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Podcast: Remembering Sivananda, Part 1

With this post, we begin our new Podcast section, which will be added to on a regular basis.

These will be talks on meditation, practical aspects of spiritual life, memories of remarkable spiritual figures Abbot George has met, and much more.


Abbot George BurkeSwami SivanandaDuring his first trip to India in 1962 Abbot George Burke was blessed to spend time with the great Swami Sivananda at his ashram in Rishikesh. In this three-part podcast Abbot George shares his memories of this saint with visitors to our ashram.

In this first podcast, Abbot George recalls his first meetings with Swami Sivananda, and the saint’s invitation to dine with him on a lunch of “plain boiled rice.”

Episode length: 12 minutes, 18 seconds.

(If you don’t see an audio player, click this link to listen to Remembering Sivananda, Part 1.

Listen to the second podcast in this series, Remembering Sivananda, Part 2.

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