Join Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) in this uplifting June 2024 Satsang to elevate your spirit by growing your knowledge of meditation, yoga, and spiritual awakening.
In his many pilgrimages to India, he had the opportunity of meeting some of India’s greatest spiritual figures, including Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh and Anandamayi Ma. During his first trip to India he was given sannyas by Swami Vidyananda Giri, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, who had himself been given sannyas by the Shankaracharya of Puri, Jagadguru Bharat Krishna Tirtha.
In the United States he also encountered various Christian saints, including Saint John Maximovich of San Francisco and Saint Philaret Voznesensky of New York.
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Use these timestamps below to navigate to topics which he discusses in this month's satsang:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Christ of India recommendation
07:01 Raising the Kundalini
12:01 About the Gnostic Texts
12:42 How to break free of mental and spiritual bondage to those in my life?
15:35 Insights on the death experience and aftermath
17:20 Thoughts about St. Germaine
18:10 About a scandalous yogi in the Nath tradition
20:39 Soham Meditation or Om Meditation?
21:48 About "God helps those that help themselves."
25:55 About certain "tamasic" foods
28:37 Kashmir Saivism and Advaita Vedanta
29:20 "if the world hates you..."
43:23 Carl Jung and mental conditioning (samskaras)
48:34 What is the difference between the subtle and causal worlds?
51:34 About the "Maha Mantra"
58:21 Practices regarding Sri Saraswati
1:02:15 Thoughts on Astrology and Divination
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