Diwali Message 2015 from Swami Ritava...
On this Diwali - Annual Festival of Illumination and Beauty A New Year Celebration We are reminded in our Upanishads, and teachings of the Tradition: Jyotir, Jyotir, Jyotir, (Li...
The Meditation Center Wish List
The following list includes items and Resources that The Meditation is currently seeking. If you or someone you know is able to provide new or gently used items on the list plea...
Motto for all Future Silence Days
Motto for all future silence days (from some old lecture of mine): Eat only when you are fasting Be still while running Speak only when in silence. उपोषन्नेव भुञ्जीयात् ब्रह...
Mauni Amavasya (no moon day of silenc...
There is an annual silence day in the traditions of India. It is called Mauni Amavasya. Mauni means ‘of or for silence’, and amavasya means ‘no-moon day.’ It occurs on the no-m...
Making a Sankalpa
Making a Sankalpa by Swami Veda Bharati from "Mind, Economics and Anxieties" in Life Positive Magazine "I have come to recognize the divine light within my own heart." — Sri ...
How is Your Silence Going?
Many of my friends and initiates in all continents write me asking, “Swamiji, how is your silence going?” I am tempted to answer, “How is your talking going?” Majority have...
What is Mastery in Yoga?
Nowadays thousands of people worldwide publicize themselves as yoga masters. Real masters are few and far between. Even to be a master of one kriya (method or practice) is rare...
Six Steps of Meditative Asanas by Swa...
These six principles of asanas (yoga postures) were composed in sutra form by Swami Veda Bharati. These have been given a commentary by a team of advanced teachers of Swami Ra...
You Needn’t Be Lonely
The Times of India - Speaking Tree publication published “You Needn’t Be Lonely” by Swami Veda Bharati on 7th April 2013. The text reads as follows. SWAMI VEDA BHARATI tak...
Yoga and Science
The word ‘science’ is derived from Latin verb root ‘scire’, to know. So, all knowledge is ‘science’ and God the Omniscient, from the same verb root, can be translated into mod...
Unity in Names
There are so many ways humanity expresses an inner unity even with differences of history, language, country and culture. Here I point out just one area of such unity of thoug...
The Last Statement of Swami Veda Bhar...
The Last Statement of Swami Veda Bharati before Taking the Five-Year Vow of Silence at the Gathering of the Sangha 9th March 2013 [During Swami Veda’s talk on 9th March 20...