That is perhaps because he saw some possibility in him. After all there is a difference between someone living near a spiritual Master with easy
India is the hub of spiritual seeking in many different ways. Vedanta, Tantra, Yoga are the three main streams out of which and towards which
Spiritual evolution has been going on since some time now. Its eventual purpose is to evolve humanity beyond the vital-mental man he now is to
Yes it is a beautiful bhajan and was sung in a soulful way in the Camp. Here is the deeper mystic sense of this poem
The Guru has to be seen as the Divine Himself. Instead of focusing too much on the outer physical aspect one should see the Divine
There is nothing wrong in telling about your previous Guru if you felt he would be the right person to guide and help. In general
I am not sure why would someone advice anyone whether to repeat a particular mantra or not to repeat it. It is a very personal
Yes, all these things have been added much later and have no authority in the main Scriptures. It is a story added in some of
I often encourage her to keep her worship simple and inwardly focused, but much of it seems mechanical and mixed with a fear that the
It is not always the case. These deceptive forces start playing when sadhana is undertaken under some spiritual ambition or lure of power or the
The true basis of relationship between the Guru and the disciplle is the seeking for Truth or Wisdom and Light. This seeking formulates itself in
As far as the Mother’s guidance is concerned about the gods and the temples is concerned She adviced ‘a luminous indifference’. The gods are there
Perhaps what your soul is seeking, has always sought, is Sri Krishna, the Lord of bhakti and love. It is quite natural …
Here is what Sri Aurobindo writes in the Synthesis of Yoga.
‘All Yoga is in its nature a new birth; it is a birth out
The actual story is very simple. As Sri Krishna explains in the Gita one has to be faithful to the Truth or to the Guru
The comparison is incorrect because in all these places that you mention there have also been disciples, even prominent ones such as TV Kapalishastri from