Join Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) in this March 2025 Satsang to elevate your spirit by growing your knowledge of meditation, yoga, and spiritual awakening. Listen to his new Talks on the Bhagavad Gita here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzUa3GQViSbVFbfQW_yugfTi5u9x8W7bb

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
00:41 What is satsang?
01:59 Good spiritual books to read
03:21 About Mabel Collins
10:17 What is the soul, and where is it located?
16:31 Questions about the caste system
23:46 Reflections on Gandhi
29:08 Do all religions and wisdom traditions lead to the same goal?
33:48 Do we need a master to give the soham mantra?
39:35 Do you pray or only do Soham sadhana?
41:00 How does one navigate the intersection of this world and the next?
42:15 A technical question about Soham sadhana
43:25 A question about the teachings of Emmanuel Swedenborg
45:04 A question about Swami Muktananda on Soham
46:16 Were Buddha’s original teachings atheistic?
50:00 Vivekananda story and yogi’s having integrity
55:43 Swami Sivananda’s marriage before he took sannyasa
56:28 How to dispose of old rudradksha and tulsi malas
58:26 Balancing spiritual duties and social interaction
1:00:39 Appraising Yogananda’s wisdom and the meditation methods ascribed to him

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