⏱️ 36 min | Discover the backstory and characters of the Bhagavad Gita, profound descriptions of yoga and the conditions necessary to get unstuck from suffering. Provides an overview of the entire chapter and its applicability to our lives.

⏱️ 39 min | Deeply explore: what it means to be eternal, deathless and present throughout past, present and future; to be a disciple; to transcend apparent pleasure and pain; to be fit for immortality, to be grounded in nondual awareness.

⏱️ 20 min | What does the Gita say about karma yoga? Swamiji tours us through verses 47–50, which contain the essence, covering: the attitudes of karma yoga, the concept of doership, and the secret to boundless tranquility.

⏱️ 25 min | Swamiji illuminates each of the qualities of a perfected human, covered in verses 54–73. Listening, one intuitively grasps what it’s like to be fully peaceful, beyond sorrow, identifying with limitlessness and bliss.

⏱️ 52 min | This absorbing session answers revealing questions about the talks on Chapter 2. Topics include decision making, karma, meditation obstacles, the role of Amma’s grace in our lives, and communicating the Gita to children.

⏱️ 30 min | Swamiji parts the curtain on Chapter 3, touching on each of the 9 sections just enough to get you hungry for the depth provided in the other satsangs, connecting the essence of karma yoga to ultimate knowledge.

⏱️ 50 min | Calling Karma yoga the Alpha and Omega of spiritual progress, Swamiji deftly shows how a Mahatma’s actions are to express bliss. As we practice karma yoga and purify our minds, we discover our nature as bliss & freedom.

⏱️ 17 min | This talk explores the delusion of being identified with the body and mind and contrasts with the profound compassion of the perfected karma yogi. It clearly shows how delusion can be replaced by joy and eternal bliss.

⏱️ 33 min | What does it mean to perform all actions as worship and connection with the Supreme? Letting go of action at the level of result, motivation and even action itself, we experience deeper and deeper freedom and joy.

⏱️ 32 min | Explaining how the attitude behind our actions is key, Swamiji gives practical examples of karma yoga from the personal to the global level. He discusses 3 levels of karma yoga and correct attitudes toward results.

⏱️ 16 min | Swamini reminises about some of her earliest memories of Amma from 1987 when Amma would dance during the tours. She describes how dancing can be a spiritual practice and a way to bliss when done with complete awareness.

⏱️ 2 min read | Circle dance is common to many cultures for special occasions, rituals and encouraging togetherness. They are a joyful way to strengthen community and express identity. Here we learn about dance as a pathway to joy.

⏱️ 56 min | Just as a shoe shop needs many sizes and styles, Amma says people need many forms of the divine to worship. Today, we learn about one, Lord Ganesha. Each part of his sacred form part has enormous significance and meaning.
applicability to our lives.

⏱️ 19 min | Engaging stories and insights show the profound meaning of each part of Ganesha. For example, he rides a mouse, showing his control over the busy mind, and the mouse can handle his weight because his ego is weightless.

⏱️ 9 min | In this inspiring talk, Bri. Lakshmiprabha explains why forms of the divine help us. She provides the specific meanings of many details of Lord Ganesha’s form. His shape suggests the primordial sound of Om, and every tiny detail of his body has deep meaning.

⏱️ 65 min | Enjoy a fascinating account of Krishna’s life and meaning, interwoven with stories of traveling with Amma. Explore insights about well-known events in Krishna’s life, and how they relate to our own lives now.

⏱️ 4 min | Listen to some enchanting stories, like when Krishna held Govardana mountain aloft for seven straight days to protect the devotees from a deluge sent by Indra, or when Krishna unpoisoned a lake inhabited by a demon snake.

⏱️ 14 min | This illuminating talk on Krishna explores a famous bhajan which invokes the sound of his footsteps on a silvery moonlit night and the rapturous melting of the mind. Learn how Krishna’s flute represents us as instruments of God.

⏱️ 68 min | Explore beautiful accounts of this mysterious deity with no birth story. This lesson touches on concepts like the illusory nature of the world, how the moon took refuge in his hair, and his drum as the primordial sound of creation.

⏱️ 11 min | Discover Amma’s relationship with Shiva through a dramatic story. Swamini touches on the Vedas, Guru Gita, the Sri Lalitha Sahasranama and the famous Mrtjunjaya mantra to bring light to the profound relationship of Shiva and pure consciousness.

⏱️ 76 min | Don’t miss this journey through the Vedic texts on Devi, and Amritapushpa’s inspiring commentary on the 10 major forms of Devi, including: Parvati, Durga, Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Hearing their attributes awakens those qualities in our being.

⏱️ 8 min | Her eight arms protecting her devotees from all eight directions, Durga was born from the shakti (female power) of all the male gods to vanquish a cosmic crisis. During battle, Durga gives birth to further goddesses, such as Kali

⏱️ 3 min | This talk features Amma herself describing Durga. It also explores Durga’s Vedic emergence in the Upanishads and other texts, describing her age-long battles and heroic feats against the negativity personified by many demons.

⏱️ 75 min | This lovely talk is from a Malayalam language course using bhajans to teach. Translating the words, we learn how to connect with the Durga divinity within to overcome obstacles and reclaim the bliss that lies inside.

⏱️ 15 min | Enjoy an enchanting talk filled with personal examples and Amma stories. Hear how Bri. Vagishamrita Chaitanya learned to call upon and connect with Durga to overcome relatable negativities through the “3 Ds”—discernment, devotion and discipline.

⏱️ 9 min | Get to know Kali—famous for drinking up a demon’s blood before a drop hitting the ground would clone into 10 more demon. Learn how this represents how Kali stops our negativities from growing, before they start.

⏱️ 53 min | Don’t miss this riveting description of Kali, the mysterious goddess of time and transformation. Connect with this goddess through stories. Her fierce form conquers demons, but is benevolent to devotees with childlike innocence.

⏱️ 4 min | Amma discusses Kali. Then, witness ceremonies conducted in Amritapuri ashram to worship Kali, and experience how these words and images call forth a deep intuitive feeling of Kali’s True Reality which exists beyond creation.

⏱️ 14 min | Imagine being so close to Kali that you were the one who changed her shining ornaments daily—for 23 years! As the main pujarini of the Kali Temple, Bri. Guruniveditamrita Chaitanya has done just this. This enchanting story weaves personal experiences with Kali and Amma into a deep philosophic structure.

⏱️ 9 min | Meet Lakshmi through the ages, from Vedic roots to today’s festivals. Absorb how Lakshmi can take us beyond wealth and prosperity, teaching us our life’s purpose and ultimately taking us to moksha, or liberation.

⏱️ 60 min | Associated with the word Sri, Lakshmi depicts royalty, authority, beauty, victory. In this exploration, learn about the eight forms of Lakshmi who dwell in qualities such as truth, giving, austerity, strength and virtue.

⏱️ 11 min | Vijaya Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and victory. But what is real wealth? Hear a sweet personal story of learning the answer, and how it relates to Amma’s guidance so that we all can achieve victory in our endeavors.

⏱️ 8 min | With deep clarity and devotion, this talk offers an overview of Saraswati from ancient times to the present. First revered as a sacred river, always calm and peaceful, learn how she became the embodiment of speech and learning.

⏱️ 50 min | Very sweet and wearing pure white, depicting sattvic qualities, Saraswati is associated with speech, music and knowledge. In this talk, explore how worshipping Saraswati can inspire and guide us in all kinds of learning.

⏱️ 9 min | This loving satsang shares the qualities of Saraswati through various prayers and texts. Filled with devotion, enjoy a translation and clear explanation of the Saraswati Dhyana Sloka and Amma’s lesson in a Saraswati bhajan.

⏱️ 58 min | Discover a remastered treasure of inspiration and knowledge with stories, anecdotes, and scriptural references. This talk includes many of Swami's own personal spiritual experiences with Amma and other saints, filled with genuine insight and humor.

⏱️ 12 min | In this profoundly moving talk, Swamini talks about the power and beauty of intense calls to God. Using personal reflections she shows how sincere prayer and a desperate call can bring Amma's presence into our lives.