Swami Chidananda

ARANI SERIES Sunday, August 14, 2016 Spark 24 Be Thou An Instrument in God’s Hands!   The practical advice that the Geeta offers to us is best expressed in the […]

Spark 23 Gather Yourself, Be a Yogi!    We have enough within us – knowledge, skills, resources, care and love. If we gather what we have, we are yogis. If we fritter

Spark 22 RIGHT ACTION IS THE ANSWER    “Give your life of action,” is the widespread notion about spirituality, “and withdraw into a life of meditation or singing bhajans!”   

Spark 21 EXCUSES ARE NOT REASONS    “Do the cows in your town give only milk (for your coffee) but do not discharge dung (for cow dung cakes to be

Spark 20 TRANSMISSION OF THE FLAME अनन्य-प्रोक्ते गतिः अत्र नास्ति । कठ 1.2.8 | ananya-prokte gatir-atra nāsti | The transmission takes place without fail, when (the flame comes from) someone

ARANI SERIES December 31, 2015 Spark 17 CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT DESIRE?     The sadhu was meditating, sitting on the bank of Ganga in Rishikesh. It was a morning

  ARANI SERIES  March 23, 2016 Spark 19 ATTACK IN BRUSSELS AIRPORT     Terrorism outside is a reflection of terrorism inside human mind. Unrest can anytime lead to violence

ARANI SERIES February 22, 2016 Spark 18 REMOVE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUFFERING “When you see THAT, the knot in your heart is destroyed,” declares Mundaka Upanishad1. What is this