Yoga Wisdom With Swami Satchidananda

Drawing examples from the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Satchidananda explains that there is no happiness for a peaceless person. He also responds to the queries: Do I have to believe in God to be happy? Do I have to live in the Himalayas to find peace? Making use of puns—one of his much loved teaching tools—he explains the importance of living one’s life with an open heart. www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda speaks about what Mother Nature teaches us: the nature of temporary happiness vs. long lasting, permanent happiness. Find the source of your happiness. He also offers commentary on the philosophy behind the Bhagavad Gita verse about performing actions without looking for the fruit of the action—selflessness. And, how this leads to spiritual liberation.

Swami Satchidananda addresses a series of questions about spiritual life and the spiritual path including: how to be more disciplined, how to know if you are on the right path, how to deal with the waves in the mind. Includes the parable of the chipmunk from the Indian epic, the Ramayana.

Swami Satchidananda addresses a question about how we can see or understand or experience what is called the “Essential or Absolute Reality” or Enlightenment. In this episode, he also speaks about the alchemy of sound and light, as well as how to recognize signs of spiritual progress or growth. www.IntegralYoga.org

Swami Satchidananda answers questions about the nature of the mind and talks about how we create the feeling of bondage and freedom by our own thoughts. He explains—through “the monkey and coconut” and “Servant King” parables— what type of thoughts and thinking cause feelings of unhappiness and how to remedy this. www.IntegralYoga.org

Swami Satchidananda answers questions about what part we can play to help others and our world. Are we powerless to enact change? He explains we can be most effective in our lives and the world by learning how to master our emotions rather than being at the effect of them. (Note: As Sri Swamiji makes an analogy to using emotions as an actor utilizes them for a role, he references an actor sitting in the audience. That person is the famed South Indian actor Rajni Kant, who was staying at Satchidananda Ashram at that time in 2000). www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda answers life's foundational questions: Who Am I? Why am I here? What are we all searching for? What is the highest ideal for a human being? www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda explains how to be a boat in the water of the world—to be in the world but not get tossed by its many waves, and then to be a safe harbor for others as well. This leads to an unending bliss, joy, and happiness. www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda addresses the nature of thoughts and how to still the mind, leading to a meditative state. He also answers a question about how to let go in a relationship and another on how to remember to be loving and self-confident. www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda tells a wonderful parable about the lion and sheep to illustrate how we forget our true nature and identify with our bodies and minds and thus don’t realize who we truly are. www.integralyoga.org

Swami Satchidananda explains the search for happiness and the cause of unhappiness. www.integralyoga.org