Episodes

Monday Apr 27, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: G.I. Gurdjieff - 25 April 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swami Shankarananda discussed the teachings of the Armenian mystic and spiritual teacher, G.I. Gurdjieff. In this talk, Swamiji emphasised Gurdjieff's teachings on expressing negative emotions and explored his concept of man as a machine.
This talk was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 25th of April, 2020.
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 18 April 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
In this week's podcast, Swami Shankarananda shared the teachings of his Guru, Baba Muktananda. In this talk, Swamiji shared Baba‘s teachings from his world tour on connecting with spirituality from anywhere in the world, overcoming doubt, and the meaning of spiritual progress and Self-realisation.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 18th of April, 2020.
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 11 April 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swami Shankarananda further shared the teachings of his Guru, Baba Muktananda. In this talk, Swamiji explored Baba's teachings on the power of the mind, the concept of maya, overcoming bad tendencies and the importance of having faith in the practice your are doing.
This talk was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 11th of April, 2020.
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Monday Apr 06, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 4 April 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swami Shankarananda shared the teaching's of his Guru, Baba Muktananda. In this talk, Swamiji explored Baba's wisdom on the concept of oneness, balancing the three gunas through practice and the Guru-disciple relationship. This talk also includes ten minutes of healing mantras chanted during satsang.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram on the 4th of April, 2020.
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Monday Mar 30, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 28 March 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swami Shankarananda celebrated the festival of Navaratri by talking about worshipping the Goddess in the form of kundalini. Swamiji also shared the teachings of his Guru, Baba Muktananda on fear and desire, finding the divine in everything, and making friends with your mind.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram on the 28th of March, 2020.
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Monday Mar 23, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 21 March 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swamiji gave a talk on the teachings of his Guru, Baba Muktananda. In this talk, Swamiji talked about the current world issues and yoga. He shared from a talk Baba gave as part of the Prison Project - sharing his teachings on creating your own atmosphere, working on negative tendencies, maintaining your spiritual practice in any environment and facing difficulties with positivity.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram on the 21st of March, 2020.
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Monday Mar 16, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Swamiji's Birthday - 14 March 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
In this week's satsang, we celebrated Swami Shankarananda's birthday! In his talk, Swamiji shared from a talk Baba gave in 1979. It highlighted his teachings on welcoming people with love, connecting with the Self, renouncing negative thinking, worshipping what you know and attaining happiness through remembering the truth.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram on the 14th of March, 2020.
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: The Upanishads - 7 March 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
In this weeks satsang, Swami Shankarananda shared from the teachings of The Upanishads, a collection of ancient sacred texts. In this talk, Swamiji explored teachings on the levels of knowledge, oneness, and several other classic aphorisms. Swamiji also read the story of Narada and Sanat Kumar from The Chandogya Upanishad.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 7th of March, 2020.
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Monday Mar 02, 2020
Satsang with Swami Shankarananda: Baba Muktananda - 29 February 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
In this week's satsang, Swami Shankarananda explored the teachings of his beloved Guru, Baba Muktananda. Through a series of question and answer sessions held during Swamiji's time in Baba's Ganeshpuri ashram, Swamiji explored Baba's teachings on visiting and spending time in holy places, the true meaning of a saint, rituals, the length of sadhana or spiritual journey, surrender and mantra practice.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 29th of February, 2020.
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Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
In this week's special satsang, Swami Shankarananda celebrated the festival of Shivratri and the release of his greatly anticipated new book; 'Ganespuri Days: Memoirs of a Western Yogi'. To celebrate, Swamiji read from a talk his Guru, Baba Muktananda gave on Shivratri in the 70's as well as a speacial reading of a few chapters of his memoirs.
This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram in Mount Eliza on the 22nd of February, 2020.
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