Audio and video recordings of Swamiji’s Satsangs (discourses) from 2018 onwards. For earlier recordings (the earliest recorded were from 2002) please use the ‘Archives’ category or selection.
Satsangs & Discourse
Agya Chakra
Recordings series compiled from a recent online course. This recording is an introduction and a guided reflection to Agya Chakra. The text books, especially those written by Swami Nishchalananda (see…
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Vishuddhi Chakra
Recordings series compiled from a recent online course. This recording is an introduction and a guided reflection to Vishuddhi Chakra. The text books, especially those written by Swami Nishchalananda (see…
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Anahata Chakra: part 2
When the mind is still then automatically the Heart is lucid. Thinking takes us away from the moment, thinking takes us into the past or future whereas the Heart brings…
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Anahata Chakra: part 1
Within the realm of Anahata chakra, ‘…there is this sense of being in the moment, and flowing with all the ups and downs of life, and this is Surrender.’
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‘Yoga at Lughnasa’, and ‘The Human Singing Bowl’
Please enjoy these two articles from Spandan (Michael McCann). The first, a beautiful poetic text regarding Symbols and meanings. The second, equally poetic, explores the infusion of the mantra OM…
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Manipura Chakra
Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided…
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Swadhishthana Chakra
Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided…
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Mooladhara Chakra
Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – The Practices
As the editor of this blog, I’ve gone through all the archived recordings of Swamiji’s teachings on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra from around 20 years ago. In terms of audio…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – Introduction
A series of recordings on the Kashmir Shaivism text ‘Vigyana Bhairava Tantra’, taken from a series of talks and practical lessons given by Swami Nishchalananda from 2002 through to the…
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The Vigyana Bhairava Tantra in context.
A series of recordings taken from some of Swami Nishchalananda’s discourses on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, will be coming to the blog very soon. We decided it would be useful…
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South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Part Three
The final part of the question and answer session from the South Asia Centre, Bengaluru, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002. Consider Yoga, or any system which can draw us…
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South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Part Two
Continuing the Question and answer session from the south Asia centre Bangalore in 2002. This is an enjoyable and lighthearted session driven by questions from the listeners and is a…
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A Talk given at the South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Swami Nishchalananda was invited as a guest speaker to an audience of local people and overseas visitors. Driven by questions he gives a clear description of the basics of Yoga,…
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A discussion around Kundalini Yoga, and Yoga Nidra
Sixth in the series of Question and Answer sessions, this one on the topics of ‘The practice of Kundalini Yoga’, ‘Requirements for teaching Yoga Nidra’, and asking Swamiji’s viewpoint on…
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The Shining Mirror of Consciousness
A post by Michael McCann (Spandan). In his Mathnavi, Jalal-al-Din Rumi offers this allegorical reflection on two distinct paths to spiritual fulfilment. ‘There arose a contention between the Greeks and…
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Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga (the Eightfold Path) and Yama and Niyama
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali give eight steps on the path of exploring Yoga most deeply. The first two steps are often described as ‘rules of conduct’ for the practitioner.Another…
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The Fear of Death
The fear of death arises from the fact that we live as individual egos. And in our individual life, we live in Time, a place of beginnings, and therefore endings.…
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The Nature of Mind
Is the Mind simply the ‘Ghost in the Box’, a neurological shadow, or is there more to it than that?Another in the series of 2004 discourses from Mandala Yoga Ashram…
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Nada Yoga, and the Present Moment.
A question and answer session at Mandala Yoga Ashram in 2004 on the subjects of Nada Yoga, then, living in the moment and the acceptance that it brings. ‘What is…
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Articles written by Swami Nishchalananda and invited guest authors.
Written Articles
Life as an expression
Let us have a more humble and wise perspective. We are not living life, Life is expressing itself through each of us, just as it expresses through the flowers and…
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The Dimension of Awareness
What are the dimensions of Awareness? If you reflect deeply, you will realise that it has no dimensions. This indicates its timeless and spaceless nature. It is beyond concept and…
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Network in Consciousness
Everyone and everything in the universe, known and unknown, comprises the network of Reality. We may love and hate, we may accept and not accept, but these attitudes are just…
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A message from Swami Nishchalananda
Dear Friends,Despite these troubled times, I hope you are well. A year ago, I delivered a series of teachings and meditations on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, organised by Chitra Lekha…
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Labour of Love
A story of Karma Yoga and the vagaries of Fate and Destiny.
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From the Whole, the Whole is Taken, yet the Whole Remains.
Om PurnamadahaPurnamidamPurnatPurnamudachyatePurnasyaPurnamadayaPurnamiwa WashishyateOm Shanti Shanti Shantih This Sanskrit Chant appears as the Shanti Path (Invocation of Peace) at the beginning of one of the great Upanishads, the Ishavasya, also called…
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A Garland of Gratitude
A post from guest author Spandan (Michael McCann), taken from his Facebook community page ‘The Yoga Well’ A GARLAND OF GRATITUDE Thank you for your innumerable sages and saints. Thank…
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Surya Namaskar, Salutation to the Sun
A post by guest author Michael McCann. ‘Among seasons, I am the flower-bearing Spring’ (Bhagavad Gita 10:35) As the Vernal Equinox brings increased daylight and the joy of approaching…
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Education and Yoga
Another ‘interview’, this time in a more informal setting. On the beach, on a beautiful autumn day in Southern Sweden looking out over the Baltic Sea, the waves making an…
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The Whispered Wisdom of the Upanishads
A guest post by Spandan (Michael McCann)
This post first appeared on Michael’s Facebook page ‘The Yoga Well’ and is reproduced here with his kind permission.
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An Interview with Swami Nishchalananda
Welcome back to Swamiji’s blog; it’s been decided that it will continue, and in time you will start to see more of his archived material from about 20 years ago.…
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Ishavasya Upanishad
I have just received and listened to Rajesh David’s latest CD entitled ‘Isha’. I must say that it is, as ever, an absolute gem. Rajesh brings out the wisdom, sentiments…
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Letter from Africa
Guest post by Narada A story of Yoga, love, laughter and determination Surprisingly, I managed to squeeze through a window of opportunity to get to my charitable project in Africa,…
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Time and the Timeless
Swami Nishchalananda gives a short, emphatic, discourse on Time and the Timeless, Thought and Meditation. Where do we find the Timeless? Our mind is in Time. The whole Universe in…
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Firefly
A post by guest author, Narada. I’ve been invited to put this post on here by Swami Nishchalananda. It’s an honour to me, as I mostly consider he is the…
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Concentration and Focus
Another extract from a longer satsang, Questions and Answers from India, 2004 Part of the Dynamic of modern life is that we have to set priorities. Machines should be doing…
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Will and Free Will
If I identify one hundred percent with this body and mind, then I’m a puppet in the storm. Swami Nishchalananda From the point of view of Individuality, we feel that…
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Possibilities for Social Justice
A Post by Guest Author, Narada (Tony Sugden) As a Yoga practitioner, first and foremost I look for clarity. When I find it, then when I am exposed to social…
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The Chakras in Traditions Worldwide – a Synopsis
Reference to the chakras in symbols and in textual descriptions can be found in diverse cultures worldwide. The following is a brief synopsis: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism Since yoga…
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Chanting the Mrityunjaya Mantra.
During the time of the Coronavirus crisis, many practitioners of Yoga connected with Mandala Yoga Ashram and elsewhere used the healing mantra Mrityunjaya to add their heartfelt projections of hope and…
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