In the service of God and humanity
Pujya Swamiji adds so beautifully to Sadhviji’s answer to the question of ‘How to Begin Our Inner Journey?’ by saying another important thing to remember on our journey is to travel light. Because, just as heavy baggage weighs us down and prevents us from being fully present in the pilgrimage experience, in the same way our expectations and desires weigh us down, preventing us from going inward....
Pujya Swamiji begins by sharing that which is priority for us is where the mind goes. He shares that most of the time we want from God, we don’t usually want only God. He shares when we want only God then God is there. It’s our desires, our expectations, our ego etc that become priority and occupy our mind. He says that wanting from God is not wrong or bad but wanting anything else but God is futile and transient in nature. He encourages us to introspect every night and explore...
Pujya Swamiji's message on International Yoga Day...
Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji's sacred pledge for environment conversation with Major General Shri Ajay Anandji as thousands pledge to plant trees and avoid Open Defecation by building and using Toilets....
In remembrance of the tragic #floods that ravaged #Uttarakhand in 2013, three years ago, a special prayer took place in Parmarth Niketan. The prayer ceremony also marked the completion of the three day, on-going #GangaDussehra celebrations, in which HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), consistently emphasized the critical importance of protecting and preserving our #environment and our sacred #rivers. During the ceremony, a beautiful lamp was lit and #tree saplings were bestowed to all participants, who held them in loving memory of the lives taken by the...
Pujya Swamiji shares so beautifully that which we do, we see, we have, we experience, etc is not who you are. He shares even in sleep when we wake up there is a something that tells us that was a great sleep or that was a disrupted sleep, He encourages us to inquire who that person is who experiences the sleep. He explains to merge and identify with that knowing, that witness is samadhi. He explains then what keeps us from being in samadhi if that light is in all of...
Pujya Swamiji tells us the key to leading a meaningful life by living what we know and by starting now with whatever we have. He says sometimes we read so much and accumulate so much knowledge about how to live and how not to live but never actually get around to applying it. He shares that we should be guided by our own intuition, our internal GPS, through awareness and meditation our inner voice will get clearer. He says if we start with ourselves first, then family will follow. He emphasizes...