Swami Tyagananda

Vedanta and Yoga

Swami Tyagananda

Talks on Vedanta

694 episodes

Episodes

Learning from Hanuman

Apr 13, 2026

Understanding Easter

Apr 6, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.24 - 6.28): "Centering in the Atman"

Apr 1, 2026

Sri Rama Festival

Mar 30, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.16 - 6.23): "The State of Yoga"

Mar 26, 2026

Bridging the East and the West

Mar 23, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.11 - 6.15): "Practical Tips for Meditation"

Mar 19, 2026

Antar Yoga March 2026

Mar 16, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.8 - 6.10): "Living Without Expectations"

Mar 11, 2026

Learning is Religion

Mar 9, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.4 - 6.7): "How to Make My Mind a Friend"

Mar 4, 2026

Reclaiming My Self

Mar 2, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (6.1 - 6.3): "Yoga and Sannyasa"

Feb 25, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (5.25 - 5.29): "The Real Sannyasa"

Feb 18, 2026

Bhagavad Gita (5.21 - 5.24): "The Bliss of Atman"

Feb 11, 2026

Antar Yoga February 2026

Feb 9, 2026

Antar Yoga December 2025

Dec 22, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (5.16 - 5.20): "Abandoning Strong Likes and Dislikes"

Dec 18, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (5.11 - 5.15): "The City of Nine Gates"

Dec 10, 2025

Incarnating Christmas: Practicing Holiness in the World

Dec 8, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (5.4 - 5.10): "Doing Work Without Working"

Dec 3, 2025

Being Grateful

Dec 1, 2025

Worship as a Spiritual Practice (2)

Nov 24, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (5.1 - 5.3): "Is Giving Up Karma a Good Idea?"

Nov 20, 2025

Worship as a Spiritual Practice (1)

Nov 17, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.38 - 4.42): "Knowledge, the Great Purifier"

Nov 12, 2025

Antar Yoga November 2025

Nov 10, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.34 - 4.37): "The Power of Knowledge"

Nov 6, 2025

Prayer as a Spiritual Practice

Nov 5, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.25 - 4.33): "All About Yajna"

Oct 30, 2025

Antar Yoga October 2025

Oct 29, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.22 - 4.24): "How to Dissolve Karma"

Oct 22, 2025

Be and Do and Make. Or Just Be.

Oct 22, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.19 - 4.21): "Living Without Expectations"

Oct 15, 2025

My Relationship with God

Oct 15, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.15 - 4.18): "Karma is Complex"

Oct 8, 2025

Dotting the Day

Oct 8, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.13 - 4.14): "Karma Does Not Bind Me"

Oct 1, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.10 - 4.12): "The Path to Freedom is Not New"

Sep 25, 2025

Seeing God With Open Eyes

Sep 24, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.7 - 4.9): "Why Does God Come as Avatara"

Sep 18, 2025

Antar Yoga September 2025

Sep 17, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (4.1 - 4.6): "The Gita Lineage

Sep 10, 2025

Krishna Festival

Sep 10, 2025

Dive Deep, O Mind

Jul 30, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.40 - 3.43): "How to Overcome Desire"

Jul 23, 2025

Antar Yoga July 2025

Jul 23, 2025

Guru Purnima - God and Guru

Jul 17, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.36 - 3.39): "Why People Do Bad Things"

Jul 16, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.33 - 3.35): "What Is My Duty?"

Jul 9, 2025

A Voice Without a Form

Jul 7, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.30 - 3.32): "The Fever of the World"

Jul 2, 2025

"I" and What It Can Do

Jul 2, 2025

Antar Yoga May 2025

Jun 25, 2025

Learning is Religion

Jun 18, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.26 - 29): "The Play of Gunas"

Jun 11, 2025

A Mind on a Diet

Jun 11, 2025

Do You Remember?

Jun 6, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.21 - 25): "Working with Wisdom"

Jun 4, 2025

From Doing to Being

Jun 4, 2025

Meditation (Nididhyāsana)

Jun 2, 2025

Antar Yoga May 2025

Jun 1, 2025

Remembering Sri Sankaracharya

May 29, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.17 - 20): "Being Self-content"

May 28, 2025

Antar Yoga April 2025

May 27, 2025

"Where Did You Hide, My Love?": An Easter Meditation

May 25, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.9 - 16): "Yajña as Cosmic Sacrifice"

May 21, 2025

"What is Maya?"

May 20, 2025

Rama Festival

May 15, 2025

Reflection (Manana)

May 13, 2025

Hearing (Śravaṇa)

May 11, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.5 - 8): "Action Is Better Than Inaction"

May 7, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (3.1 - 4): "Which is Better - Knowledge or Work?"

May 1, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.67 - 72): "The State of Enlightenment"

Apr 23, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.62 - 66): "The Bliss of Tranquillity"

Apr 16, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.57 - 61): "How Powerful Are the Senses!"

Apr 9, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.54 - 56): "The Person of Steady Wisdom"

Apr 2, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.50 - 53): "Evenness of Mind"

Mar 27, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.48 - 49): "Buddhi-Yoga"

Mar 20, 2025

Antar Yoga March 2025

Mar 17, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.47): "The Nitty-Gritty of Karma"

Mar 13, 2025

Ramakrishna of the Heart

Mar 10, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.45 - 46): "Going Beyond the Gunas"

Mar 6, 2025

The Shiva Ideal

Feb 26, 2025

Antar Yoga December 2024

Feb 24, 2025

The Mystery of Mary: Reflections on the Immaculate Conception

Feb 21, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.42 - 44): "The Flowery Talk that Leads Nowhere"

Feb 20, 2025

Bhagavad Gita (2.40 - 41): "Doing vs Being"

Feb 12, 2025

Longing for Freedom

Dec 20, 2024

Prayer (Prārthanā)

Dec 19, 2024

Deep Faith (Śraddhā)

Dec 18, 2024

Concentration

Dec 16, 2024

Forbearance (titikshaa)

Dec 12, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.34 - 39): "Two Kinds of Buddhi"

Dec 11, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.29 - 33): "Grief is avoidable"

Dec 5, 2024

Antar Yoga October 2024

Nov 28, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.23 - 28): "Stop Grieving!"

Nov 21, 2024

Story of Durga

Nov 14, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.18 - 22) "Body, Mind and Atman"

Nov 13, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.15 - 17) "What is Really Real?"

Nov 6, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2.11 - 15) "Learning to Endure"

Oct 30, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2. 4 - 10) "I am confused"

Oct 24, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (2. 1 - 3) "Stop Being Fainthearted and Arise"

Oct 17, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (1. 31 - 46) "I Cannot Kill 'My People'"

Oct 9, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (1. 13-30) "The Conches Are Blown"

Oct 2, 2024

Pulling Back

Sep 30, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (1. 1-12) "Setting the Stage"

Sep 25, 2024

Antar Yoga September 2024

Sep 23, 2024

Bhagavad Gita (Introduction)

Sep 19, 2024

Vedanta as a Mirror

Sep 16, 2024

Krishna Festival

Sep 9, 2024

Nine Forms of Devotion

Jul 30, 2024

Guru Purnima

Jul 22, 2024

Restraining the Senses

Jul 15, 2024

Antar Yoga July 2024

Jul 8, 2024

Dealing with Disappointment

Jul 1, 2024

Antar Yoga June 2024

Jun 24, 2024

Restraining the Mind

Jun 17, 2024

Beginning Anew

Jun 10, 2024

All the World's a Stage

Jun 3, 2024

Detachment (Vairāgya)

May 27, 2024

Learning from Nature

May 20, 2024

The Story of Buddha

May 13, 2024

Antar Yoga May 2024

May 6, 2024

Sri Ramakrishna and Lifelong Learning

May 2, 2024

Discernment (Viveka)

Apr 29, 2024

RamaFestival2024

Apr 22, 2024

Spiritual Fitness

Apr 15, 2024

Antar Yoga

Apr 8, 2024

Message of Easter

Apr 1, 2024

Antar Yoga March 2024

Mar 18, 2024

Ramakrishna of the Heart

Mar 11, 2024

The Story of Shiva

Mar 4, 2024

Antar Yoga February 2024

Feb 26, 2024

Christmas Eve Celebration

Dec 25, 2023

Holy Mother

Dec 19, 2023

Two Stories of Christmas: Learning from St. Luke and St. Matthew

Dec 18, 2023

Antar Yoga

Dec 4, 2023

Practicing Gratitude

Nov 27, 2023

Antar Yoga November 2023

Nov 20, 2023

No Going, No Coming

Nov 6, 2023

Growing Old, Being Young

Oct 29, 2023

The Story of Durga

Oct 17, 2023

Antar Yoga October 2023

Oct 16, 2023

What We Really Want

Oct 14, 2023

Antar Yoga September 2023

Oct 13, 2023

Vedanta in Brazil

Oct 12, 2023

Krishna Festival

Sep 15, 2023

Antar Yoga 2023

Sep 12, 2023

God Realization or Self Realization

Aug 14, 2023

Learning from Swami Ramakrishnananda

Jul 16, 2023

Dive Deep

Jul 10, 2023

Guru Purnima

Jul 3, 2023

Practice of Bhakti Yoga

Jun 26, 2023

Many Windows One Truth

Jun 19, 2023

AntarYoga June 2023

Jun 12, 2023

The Price of Success

Jun 5, 2023

What Buddha Taught

May 29, 2023

Antar Yoga

May 22, 2023

God as Mother

May 15, 2023

Spiritual Growth In Hindu Yoga and Jewish Musar Traditions

May 8, 2023

The Story of Sankaracharya

May 3, 2023

Learning to Be a Learner

Apr 24, 2023

The Happiness U-curve

Apr 17, 2023

The Message of Easter

Apr 10, 2023

Rama Festival

Apr 3, 2023

Community--A Vedanta View

Mar 28, 2023

Bringing God Home

Mar 20, 2023

Affirmations

Mar 13, 2023

"I" and "Mine"

Mar 6, 2023

The Shiva Ideal

Feb 13, 2023

Christmas Celebration

Dec 26, 2022

Understanding Sarada Devi

Dec 12, 2022

Jewish Learning

Dec 5, 2022

The Chosen Ideal

Nov 28, 2022

All About Karma

Nov 21, 2022

A Verse from the Ramayana

Nov 14, 2022

From Doing to Being

Nov 7, 2022

God's Work

Oct 31, 2022

Vivekananda in America

Oct 25, 2022

Understanding Kali

Oct 24, 2022

Benefits of Yoga

Oct 17, 2022

Evolution vs. Creation

Oct 10, 2022

Lessons from Swami Akhandananda

Sep 25, 2022

Sri Ramakrishna's Smile

Sep 19, 2022

Krishna Festival

Sep 12, 2022

"How Can We Help?"

Aug 1, 2022

Being a Lotus

Jul 25, 2022

Guru Purnima

Jul 18, 2022

"I and Mine"

Jul 11, 2022

FREEDOM FESTIVAL

Jul 4, 2022

Ramakrishna and Me

Jun 20, 2022

God Laughs Twice

Jun 13, 2022

Fully Present, Fully Absent

Jun 6, 2022

Creative Imagination

May 30, 2022

Coping with Pain

May 23, 2022

Habit / Choice

May 16, 2022

Lessons from Shankaracharya

May 9, 2022

"To Labor Is to Pray"

May 2, 2022

"Not This Time Again!"

Apr 25, 2022

The Message of Easter

Apr 18, 2022

Rama Festival

Apr 11, 2022

What Is Really Real?

Apr 4, 2022

Lessons from Sri Hanuman

Mar 28, 2022

Lessons from Sri Chaitanya

Mar 21, 2022

Lessons from Sri Ramakrishna

Mar 14, 2022

Story of Shiva

Feb 28, 2022

God Is Seeing Me

Feb 21, 2022

Devotion to Practice

Feb 14, 2022

"Ishta": The Chosen Ideal

Feb 8, 2022

Overcoming Greed

Dec 20, 2021

Overcoming Loneliness

Dec 13, 2021

Overcoming Fear

Dec 6, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 48

Nov 29, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 47

Nov 22, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 46

Nov 15, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 45

Nov 8, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 44

Nov 1, 2021

Learning from Nature

Oct 25, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 43

Oct 18, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 42

Oct 11, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 41

Oct 6, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 40

Sep 28, 2021

Krishna Festival

Sep 21, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 39

Sep 14, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 38

Sep 6, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 37

Aug 30, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 36

Aug 23, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 35

Aug 17, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 34

Aug 9, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 33

Aug 2, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 32

Jul 27, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 31

Jul 20, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 30

Jul 12, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 29

Jul 9, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 28

Jul 5, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 27

Jul 1, 2021

The Message of Sri Chaitanya

Jun 28, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 26

Jun 24, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 25

Jun 21, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 24

Jun 17, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 23

Jun 14, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 22

Jun 10, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 21

Jun 7, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 20

Jun 3, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 19

Jun 1, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 18

May 27, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 17

May 24, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 16

May 21, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 15

May 17, 2021

The Story of the Devi 3

May 14, 2021

The Story of the Devi 2

May 10, 2021

The Story of the Devi 1

May 6, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 14

May 3, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 13

Apr 30, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 12

Apr 26, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 11

Apr 22, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 10

Apr 19, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 9

Apr 15, 2021

Guru Purnima

Apr 12, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 8

Apr 8, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 7

Apr 5, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 6

Apr 1, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 5

Mar 30, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 4

Mar 26, 2021

Buddha Festival

Mar 24, 2021

Reflections on the Gita 3

May 24, 2020

Reflections on the Gita 2

May 17, 2020

Reflections on the Gita 1

May 10, 2020

Ramakrisha's Three Gifts

Mar 8, 2020

Who is Shiva?

Mar 7, 2020

Vivekananda Talks 17

Mar 4, 2020

Inner Wandering

Feb 28, 2020

The Power of Intuition

Feb 27, 2020

Vivekananda Talks 16

Feb 26, 2020

Look at the Ocean

Feb 20, 2020

Vivekananda Talks 15

Feb 19, 2020

Vivekananda Talks 14

Feb 12, 2020

Vivekananda Talks 13

Dec 18, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 12

Dec 11, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 11

Dec 4, 2019

Meditation on the Elements

Nov 21, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 10

Nov 20, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 9

Nov 13, 2019

Worship of Mother Durga

Nov 7, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 8

Nov 6, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 7

Oct 30, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 6

Oct 16, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 5

Oct 9, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 4

Oct 2, 2019

The Basics of Meditation

Sep 26, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 3

Sep 25, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 2

Sep 18, 2019

Vivekananda Talks 1

Sep 11, 2019

Krishna Festival

Sep 8, 2019

Learning Is Religion

Aug 4, 2019

Guru Purnima Festival

Jul 28, 2019

Freedom Festival

Jul 21, 2019

Adventure and Security

Jul 18, 2019

Different Pathways in Jewish Spirituality

Jun 15, 2019

Spiritual Cultivation Through Fasting in Islam

May 5, 2019

Easter and Human Transformation

Apr 28, 2019

Rama Festival

Apr 18, 2019

The Power of Symbols

Apr 7, 2019

The Story of Chaitanya

Mar 24, 2019

The Shiva Ideal

Mar 3, 2019

Life's Seven Stages

Feb 24, 2019

The Art of Knowing

Feb 10, 2019

Labels: Uses and Abuses

Dec 16, 2018

Holy Mother's Two Gifts

Dec 9, 2018

Unto Us a Child Is Born

Dec 2, 2018

Being Grateful

Nov 25, 2018

Going Beyond Words

Nov 18, 2018

I and What It Can Do

Nov 11, 2018

The Story of Creation

Oct 22, 2018

The Story of Durga

Oct 21, 2018

Are All Religions Same?

Oct 11, 2018

"All the World's a Stage"

Sep 27, 2018

Synthesis of Yoga

Sep 16, 2018

Meditation 101

Sep 15, 2018

Freedom Festival

Sep 13, 2018

Kathopanishad 1

Sep 12, 2018

Krishna Festival

Sep 9, 2018

A Mind on a Diet

Aug 5, 2018

Being Me

Aug 1, 2018

Improve, Change, Pray

Jul 29, 2018

The Price of Success

Jul 26, 2018

Kaivalya Upanishad 2

Jul 25, 2018

Recognizing Mother

Jul 15, 2018

Self-Renewal

Jul 12, 2018

Kaivalya Upanishad 1

Jul 11, 2018

The Story of Buddha

Jun 14, 2018

The Story of Sankaracharya

May 31, 2018

Living with Uncertainty

Apr 26, 2018

Easter Service

Apr 1, 2018

The Story Of Chaitanya

Mar 29, 2018

Rama Festival

Mar 25, 2018

Dealing with Difficult People

Mar 11, 2018

Sri Ramakrishna: The Past and the Present

Feb 25, 2018

Kalpataru Festival 2018

Jan 1, 2018

Christmas Carols and Scriptural Reading

Dec 24, 2017

Christmas Celebration 2017

Dec 24, 2017

God Laughs Twice

Dec 3, 2017

Within You, Without You

Dec 2, 2017

Grace vs Self-Effort

Dec 1, 2017

How to Be Happy

Nov 30, 2017

Questions about God

Nov 12, 2017

Questions about "Me"

Oct 8, 2017

Questions about the World

Oct 1, 2017

Vedanta in Southeast Asia

Sep 23, 2017

Creative Imagination

Sep 10, 2017

Rebirth and Religious Pluralism

Sep 6, 2017

Self-Reliance vs Self-Surrender

Sep 3, 2017

How to Live Vedanta

Jul 27, 2017

The Tree Without a Future

May 28, 2017

Meditation vs Reflection

May 21, 2017

Why Believe in God

May 7, 2017

The Story of Shankara

Apr 30, 2017

Who Is 'Thy Neighbor'?

Apr 16, 2017

This Precious Moment

Apr 13, 2017

Purity, Patience, and Perseverance

Mar 26, 2017

Renunciation Myths

Mar 24, 2017

Why Travel

Mar 23, 2017

The Shiva Ideal

Feb 19, 2017

Kalpataru Festival 2017

Jan 1, 2017

How Mary Matters to Christians at Christmas

Dec 24, 2016

Learning from Sister Nivedita

Dec 10, 2016

Happiness and Misery

Dec 9, 2016

Doing Dialogue

Dec 8, 2016

"Do You Remember?"

Nov 17, 2016

Understanding Duality

Oct 16, 2016

The Mother Season

Oct 2, 2016

Message of Sri Krishna

Sep 22, 2016

"Where Am I?"

Jul 24, 2016

Guru Purnima Festival

Jul 17, 2016

"Who Am I?"

Jul 10, 2016

The Nature of the Self

Jun 19, 2016

Two Faces

Jun 12, 2016

The Language of Paradox in Advaita Vedanta

Jun 5, 2016

The Three Jewels of Buddhism

Jun 2, 2016

The Story of Sankara

May 28, 2016

The Keeper of My Stories

May 27, 2016

To Labor Is to Pray

May 26, 2016

Self-Control as Self-Mastery

Apr 30, 2016

The Story of Chaitanya

Apr 9, 2016

"Not This Time Again!"

Apr 7, 2016

Dealing with Disappointment

Apr 1, 2016

To Do or Not to Do?

Mar 3, 2016

Escape from God

Feb 18, 2016

Kalpataru Festival 2016

Jan 1, 2016

The Reality Non-Show

Dec 13, 2015

Inner Sacrifice, Outer Prayer

Dec 6, 2015

Gratitude

Nov 29, 2015

Learning How to Learn Vedanta

Nov 15, 2015

Understanding Kali

Nov 8, 2015

Me and My "I"

Nov 1, 2015

Harmony of Religions

Oct 22, 2015

Why Am I the Way That I Am?

Oct 8, 2015

Two Dimensions of Homelessness

Sep 27, 2015

Learning from Krishna

Sep 13, 2015

Guru Purnima

Sep 5, 2015

Holy Company

Aug 31, 2015

Coping with Pain

Aug 30, 2015

Freedom Festival 2015

Aug 23, 2015

Service as Spiritual Practice

Aug 16, 2015

The Fruit of Yoga

Aug 5, 2015

Affirmations

Aug 2, 2015

Stepping Back

May 24, 2015

Our Mother Who Art in Heaven

May 17, 2015

The Story of Two Mothers

May 10, 2015

Buddha Festival

May 3, 2015

"Where Shall I Stay?"

Apr 19, 2015

The Ideal Spiritual Seeker

Apr 12, 2015

Adbhutananda, Life and Message

Apr 6, 2015

Message of Easter

Apr 5, 2015

Community, A Vedanta View

Apr 3, 2015

Learning from Hanuman

Mar 29, 2015

Silence as Yoga

Mar 3, 2015

Silence as Yoga

Mar 3, 2015

The Happiness U-curve

Feb 26, 2015

Swami Brahmananda: Life and Message

Jan 22, 2015

Vivekananda: Life and Message

Jan 15, 2015

The Word Became Flesh

Dec 21, 2014

Be the Witness

Dec 18, 2014

Worship as Spiritual Practice - Part 3

Dec 12, 2014

Opening the Door of the Heart

Dec 11, 2014

Worship as Spiritual Practice - Part 2

Nov 20, 2014

Worship as Spiritual Practice: The Purpose of Puja

Nov 2, 2014

Why Mother Kali

Oct 26, 2014

The Purpose of a Retreat

Oct 22, 2014

"I" And "Mine"

Oct 5, 2014

Self-Renewal

Oct 3, 2014

Vivekananda and Ethics

Jun 15, 2014

The Story of Hanuman

Jun 12, 2014

Spiritual, Not Religious

Jun 1, 2014

The Power of Ignorance

May 25, 2014

Mother Knows Best

May 11, 2014

The Art of Knowing

Apr 27, 2014

Is Religion Necessary?

Apr 13, 2014

Divine Promises in the Bhagvad Gita

Apr 9, 2014

Learning from the Ramayana

Apr 6, 2014

What Vedanta Can Teach Us About Good Business

Mar 30, 2014

Spiritualizing Daily Life

Mar 16, 2014

Handout for the lecture on Spiritualizing Daily Life

Mar 16, 2014

Three Breathing Exercises

Mar 9, 2014

The Why and How of Puja

Mar 3, 2014

Just Being

Mar 2, 2014

Swami Brahmananda: A Reflection

Feb 13, 2014

Dedicated Life: What It Means for Us

Jan 12, 2014

Harmony of Religions

Jan 12, 2014

Self-Renewal

Jan 5, 2014

Mother: In Vivekananda's Eyes

Dec 19, 2013

Being Grateful

Dec 6, 2013

Joyful Living

Dec 6, 2013

Love and Detachment

Dec 5, 2013

Divine Mother

Oct 20, 2013

Vedanta in Australia

Oct 6, 2013

Vivekananda Oratorio

Sep 29, 2013

Krishna Festival

Aug 11, 2013

Vedanta and Privilege

Jun 16, 2013

Be Attached

Jun 2, 2013

The Story of Narada

May 19, 2013

Being a Child Again

May 16, 2013

All About Karma

May 5, 2013

Temples as Hospitals

Apr 21, 2013

Vivekananda on Courage

Apr 7, 2013

The Shiva Ideal

Mar 3, 2013

Sarada Devi: Uncommonly Common

Dec 16, 2012

The Sword of Mercy: Sikhism and Non-aggression

Dec 2, 2012

Everyday Vedanta: Putting it to Work

Nov 11, 2012

God the Mother, the Mother of God

Oct 14, 2012

Swami Vivekananda's Four Yogas

Sep 19, 2012

Guru Purnima

Jul 4, 2012

The Price of Success

Jun 24, 2012

Two Mothers

May 13, 2012

The Story of Buddha

May 6, 2012

The Story of Shankaracharya

Apr 29, 2012

What the Upanishads Teach Us

Apr 22, 2012

The Message of Easter

Apr 8, 2012

Rama Festival

Apr 1, 2012

"The Tree Without a Name"

Mar 18, 2012

The Story of Chaitanya

Mar 4, 2012

The Story of Shiva

Feb 19, 2012

Swami Adbhutananda: Life & Legacy

Feb 5, 2012

Where Am I?

Jan 29, 2012

Personal Reflections on Swamiji's Poems and Hymns

Jan 22, 2012

The Ramakrishna Kalpataru

Jan 1, 2012

Discovering Jesus

Dec 25, 2011

Ignorance in Disguise

Dec 4, 2011

Practicing Gratitude

Nov 20, 2011

Thank You

Nov 13, 2011

Be and Make. Be and Do. Just Be.

Nov 6, 2011

The Story of Creation

Oct 23, 2011

Lessons from Swami Akhandananda's Life

Oct 9, 2011

God as Mother

Sep 25, 2011

The Story of Banke-Bihari

Sep 18, 2011

Shivo'ham Shivo'ham

Sep 11, 2011

Krishna Festival

Sep 4, 2011

Amritabindu Upanishad 7

Sep 2, 2011

Amritabindu Upanishad 6

Aug 27, 2011

Amritabindu Upanishad 5

Aug 19, 2011

Amritabindu Upanishad 4

Aug 15, 2011

Guru Poornima

Jul 16, 2011

Many Windows, One Truth

Jun 19, 2011

Swami Vivekananda and the Bodhisattva Ideal

Jun 15, 2011

"Look at the Ocean."

Jun 12, 2011

Pilgrimage To Shanti Ashram

Jun 5, 2011

Restful Work

May 29, 2011

The Story of Buddha

May 15, 2011

The Story of Sankara

May 8, 2011

Dāna: Thoughts of a 21st Century Zen Buddhist

May 1, 2011

Faith and Reason

Apr 24, 2011

Rama Festival

Apr 10, 2011

Reflection on Faultfinding

Apr 3, 2011

Are All Religions Same?

Mar 27, 2011

"Behold, the Two Brothers Have Come!"

Mar 20, 2011

Cultivating "Steady Wisdom"

Mar 13, 2011

Karma: What It Is, What It Is Not

Feb 27, 2011

"Let Us Go for a Walk, O Mind"

Feb 20, 2011

The Mystery of Yoga-Kshema

Feb 13, 2011

Swami Brahmananda: Life & Legacy

Feb 7, 2011

What Would Vivekananda Do

Jan 23, 2011

A Mind on a Diet

Jan 20, 2011

"Mother, My Boat Is Sinking"

Jan 9, 2011

Inner Silence

Jan 2, 2011

Christmas Celebration 2010

Dec 25, 2010

"When a Kite is Set Free"

Dec 19, 2010

Islamic Spirituality

Dec 12, 2010

Detachment: Way to Freedom

Dec 5, 2010

All the World's a Stage

Nov 28, 2010

Detachment And Love

Nov 21, 2010

"Dive Deep O Mind"

Nov 14, 2010

Why Meditation

Nov 7, 2010

Intense Longing for God

Oct 24, 2010

The Story of Durga

Oct 10, 2010

Chandi

Oct 9, 2010

The Law of Forgiveness

Oct 3, 2010

"Returning Home"

Sep 26, 2010

Vedanta and Privilege

Sep 19, 2010

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Sep 12, 2010

Krishna Festival

Aug 29, 2010

Do Not Succumb to Unmanliness

Jun 13, 2010

Just Being

Jun 6, 2010

The Last Day

May 31, 2010

Renunciation Myths

May 23, 2010

Kumbha-Mela: A Reflection

May 16, 2010

Bodhichitta: Cultivating an Altruistic Mind

May 9, 2010

Some Thoughts on Thinking

May 2, 2010

A Case of Mistaken Identity

Apr 25, 2010

Don't Postpone Spiritual Life

Apr 18, 2010

A Study of Sleepwalking

Apr 11, 2010

The Message of Easter

Apr 4, 2010

Rama-Lakshamana Dialogue

Mar 22, 2010

The Basics of Meditation

Mar 14, 2010

Story of Nachiketa

Mar 7, 2010

Story of Chaitanya

Mar 1, 2010

Visions of Sri Ramakrishna

Feb 22, 2010

Story of Shiva

Feb 8, 2010

Study as Practice

Jan 31, 2010

Living from Moment to Moment

Jan 24, 2010

Teachings of Swami Brahmananda

Jan 17, 2010

Life's Seven Stages

Dec 13, 2009

Yoga of Seasons

Nov 15, 2009

God & Truth in Sikhism: It's All Ice Cream, Just Different Flavors

Nov 9, 2009

Through the Looking Glass

Nov 1, 2009

Self-effort of Self-surrender?

Oct 25, 2009

How to Measure Spiritual Progress

Oct 22, 2009

Many Facets of the Divine Mother

Oct 18, 2009

The Trinity of Freedom

Oct 11, 2009

Religion, Unlabeled & Eternal

Oct 4, 2009

Worship of Mother Durga

Sep 25, 2009

Worship of the Divine Mother

Sep 24, 2009

Imagination and Meditation

Sep 15, 2009

Three Levels of Being

Sep 14, 2009

Two Faces

Jun 14, 2009

How to Overcome Fear

May 31, 2009

From Disappointment to Spirituality

May 24, 2009

Coping with Pain

May 17, 2009

The Three Jewels of Buddhism

May 10, 2009

Growing Old, Being Young

May 2, 2009

The Greatest Miracle of Ramakrishna

Apr 20, 2009

Dying to Be Alive

Apr 13, 2009

The Story of Rama

Apr 6, 2009

The Last Day

Mar 29, 2009

Dive Deep

Mar 23, 2009

Meaning of the Words of Sri Ramakrishna

Mar 15, 2009

Ecstasy in Body, Heart--and Mind

Mar 8, 2009

Śivo'ham, "I am Śiva"

Feb 23, 2009

Meditation on the Elements

Jan 26, 2009

Vivekananda: The Form and the Voice

Jan 12, 2009

Holy Mother on Forebearance

Dec 14, 2008

Swami Premananda: Embodiment of Love

Dec 7, 2008

Pancikaranam - 12

Dec 5, 2008

Thank You

Dec 1, 2008

Pancikaranam - 11

Nov 28, 2008

Practice of Jnana Yoga

Nov 23, 2008

Pancikaranam - 10

Nov 20, 2008

Practice of Raja Yoga

Nov 16, 2008

Practice of Bhakti Yoga

Nov 10, 2008

Practice of Karma Yoga

Nov 3, 2008

Is Science a Religion?

Oct 27, 2008

God as Mother

Oct 19, 2008

What Vedanta Is Not

Oct 13, 2008

Pancikaranam - 9

Oct 5, 2008

Fear of Death

Sep 29, 2008

The Great Wall-'I'

Sep 21, 2008

Understanding Consciousness

Sep 15, 2008

Pancikaranam - 8

Sep 15, 2008

Pancikaranam - 7

Sep 1, 2008

Pancikaranam - 6

Aug 24, 2008

Pancikaranam - 5

Aug 17, 2008

Pancikaranam - 4

Aug 11, 2008

Pancikaranam - 3

Aug 4, 2008

Pancikaranam - 2

Jul 27, 2008

Arati Song 4- Prakritim Paramam

Jul 5, 2008

Arati Song 3- Sarva mangala

Jul 4, 2008

Arati Song 2- Om hrim rtam

Jul 4, 2008

Arati Song 1- Khandana-bhava-bandhana

Jul 4, 2008

Our Addictive Existence

Jun 22, 2008

Quantum Leap in Consciousness

Jun 16, 2008

The Psuedo Selves

Jun 9, 2008

The Rise and Fall of the Ego

Jun 2, 2008

The Story of Narada

May 26, 2008

The Story of Buddha

May 18, 2008

The Story of Sankara

May 11, 2008

The Parables of Buddha

May 5, 2008

"I" and What It Can Do

Apr 28, 2008

A Verse from the Ramayanana

Apr 13, 2008

Spiritual Transformation

Apr 6, 2008

Doing Dialogue Interreligiously

Mar 30, 2008

Waking Up From Sleep

Mar 23, 2008

Raja Yoga (8): Dhyana and Samadhi

Mar 2, 2008

Fast and Slow

Feb 25, 2008

Raja Yoga (7): Pratyahara and Dharana

Feb 17, 2008

Raja Yoga (6): The Control of Psychic Prana

Feb 15, 2008

Raja Yoga (5): The Psychic Prana

Jan 20, 2008

The 'One'and Nous of Plotinus

Jan 16, 2008

Beginning Anew

Jan 7, 2008

The Way, the Truth and the Life

Dec 23, 2007

Amritabindu Upanishad

Dec 15, 2007

What is Beauty?

Dec 9, 2007

Raja Yoga (3): Prana[continued]

Dec 2, 2007

Raja Yoga (3): Prana

Nov 27, 2007

Vivekananda Today

Nov 19, 2007

Raja Yoga (2): The First Steps

Nov 15, 2007

Amritabindu Upanishad

Nov 9, 2007

Raja Yoga (1): Introduction

Nov 5, 2007

Do we need Religion?

Oct 28, 2007

Swami Akhandananda - Service to Man and God

Oct 11, 2007

Meditation on the Divine Play

Oct 7, 2007

Amritabindu Upanishad 3

Oct 7, 2007

What is Renunciation?

Oct 2, 2007

Amritabindu Upanishad 2

Sep 28, 2007

Amritabindu Upanishad

Sep 25, 2007

Plotinus: The Greek Vedantist Philosopher

Sep 25, 2007

The Light Within

Sep 17, 2007

Second handout for the retreat given by Swami Tyagananda on the 21st of July

Aug 10, 2007

First handout for the retreat given by Swami Tyagananda on the 21st of July

Aug 10, 2007

Worship as a Spiritual Discipline

Aug 10, 2007

Worship as a Spiritual Discipline

Aug 10, 2007

Worship as a Spiritual Discipline

Aug 10, 2007

Worship as a Spiritual Discipline

Aug 10, 2007

Life above the Clouds

Jun 17, 2007

Renunciation and its Practice

Jun 12, 2007

Getting the right insurance

Jun 5, 2007

Knowing the Knower

May 31, 2007

What the Buddha Taught

May 28, 2007

Karma and Freedom

May 22, 2007

Integration of Personality

May 17, 2007

Kathopanishad

Apr 30, 2007

How to Work

Apr 22, 2007

Surrender or Self-Effort?

Apr 16, 2007

Death and Resurrection

Apr 9, 2007

Anger and Forgiveness: A Muslim Perspective

Apr 1, 2007

The Art of Dying

Mar 26, 2007

From Multitasking to Unitasking

Mar 18, 2007

Karma and Non-Attachment

Mar 12, 2007

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Mar 4, 2007

What Ramakrishna Taught

Feb 25, 2007

Karma and Equality

Feb 11, 2007

Kathopanishad

Feb 9, 2007

Hafiz in Communion with God

Feb 9, 2007

The Ideal of Karma Yoga

Jan 28, 2007

Being Religious in a Pluralistic Environment

Jan 21, 2007

Katha Upanishad

Jan 19, 2007

Vivekananda and the Holistic Vision

Jan 14, 2007

What Vivekananda did for us

Jan 8, 2007

First January Celebrations 2007

Jan 4, 2007

Karma Yoga

Jan 3, 2007

Christmas Celebrations at Vedanta Society, Boston

Dec 29, 2006

All About Duty

Dec 19, 2006

Just Being by Swami Tyagananda

Dec 18, 2006

The story of two Mothers

Nov 26, 2006

Marshfield Retreat Lecture by Swami Tyagananda

Sep 11, 2006