Swami Vivekananda gave a great many public lectures, wrote books and even poetry. If you’d like to learn more about this saint who so inspired Guruji, as Shri Anandi Ma tells us in her Guru Purnima talk, there are many sources for you to discover. The Dhyanyoga Centers bookstore carries, Raja Yoga, the book that
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Next January 12, 2013 will be the 150^th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s birth, which will be celebrated in India and the world over. Before he left his body, he stated, “I have given tremendous material for human welfare, which will continue to inspire for at least the next 150 years. “Arise, awake, stop not until the goal is reached! Spirituality is not for the cowards. Strength, strength is my religion, and religion is not for the weak.” . . . >>>

The Upanishads are a series of sacred Hindu texts passed down over the centuries through oral tradition by enlightened yogis. The term Upanishad means to sit down at the feet of a teacher and receive inner or mystic teachings. Over the years, Dileepji and Chaturbhai Patel have translated many of the Upanishads, which we will
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Part 1 of this talk by Ma was published in April. The yogis experience the kundalini energy in a certain form as coiled at the base of the spine. The term for this coil is the kunda, and that’s why they refer to it as the kundalini. But, once again, it has to be understood
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Devotee: The purpose of human life is Self – and God – Realization. Do we have an individual purpose separate from that? Shri Anandi Ma: Once the soul has entered the human form, the ultimate purpose is Realization. Which other goal is permanent? All other goals are restricted to the physical plane, and there is
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Dear Ones, Hope you are moving that mala, doing japa. Let the fingers move the beads and the mantra dance on the tip of the tongue, says a great teacher. This is what Shri Ma Sharada Devi said:  Through the mantra, energy is transmitted from Guru to disciple. The positive energy from the Guru flows
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, Mother’s Day is special here in America, but the significance should lie not merely in one single day, but from birth ’til death. The mother is a very special person and that relationship is very special and beyond all. No one can replace the mother. That is why it is said
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Devotee: Would you talk about the relationship of seva to bhakti? Shri Anandi Ma: Seva and bhakti are interrelated. Who do you do seva for?  That’s where it starts; if you have some level of love or devotion for someone, then you will be motivated to do seva for that person. At the same time,
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, Hope you are well. It has been very long, it seems, since we last communicated with you. After our return from India we got busy almost right away and a few programs are already behind us. We look forward to seeing you very soon. The world and circumstances, both personal and
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The following is a talk that Shri Anandi Ma gave at the Hanuman Jayanti celebration in Antioch on April 7, 2012. Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the Ramayan, Lord Hanuman meets Vibhishan, and Vibhishan addresses him by stating, “I am convinced now that without the grace of the Lord, a saint cannot come into one’s
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