Articles by Swami Ritavan Bharati 
A loving invitation to the Sangha of the Americas
21 April, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
I am thrilled to extend my personal invitation to all members of the Guru family to join us at the beautiful St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, USA from July 25th to August 3rd, 2024, as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of our inaugural Sangha Gathering at this very location with Swami Veda Bharati.
Rasa – The Flavor of Essence
22 February, 2024 @ 3:39 am
There is a word in the Sanskrit language. The word is RASA. The word, rasa means a juice, the flavor, as the essence. Rasa means that essence as the experience. That which you taste, not merely the object of taste but the object of taste, the process of tasting, and the experience of tasting.
Year in Review and Preview
21 December, 2023 @ 7:40 pm
A - U - M the eternal pauseless transition moment-to-moment, year-to-year, life-to-next life, created, sustained, dissolved, reflected in the Transcendental Breath. The gift of life is light, the infinite's delight. The gift of light is love, received in your sadhana as knowledge, devotion, and selfless actions.
Stillness in Sun Salutation
20 December, 2023 @ 6:18 pm
So, you cannot practise surya-namaskara without experiencing stillness within. In your hatha yoga practice, continue working with the body, bringing ease into movements by way of the flow of breath and awareness.
From Darkness to Light
26 November, 2023 @ 3:27 pm
A ray that is a person starts their search, to understand why they are bound by this darkness. They pass through many states of development, from darkness to light, for an inner light to understand oneself.
Sacred Pilgrimage
25 September, 2023 @ 3:16 pm
Recently, myself and Acharya Rabindra, following our Shringeri visit some years ago, continue in the footsteps of our Parampara and just as Adi Shankaracharya once made a visit to Nashik, we did too.
Invitation to the Decade of Loving Transformation
24 March, 2023 @ 12:04 pm
Swami Veda has very lovingly guided us, “Plan for when you retire. There is no end to worldly involvements. If you live to be a hundred, you will still be worrying about how you are babysitting your great grandchildren. Enough, done. Serve them, help them, guide them but don’t be so attached. So, what you will do, what spiritual work you will do on yourself.”
Transitioning from Ganesha Gayatri to the essential Ganesha Mantra
5 March, 2023 @ 4:34 pm
Lord Ganesha, the divine force who is the remover of obstacles in our life, in our sadhana; and provides the physical and emotional stability that we all aspire for by removing such obstacles, resistances, and conflicts enhancing our clarity and spiritual understanding lighting and enlightening our path of sadhana.
New Year, and New Moon Meditations
4 January, 2023 @ 8:10 am
Good tidings to you at this auspicious period of "resting", receiving the gift of void - emptiness. What is this incessant urge, desire, and need to fill? The art of fulfilment is the art of giving. Through giving you receive. By emptying you create the "space" - the opportunity to receive and thereby to be nurtured.
Tamaso-ma-jyotir-gamaya: Jyoti Meditation
6 November, 2022 @ 3:57 pm
OM; Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya…Lead me from darkness to light, lead me from darkness of ignorance to the to enlightenment! Let this become a prayer encompassing your entire heart and mind; an affirmation: jyotiraham, jyotiraham, jyotiraham. I am light, I am light, I am light!