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Spiritual Practice Tag
Oct 18 2017

Diwali Blessings from Pujya Swamiji

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In celebration of this joyous Diwali occasion, one can see beautifully lit oil lamps and candles glowing in the darkness of night throughout India and wherever Indians have settled in the world. We line our homes, our rooms, our offices and our streets with brightly shining diyas. However, on this day we must not only light beautiful lamps in our homes and offices, but we must light the lamp in our hearts. The Divine Light Within Within each of us shines the Divine Light. The Divine Presence is not only everywhere outside of...

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May 21 2017

Pujya Swamiji’s Inspiring Interview on DD National’s Aaj Savera

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Watch HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji's inspiring interview on DD National series Aaj Savera (This Morning) where He speaks so beautiful about applying spiritual teachings in our everyday lives. He is interviewed by Ms. Gouran Lal Dhawanji who asks questions on how we can lead more peaceful and meaningful lives and how to address the obstacles that come in the way of being able to do so. Pujya Swamiji gives simple yet profound answers to these questions and shares the key is to remember to take the multivitamins of meditation,...

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Mar 11 2017

Holi, burning the demon like nature & cultivating our divine nature

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Dear Divine Souls, Holi is one of the most festive, joyous holidays of the Hindu year. It is celebrated primarily in the North of India and falls on the full moon day of Phalguna (February – March). The festival is marked by great revelry during which everyone paints each other with brightly colored powders. Song, dance and bright red, green, yellow and pink powder are the hallmarks of the occasion. The meanings of Holi are numerous. For some, it is the festival of Springtime, the heralding of warm weather and bidding farewell...

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Nov 30 2016

Being A Yogi

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Swami Chidanand Saraswati ji describes what a Yogi means, and how to live a Yogic life. Being a yogi does not mean to practice Yoga only on the mat. Swamiji explains that yoga is lived in every moment, by accepting all situations and conditions we are put through in our lives....

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Oct 29 2016

Blessings on Diwali

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May this New Year Be Clean, Green & Serene Dear Divine Souls, I hope that — by God’s divine grace — this finds you all in the best of health and happiness at this sacred and auspicious time of Diwali, the Festival of Light. Diwali is a holiday of joy; it is the time when we gather with loved ones, celebrating our family, our friends and the prosperity that the light of God has bestowed upon us. And yet, this precious time of Diwali offers us so much more than the lamps, parties...

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Sep 29 2016

How to Live Life Consciously at Golden Bridge in Santa Monica (Part 2)

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Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji discuss how to live life in a more conscious way. When we live consciously, we then live mindfully. In that mindful living, there is no fear. In this world of ours a lot of things are going on, but we should not forget that spirituality is not only here for practices such as meditation, it is also to provide us with inner peace and we all have it in us. That peace is so important because if we are in peace, then we will manifest peace...

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Sep 29 2016

How to Live Life Consciously at Golden Bridge in Santa Monica (Part 1)

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Pujya Swamiji and Sadhviji advise us how to live in the truth of who we are. In Indian culture they say that the core of who you are is pure, perfect and divine. Yet most of us don’t live like, we suffer. This is due to the ignorance- that is due to forgetting who we are and our identification with the body. Pujya Swamiji also reminds us of how we as individuals, by the power of our thoughts and mantras, can make a difference in the world. Remember you spread...

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Sep 09 2016

Selfless Service: Give more, want less

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This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. The key to removing the ‘want’ from our lives is to give more, serve more and sacrifice more. One of the most common Hindu rituals is a yagna fire.Devotees sit in a circle around the sacred fire and place offerings into the flames.With each offering, after each mantra, the priest chants, idam namamah. This means, ‘Not for me,but for You’.The purpose of this is to remind ourselves that everything is for God.We must offer every thought,every action,and every breath at His holy...

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Sep 04 2016

Gaunts House Retreat – Satsang Part 12 – Meditation and Self Realisation

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At their wonderful countryside retreat in Dorset, England, Pujya Swamiji & Sadhviji discusses whether we are able to experience the self after regular meditation practice and whether we should increase the length of meditation in order to reach self realisation. They discuss the power of meditation and use everyday comparisons to help demonstrate their messages....

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drops of nectar

  • Don't worry so much about giving your children cars. Worry about giving them Sanskaras!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light the lamp in our own hearts.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Do not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Come to nature, be with nature, and change your nature.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Be happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Always cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us, a hut or a castle, is His divine gift.

    - Pujya Swamiji

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