⏱️ 47 min | This incredible series of talks contains all the guidance we need for living. Amma often uses Bhisma as an example of forbearance, firmness, devotion and wisdom. Swamiji tells many inspiring stories of each quality.

⏱️ 38 min | Bhisma takes a firm vow of celibacy and renounces his right to the throne so that his father can marry the woman he loves. This talk expands on the firmness required, divine benefits and how our resoluteness can be tested.

⏱️ 41 min | Many devotees of all forms of God wonder why God does not remove intense suffering and even seems to ignore our prayers and good actions. Swamiji tells story after story to address such doubts and the huge rewards of surrender.

⏱️ 41 min | This talk expands on Bhisma’s surrender while pierced by painful arrows. Krishna tells Bhisma to give all his knowledge to the new king. Bhisma feels he cannot speak a word with his pain, but lets go and surrenders, and then gains divine vision and speaks for 56 days.

⏱️ 10 min read | This reading excerpts a series of questions and answers posed to Amma on returning to ancient environmental wisdom. For example, Amma speaks on the importance of revering the five mothers of Sanatana Dharma: the cow, earth, Vedas, motherland and one’s biological mother.

⏱️ 7 min | Rangoli, an ancient devotional art, uses colored powders, flower petals and other materials to create forms like deities and natural scenes. Rangoli and all devotional art offers us prolonged concentration on God.

⏱️ 32 min | This precious talk tells an amazing story of a male neighbor adopting the children of a woman who’d passed away. The children wished to see Amma. Though not a devotee, he drove them six hours to an Amma program in France, demonstrating motherhood as beyond gender.

⏱️ 15 min | One of the five Mothers in Santatana Dharma is the cow, associated with Lord Krishna. Cow milk is the first replacement for mother’s milk. Even cow urine and dung have been important for farming, even used in the production of traditional Ayurvedic medicines.

⏱️ 7 min | Don’t miss this! Enjoy beautiful examples of the rangoli process and finished projects, with a deep plunge into the devotional mood of this ancient art. Colorful tapestries of mandalas and deities emerge like magic.

⏱️ 20 min | Join the fun as GreenFriends Australia forms a community garden, harvest the veggies, cook and serve homegrown meals to those in need in Mother's Kitchen. This full-circle, socially distant initiative made seva possible during the pandemic.

⏱️ 25 min | In this mind-blowing video of Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Swamiji tells of Amma’s vision and foresight and how the entire hospital was built as a manifestation of Amma’s love for her children and compassion in action.

⏱️ 97 min | During the pandemic, devotees demonstrated their ongoing love and commitment to seva for those in need and Mother Nature. Learn how to support sustainable, fair-trade clothing, turn food waste into abundance, and discover conscious Christmas shopping to make a big difference.

⏱️ 7 min | Devotees across Europe showed their determination to stay focused on Amma and support her mission of love and service through pledged walking as a fundraiser. Learn how they stayed strong, inspired and enthusiastic in a time of global crisis.

⏱️ 76 min | What happens to us when we die? How can we die consciously with love for divinity? Enjoy a lively and fascinating discussion with Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Bri. Amrita Chaitanya, Dr. James Doty (a prominent Stanford neurologist) and Sarayu (a hospice care Amritapuri renunciate).

⏱️ 24 min | Swamiji explains why we run after Amma, a physical manifestation of the absolute bliss at our core. How do we find Amma inside when we can’t be with her physically? Manifesting her love, we transcend likes and dislikes.

⏱️ 37 min | Enjoy many insights about gratitude, including a rare story of Amma taking a crowded commuter train in Japan. Imagine, Amma standing with everyone! Amma expressed her gratitude that the train arrived on time, allowing her to get to the program on time.

⏱️ 64 min | How can creation be a living form of God while also beyond all form? The Divine Mother is the living reality of this mystery. She manifests this truth as the absolute knowledge we touch when we undergo studies.

⏱️ 32 min | This precious talk tells an amazing story of a male neighbor adopting the children of a woman who’d passed away. The children wished to see Amma. Though not a devotee, he drove them six hours to an Amma program in France, demonstrating motherhood as beyond gender.

⏱️ 59 min | We are all seeking happiness and everlasting love. Amrita Yoga is a spiritual practice designed to purify the body and relax the mind allowing us to go more deeply inward to experience true happiness and peace of mind.

⏱️ 69 min | To march forward in life, we need courage and determination. In his unique and enthusiastic way, Swamiji explains how we can overcome challenges and negativities by managing our emotions and taking refuge in the Guru.

⏱️ 27 min | Traditionally, it is considered best to practice singing bhajans at dusk. If sung with single-minded concentration, bhajans can purify the inner and outer atmosphere and deeply accelerate our spiritual progress.

⏱️ 17 min | Vaju is a beloved chef and teacher of cooking and spirituality. Hear how she expresses and nurtures love by cooking. Learn of the power of cooking as a spiritual and medicinal practice nurtured through the ages.

⏱️ 27 min | Wow! Learn the effects of chanting on body, soul and mind! The bhojan mantra chanted before meals at Amma’s ashrams and events has exceptional meaning and significance. This talk also includes pronunciation and context from the Bhagavad Gita.

⏱️ 8 min | Join Sadanand as he shares practical tools for boosting our sadhana including mantra japa and nature. Regardless of our external environment, these tools can serve as inspiration and uplift our daily practice.

⏱️ 7 min | Powerful teaching about the difference that comes when we create ripples of peace and harmony in nature through spiritual practice and the purity of our mind, rather than disharmoniously bumbling through our life.

⏱️ 64 min | How can creation be a living form of God while also beyond all form? The Divine Mother is the living reality of this mystery. She manifests this truth as the absolute knowledge we touch when we undergo studies.

⏱️88 min | Mixing soul stirring bhajans with words on devotion and music, we dive into the heart of devotion. This deep explanation of how through focus on a bhajan helps our minds drop every thought until it becomes completely quiet.

⏱️58 min | With humorous words and a wide ranging exploration on the origins of puja, we learn how to offer fully to the divine and go deeply into our truest selves, the changeless blissful reality. This talk covers the steps and materials required to perform puja.

⏱️ 11 min | Enjoy this beautiful sharing of how we can show love to nature and calm our own minds by doing puja—a love offering to the divine—in our gardens. This talk includes beautiful instructions for transforming our gardening actions into mindful worship.

⏱️ 58 min | Swamiji’s satsangs are filled with humor, wit, and sincerity. In this talk we hear about the purpose of Avatars and their unique combination of perfection, example, and simple humanity—an inspiring talk for any time.

⏱️ 39 min | With a teaching from Amma, Swamiji lovingly shows how to realize the purpose of spiritual life. He inspires us to deepen toward true equilibrium, demonstrated by those who practice deeply and then share compassion.

⏱️ 31 min | This wonderful talk opens with examples of realized beings who lived in the world and worked normal jobs and how they did it. He tells amazing stories of women saints and their practices and spiritual experiences.

⏱️ 41 min | Swamiji tells stories of unexpected ways God may show up. We never know when God might be right in front of us looking like a leper or beggar. How can we cultivate eyes that recognize that anybody might be divine… that everyone is divine?

⏱️ 29 min | This talk is essential for anyone wanting to understand the role and necessity of a Guru. We all seek for permanent happiness, and some bravely take up the spiritual path to find it. Learn how bliss is given by the Guru.

⏱️ 29 min | In the presence of the Guru, full realization can come no matter how we spend our time. Enjoy the story of a disciple whose main duty was only to shovel cow dung, yet became completely realized. Also, learn how subtle pride can hurt our progress.

⏱️ 27 min | Traditionally, it is considered best to practice singing bhajans at dusk. If sung with single-minded concentration, bhajans can purify the inner and outer atmosphere and deeply accelerate our spiritual progress.

⏱️ 33 min | Real faith and real spiritual life is to live by the faith that God alone is real and everything else is unreal. Only through this faith can our thirst for infinite happiness be satisfied — through the infinite bliss of God.

⏱️ 18 min | Enjoy this irresistible story of Lavan first hearing of Amma through a leaflet, then meeting her and finding himself experiencing the most profound moment of his life when Amma touched him. He immediately joined the tour and began helping with cooking.

⏱️ 7 min | Delight in amazing stories. Once, Sneha had 15 minutes before curfew to vacate a program hall, with hours needed to clean up. She prayed to Amma, who immediately showed up, followed by hundreds of devotees. The cleanup finished in no time!

⏱️36 min | Take a fun walk down memory lane with Amrita Prasadam as devotees tell about humorous experiences from their many years during their tour cooking seva. Also, learn from an expert the secret of making really delicious, mulit-purpose batter.

⏱️ 59 min | Most of us have never heard these personal stories about Amma in Krishna and Devi Bhava from the old days! Senior disciples tell of the dramatic impact of meeting Amma as youth, with miracles and personal revelations. The panel includes: Sw. Amritaswarupananda Puri, Sw. Ramakrishnananda Puri & Swi. Krishnamrita Prana

⏱️ 36 min | Swamiji encapsulates the entire history of the Mahabharata war, during which the Gita was taught to Arjuna. Krishna teaches Arjuna how to perform his dharma and also reach the state of ultimate peace beyond all sorrow.

⏱️ 39 min | Swamiji deeply explores 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. He covers 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.

⏱️ 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.

⏱️ 62 min | Enjoy this great talk, with a Q&A on how to start the New Year with positive intentions. Swamiji explains how to become illuminated from within. In this way, we can become a blessing to the world, like a rose giving fragrance to all that pass by.

⏱️ 23 min | Learn of a fascinating discussion between Shiva and Parvati about food and maya, or illusion. Without food there is no life or world. Swamiji also shows how food absorbs and reflects the energy of the one preparing it.

⏱️ 24 min | Swamiji explains why we run after Amma, a physical manifestation of the absolute bliss at our core. How do we find Amma inside when we can’t be with her physically? Manifesting her love, we transcend likes and dislikes.

⏱️ 57 min | Swamiji answers questions about life after death, telling an amazing story about prayer. He also guides us on how to be comfortable with the decisions we make, and the conditions needed to make decisions from a place of discernment.

⏱️ 30 min | Marvel, learn and laugh as an apron clad Swamiji teaches a 7th grader (and us!) how to cook based on Amma’s teachings. Make a delicious meal, weaving the five elements with ancient principles of cooking as a physical and spiritual act.

⏱️ 26 min | Onam is Kerala’s harvest festival and traditionally people gather in unity to express gratitude for nature, each other and the divine. Learn about the spiritual significance of Onam with Swamiji’s insights and scriptural stories.

⏱️ 47 min | If we don’t pronounce mantras correctly is it harmful? How do we know if we’re on the right path or have the right attitude? These and others are answered with deep compassion. The wisdom gained is applicable to many other issues.

⏱️ 56 min | Mahatmas come to show perfection in life and love through example. They are always born in the most difficult of circumstances. Though today we cannot physically meet Christ, Buddha or Krishna, we can see and interact with Amma.

⏱️ 16 min | The Goddess feeds us the light and love needed for true living. Then, we can share this light with others. This light helps to illuminate and dispel the darkness we may feel is in our lives.

⏱️ 24 min | Amma speaks about bathing in the lake of the Self and finding eternal contentment and immortal bliss. Swamiji explains what this means and how it would look and feel in our lives, using humor, stories and wisdom.

⏱️ 24 min | How exactly do we merge in our Self and fulfill this birth? What does “the Self” even mean? This brilliant satsang explains and helps us intuitively imbibe these “concepts” and fulfill the purpose of our human birth.

⏱️ 23 min | Swamiji briefly describes thes scriptural song Omkara Divya Porule and its topics.This verse describes Amma as the servant of servants, dwelling only in our own hearts. This seemingly paradoxical statement is explained to clear our doubts.

⏱️ 54 min | Swamiji answers many questions: How do we turn inward? How do you connect verses 5 - 7? Are they explaining advaita vedanta? Are there different states of self realization? In his answers, he tells stories from the old days at the ashram.

⏱️ 25 min | In this talk, Swamiji clarifies confusion about whether devotion and knowledge are different. He also explains how we can reach complete realization of the all-pervasive Reality through pure focus on our chosen deity.

⏱️ 15 min | This talk explains how to grasp the essence of spirituality. One piece is that once we worship God purely,\ for the sake of devotion, we don’t need to go anywhere for liberation. Devotion and love are one and the same.

⏱️ 26 min | Enjoy answers to many deep questions about the nature of devotion and oneness. Swamiji also offers advice on practical solutions to our practices. Questions include: How do we see difficult people as God? How can emotions be transformed into spiritual devotion?

⏱️ 22 min | Enlightening and fascinating, this talk shows how our bodies are the instruments for achieving our life purpose. Food is the basis for nourishing it. Swamiji covers four factors of food as an instrument for light and purity.

⏱️ 29 min | It’s necessary to constantly strive for awareness of the eternal. Many scriptures talk about this, so our hearts can open like flowers from delusion. Swamiji beautifully explains what this means and exactly how to do it.

⏱️ 29 min | This verse speaks of the flowering of our hearts and warns against being trapped in the bondage of birth, suffering and death. Swamiji says when we are moving away from duality, we are progressing toward eternal life.

⏱️ 34 min | There is a key to experiencing life as an infinitely and continuously precious gift: constant remembrance of our own true essence. Swamiji unfolds the meaning of this verse with wisdom and clarity.

⏱️ 61 min | Swamiji responds with wisdom and compassion to many questions: Is it possible to attain realization, or increase desire for liberation, living outside of an ashram? How do we progress when confronted with others’ negativity?

⏱️ 77 min | This timeless talk contains many insights and stories relevant to any time we feel separate from the divine. Swamiji covered four points: go slow; be adaptable;
work from our true home of the divine self; and spread compassion.

⏱️ 49 min | All avatars embody a specific purpose. Christ came as foretold by scripture to bring back the essence of kindness, compassion, love and renunciation. Back then, where Christ incarnated over 2000 years ago, religion was losing expression of its true essence and becoming too rigid in rules and structure.

⏱️ 54 min | Enjoy a description of the beauty of Christ’s message of loving enemies, not judging, and doing good while hoping for nothing in return. Swamiji uses the example of the Dalai Lama who prays for those who took his country for their own.

⏱️ 47 min | This incredible series of talks contains all the guidance we need for living. Amma often uses Bhisma as an example of forbearance, firmness, devotion and wisdom. Swamiji tells many inspiring stories of each quality.

⏱️ 38 min | Bhisma takes a firm vow of celibacy and renounces his right to the throne so that his father can marry the woman he loves. This talk expands on the firmness required, divine benefits and how our resoluteness can be tested.

⏱️ 41 min | Many devotees of all forms of God wonder why God does not remove intense suffering and even seems to ignore our prayers and good actions. Swamiji tells story after story to address such doubts and the huge rewards of surrender.

⏱️ 41 min | This talk expands on Bhisma’s surrender while pierced by painful arrows. Krishna tells Bhisma to give all his knowledge to the new king. Bhisma feels he cannot speak a word with his pain, but lets go and surrenders, and then gains divine vision and speaks for 56 days.