It is becoming obvious to most of us that we need to start treating the planet Earth more respectfully if it is to be able to sustain us all into the future. We seem to have a choice: to continue to ignore the fact that our ecosystems are breaking down under the stress we subject them to, or to wake up to the common thread that runs through all life and all things in our environment. Yoga, Tantra and Advaita encourage us to recognise that everything, including Mother Earth, is an expression of one Reality. As such, we start to treat other people, other creatures and our environment with compassion and reverence. This will have a positive impact on the world in which we live.
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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 back to a more sensible, reasonable,…
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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. Another in the series of 2004…
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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 audio backdrop to our conversation. A…
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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. First, we’d like to bring you…
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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, Ulingana.com, raising funds for my young…
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Joy
Swami Nishchalananada made this movie down on the seashore. Please enjoy, and hopefully allow it to inspire you wherever you are, in nature, or in the middle of a busy town or city. It’s the same…
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Satyananda Tapovanam 10th January 2004
Another from the series recorded at this Ashram near Bangalore. A series of topics are discussed between Swamiji and the people who were there with him, and again, the recording is as good as we can…
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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 injustice, there is a deep feeling…
Keep readingMandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers (2), 22nd August.
A wide ranging question and answer session, themed by the worldwide expressions of alarm at apparently uncontrolled burning of many locations in the Amazonian Rain Forest. So themes include :- Environment and playing our part in…
Keep readingThere is suffering, yet there is One
I am not oblivious to the horrors of the world and I don’t understand why there needs to be so much suffering. Yet my intimate experience of the Mystery is so strong that I just have…
Keep readingWhere does space come from?
There is an interesting philosophical conundrum: Everything exists in space, but in what does space exist? This is not only a question in yoga and mysticism, but also a conundrum of science. After all, modern science…
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