Who Am I? by Swami Rama

Atman must be reached, penetrated, and known by experience. An old story of creation narrates that after the heavens, all the stars, the earth, the air, the waters, the sky, and all the creatures on land and in the sea were made, God created humankind. When the first...

A Tranquil, Sattvic Mind is the Highest Mind, by Swami Rama

Up to this point we have considered the kleshas and the vrittis, but we have not mentioned the gunas. Patanjali says it is essential to get freedom from the conflicts within and without that arise from the gunas and the vrittis. Even in your longing for the highest...

The Fourth State, Turiya, by Swami Rama

I pray to the divinity in you. Do you understand why we bring our hands together in the gesture called praying hands? What do you mean by praying hands? Two hands meet, jiva meets Brahman. Your prayer should be so intense that you become One, you are lost in Brahman...