Swami Viditatmananda
Articles
Sevā Bhāva – An Attitude of Service
Pūjya Śrī Swami Dayananda Saraswati established AIM for Seva in 2000. The idea for starting this movement came from a conversation with an elderly woman in Anaikkati, a village in southern India. She appealed to Swamiji to help educate rural children as they did...
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Saptaślokī Durgā
Seven Verses in Praise of DurgāSwami Viditatmananda SaraswatiSaptaślokī Durgā is a hymn of seven verses selected from the sacred text known as Durgā-saptaśatī or...
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Śāntipāṭha, prayer of the Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa
There is a śāntipātha, or prayer, specific to each of the Vedas, chanted before the study of an Upaniṣad of that particular Veda. The...
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Advaita Makaranda — Swami Viditatmananda
The author of Advaita Makaranda, Lakshmidhara lived centuries ago. He had also written Amåta Taraìgiëi, a ...
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Freedom from Boredom
Satsang with Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Jayshree Ramakrishnan and KK Davey.
QuestionWe often get bored in college. How do we overcome boredom?
AnswerThe only...
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Freedom from Boredom
Satsang with Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Jayshree Ramakrishnan and KK Davey.
QuestionWe often get bored in college. How do we overcome boredom?
AnswerThe only...
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minutes
Gayatrī-mantra
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed by Malini, KK Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
QuestionPlease explain the meaning of the Gayatrī-mantra.
AnswerThe Gayatrī-mantra is a very sacred...
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minutes
The Importance of a Guru
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Chaya Raj, KK Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
QuestionWhat is the first thing that needs to be...
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR-FOLD QUALIFICATIONS
Satsanga with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiBased on Vedāntasāra lectures. Transcribed and edited by Malini, KK Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
sādhanāni - nityānityavastuvivekehāmutrārthaphalabhogavirāga-śamādiṣaṭkasampattimumukṣutvāni.
The means to the...
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How to listen to Vedānta
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Chaya Raj, KK Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
QuestionWhat are the tricks and techniques of listening to...
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Gurupūrṇimā
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati2000 Gurupūrṇimā Talk transcribed by Deepa Shankar. Edited by Krishnakumar (KK) S. Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
Vande guruparamparām, I offer...
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Avasthātrayam
Satsang with Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati
Question:Can you please elaborate on avasthātrayam?Answer:Jāgrath (waking), svapna (dream) and suṣupti (sleep) are the three states of experience, known as...
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DAMA, THE RESTRAINT OF THE SENSE ORGANS
Satsanga with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiBased on Vedāntasāra lectures. Transcribed and edited by Malini, KrishnaKumar (KK) S. Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
Dama is the restraining...
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Establishing a Relationship with the Teacher
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati
tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśhnena sevayā |upadekṣhyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśhinaḥ || 4-34 ||
praṇipātena – by prostrating; paripraśnena – by...
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More on Happiness and Liberation
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiSatsang transcribed by Chaya Rajaram and Jaya Kannan. Edited by Jayshree Ramakrishnan and Krishnakumar (KK) S. Davey.
QuestionWhat is the...
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Happiness
Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiMan is in search of happiness. He feels inadequate, incomplete, not satisfied with
himself as he is, and hence needs something or someone...
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Vedantic Definitions: Hiraṇyagarbha and Mithyā
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Malini, Subbalakshmi Chandrasekaran, KK Davey, Chaya Raj, and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
QuestionPlease explain the word ‘Hiraṇyagarbha’.
Answer‘Garbha’ means...
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Advaita
Satsang with Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati
What is advaita?
Advaita says that the seeker is the sought. It says that the mokṣa or liberation that I am...
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Asti Bhāti Priyam
Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiExcerpts from the book, Satsanga with Swami Viditatmananda, Volume 1.
In the prakaraṇa text Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka, a verse occurs, teaching viveka or discrimination between...
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Internal Happiness
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Chaya Raj and KK Davey.
QuestionHow do we acquire internal happiness?
AnswerHappiness is a subjective phenomenon, and...
3
minutes
Divine Guidance
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Malini and KK Davey.
QuestionCan we communicate with our ātman and get divine guidance?
Answer This question presupposes...
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Guruvandanam
Satsang with Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by KK Davey and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
śrutismṛtipurāṇānām ālayaṃ karuṇālayamnamāmi bhagavatpādaśaṅkaraṃ lokaśankaram
I salute Śrī Śaṅkarabhagavatpāda, the abode of the...
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Purpose of Creation
Satsanga with Sri Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati2005 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Family Camp satsanga. Transcribed and edited by Jaya Kannan, Chaya Rajaram and Jayshree Ramakrishnan.
Question:What is...
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Graceful Acceptance
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed and edited by Chaya Rajaram, Jayshree Ramakrishnan, and KK Davey.
QuestionSwamiji, graceful acceptance of the results of our actions...
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minutes
Dreams
Satsang with Sri Swami Viditatmananda SaraswatiTranscribed by Jaya Kannan. Edited by Jayshree Ramakrishnan and Krishnakumar (KK) S. Davey.
QuestionWhy do we get odd dreams sometimes?
AnswerA...
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