By Reverend Sam Rudra Swartz “Yit'gadal v'yit'kadash sh'mei raba . . .” As I realized that these words of the Mourner’s Kaddish were coming out of my mouth, my head dropped, my eyes closed and I heard wails of grief come from both me and my family. I could no longer...
Sample from Boundless Giving - special double edition of Integral Yoga Magazine By Rev. Prem Anjali, Ph.D., Editor, Integral Yoga® Magazine Yoga is now a household word. Sri Gurudev's mastery of the means to communicate what had been exotic and esoteric Yoga...
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Gospel of Inclusion An Interview with Bishop Carlton Pearson Bishop Carlton Pearson was a Pentecostal evangelist and former host on the “Praise the Lord” (PTL) television program, when he had an awakening...
Sample from the Summer 2006 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine LOTUS: A Universal Meditation Shrine An Interview With Sri Gurudev by Seshagiri Rao, Ph.D. In March of 1988, Dr. Seshagiri Rao interviewed Sri Gurudev for a journal article about the development of his...
Yoga is not another religion or new philosophy to be added to the many that are there already. Instead, the teaching of Yoga is the essence of them all. What Moses gave us as the Ten Commandments, what the Buddhists call the Dasa Sila or Ten Virtuous Practices, and...
Behind the names and forms, there is the universal life or immanent God. Try to feel the reality underneath the forms. Scorn not the tiny creatures or the undeveloped beings. The same life that throbs or pulsates in you is throbbing in all creatures. Realize your...
Swami Vivekananda gave at talk at the World Parliament of Religion's opening session on September 11, 1893. His participation at the Parliament was considered an historic occasion in the history of Yoga in America. In this famous speech, Swami Vivekananda spoke of his...
Padma Wick, one of Swami Satchidananda most senior students, reveals the innermost yearnings that took her deep into Zen Buddhism as part of her Integral Yoga path. In this article, she shares her journey through personal stories, conversations with Sri Gurudev, Swami...
In essence we are one. We are all related to each other. All we have to do is to understand that and to experience it. We are related in spirit. If we see the spirit in ourselves, we will realize we are all one. Your true nature is that of a spiritual and divine...