The energy of divine love transcends the physical world. Due to the restrictions on gatherings because of the coronavirus, it is not easy these days to meet with one another physically. Yet to receive or send divine love, physical interaction …
The nine-day festival of Navaratri during which we worship the Divine Mother began on October 17. These days held precious moments for us in this trying time of quarantine, enchanted interludes revealing the gift that Swamiji gave us by creating …
Following our government’s strict regulations during the current pandemic, the Colombo Centre’s celebration of Navaratri was a quiet one this year, without any other devotees present. We sincerely prayed to the Divine Mother that she might shower her blessings on …
Swamiji explained that in ancient times people used to perform yagam as another form of abhishekam. Instead of pouring the ingredients on a form or statue of the Divinity, they poured ghee, fruits, herbs and other sacred ingredients in the …
Question: I really want to follow the spiritual path but, at the same time, I have to do my work. How can I manage this? Every day you eat three times, no? You arrange breakfast, lunch and dinner. Somehow you …
All is temporary. All arises and passes away. All ideas arise in the mind and fall away. You are not yet in a position to see your life from a higher standpoint. If you were standing on a mountain you …
Twelve wonderful people, eight shining days and one beautiful path bringing them all together! This summer, on July 9, a group of us met to begin our walk on the ‘Camino de Santiago’, a pilgrimage route in Spain, which we …
This year we celebrated Guru Poornima with a yagam offered to Swamiji in which everyone could take part. We began with an arati followed by offerings of thanks to all masters and the reading of two satsangs. After a short …
(Satsang given by Swamiji in the UK, in March 1983)
All this time we have been singing bhajans. We are tired, sleepy, our bodies are aching and some of us don’t even have a proper place to stand. Still, I was thinking, “What should I talk to you about?” We can always speak of the Divine, at any time, anywhere and in any situation.
After one month into what is probably half the time of the total, strict confinement period in France, due to the coronavirus, we would like to share with you how our Centre is experiencing this special time.
