New Year Message – Swami Chidananda

Jan. 1 | Worshipful homage to the Absolute Being, the eternal and infinite Reality that is here and now. Precisely because of Its infinitude—encompassing all things, pervading and present everywhere—and because of Its eternal nature— existing at all times—It...

SKANDA SHASTI

Nov. 2 | By H. H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj PROSTRATIONS and humble salutations to Lord Subramanya, the Supreme Being, who is the ruler of this universe, who is the indweller of our hearts, who is the second son of Lord Siva, who is the beloved of Valli and...

Durga Puja or Navaratri

Sep. 27 | SALUTATIONS to the Divine Mother, Durga, who exists in all beings in the form of intelligence, mercy, beauty, who is the consort of Lord Shiva, who creates, sustains and destroys the universe. This festival is observed twice a year, once in the month...

NAMA – RAMAYANAM

Apr. 9 | Baalakaandah Shuddhabrahmaparaatpara Ram Kaalaatmakaparameshvara Ram Sheshhatalpasukhanidrita Ram Brahmaadyamarapraarthita Ram Chandakiranakulamandana Ram Shriimaddasharathanandana Ram Kausalyaasukhavardhana Ram Vishvaamitrapriyadhana Ram Ghorataatakaaghaataka...

Important Guidelines for Remittance

Mar. 10 | Kindly send all remittances by Indian Postal Order (IPO), Bank Drafts or Cheques in favour of “The Divine Life Society,” Shivanandanagar, Uttaralkhand. The Bank Drafts/Bankers’ cheques, shall be payable at the following Scheduled Banks...

The Four Asramas

Mar. 5 | There are four Asramas or stages in life, viz., Brahmacharya or the period of studentship, Grihastha or the stage of the householder, Vanaprastha or the stage of the forest-dweller or hermit, and Sannyasa or the life of renunciation or asceticism. Each...

Sadhana and The Divine Life Society

Feb. 28 | Radiant Immortal Atman! Beloved and blessed children of the Divine, Jijnasus and mumukshus! A jijnasu is one who is in quest of knowledge, jnana. A mumukshu is one who is desirous of liberation or moksha. It is with a quest, a desire for knowledge, a...

Lord Sri Maha Ganapati

Feb. 28 | Human life is beset with obstacles. We face oppositions and encounter difficulties in galore, and the whole of our daily activity may, in a sense, be considered as a struggle against all odds which come in different forms as the sorrows of life. The...

Gurudev—An Exemplar of Renunciation

Feb. 27 | Loving adorations to revered and beloved Holy Master Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj who was a sage established in the great Reality—a state which did not come easily to him. It came by dint of great effort, great austerity, great penance, great...

Swami Sivananda – Personified Synthesis of Dynamism and Renunciation

Feb. 27 | The lives of great men are like so many lights removing the darkness that besets the highway of human progress. Their lofty actions are sources of perennial inspiration, not only to the people of their own immediate times, but for human beings in times...