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 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...
Pujya Swamiji shares, "Liberation does not come in another life but can happen now. What are we truly seeking to be free from? It cannot be that somehow we are stuck here in this physical birth and now have to be free from it. These artificial borders and boundaries amongst us and God that we have created are made by us, not by God. God has given the veto power to all of us. So what gets stuck? The senses get stuck because of mind. The mind also gets stuck...
This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. In order to maintain inner peace, calm and stability regardless of external circumstances, we need a daily multivitamin of meditation, no reaction and introspection. Meditation is the best medication for all agitations. People have so many troubles today, mainly related to the stress in their lives. To address this anxiety, sleeplessness and discontent, people take pills and fill their lives with excessive, material “pleasures”. For example, when people feel stressed they frequently attempt to forget about it by going to the movies,...
Pujya Swamiji shares a short but deeply inspiring story of His childhood, His family and His Guru. He shares beautifully that all of us can experience God's Grace, we just have to be open to it. He says, "If you are there, He is here all the time. His grace is already happening. You just have to be there."...
A new satsang video by Pujya Swamiji on divine truths learned whilst in the jungle. In this video, Pujya Swamiji discusses the choice between complaining versus learning how to live with less. Most significantly, he explores the idea of keeping anchored and grounded through a life of ups and downs, a shift towards the divine and serving humanity....
A new satsang video by Pujya Swamiji on the topic of divinity. In this short but sweet video, Pujya Swamiji discusses the divinity within you regardless of circumstances....
Swamiji talks about becoming the mantra and tells of his experience in the jungle as a child.He talks about being touched by God as a child, how he got his values, and how he made his way to the ashram....