Svaroopa Vidya Ashram’s Podcast

This satsang explores the layers of meaning in the name given to a new swami. Prajnananda means the bliss that arises from illumined knowing, and so much more. Listen as Gurudevi unfolds the rich and mystical meanings found in Sanskrit, the ancient language of yoga.

Gurudevi describes the meaning of the name given to one of her disciples who just completed ceremonies to become a swami in the Saraswati order. She explains how the mystical heart named in Samvidaananda differs from our usual understanding of heart.  When we bring mind and heart together, we experience the core of Consciousness and Being.

Gurudevi talks about yajna, the fire ceremonies practiced for millennia in the Hindu religion. These rituals include offerings and worship to the power of Life-Itself, the power that coalesces into the elements and energies that become everything that exists. She explains that yogis go beyond ritual to experience the pure mysticism of the fire ceremony — the experience of transformation.

December 2019 Teachings Article by Gurudevi Nirmalananda (read byAanandi)

For more articles and text, please visit https://svaroopa.org/teachings-articles .

Gurudevi gives a lively discourse about how “thank you” went from being a social nicety to being an expression of deep gratitude for her. Learn how opening ourselves to receive increases our gratitude and our capacity to truly give to all of humanity. 

This discourse talks about getting beyond the human perceptions of thinking, seeing and doing to feeling.  Ultimately, you get to knowing. Gurudevi describes how you can use your ability to feel to reach further inside yourself to find the knowingness within.

Gurudevi talks about filling your mind with the Divine as a way to take you beyond your mind. She gives you practical ways to find your own Divinity within, rather than looking for the Divine in sources outside of yourself.