When you live in the world you have to adjust to circumstances. It cannot affect the purity of the mind. True renunciation is only a mental state. Train the mind to do japa constantly. Swami Sivananda continues with more advice … Weiterlesen →

Here Swami Sivananda reads a letter to an aspirant and gives him advice about coming to the ashram and some health treatments. For more lectures and kirtans in Swami Sivananda’s own voice, please visit www.swami-sivananda.de . Historical recording of Swami … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda encourages an aspirant about his family member and about growing in spirituality. This letter clearly shows how much Swami Sivananda cared for each of his devotees. May you all grow in spirituality. For more lectures and kirtans in … Weiterlesen →

You need not control the higher divine emotions. When you enter into deep meditation, you need not repeat the mantra. Allow the meditation to merge in samadhi. Swami Sivananda speaks a little more about meditation, and then other general topics, … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda complements an aspirant on dietary matters, his spiritual diary and his sadhana. He then gives the aspirant advice on asanas and pranayamas he can do for his sadhana. Live the divine life. Be vigilant. For more lectures and … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda reads a letter and explains a little bit about vedanta to an aspirant. He talks about Brahman, Atman, the best wealth is the Knowledge of Truth, get established in this Truth, thy own Self. For more lectures and … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda gives much advice to this aspirant about how to become divine: silence, devotion, faith, purity, selflessness, generosity, and much more. Good advice for all aspirants. Some parts of the recording may be a little hard to understand. For … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda talks about God in this letter to an aspirant in 1955. Some parts of the recording are difficult to understand, but you can feel the love that Swami Sivananda had for each of his devotees. For more lectures … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda tells the story of the conversation between the Sage Yajnavalkya and his consort Maitreyi from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Yajnavalkya says he is going to retire from the life of a householder and become a sannyasin and that he … Weiterlesen →

Swami Sivananda reads aloud his advice to an aspirant about daily events, letter writing, and establishing yourself in the Divine Goodness. Forget and forgive harms done to you. A kind word said to a suffering man is charity. For more … Weiterlesen →