Ananda Marga Dharmacast

We look at the similarities and difference of prayer and meditation, what kinds of prayer are the best, and what is meditation all about.

We look at the role of struggle (physical and psychic) as well as the role of the Attraction of the Great (our spiritual longing) in the quest to become better human beings.

We look at Shankaracarya’s advice to “Do good deeds days and night,” with insight from a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in 1979.

The paths of  knowledge, action and devotion are the three main approaches to achieving spiritual success. We take a brief look at all three and explain why devotion is the best path.  This podcast is based on the text: “Devotion-The Only Path” by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.

Greatness and goodness lies within each one of us, whether society regards us as a criminal or a saint.  Initiation into tantric meditation can bring this potential into reality.  This podcast looks at an instance in which this happened.

We look at the yogic method of overcoming superiority, inferiority, fear and defeatist complexes.  This podcast is based on a discourse by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in his book “Ananda Vacanamritam, Part 14.”

What is the goal of life and how can we reach it? In this podcast we look at Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s discourse “Ideological Flow and the Eight-Fold Path” and see how we can achieve spiritual success using a method formulated by Buddha, known as The Eight-Fold Path.

“As you think, so you become” is the psychological basis for the practice of meditation and for success in life.  In this podcast we look at the role of auto-suggestion and outer-suggestion in this process.

There are four basic longings (Vargas) at the base of the human personality: Physical needs (kama), Psychic needs(artha), Psycho-Spiritual longing (dharma), and Pure Spirituality (moksha or moks’a).  Dada Vedaprajinananda discusses how we can fulfill them and offers one shortcut at the end.

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There is a psycho-spiritual reason why truth defeats falsehood and good triumphs over evil, both in fables and stories and in real life.  Dada Vedaprajinananda looks into this.