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...
Two Paths in Yoga
There are many misunderstandings about yoga. There are many paths in yoga and different yogis choose different paths. Here we shall speak only of two paths to clear up some mi...
How to Bring Spirituality into Family...
This is a transcription of a talk given by Swami Veda Bharati on 22nd February 2013 at the Nurturing Spirituality in the Family Conference. Bring your mind to your asana wher...
Brain Damage in Modernity
A recent issue of Scientific American Mind, November/December 2012 (pp.30ff.) gives a random list of geniuses in history. All names are western except one Arab (Ibn Khaldun) a...
Dakshinamurti Stotra
Dakshinamurti Stotra (transcribed, edited, and amended from a lecture celebrating Guru-purnima at The Meditation Center Minneapolis, USA) by Swami Veda Bharati There is a...
The Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat...
There is a river. Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don’t. The long line of Gurus is that river, the Light that ties us all to one another. Swami Nityamuktananda spoke of thi...
A Message from Swami Veda (Silence af...
Dear Fellow Traveler on the Path of the Sages, This is just to reassure you that after my 5-7 year silence begins · The regular programmes of teaching at our Rishikesh Ashram ...