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Goal of Life is God-Realisation

Articles are by Swami Sivananda unless otherwise stated.

• Teachings of Swami Sivananda

  1. Sadhana (Spiritual Practices)
  2. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions
  3. Sadhana Tattva or The Science of Seven Cultures
  4. The Eighteen "Ities"
  5. Universal Prayer
  6. The Role of the Guru
  7. The Sishya (Disciple)
  8. Ahimsa (Non-violence)
  9. Satyam (Truth)
  10. Brahmacharya (Celibacy)
  11. Concentration
  12. Practice of Meditation
  13. Resolves for Quick Spiritual Progress
  14. Spiritual Diary
  15. Barometer of Spiritual Progress
  16. Yoga
  17. Karma Yoga (The Path of Selfless Service)
  18. Bhakti Yoga (The Path of Devotion)
  19. Sankirtan Yoga (Singing of the Lord's Name)
  20. Japa Yoga or Mantra Yoga (Repetition of the Lord's Name)
  21. Raja Yoga (The Path of Meditation)
  22. Jnana Yoga (The Path of Enquiry)
  23. Tantra Yoga
  24. Yoga of Synthesis

   

• Inspiring Messages

• Early Morning Meditation Talks
• Essays on Religion, Science & Faith
• Essays on Concentration & Meditation
• Advice To Brahmacharis (Celibates)
• Advice to Businessmen
• Advice to Children
• Advice To Householders
• Advice to Sannyasins
• Approaching the Guru By Swami Paramananda.
• Ayurveda—Although Ancient It Can Be Ever New
• Ayurveda—Theory and Practice
• The Call of the Absolute Teachings from Swami Krishnananda.
• The Call of the Real
• Caste Problem in India By Swami Vivekananda.
• Creation
• Dare to give up the Illusion of Time A dialogue with Swami Krishnananda.
• Death
• The Destiny of Man By Swami Chidananda.
• The Divine Life An interview with Swami Chidananda on chastity. (external link)
• Do you aspire for God Realization? A talk by Swami Krishnananda.
• Dream
• Duty and Cosmic Will By Swami Sadananda.
• Encountering the Powers of Nature By Swami Krishnananda.
• The Four Sources of Knowledge
• Guru-Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
• Happiness
• The Individual Nature By Swami Krishnananda.
• Knowledge as Means to Freedom By Swami Krishnananda.
• May the Bell Ring Swami Krishnananda recounts a classic Indian tale.
• Memory-Culture
• New Year Message (1999) By Swami Chidananda.
• New Year Message (2003) By Swami Chidananda.
• The Ontological Arguments in Philosophy and Meditational Techniques By Swami Krishnananda.
• Peace
• Positive Aids to Peace of Mind By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
• Practical Way to Self-Realisation
• Pratyahara (Abstraction of the Senses) By Swami Krishnananda.
• A Project of Education By Swami Krishnananda.
• Purity By Swami Krishnananda.
• Rays from the Light Fountain By Swami Chidananda.
• The Role of Spiritual Institutions and the Functions of the Divine Life Society
• Sandilya-Vidya (meditation on the immanence of God) By Swami Krishnananda.
• Science of Relaxation
• The Search For Happiness By Swami Krishnananda.
• Self-realisation an interview with Swami Chidananda.
• A Simple But Powerful Spiritual Practice By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
• Sin
• Some Valuable Clues to Prosperity in the House By Swami Chidananda.
• Tantra Sadhana By Swami Krishnananda.
• Vegetarianism
• Why Do Sadhana? By Sri N.Ananthanarayanan.
• Yoga—What It Is and What It Is Not By Swami Chidananda.
• Yoga for Health, Happiness and World Peace By Swami Chidananda.

• Religion, Science & Faith

  1. God
  2. Is Modern Science a Challenge to Religion? By Swami Krishnananda.
  3. Alice in Wonderland By Swami Krishnananda.
  4. God Exists
  5. Quotes of Albert Einstein on Spirituality
  6. Religion and Science
  7. Seven Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God By A. Cressy Morrison, former President of the New York Academy of Sciences.
  8. The Royal Science of Brahma-Vidya
  9. The Search For Truth By Swami Krishnananda.

• Concentration & Meditation

  1. Concentration
  2. How to Meditate By Swami Venkatesananda.
  3. The Meaning of Meditation By Swami Krishnananda.
  4. Mind Control By Swami Krishnananda.
  5. The Mysterious Mind and Its Control By Swami Chidananda.
  6. Practice of Meditation
  7. Preliminaries to Concentration
  8. Raja Yoga (The Path of Meditation)
  9. Signs of Progress in the Path of Meditation
  10. What Is Meditation? By Swami Shivapremananda.
  11. Why Meditate? By Swami Venkatesananda.
  12. Yoga and Meditation By Swami Krishnananda.

• Early Morning Meditation Talks at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

  1. Everything Is Yoga By Swami Chidananda.
  2. The Razor-Edge By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  3. The Importance of Understanding By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  4. Be a Conscious Expression of God’s Will By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  5. From the Universal to the Universal By Swami Chidananda.
  6. The Subtle Awareness By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  7. You Are Unique but Not Special By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  8. See Yourself Impartially By Swami Chidananda.
  9. See God in All By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  10. Gurudev's Way By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  11. Tap the Infinite Source of Energy By Swami Chidananda.
  12. The Real Cause of Suffering By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  13. A Barometer of Our Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  14. Be Master of the Mind and Intellect! By Swami Chidananda.
  15. Back Your Will with Effort By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  16. The Key to Effort By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  17. The Necessity of Joy By Swami Chidananda.
  18. Ram Navami By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  19. Freedom from Experiences By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  20. Abide in the Light By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  21. You Are That! By Swami Chidananda.
  22. The Essence of the Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  23. Being Real By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  24. Persistence and Surrender By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  25. We Are the Ultimate Knower By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  26. Always Be Positive! By Swami Chidananda.
  27. Why Do We Not Surrender? By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  28. The Wonderful News of Non-duality By Swami Chidananda.
  29. Be Like Babes By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  30. The Best New Year Resolution By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  31. Perseverance and Aspiration Leads to Success By Swami Chidananda.
  32. True Success By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  33. Spirituality Means Being Willing to Change Moment by Moment By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  34. The Good News By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  35. It Is Possible To Be in the World Yet Dwell in God! By Swami Chidananda.
  36. Spirituality Means Willingness to Change By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  37. The Right Bhav By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  38. The Rationale Behind Prayer By Swami Chidananda.
  39. Change Now! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  40. Practise Your Conviction By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  41. Looking at Problems from a Different Angle of Vision By Swami Chidananda.
  42. The Path and the Goal Are the Same By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  43. The Practice of Truth By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  44. God Is Present in the Midst of the Human Condition By Swami Chidananda.
  45. Testing Our Spiritual Life By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  46. A New Angle of Vision By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  47. Purposefully Direct the Power Potential Within By Swami Chidananda.
  48. Affirm the Reality Wherever We Are At! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  49. The Need for Both Dispassion and Practice By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  50. Take Refuge NOW! By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  51. The World Is Not Our Enemy! By Swami Chidananda.
  52. Our World Viewpoint By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  53. We Want Two Identities By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  54. What is Knowledge Doing for Us? By Swami Chidananda.
  55. "That’s Enough" By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  56. Living With Spiritual Paradoxes By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  57. The Best Part of Knowledge By Swami Chidananda. 
  58. The Guru is Spirit By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  59. Understanding and Controlling the Mind By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  60. Recognising the Manifestations of Ego By Swami Atmaswarupananda.
  61. The Thing To Be Known By Swami Chidananda.

• Saints & Mystics

  1. The Glory of Saints
  2. Jivanmukta
  3. Swami Sivananda
     1. Guru and Disciple By Swami Yajnavalkyananda.
     2. Gurudev Lived To Serve All By Swami Chidananda.
     3. Gurudev Sivananda--Physician of the Soul By Swami Krishnananda.
     4. My Religion, Its Technique and Dissemination
     5. My Years With the Master By Swami Vishnudevananda.
     6. Philosopher-Realist By Swami Chidananda.
     7. Siva—The Sevak By Swami Narayanananda.
     8. Siva—A True Guide By Swami Narayanananda.
     9. Siva—His Work for Spiritual Uplift By Swami Narayanananda.
     10. Siva—His Hospitality By Swami Narayanananda.
     11. Siva—A Unique Personality By Swami Narayanananda.
     12. Sivananda—The Fire of Sannyasa By Swami Krishnananda.
     13. Sivananda's Personality By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
     14. Sri Swami Sivananda—A Composite Personality By Swami Paramananda.
     15. Surgeon Sivananda's Egodectomy By Swami Venkatesananda.
     16. Swami Sivananda By Swami Krishnananda.
     17. Swami Sivananda—Personified Synthesis of Dynamism and Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
     18. Swami Sivananda's Unique Way of Teaching By Swami Venkatesananda.
     19. Pre-Determined Maha Samadhi By Swami Venkatesananda.
  4. Swami Paramanananda
  5. Swami Chidananda
     • Beloved Papa And Sri Gurudev In My Life By Swami Chidananda.
     • Epochal Tour With the Master by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • In The Company of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj by An Ashramite.
     • Light From The East by Swami Krishnananda.
     • The Life Divine by Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera.
     • The Voice of Reality by Swami Gurudevananda.
  6. Swami Krishnananda
  7. Swami Venkatesananda
  8. Swami Dayananda
  9. Swami Madhavananda
  10. Swami Vishnudevananda
  11. Swami Chinmayananda
  12. Swami Satyananda
  13. Swami Satchidananda
  14. Swami Jyotirmayananda
  15. Swami Sivananda-Hridayananda
  16. Swami Premananda
  17. Swami Devananda
  18. Dr. Devaki Kutty
  19. Milarepa
  20. Thiruvalluvar
  21. Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1228)
  22. Namdev (1269-1295)
  23. Jnanadev (1275-1296)
  24. Mira Bai (1499-1547)
  25. Goswami Tulsidas (1532-1623)
  26. Appayya Dikshitar (1554-1626)
  27. Samartha Ramdas (1608-1682)
  28. The Baal Shem Tov (~1700-1760) By Swami Venkatesananda.
  29. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-1886)
  30. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
  31. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
  32. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh (1871-1950)
  33. Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906)
  34. Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
  35. Papa Ramdas
  36. Swami Omkar (1889-1982)
  37. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)
  38. Baba Neem Karoli
  • Saints of Ancient Times
  1. Maharshi Vyasa
  2. Sage Yajnavalkya
  • The Prophets
  1. Zoroaster
  2. Moses
  3. Parsvanatha
  4. Buddha
  5. Mahavira
  6. Jesus
  7. Mohammed
  8. Guru Nanak
  • The Acharyas
    1. Adi Sankaracharya
    2. Ramanujacharya
    3. Madhvacharya 
    4. Vallabhacharya
    5. Nimbarkacharya
    6. Lord Gauranga

     

• Religions of the World

  1. The Unity That Underlies All Religions
  2. My Religion, Its Technique and Dissemination
  3. On the Question of Correct Approach to God by Swami Krishnananda.
  4. Religious Freedom. Swami Venkatesananda on how Swami Sivananda "Adapts, Adjusts and Accommodates" people with differing religious viewpoints.
  5. Authentic Religion By Swami Chidananda.
  6. What Is Religion? By Swami Krishnananda.
  7. What Religion Is About By Brother Wayne Teasdale.
  8. Hinduism
     • Festivals:
     • The Divine Trinity (Dattatreya Jayanti Message) By Swami Chidananda.
     • Deepavali
     •     The Indestructible Divine Seed
     •     Yajna--Quintessence of the Culture of India By Swami Krishnananda.
     • The Significance of Ekadasi By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Ganesh Chaturthi
     •     A Good Beginning By Swami Chidananda.
     •     Lord Ganesa--The Remover of Obstacles By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Gita Jayanti
     •     Bhagavad Gita Yoga
     •     The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Chidananda.
     •     The Gospel of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Guru Purnima
     • Hanuman Jayanthi
     • Holi
     • Krishna Janmashtami
     •     Gospel of Lord Krishna
     •     The Human Ideal
     •     Sri Krishna--The Purna-Avatara By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Makara Shankranti
     •     Sun—The Eye of the World By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Navaratri
     •     The Terrible Kaali, The Benign Mother By Swami Chidananda.
     •     The Esoteric Significance of the Devi-Mahatmya By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Pradosha Vrata
     • Sri Radha--The Divine Mystery By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Raksha Bandhan
     • Ramnavmi
     •     Way to Rama Rajya
     •     Rama--The Apotheosis of Human Perfection By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Sankara Jayanti Message
     •     Sankara Jayanthi By Swami Chidananda.
     •     Sankara--The Genius By Swami Krishnananda.
     •     Shankara—The First Guru of Kali Yuga By Swami Madhavananda.
     • Shivaratri
     •     Siva--The Mystic Night By Swami Krishnananda.
     • Skanda Sashti
     •     Lord Skanda--Concentrated Divine Energy By Swami Krishnananda
     • The Sport of the Infinite (Rasa Lila) By Swami Krishnananda
     • Thaipusam
     • Gods:
     • Avatara
     • The Esoteric Meaning of the Ten Avataras By Swami Chidananda.
     • Theology By Swami Krishnananda
     • Devi
     • Ganesha
     • Hanuman
     • Krishna
     • Rama
     • Siva
     • Shanmukha
     • Scriptures:
     • The Vedas
     • The Upanishads
     • The Smritis
     • Ramayana
     • The Yoga Vasishtha
     • The Mahabharata
     • The Bhagavad Gita
     • The Puranas
     • The Agamas
     • The Darsanas
     • Brahma Sutras
     • The Secular Writings
  9. Buddhism
  10. Jainism
  11. Sikhism
  12. Judaism
  13. Christianity
  • Thy Kingdom Come By Swami Chidananda
  • Christ-Consciousness By Swami Krishnananda.
  14. Islam
  • The Spiritual Significance of Ramzan By Swami Chidananda.
  15. Sufism
  16. Zoroastrianism
  17. Taoism
  18. Confucianism
  19. Shintoism
  20. Yoga and Christianity By Swami Chidananda.
  21. Spiritual Calendar

• Discourse

  1. August 2008 - Mind Your Own Business! By Swami Chidananda.
  2. July 2008 - Guru And Disciple By Swami Venkatesananda.
  3. June 2008 - The Lofty Ideal Of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
  4. May 2008 - Vedanta is Living Experience
  5. April 2008 - Thoughts To Ponder By Swami Shivapremananda.
  6. March 2008 - The Basis of Success in all Human Endeavours By Swami Chidananda.
  7. February 2008 - How To Recognise A Jivanmukta
  8. January 2008 - Life And Its Purpose
  9. December 2007 - Secret of Success
  10. November 2007 - The Significance of Dipavali By Swami Chidananda.
  11. October 2007 - The Highest End of Man
  12. September 2007 - Gopis’ Love for Krishna
  13. August 2007 - Real Education
  14. July 2007 - Where Is Real Love?
  15. June 2007 - Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation By Swami Chidananda.
  16. May 2007 - World Peace
  17. April 2007 - Key Guidelines to Successful Meditation
  18. March 2007 - Focussing Of The Mind By Swami Chidananda.
  19. February 2007 - Pain is a Blessing in Disguise By Swami Chidananda.
  20. January 2007 - Living in the Present By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  21. December 2006 - How to Get Your Desires Fulfilled By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  22. November 2006 - Dwell in God-thought By Swami Chidananda.
  23. October 2006 - Quest for Peace By Swami Chidananda.
  24. September 2006 - Life is One By Swami Chidananda.
  25. August 2006 - Tulasidas' Gift to Humanity By Swami Chidananda.
  26. July 2006 - Guru Purnima By Swami Chidananda.
  27. June 2006 - Sri Swami Sivananda's Favourite Formula By Swami Sadananda.
  28. May 2006 - Brush Yoga
  29. April 2006 - Philosophy of the Mind
  30. March 2006 - Crown of Human Achievement
  31. February 2006 - Essential Ingredients of a Victorious Spiritual Life By Swami Chidananda.
  32. January 2006 - Atma-Samyama Yoga
  33. December 2005 - Significance of Grihastha Ashrama or Married Life By Swami Chidananda.
  34. November 2005 - Not Work But Sadhana For Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
  35. October 2005 - Guru Sharana Yoga
  36. September 2005 - Vedantic Sadhana
  37. August 2005 - Atma-Svarajya (Freedom of the Self)
  38. July 2005 - Garland of Vedanta
  39. June 2005 - Pratyahara
  40. May 2005 - The Pure and the Impure Mind
  41. April 2005 - Good Life and God-Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  42. March 2005 - Wake Up! By Swami Venkatesananda.
  43. February 2005 - Raja Yoga Samadhi
  44. January 2005 - Yoga and Life By Swami Brahmananda.
  45. December 2004 - Art—The Expression Of Divinity
  46. November 2004 - A Message For Renascent India
  47. October 2004 - Worship of Divine Power
  48. September 2004 - The Need For Spiritual Regeneration
  49. August 2004 - Dissemination of Knowledge
  50. July 2004 - What is True Vairagya?
  51. June 2004 - Guru and the Great Beyond By Swami Brahmananda.
  52. May 2004 - Conquest of The Conqueror By Swami Venkatesananda.
  53. April 2004 - The Sense of Spiritual Direction By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  54. March 2004 - Theory and Practice in Spiritual Life By N. Ananthanarayanan.
  55. February 2004 - Atma Yoga
  56. January 2004 - The Meaning of Life By Swami Venkatesananda.
  57. December 2003 - The Wedding of The Century By Swami Venkatesananda.
  58. November 2003 - One Experience: Many Expressions By Swami Venkatesananda.
  59. October 2003 - Introduction to The Eternal Religion By Swami Venkatesananda.
  60. September 2003 - The Secret of Life
  61. August 2003 - The Purpose of Life
  62. July 2003 - Hatha Yoga: An Art And A Science By Swami Venkatesananda.
  63. June 2003 - Advice to Sannyasins
  64. May 2003 - Marks of Spiritual Progress
  65. April 2003 - All Worship Is Directed To The One Reality By Swami Chidananda.
  66. March 2003 - The Symbol of Supreme Aspiration
  67. February 2003 - The Easy Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
  68. January 2003 - The Supreme Need Of The Hour—Love
  69. December 2002 - Practice of the Remembrance of God
  70. November 2002 - The World We Live In By Swami Venkatesananda.
  71. October 2002 - Durga Puja Message
  72. September 2002 - Light of Yoga
  73. August 2002 - Gist of Vedanta
  74. July 2002 - Introduction to the Yoga Vasistha By Swami Venkatesananda.
  75. June 2002 - "A Little I Will Say"
  76. May 2002 - Hinduism—Monotheism and Polytheism Reconciled By Swami Chidananda.
  77. April 2002 - Salvation—Rests With You Only By Swami Chidananda.
  78. March 2002 - Sadhana is a Necessity
  79. February 2002 - A True Philosophy of Life
  80. January 2002 - The Message of the New Year By Swami Chidananda.
  81. December 2001 - The Making of a Scholar-Saint--A Minibiography of Swami Krishnananda By Swami Chidananda.
  82. November 2001 - Sadhana and The Divine Life Society By Swami Chidananda.
  83. October 2001 - Philosophy of Bhakti
  84. September 2001 - What Gurudev Is For Us By Swami Chidananda.
  85. August 2001 - Essence of Vairagya
  86. July 2001 - Preliminaries to Concentration
  87. June 2001 - Structure of Yoga Sadhana
  88. May 2001 - Discovering The Ego By Swami Venkatesananda.
  89. April 2001 - How to Approach a Saint By Swami Chidananda.
  90. March 2001 - Theory and Practice By Swami Venkatesananda.
  91. February 2001 - God Operates In Selfless Service
  92. January 2001 - One-Pointed Aspiration For God Alone By Swami Chidananda.
  93. December 2000 - Gurudev's Trisul By Dr. Devaki Kutty.
  94. November 2000 - Skanda Shashthi Message (1946)
  95. October 2000 - Gandhiji: His Mission And Message By Swami Chidananda.
  96. September 2000 - The Saint’s Magic By Swami Chidananda.
  97. August 2000 - The Wheel of Divine Life
  98. July 2000 - Doctrine of Prapatti (Self-surrender)
  99. June 2000 - Religion and Spirituality By Swami Krishnananda.
  100. May 2000 - Music: A Unique Means for God-Realisation By Swami Vidyananda.
  101. Apr 2000 - What is Yoga? By Swami Chidananda.
  102. Mar 2000 - Desire and Deserve By Swami Chidananda.
  103. Feb 2000 - The Three Paths
  104. Jan 2000 - New Year Message
  105. Dec '99 - Does The Guru Ever Die? By Swami Chidananda.
  106. Nov '99 - Waste Not This Rare Human Birth
  107. Oct '99 - The Offering That Will Delight The Guru By Swami Chidananda.
  108. Sep '99 - The Ideal of the Superman
  109. Aug '99 - Moral Law and World Peace
  110. Jul '99 - Is God Responsible for Earthly Anomalies? By Swami Rama Tirtha.
  111. Jun '99 - Take a Stand By Swami Chidananda.
  112. May '99 - Beyond Time and Space By Swami Venkatesananda.
  113. Apr '99 - Unity in Diversity
  114. Mar '99 - Repression in Sadhana and its Effects
  115. Feb '99 - The Marionettes' Game By Swami Venkatesananda.
  116. Jan '99 - World-Peace Through Inter-Religious Understanding By Swami Chidananda.
  117. Dec '98 - The Key to Discovery By Swami Venkatesananda.
  118. Nov '98 - Why You are Called Radiant Atman By Swami Chidananda.
  119. Oct '98 - Signs of Progress in the Path of Meditation
  120. Sep '98 - Fundamentals of the Spiritual Ascent By Swami Krishnananda.
  121. Aug '98 - How to Attain God Before Realising Him By Swami Chidananda.
  122. Jul '98 - The Spiritual Guide
  123. Jun '98 - Aids to Spiritual Progress
  124. May '98 - Eternal Happiness
  125. Apr '98 - God's Plan For You By Swami Chidananda.
  126. Mar '98 - Sure Recipe for World Peace
  127. Feb '98 - Need For a Measure of Detachment
  128. Jan '98 - Steps to Self-Realization
  129. Dec '97 - Running After the Shadow
  130. Nov '97 - The Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sadhana By Swami Chidananda.
  131. Oct '97 - The Movement of Subtle Desires in Sadhana
  132. Sep '97 - Prarabdha and Purushartha (Fate and Effort)
  133. Aug '97 - The Ecstasy of God-Love By Swami Krishnananda.
  134. Jul '97 - Education of the Child
  135. Jun '97 - A Sermon on Sadhana
  136. May '97 - Are You a Spiritual Seeker? By Sri N. Ananthanarayanan.
  137. Apr '97 - Path to Self-Realisation By Swami Chidananda.
  138. Mar '97 - Highest Yoga
  139. Feb '97 - Spiritual Life Should Be Vital and Alive By Swami Chidananda.
  140. Jan '97 - Understand Your Life By Swami Chidananda.
  141. Dec '96 - From Rituals to Realization By Swami Venkatesananda.
  142. Nov '96 - The Absoute and the Relative By Swami Krishnananda.
  143. Oct '96 - Vedanta in Daily Life
  144. Sep '96 - Foundation of Yoga 
  145. Aug '96 - Living the Divine Life By Swami Chidananda.
  146. Jul '96 - Higher Knowledge and Lesser Knowledge By Swami Chidananda.
  147. Jun '96 - What Has To Be Known ? By Swami Chidananda.
  148. May '96 - Universal Love
  149. April '96 - Food for the Soul
  150. March '96 - Best Yoga for Man

• Anouncements

  Events

  • Request for Experiences of Devotees with Sri Swami Sivanandaji and Sri Swami Chidanandaji
  • A New CD Release—Upanishad Amrut With Interpretation by H. H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj

  Service to Humanity

  • Swami Sivananda Centenary Charitable Hospital (1) (external link)
  • Swami Sivananda Centenary Charitable Hospital (2) (external link)
  • The Divine Life Society Rehabilitation Clinic for those suffering from leprosy and similar ailments   (external link)
  • O Youth! O Students! Read this Now

  Letters by Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj:

  • November '99--Love is the Law of Life
  • April '99--Work for Universal Brotherhood and World Peace
  • December '98--The Dawn of the Third Millenium
  • October '98--Communication by Me With All Friends and Devotees Will Be Through the Internet
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