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Separating Awareness From What It Perceives

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-05-29

The preliminary practices of meditation ideally put us into a state where we are not thinking. Then there...

Jnana Yoga, Jnana Pada

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-05-23

Distinguishing Jnana Yoga from the Jnana Pada. A significant component of Jnana Yoga, the path of knowledge, is...

Yoga: Restraint of Mental Activity

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-05-08

Yoga is not about the body, it's about nirodhah, restraint of mental activity. When we sit to meditate...

Understanding Attachment and Affectionate Detachment

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-04-30

If we think about something frequently it means we're attached to it. Attraction is positive attachment; aversion is...

Ahimsa, All is One, See Others As Yourself

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-04-23

The desire to harm comes from discontent. A profound basis for ahimsa is that everything is One and...

Karma Management Review

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-04-17

Moksha includes resolving karma. Even if you realize God, if you have karma you haven't resolved, you're going...

Visiting the Temple Purifies the Mind, Grants Humility

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-03-25

Religion needs to be of the present. Mankind is evolving spiritually; mass consciousness is rising. When we go...

The Mission of the Mission - Our Monastic Order

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-03-09

Bodhinatha comments on lesson 331 from Living with Siva in which Gurudeva describes the spiritual inner work of...

Nine Ways to Merge With Siva

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-02-27

On Mahasivaratri, February 27, 2014, Satguru Bodhinathaswami comments on Gurudeva's introduction to Merging with Siva, where he elucidates...