Significance of Om, unrivalled — unsurpassed!
Who can comprehend Thee, Oh Arunachala?”
Five Hymns to Arunachala

Sometime in early 2009, Alan Jacobs posted his first note to the Harshasatsangh group authored by Swami Sadasivananda.  In it Alan mentioned that Swamiji was available privately to answer any questions people might have, which I thought was quite generous of him, as time is such a limited commodity for most people, even those who [...]

As posted by Swami Sadasivananda on his blog   http://www.ramanateaching.org/ There is one mystical understanding of life that runs through the very core of all major religions. This is the belief, and to many the cherished experience, that our sojourn on earth is not true life. These most ancient scriptures and Masters teach that everything appearing [...]

How did eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil change Adam and Eve? According to the literal text of the scriptures, the sole cause for the dismissal of Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden was eating from the forbidden tree, against God’s warning. A warning stating that if you [...]

The Principles of Leadership in Yoga There are hundreds of wonderful and ancient texts written by great yogis and sages that have come down to us. These include the Upanishads,  Bhagavad-Gita, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and so many more. If we meditate deeply on the psychology of human truths found in these, the principles of living [...]