Learning to Use the Mantra by Swami Rama

When a mantra is imparted to a student, it is meant to be used in a particular and specific way during the practice of meditation. Mantras are not spoken or muttered on the gross physical level, with the mouth, tongue, and voice box, but instead, are heard first...

Contemplation, Prayer and Repentance by Swami Rama

What is this unit, of family, meant for? Wife should do karma for husband, husband should do karma for wife; they are doing karma themselves, but fruits should be given to each other, and they both should give the fruits to their children. Do this experiment, and...

Divine Love by Swami Rama

Love for God means love for all. Human love is not perfect. But if you do not have a major transfusion of human compassion, you can never have divine love. Only when you learn to truly love will you understand that love is the Lord of life. No matter how much sadhana...

GURU by Swami Rama

Guru lives in the world but does not belong to the world. The guru wants nothing for what he is doing because it is his duty and the purpose of his life. If he guides you, he is not obliging you; he is merely doing his work. He cannot live without doing his duty...