This session begins with a guided meditation on sacrifice (or surrender) to the greater Reality underlying everyone and everything, emphasising Advaita (non-duality). Swamiji talks about the...

Continuing with the theme of the Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji sympathises with Arjuna's initial doubt and confusion, reflects on the nature of Krishna, and points always towards Consciousness as the...

By Swami Nishchalananda, 

A fascinating Zoomsang session on the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, in which Swamiji expounds on the philosophy therein, in an insightful and accessible way.

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By Swami Nishchalananda

An evening of chanting, satsang and guided meditation with Swamiji at Mandala Ashram.

Behind the changing mind, the changing emotions, the changing feelings of everyday...

by Swami Nishchalananda

'When we find the basis of our own individual existence we realise that the same basis in underlying everything'

Swamiji starts the session with a simple / profound...

Every few weeks Swamiji offers this opportunity to listen, both to the words of the satsang, also to the unspoken wisdom behind those words. An opportunity for insight, which arises beyond thought....

The Online session was only 40 minutes instead of the usual hour, because of 'technical problems'. 

The theme continues to be Gaia, and the mess we are making of our planet as a species,as the...

By Swami Krishnapremananda

This short article draws from three pillars of Yoga that are directly pertinent to the present uncertain and changing times.

Firstly, yoga practice holds the promise of...

The theme is a pressing one.... respect for planet Earth. Personify as the 'Goddess' Gaia if you will.

We know well how the planet's ecosystems struggle under the burden we inflict on them by being...

Swamiji starts the Satsang talking of the limitation of Intellectual understanding on the path of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita. But.... at the same time, he emphasises, 'Don't give up the project of...

An Easter based meditation, looking at the Christian tradition in terms of the journey to realisation of our essential nature.

Questions and answers include a review of the difficulties in...

02/04/22

We start the session with an advaitic exploration, in the form of a guided meditation, regarding compassion in a World seemingly lacking in such a thing. This leads on to the proposition...

by Swami Nishchalananda

Where do we find the Timeless?

Our mind is in Time.

The whole Universe in in Time.

Time is a projection out of the Timeless.

Swami Nishchalananda's Archives series.

A talk given to visiting Foreign Students at the South Asian Centre, Bangalore, 8th December 2001. The quality of the recording is quite poor in places,...

Swami Nishchalanda 

'In the world that we are living in, we have to act with Heart, as much as we are able…. we can't continue living on planet Earth unless we start to function knowing...

Swami Nishchalananda -

A continuation of the exploration of Kena Upanishad.

'We deify the mind, but it can't understand what is behind the mind... it's like asking a character in a film to try...

 By Swami Nishchalananda 

Kena Upanishad.

Looking at the fundamental questions in verse one, these questions can clearly only be addressed in a meditative state.... who or what knows...

By Swami Nishchalananda

Before the guided meditation, Swamiji suggests that we find a resolution, something that goes deep.

The guided meditation encourages us to acknowledge that we are conscious,...

By Swami Nishchalananda

This pre-Christmas satsang talks of the ongoing issues around the way the Covid 'pandemic' is affecting everyone's life, and has a guided meditation which explores the theme...

By Swami Nishchalananda

Swamiji emphasises the importance of regular practice, ideally every day and probably in the morning before you start your working day. He follows this with a guided...

By Swami Nishchalananda

Who, or What, are we?

These satsangs are an opportunity to explore the most essential questions.

Swamiji starts with the meditation, then answers questions. The first is...

With Swami Nishchalananda

 "Yoga is the investigation into, and identification with, Being"

Swamiji starts with a meditation on the 'kleshas' from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras; those things which...

By Swami Nishchalananda

The session starts with a guided meditation on the subject of which is dharana no. 76 from the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra. Swamiji paraphrases the practice as, 'Thoughts do not...

By Swami Nishchalananda

This satsang was part of the Mandala Ashram course 'Facing Death, Embracing Life'. Swamiji explores the issues around death in relation to meditation, and also some classic...