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October 2026 Satsang Signup — A Revelation of Life
The October satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri will be held on Saturday, October 3rd at 12 noon Eastern time. Register on this page. Also read an excerpt from Swamiji’s autobiography, An Eagle’s Flight
Mahatma Gandhi on Brahmacharya (Celibacy), Part 1
The following is the first and second section of Chapter Sixty-One of Gandhi’s autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth. We now reach the stage in this story when I began seriously to think of taking the brahmacharya vow. I had been wedded to a monogamous ideal ever since my marriage, faithfulness to my wife being part of the love of truth.
5 Questions About God and Spiritual Practice
1. What is the nature of God: personal, impersonal, both equally, or is one of the two primary? God is only personal or impersonal in relation to a consciousness immersed in the duality of samsara. God is beyond the two, just as God is beyond samsara. So those in samsara will consider God either personal or impersonal, and being samsarins
Real Spiritual Teachers vs. Super-Gurus
An excerpt from The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening “The Holy Lord said: When he leaves behind all desires emerging from the mind, and is contented in the Self by the Self, then he is said to be one whose wisdom is steady” (Bhagavad Gita 2:55). Nothing could be easier to understand: an enlightened person wants nothing, finding total fulfillment in
Find Outer and Inner Peace Through Satsang
The Dhammapada for Awakening is now available in print and ebook format at Amazon.com. An excerpt from The Dhammapada for Awakening “After enjoying the taste of solitude and the taste of peace, one is freed from distress and evil, as one enjoys the taste of spiritual joy. It is good to meet with the saints. Living with them is always
A Joyous Christmas to You from Light of the Spirit Monastery
“Doors of joy, which may have been long closed within us all, should be thrown wide open at the coming Christmastide, in memory of One whose divine example has lit the way down twenty centuries. “This is my prayer for you all on this occasion of spiritual Christmas, that you keep those little doors of joy open so that the
How Should the Yogi Think of God? Part 2: The Way of Form
A Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. Part 2 of How Should the Yogi Think of God? [read Part 1 here] The way of Form (Saguna Brahman) Now Krishna expounds the way of those who devote themselves to the attainment of Saguna Brahman. “But those who, renouncing all actions in Me, and regarding Me as the Supreme, worship Me, meditating on
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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.