Happy ThanksGiving !!

Dear All,
Hari Om !
We wish you all a very Happy ThanksGiving.
I am posting here a small message by Gurudev Swami Chidananda ji Maharaj, about making each day a ThanksGiving day.

We wish you all a Safe and Happy ThanksGiving !
Yours, In Service of Lord and Gurudev,
Aparna Hari

Radiate Positive Energy into Our Cosmos !

Dear All,
Hari Om!
Yesterday I was listening to Bhagavad Gita discourse (Chapter-3) by Swami Tattvavidananda ji, and I was struck with one concept that he elaborated on “Yajna”.
The cosmic energy of the Lord is in us like the electric energy in the tubelight inside the house. This is called Vyashti, or Individual Consciousness or Individual Energy. [...]

OM Yoga Meditation of Atma Jyoti Ashram

Dear All,
Hari Om !
Atma Jyoti Ashram is founded by Pujya Swami Nirmalananda Giri. Recently this ashram has moved to New Mexico. Swamiji and other monks in the Ashram maintain a wonderful spiritual website, http://www.atmajyoti.org/ . It is very informative with so many inspiring lectures from many saints, specially including Gurudev Sivananda ji Maharaj’s articles. They [...]

Poll Update for Divine Life Society branch, Milwaukee

Dear All,
Hari Om !
This is an update on the poll that we have conducted on setting up a Divine Life Society branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
We have received 8 votes so far.
The Poll site that we have selected unfortunately does not have a feature of letting the voters enter their contact information.
Hence, we have created this [...]

Happy Deepavali from the Saranaagathi Team

Hari Om !
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya !
Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya !
We, the Saranaagathi Team, wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous Deepavali !

Let us celebrate The Festival of Lights by praying to the Lord, to dispel the darkness of ignorance, fear, and Tamas from our hearts and guide us towards the Path of Light [...]

Aranya Kand (Leelas of Rama) – Nectar to the Ears

Finally, I heard the complete rendition of Sri RamcharitManas by Pujya Swami Tejomayananda, of Chinmaya Mission. It is nectar, nothing else can equal to it. I fell in love with it, and keep falling in love with it. There is no abridgment of RamCharitManas in this rendition.
IT IS THE MOST WORTHY ENGAGEMENT OF THE [...]

Radha’s Prem – A Drama by Gurudev Swami Sivananda

Dear All,
Hari Om !
Jaya Radhe !
Radha’s Prem is a drama written by Gurudev Swami Sivananda ji Maharaj to teach us the sublime feeling of love and devotion of Radha Rani towards Lord Krishna. Gurudev Sivananda is an excellent story-teller and drama writer. He is unconventional and unique in the sense that he caters to the [...]