Blog

Insights, teachings, and stories from The Satsang Foundation

Sri M said...

July 26, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

In spiritual matters, you start with the understanding that there is something beyond the ordinary mind. And it cannot be known through study. Soaking in the atmosphere in places where the rishis h...

Sri M said...

July 25, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The result of dharana and dhyana is samadhi. Samadhi is an altered state of consciousness wherein a person who meditates upon whatever he is meditating upon, merges with the object of meditation. T...

Sri M said...

July 24, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Lord would not have created it at all. The very fact that the world exists around us and also in us ...

Sri M said...

July 23, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Samadhi is when you are meditating upon the Supreme Being and there is no individual meditator but only the Supreme Being. In the sankhya parlance, the atman merges with the paramatman. In Vedantic...

Sri M said...

July 21, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The Lord says, ‘If it is difficult for you to serve and purify yourself to the state of attaining the capacity to meditate, simply surrender yourself to me. Your mind is automatically controlled. G...

Sri M said...

July 20, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

We are all in some activity or the other, nobody can remain without doing anything; The Lord says, ‘Dedicate that to me. Think that I am the agent and I am the enjoyer’. Gradually you will get puri...

Sri M said...

July 19, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

‘Yogo bhoga yatey‘– yoga through bhoga. Again this is not a license for bhoga, bhoga means enjoyment. What the rishis meant was while you enjoy, realize that the enjoyment is not coming from that o...

Sri M said...

July 18, 2018 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Instead of trying to be free from the beginning, enjoy with the purpose that you want to be free of it ultimately. How does one do this, by dedicating everything to the Supreme Being. Whenever you ...