Guru Poornima

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Surrender to the Guru
We are in this Punya Bhumi (holy land, i.e. India), ideal place for spiritual realisation, and we have got the unique blessing of having our Guru by the side of the Himalayas and by the side of the holy Ganges. Therefore, we have got everything perfect. And the [...]

The saving grace

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THE SAVING GRACE
Japa is the best of all spiritual practices in this modern age. It
is the easiest too. The divine name alone will give you all success
and bestow on you the highest spiritual attainments.
The seeker after truth reaches the highest goal by japa or
recitation of the Lord’s name (or mantra) alone. This is [...]

Pictures of spiritual India

From Nandhi, check out the excellent photographs by visiting the link. 
Thiruvannamalai- The sacred mountain that is worshipped as Lord Siva in the element of fire. For many thousands of years, Sages have revered this mountain as the Lord who grants enlightenment, as the protector and as the giver of boons. Even today, there are many Sages who [...]

Amma quotes

The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. the reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.
 God realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of the [...]

Suryanamaskar – A technique of solar revitalization

From MissionRK 
Suryanamaskara combines yogasanas and Pranayama. This is a package in itself for the sadhaks of Suryopasana. This is usually done both at sunrise and sunset, facing the Sun, after chanting the following verse:
“Hiranmayena patrena satyasyapihitam mukham
Tat twam pushan apavrunu satyadharmaya Drastay”(Isa.Up.15)
Like a lid to the vessel, O Sun, your Golden orb covers the entrance [...]

Sanskrit, Physics and Vedanta

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These are very interesting videos containing some valuable information from a renowned physicist and colleague of Dr Albert Einstein, and who wrote english translations of Upanisads. These videos contain talks between Jefferey Mishlove and Dean Brown.

Mystic lotus centers in Yoga System

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Lotus has a very spiritual significance in the Hindu religion. It is considered a very sacred flower, first among those fit to worship God. All the divine incarnations are represented to have lotus-like limbs. Patanjali, who is the master of a Philosophical system of Yoga says that the [...]

Divinity amongst us

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My living guru Ramana

Thanks to HarshaSatsangh and AcalaYoga
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There is nothing to do, nothing to seek. There is only false identification with limitation to discard and that is done by concentration on the eternal witness, the One behind all phenomena. Know who you are and there is no more to know.” (p. 261) And this is also [...]

True signs of progress in meditation

From “Journey to Self-Realization” by Paramahamsa Yogananda
The true signs of progress in meditation are the following:

An increasing peacefulness during meditation
A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation metamorphosing into increasing bliss.
A deepening of one’s understanding, and finding answers to one’s questions through the calm intuitive state of inner perception.
An increasing mental and physical efficiency in [...]