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Sign Up for the August Online Satsang • New 40 Virtues Talks
The August online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri will be held on Saturday, August 2nd, at 12 Noon, EST. Sign up using the form or the link in this article.

Meditation as Training for Living
Meditation is not an end in itself, but rather the means to an end–to the daily living out of the illumined consciousness produced by meditation. We go into meditation so we can come out of meditation more conscious and better equipped to live our life.

October Satsang Signup, plus Gita Talks Selection
The October Online Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be on October 5th at 12 Noon, EST. You can sign up to attend at this page.

Psychological Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita
Buddhi yoga is psychologicals yoga, and is performed as an expression of divinity for the revelation of divinity, all other benefits, individual and communal being secondary–even insignificant.

A Selection from “The Catechism of Enlightenment”
We have added Swami Nirmalananda’s Commentary on some of Shankara’s works, which we have called “The Catechism of Enlightenment.” Read this uselful introduction.

Stories of Yogis Video
In this video talk on the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Nirmalananda shares stories of various yogis he met in India to illustrate points in his commentary on the Gita.

The Great Secret in Spiritual Life
Is one who “fails” in or “abandons” spiritual life “lost” and hopeless? Find out what Krishna says in this explanation of the Bhagavad Gita.
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.