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September Satsang Signup | Past Lives Recall?
The September online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be held on Saturday, September 6th, at 12 Noon, EST. Register on this page.
Podcast: Days with Sivananda
Click here to listen to Days with Swami Sivananda if you do not see the player above. The podcast length is 15:19 minutes. What was it like to spend time with a spiritual giant like Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh? In today’s podcast Abbot George shares some of his experiences with Sivanandaji when he visited him shortly before his passing in
Who is the Guru?
Q: Reading the words [about God as guru] in Om Yoga a bell went off: the realization that the teacher we need to “introduce” us to God is Him who already is within us and he comes into our lives when we “see” this. Am I right? You certainly are. Along the way we often do need teachers–but not enslavers
Podcast: Swami Sivananda and Jesus (and More)
Click here to listen to Swami Sivananda and Jesus if you do not see the player above. The podcast length is 14:24 minutes. “One of the most memorable experiences of my life was hearing Swami Sivananda sing every day in the evening satsang: O my Jesus, O my Jesus, Lord Jesus, Come, come to me! O my Mary, Virgin Mary,
Annie Besant and the Necessity for Reincarnation
We have just published a remarkable article, The Necessity for Reincarnation, by Annie Besant (1847 – 1933), a renowned speaker and writer, and president of the Madras Theosophical society. The article is a long and comprehensive one on various scientific, moral, and historical aspects of reincarnation, and as an introduction we give excerpts of the article below. Now look at
Is Reincarnation True?
To someone who wrote juggling all kinds of statements about how much better it would be to not believe in reincarnation and the problems such a belief caused. In the West the question about a belief is its utility, its plausibility, its acceptability (appeal) and its practicality. In the East it is a simple of question of: Is it true?
Podcast: I Meet Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh
In this new series of podcasts about Swami Sivananda, Abbot George relates his memories in a much fuller form than in previous podcasts. Click here to listen to I Meet Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh if you do not see the player above. The podcast length is 14:32 minutes. I met God in flesh both in America and India in the
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
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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.