Mysorean

Continued from Part III
Extending the from the types of “sukhas” quoted in the Gita, to the types quoted in the “Kathopanishads”. There are three types of “Ananda”s.

Vishayananda: Vishaya (Poisonous things) + ananda (Happiness) = Happiness that we find in doing mundane tasks referred to as poisonous things.
Bhajanananda: Bhajan (hymns sung in the praise of […]

This discourse was given on Sunday, August 13, 2006. In this article I have tried to include my learnings or my questions wherever possible.
How is the highest reality to be perceived? Knowing the ultimate reality is not similar to knowing something through your senses. It is something that is much beyond. And knowing it […]

Continued from Part I
Achieving Divinity is:
To recognize the Eternal amidst the ephemeral
And to recognize that force or power that gives the fruit of actions
effortlessly alongwith grace.
This power to achieve Divinity is recognized by “Dheera“. Eternal peace is for those who recognize the underlying Unity.
“Dheera” is a very familiar word to one who is familiar with […]

After a long time I attended the discourse at Ramakrishna Ashram on Kathopanishads by Swami Atmashraddhananda. Here is a write-up of whatever I understood there. Swamiji started off with reading out the sloka and then started explaining it in his inimitable style of raising questions and answering them.
Those who have not known the (nitya in […]

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is both visionary and practical. At the dawn of the new millennium, he calls for a return to the timeless values common to all religious traditions as a means to resolving conflict in the world today. He recognizes that this begins with individuals who embody those values in their own lives. […]

Success in Life
There was a talk on “What is Success in Life?” by Swami Dayananda Saraswathi yesterday at K.L.N. Prasad Auditorium, Hyderabad. I will try to articulate the 40-minute speech here. The learned and well-versed Swamiji laced his speech with characteristic humour and made it sound quite down-to-earth. Though I felt he could have avoided […]

A nation is not its land and buildings—it is its people. If we as a nation have to rise and be empowered, the first and the foremost thing we need to do is to empower the people.
Empowerment does not mean amassing of material wealth, or technology, but is entirely an inner process, a spiritual process. […]

As promised, the next post regarding the discourse by Swami Atmashraddhananda on Katha Upanishad on our blog.
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a realized master, yogi and profound mystic from Southern India. He embodies the universal truths of the great spiritual masters, both East and West, who transcend any religious divide. Through public talks and yoga programs, he teaches a unique perspective to all seeking a higher expression of life, inner peace, health […]

Sloka 19:
(Continued)
The knowledge of “Atman” is called “Paramartha”. If we desire to see God, we struggle to see God. How do we do it? The tremendous desire to know God should come into the mind. Once this comes in, desire for petty things go off.
Neither anything nor any person exists apart from the “Brahman”. It’s […]