If the World is an Illusion, What Am I Doing Here?

We live in challenging times and don’t need more confusion in our lives by misunderstanding spiritual precepts and teachings. While it is true that in the time of Sri Patanjali (whose systematization of Yoga provides Yoga with its classical text, The Yoga Sutras...

If You are a Yogi, Should You Vote?

With the upcoming elections, we wanted to share Swami Satchidananda’s views on Yoga and political involvement. Even from the earliest days of his arrival in America, he encouraged his students to be responsible citizens and to vote. For example, one new student...