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December Online Satsang Registration (Plus a Podcast)
The December Online Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be at 12 Noon E.S.T. on Saturday, December 2nd. Swamiji will be answering questions submitted for this satsang. Register on this page.
Questions & Answers with Swami Nirmalananda from September
At our monthly online Satsangs there are many more questions that can be answered in an hour. So we are going to be regularly posting answers to the extra questions. Here are Swami Nirmalananda’s answers to the questions left over after the September Satsang.
Have You Been “Born Again”?
To be born again is to be born in the spirit, which is our higher Self. It takes place when we cease living or being aware only in our physical body, our external life in this material world, and begin to experience our true, higher life as the immortal, divine Self in the greater life and being of God.
False Experience and Wrong Intent
It is not just our mistaken perceptions that prevent our escape from bondage. Rather, they give rise to another ingredient in the stew of our samsaric misery: wrong intention. Our whole purpose is wrong. What should it be?
Meditation and Life in the World: Using Intelligence and Intuition
At all times the yogi must be keenly aware of what is going on in his life sphere and ever seeking to understand and work out the mystery. Learn how this is done.
Four Transformations: The Liberating Power of Yoga
Stories of four yogis who were transformed from humanity to divinity by the persistent practice of meditation, living proof of the liberating power of yoga.
Podcast: The “Mind” of Anandamyi Ma
Swami Nirmalananda was under Anandamayi Ma’s guidance from 1963 until her leaving this world in 1982. He made many trips to India during this time and knew many of the people in her orbit. Here he shares some stories about her unique nature.
Featured Articles
Yogis Who Saw Jesus
The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism
Seeing the One in All
In response to our recent blog posting about the reality of Jesus in the experience of India’s great yogis, we received a most heartening letter from India. I want to share parts of it with you and my reflections on it for I feel it presents the most authentic perspective on these matters.