Gayatri Mantra

Swami Swaroopananda, one of the foremost teachers of Chinmaya Mission Today and the Global Head of Chinmaya Mission,  delves into this most powerful and ancient mantra, considered as a universal prayer in India, and one of the seminal utterances of the Vedas, to unearth its infinite depth of meaning alongside its mystical efficacy as a panacea.

Gayatri Mantra – Universal Prayer

Swami Swaroopananda, one of the foremost teachers of Chinmaya Mission Today and the Global Head of Chinmaya Mission,  delves into this most powerful and ancient mantra, considered as a universal prayer in India, and one of the seminal utterances of the Vedas, to unearth its infinite depth of meaning alongside its mystical efficacy as a panacea.

Geeta Marathon

Amidst the glorious setting and background of the Himalayas and Pujya Gurudev’s Samadhi Sthal of Sidhbhari, Pujya Swami Swaroopananda gave us a rare treat of a marathon talk on the entire Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in October 2015.

Testimony of one of the camp attendees in the form of a poem:

Some of us had a rare opportunity to listen to the entire Geeta during the Marathon camps at Sidhbari. Besides learning in depth the complete Geeta at a stretch which sometime may take years or even a lifetime, it also turned out to be a life transforming event and the most memorable moments of our life.

As we traversed through the battlefield of Kurukshetra with him, we gained insight into Arjuna’s dejection and the ‘Krishna cure’ that the Lord kindly prescribes.

It became uncanny that,

the battlefield was within us,

the opposing forces being the noble intentions seemingly few in number,

against the mighty façade of negative and defeating notions in our bosoms,

and there stands every Arjuna,

in no man’s land,

desperately seeking victory and yet

overwhelmed by the sheer scale of fears and doubts within,

kneeling in surrender to The Supreme for guidance,

and is lifted beyond doubt through His grace,

To fight and live gloriously,

To emerge victorious,

In this sea of time and space,

unbuoyed by the ups and downs,

clinging to the very heart of the ocean,

the eye of the storm- The Lord seen without,

To break free into the beyond,

He becomes the Lord within

#TheHolyGeeta

Guru Paduka Stotram

In this series Pujya Swami Swaroopananda reminds us about the greatness of the Guru’s Padukas and how they act as a boat to take us across this endless ocean of worldly existence.

Talk Details On The Guru Paduka

Speaker: Swami Swaroopananda

Duration: 4 hours

Format: Video

Format: HD

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Hanuman Chalisa

With the dust of the Guru’s Lotus feet, I first clean the mirror of my heart… so goes the Chalisa. Of the various characters in Ramayana, Shri Hanumanji has a special individuality of his own. We find him to be a repository of many virtues and an erudite scholar of the Vedas and other shastras. But the greatest of his qualities is his devotion. In the course of these sessions, Pujya Swami Swaroopananda has elaborately given out Shri Hanumanji’s quality of devotion and service to Shri Ramachandraji.

Talk Details:

Speaker: Pujya Swami Swaroopananda

Location: Singapore

Year: 2014

Duration: 8 Hrs

Format: HD

He Did It

Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda has been described as not just a sage of modern times but as a great visionary and a jnani who carved for us the ideal model of karma yoga sweetened with endless bhakti. The 108 names of Pujya Gurudev, also known as the Shri Chinmaya Ashtottara Namavali, are written for us to sing His praises and to offer our endless salutations to Him. In these clips, Pujya Swami Swaroopanandaji has beautifully presented several of the 108 names with genuine clarity and pure affection. For more videos, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinmayaChannel

Health and Happiness

The Vedic literature is full of universal mantras or hymns seeking peace, harmony and well being of everyone in the universe. To be happy and to bring about happiness in the life of everyone is really the joy and purpose of living. Through right intake of food for body, mind and senses how to bring about this happiness in our life is elaborated by Pujya Swami Swaroopananda.

Talk Details:

Speaker: Pujya Swami Swaroopananda

Location: Melbourne

Year: 2015

Duration: 5 Hrs

Format: HD

Ishavasya Upanishad

Ishavasya Upanishad by Swami Swaroopananda

Talk Details – Ishavasya Upanishad by Swami Swaroopananda

Speaker: Pujya Swami Swaroopananda

Location: London

Month/Year: 2013

Duration: 03:55 Hrs.

Format: HD

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Kaivalya Upanishad: One of the striking Upanishads

The poetic diction, systematic development of thought, at once clear, concise and scientific in arrangement of highly philosophical ideas make Kaivalya Upanisad one of the most striking minor Upanisads. The great commentator Narayana calls the Kaivalya Upanisad as the Brahma Satarudriya i.e. the Satarudriya which glorifies the unconditioned Brahman as opposed to the personal God, Lord Siva of the original Satarudriya.

True to the Upanisadika style, where story form is considered as the most apt devise to make the subject easily intelligible to the readers, in this Upanisad Asvalayana, the great teacher of Rig Veda is a disciple and Lord Brahma, the Creator himself is the teacher, which makes this as the most valuable amongst the ‘minor’ Upanisads.

Talk Details on Kaivalya Upanishad:

Speaker: Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

Location: Sandeepany Himalayas, Sidhbhari

Duration: 10 Hrs

Format:SD

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Life Management Techniques

On the surface, an enchanted life would seem the ideal existence – a life free from worries, wants, insecurities, in capacities and so forth. Indeed, that is the sum total of all product advertisements, recreational pursuits, even business goals and social norms, put together. And yet nothing could be more elusive.

The fundamental truth of life – and all of us are aware of it, though we conveniently keep forgetting it – is that for as long as we’re breathing, there can be no escaping all the negative, nay, challenging situations that owe to our destiny. But how we respond to them is the key that sets apart success from stagnation, joy from dejection, fulfillment from frustration.

Artful management of life’s vicissitudes is therefore the antidote to wishful thinking, and such treatment requires first and foremost a willful change of mindset: a shift in focus from results to process, from destination to journey…because, quite simply, the ‘stuff’ of life is always in the here and now. In this series, Swami Swaroopananda, shares many insightful tips and techniques to enable exactly such a transition.

Meditation – Gems from the Upanishad

To the ‘genuine’ meditator, the Uanishads are a mine of inspiration, for in them occur esoteric truths, veritable jewels of the spiritual realm that shine a special light on his quest for fulfilment.

Swami Swaroopananda extracts these precious nuggets and sculpts them with the blade of logic to showcase their brilliance for the young, contemporary seeker. The result is a refreshing new perspective on India’s ancient wisdom, resplendent with the colours and organic character of a dynamic, deeply felt and deliberately examined life.

Talk Details On Meditation – Gems from the Upanishad

Speaker: Swami Swaroopananda

Duration: 8 Hrs

Format: SD

Year: 2007

Location: Singapore

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