the … read more »
Maharishi Valmiki and Swami Tulsidasji
The Rāmāyaṇa's origin lies with its sages, Vālmīki and Tulsīdāsa.Vālmīki was a bandit transformed by Nārada's guidance. Through austerity and chanting, he attained realization. Witnessing a hunter kill a bird, his grief spontaneously formed the first śloka verse. Brahmā then instructed him to compose Rāma's … read more »
Removing obstacles
The spiritual path is a mountain ascent toward crystal clarity, where one's true nature as pure light is revealed.This journey requires clear determination from the outset, knowing the aim is self-realization. One must proceed with steady, regular steps, avoiding the temptation to rush or be blinded by fleeting miracles. A qualified guide is essential … read more »
Master and Disciple
The sacred bond between master and disciple is the path from darkness to light.The first gurus are mother and father, forming a complete, confident personality through early responsibility and love. When this foundation is missing, children develop fear and insecurity. The teacher then imparts knowledge, but the relationship differs … read more »
Mahaprabhuji Divine Incarnation
A bhajan reveals the hidden nature of a divine incarnation and the challenge of recognition.The divine light incarnated in human form, a riddle for the mind. Many met him but could not understand. Recognition is not intellectual but a deep heart realization—to see God in the human form. This is … read more »
Satsang from Strilky - Diwali
The festival of Dīvālī celebrates the victory of light over darkness and the incarnation of divine light.Dīvālī, meaning a chain of lights, is an ancient festival of harmony, peace, and joy. It symbolizes the destruction of ignorance by the light of knowledge and the inner light of the soul. The celebration marks … read more »
Find the way to the light
The light of truth is the Brahman, present in all creation.We exist in an ocean of ignorance, which breeds suffering, fear, and emotions like anger and jealousy. These arise from the darkness of not knowing the truth. The intellect struggles, mistaking fleeting joy for the supreme … read more »
The Light of Diwali and Joy of Life
Diwali is the festival of light, celebrating the victory of divine consciousness over ignorance.This light represents love, wisdom, and our true nature. God incarnates to protect dharma and all creatures, embodying equal love for every being. Religion reunites through knowledge and love, leading to oneness. Spiritual festivals exist for … read more »
Webcast from Vienna Ashram
Evening satsang with Swami Premanand from Vienna Ashram, Austria.
Diwali satsang from Jadan
The light of Diwali represents the divine illumination that dispels ignorance.Brahman itself is the light, which is truth, love, unity, and self-realization. All life moves toward light, just as a seed sprouts upward. Our inner self is this light, while ignorance is the darkness that leads … read more »
Mudras and Bandhas
The inner fires shape human consciousness and destiny.Perceptions imprint on the mental space, carrying joy or hate throughout the day. Human identity is defined by protective qualities: understanding, forgiveness, love, and mercy. Various fires exist within. Physical fire manifests as flame, volcanic lava, … read more »
Spirituality and Religion
Yoga is the ancient science of body, mind, and consciousness, connecting to spirituality.The universe began from a central point of cosmic consciousness, a vibration of sound called nāda. This sound is life, present in every cell. From this resonance awoke a blue light and energy, the golden embryo … read more »
Swami Gajanand in Bratislava
Prāṇāyāma techniques are categorized into preparatory purification, classical methods, and other practices.Preparatory techniques like Nāḍī Śodhana and the six kriyās, including Kapālbhāti, purify the body for stronger prāṇāyāmas. Classical techniques include Bhastrikā, Ujjāyī, Brahmārī, Śītalī, Siddhakārī, Plāvinī, Mūrchā, and Sūrya Bheda. Nāḍī Śodhana purifies the blood and … read more »
Manipulating the Time is like Jetlag
The Vedas contain the eternal wisdom of cosmic time and the crisis of human memory.Cosmic time is measured in yugas according to eternal law. Human manipulation of time disturbs the entire planet's biorhythm. We are in Kali Yuga, a terrible age of suffering where discipline wanes. Memory fades because we … read more »
Pranayama Part 2
Prāṇāyāma's spiritual aims are to control the prāṇas, achieve motionlessness of prāṇa and mind, and awaken the Kuṇḍalinī.These are pursued through specific techniques. Prāṇāyāma is often combined with mantra repetition, termed Sagarbha, which greatly increases its effectiveness. Mudrās and Bandhas are typically integrated with these breathing practices to direct energy. The practice of … read more »
Pranayama Part 1
Prāṇāyāma is the conscious regulation of breath, the vital link between the physical body and meditation.It influences autonomous bodily functions through the breath, which is uniquely both automatic and controllable. By establishing a rhythmic breathing pattern, one indirectly affects the heartbeat, nervous system, and other processes, enabling profound effects. Prāṇāyāma's essence … read more »
Lead a Life without Stress
A life without stress is achieved by ceasing to create inner obstacles.The individual self within is a witness to all experience, yet we forget this and create stress through our own thinking and fixed ideas. We fabricate problems from minor issues, like the dentist who created immense … read more »
Yoga teacher seminar with Gajanand
Observing the natural breath is the essential foundation before practicing prāṇāyāma.We must first know how we breathe without interference, as modern life often creates unnatural patterns. Start by lying down and relaxing the entire body. Observe the speed and depth of your breath—whether it is like … read more »
Discipline is the Key to Success
Consciousness receives information, which the intellect judges before the mind stores it in the subconscious, where it becomes desire.The intellect then judges these desires, prompting action. All actions stem from our own perceptions and stored impressions. Fear, like seeing a spider, is an impression stored and later projected. Meditation purifies these inner impressions. Our … read more »
Prana - our life energy
Prāṇa is the universal life force, subtle and omnipresent, which cannot be reduced to mere breath or physical energy.It is the essence of consciousness and divinity, manifesting in all forms. Western science does not comprehend it, as prāṇa is known only through direct experience and practice. It pervades the cosmos, accumulating in objects and … read more »
Meditation - Practice and Theory Part 4
What do we understand about meditation? Swamiji gives us fundamental examples to understand, what is the mind and how the mind is working.We cannot stop our mind, it will create blockages. We need a special technique to direct our mind. Restlessness in our thoughts will influence our life and harm us. We are our own obstacles. One small … read more »
Self-Inquiry Meditation
Self-Inquiry Meditation.This is a fundamental aspect of the Yoga in Daily Life system. The practice of the Asanas and Pranayamas are progressively developed throughout this system and in the same way, the concentration and meditation practices are … read more »
Meditation - Practice and Theory Part 3.
Meditation is the practice of awakening divine energy within to achieve peace and understanding.Begin the day by seeing harmonious symbols and saluting the earth. Recognize the two energies within: divine qualities like love and negative qualities like anger. Cultivate the divine through prayer, good deeds, and service without expectation. … read more »
Meditation - Practice and Theory Part 2.
Meditation is the door to the inner self.Meditation is the key to the cosmic door. Meditation with Mantra is oneness with the cosmic self or self-realization. Meditation also gives us a harmonious, balanced, relaxed and happy life. There are different kinds of meditation, … read more »
Suche nach der Wahrheit
The search for truth and the practice of honesty form the foundation of spiritual life.Truth is a vast concept, varying between individuals and across time. Our path begins with cultivating authenticity in daily life, not with grand spiritual claims. Honesty manifests in keeping one's word, describing events accurately, and expressing … read more »
Meditation - Theory and Practice, Part 1.
Evening satsang from Brisbane, Australia.Meditation is one of the best ways for humans to achieve the life goal. First we have to learn to love ourselves. God is unconditional love. This love means love to God to ourselves and the … read more »
Human Dharma is Protection
The human journey is for self-realization through dharma, bhakti, and yoga in daily life.The soul is an individual reflection of the cosmic, eternal Ātmā. This soul enters life through forms made of the five elements, cycling through 8.4 million types of creatures. Human life within this cycle is rare … read more »