Enlightening Tales

Enlightening Tales by Sri Swami Satchidananda is a story book for everyone—with lions and kings, rogues and saints, a boy who can stop an elephant, and a milkmaid who can walk on water! Sri Gurudev is a master storyteller, and many of His most precious stories are...

The Greatest Joy

You quickly learn your weaknesses while serving others. The world is like a big mirror—it shows you your ugly spots, your weaknesses. Through service you can learn to recognize your own weaknesses and work to correct them. Sometimes the best test is what you call...

Practicing Freedom

There is a significant benefit to understanding our Yoga practice in the context of its original intention—stilling the thought forms in the mind to experience the Spiritual Consciousness that is our essential nature. Otherwise, our approach to practicing Hatha Yoga,...

On Faith

How many of you have faith? How many don’t? Good. So, everyone has faith. But faith in what? In something or in somebody? It doesn’t matter who or what it is, as long as you have faith. Faith is important. Even God cannot help you, if you don’t have faith. Because...