Swami Vishwananda Wisdom

Kalash Puja performed by Swami Vishwananda

2012-01-25T13:41:00.003+01:00

After that the Puja for Ganesha and for the Guru has been performed, Swami Vishwananda begins the Kalash Puja.

Arati hold by Swami Vishwananda

2012-01-19T13:35:00.000+01:00

After the Kalash Puja Swami Vishwananda performed the arati to light the yagna fire.

A yagna hold by Swami Vishwananda

2012-01-10T13:28:00.000+01:00

In front of the Temple Swami Vishwananda performed a yagna.

All the people present could participate.

Swami Vishwananda performed a yagna

2012-01-05T13:15:00.008+01:00

The Yagna for Lakshmi Narayana went on conducted by Swami Vishwananda.

Kalash Puja water blessing

2012-01-02T13:04:00.004+01:00

Swami Vishwananda blessed everyone, all the puja items and murtis with the Kalash Puja water.

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Learning to listen to one´s intuition is very important....

2011-11-18T11:32:00.003+01:00

"Learning to listen to one´s intuition is very important. It´s very easy too, because whenever you hear your intuition, there is no doubt in it. And the voice of intuition is strong and direct. Very often the mind will rebel against it, but if you take the decision and listen to this intuitive voice inside of you, you will be away from the mind and the mind will surrender itself. Because, the more you listen to the mind, the more your mind will drag you! But the less you listen to your mind, the further you will be away from it! And the easier it will be to realise your Self."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: centre yourself in your heart...

2011-11-17T18:41:00.004+01:00

"We like to understand things with our mind, but our mind has a limit. Does the mind understand the heart? It will never understand it. The mind will understand things only when there is a limit to them. If there is a wall where you can bang yourself against, the mind will understand. And then, of course, you will complain about it, because it hurts. Whereas, when you centre yourself in your heart and awaken this Divine Consciousness, Higher Consciousness inside, you will always flow."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: change yourself first....

2011-11-12T14:53:00.002+01:00

"When there are always the Divine names on your lips, there will be no time for you to think of negative things. Unless you like to think of negative things, because you see, the more you think of negative things, what happens? The more you become negative, the more you become depressed, the more you become aggressive and all this makes you, makes the world itself, not good. So, spiritual people are here to change the world, no? So, change yourself first, so that the world can change."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Expect only Him...

2011-11-10T09:31:00.001+01:00

"When we let go of things, we will feel free of them, free of everything. One has to do one´s duty, but yet, don’t expect great things: expect only Him. The only real expectation that one has to have is the Love of God.

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You should never be afraid of saying that you love God...

2011-11-09T13:41:00.003+01:00

"How lucky it is that God chose you to be on a spiritual path. But it doesn’t end only here, because when you are on the spiritual path, very often I’ve seen people very shy, very shy to say that they are on this path. They are shy to say that they love God. Well, if you are shy to say that you are on a spiritual path and you love God, where is the self-confidence in it? Where is the faith in it? Where is the faith in yourself? You should never be afraid of saying that you love God, because this is the only thing; He is the only One that you can love, really."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The power of Love is the only thing that conquers everything...

2011-11-08T12:52:00.002+01:00

"The power of Love is the only thing that conquers everything. If you want to conquer God, conquer Him with Love. If you want to achieve Him, you will achieve Him only with Love. But the Love has to be pure and pure."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: surrender your mind to the Lotus Feet of God...

2011-10-25T20:41:00.002+02:00

"By feeding our mind, we always stay in the mind consciousness, in the mind level. And don’t think that you will ever be able to understand and Realise your True Self with your mind. It is only when you surrender your mind to the Lotus Feet of God that you will really release yourself from this bondage, from all this suffering. Then you can say “God, here I am. I surrender to You without anything. Help me; pull me out of this illusion.”

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda:Your mind has to be always busy with the Lord...

2011-10-18T16:01:00.002+02:00

"Your mind has to be always busy with the Lord, you know, with God. This is how you will find peace. In this world, nowadays, you see that not many people have this peace, because their mind is not on the right way. People may have everything in this world, but yet if they don’t find peace, if they don’t find happiness inside of them, nothing else on the outside can make you really happy, because whatever happiness brings, whatever is on the outside, and the happiness which comes from the outside lasts only for a short time. After that, again the same drama. So try to find this inner happiness, this inner freedom. And it’s not far away, you know, it's here inside of you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda:Give the mind Divine Names...

2011-10-10T19:35:00.002+02:00

"Give the mind Divine Names. The more you chant the Divine Names, the more you become the Divine Names and the more the mind ceases to trouble you. Once the mind ceases to trouble you, it will be much easier in your meditation. So, when you help others, you see this happiness, you feel this happiness and with the Divine Names you will realise that you are serving the Divine. This helps you on your spiritual path."

Hiranyagarbha lingam pictures (Kenya 2011)

2011-09-26T12:39:00.009+02:00

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: A Satguru knows everything...

2011-09-26T12:19:00.005+02:00

"A Satguru or Paramguru has this omnipresent quality inside, whatever the disciple is thinking, the Guru is connected to. When one surrenders sincerely to the master, it is like one is grafted to the master. It’s like with a rose bush: whenever the bush receives the grace, receives the water, of course, the grafted part also gets the water. The same thing is when one is surrendered to the Guru: whatever flows through the Guru, whatever energy, whatever Shakti is flowing through the Guru, the disciple, wherever he will be, will receive the same Grace, also."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Just chant one name...

2011-09-24T11:39:00.002+02:00

"Hold tight to the Divine names, any Divine name that you feel close to – you don’t need to have ten Divine names, you just need one Divine name. If you have a guru mantra, just chant your guru mantra; if you have one Divine name, one form of the Divine that you feel close with, just concentrate on one. It will be more intensified than concentrating on ten Divine names. In the mind of man, they think that when they have ten, they will advance faster. They will not advance faster. Actually they will advance less fast, because one Divine name is like digging one hole and getting the water; ten Divine names is like digging ten holes to try to get water. You will not get it. So, if you want, just chant one name."

NEWS NEWS NEWS 9.9.2011

2011-09-09T23:29:00.008+02:00

Swamiji manifested the golden Hiranyagarbha lingam in Kenya. Today at 8 pm

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: God is always with you...

2011-09-09T15:05:00.002+02:00

"Know that God is always with you, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, whether you’re positive or negative, He is with you. When you go in the quietness of your heart, through meditation, through yoga, you experience this quietness."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: God is seated inside of the heart...

2011-09-07T14:18:00.002+02:00

"If somebody just meditates and just prays in the outside only, without realising that the Lord that they are praying to is seated inside of the heart of each being, then it’s of no use. Realising first, through meditation and through your prayer, that the Lord is not on the outside, but is inside of you, you will see Him shining in everybody; because, until you realise the non-difference, you will always see the limitation."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You have to rise in love...

2011-09-06T12:53:00.002+02:00

"You have to rise in love! And how to rise in love is to find your Self, to Realise your Self, to realise the greatest gift that God has given you. Of course, some people will say “Yes, it’s easy to talk about it, but it’s difficult to practise it.” But Love is there! There is no point of saying that it’s difficult or it’s easy: it is there already. It just needs time for you to look at it. And when you take time through your spiritual practice, you will realise the beauty of Love, the beauty of life and you will know why you are here. And once you have opened this fountain, this tap of Love, Love can just flow, nothing else."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: He will run to you and give you liberation...

2011-09-03T09:36:00.002+02:00

"When you love somebody, you are not scared of anything. In the same way, when you love God, you should not be scared of anything. When you love somebody, you will do anything to please that person. In the same way, when you love God, try your best always to please Him. When He sees that you are trying your best to please Him, He will run to you and He will give you liberation, He will give you Self-Realisation. Work always towards Self-Realisation, towards God-Realisation, and make this the aim of your life. He will provide you with everything. Whatever you need, He will give you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: surrender to the feet of God...

2011-08-31T12:28:00.002+02:00

"The only way you can really un-trap yourself is to surrender to the feet of God, you know, and really say “Lord, take me.” Know that God is compassionate. He will hold you and He will carry you and He will always send help for you. That’s how His Love is. So, concentrate not on the negative, but on the Divine, and call Him within you. Don’t be shy to chant the name of God. And, also, don’t be shy, because it is not about the others, it is about you and God."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: whenever a problem arises...

2011-08-30T15:20:00.002+02:00

"You see, in this world, people like to hang onto their problems and onto their worries. You see, whenever a problem arises, the solution is also there, but mankind is so easily focusing on the problem rather than on the solution. Do you like problems? No. So then, why do you let yourself be drawn towards your worry? Because it doesn’t give you peace, eh? So, the more you hang ontothe problems, the more problems you will have; the more you hang onto the worry, the more you will not see the solution. But if you take a little bit of time, sit in your prayer room, and sincerely surrender to the Divine, the problem will get solved."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The same way God loves...

2011-08-29T11:28:00.002+02:00

"When you realise that the only path is to love and to be in love continuously, you realise how much God loves His creation. The same way that God loves, the same way you can also love. All other kinds of love are secondary, because mankind is here to become Love. But to become this Love, you will first have to overcome many obstacles, because mankind thinks that Love, God, is something apart from them."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: everything will go back to Him...

2011-08-28T11:37:00.003+02:00

"We want Self-Realisation, we want God-Realisation, yet we don’t want to let go of everything. That doesn’t mean that you should renounce everything and become sannyas, no, but be in the world and know that everything comes from Him. Everything is Him. It’s only Him who gives and everything will go back to Him."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: True love...

2011-08-03T12:12:00.004+02:00

"If you truly love, you will sacrifice everything. Until you have come to the point of really feeling this kind of Love inside of you – and you have to be ready – all the other kinds of love will have expectations. Very often what we call Love, it is just passion or desire. Today we love that person, tomorrow we love another person, but in one year you don’t even remember who these people were. Real Love is to be found deep inside of you, personally. It’s not in someone else, it’s inside of you. It’s your true nature. This is who you are in Reality. The Divine is not far away. He is inside of you. You just need to calm your mind and introvert yourself. So see how much you are truthful towards yourself and how much you really, sincerely want the Divine. True love is everlasting giving, not expectation."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: controlling the mind ...

2011-07-27T10:26:00.003+02:00

"The mind can be overcome by chanting any Divine name. You see, if you practice it regularly, it will be more simple for you to focus the mind. When you are singing bhajans, your mind is not troubling you because when you chant, your mind is busy and it becomes hard for the negativity to take over. So wherever you are, whatever you are doing, keep your mind fixed on God and chant the Divine names. This will help you to open up your heart. Chanting the Divine name is the most efficient way of controlling the mind."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: everything is just an illusion...

2011-07-26T17:06:00.004+02:00

"The soul inside of us is jumping and telling us, “Hey, mind, surrender yourself!” but the mind says, “No! I am better off with my own worries, because that is how I can drag you down completely.” The soul says, “But this is just an illusion”, because - deep inside - you know that the Reality is only realised when you surrender to the Divine Feet; when you realise the mystery of your incarnation, when you realise your Dharma, your duty here, and achieve that."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: love yourself...

2011-07-25T12:53:00.003+02:00

"To achieve this Divine state you have to really love God. You have to start, firstly, to love yourself. You love everybody. Every day you say to somebody “I love you,” but how many times do you say to yourself “I love you?” It’s easy to love others, but some say that it is difficult to love one’s self. But I will say, “No, it’s not difficult.” See, when you love others, you see the goodness in others, but when the point comes to love yourself, you see all your negativity. Stop looking at the negative. It’s only through being positive that it can stop. It’s only when you start looking at this positivity and start thinking about yourself positively that you will dive deep inside this ocean. Then your heart will open up."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The Dharma of your soul...

2011-07-24T18:47:00.001+02:00

"Chant the Divine Names! The thousands of names of the Lord all have equal power to release you from this karmic bond that you have created through many lives. And it´s only through His grace that today you have been given a human body, so that you can achieve Him. This is the Dharma of life. The Dharma of your soul is to attain who you really are! Until you have reached that point of drinking the Cup of Love, don´t renounce. No matter how beautiful and how tempting the outside could be, drink the Cup of Love!"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: to truly know the Divine...

2011-07-22T13:51:00.001+02:00

"When you have certain knowledge one day you will have to let go even of it, because you don’t Realise God either with ignorance or with knowledge. Knowledge will bring you only to a certain point of Realising the Divine, but to Realise God, to truly know the Divine, you have to cross over everything, go beyond all limitations."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: If our mind could fathom the Divine...

2011-07-21T09:59:00.002+02:00

"If our mind could fathom the Divine, we would not be here, we would be with Him. That’s why He has given us so many aspects of Himself, so that our mind can be focused until we realise our Self. I will not say just until we realise God in our Self, but until we realise that we are part of Him."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Be sincere towards yourself ...

2011-07-20T12:03:00.002+02:00

"Be sincere towards yourself and do your sadhana. We can talk about sincerity. You can be sincere towards God, you can go in front of Him and pray everyday, but here you have to be sincere, because it has to come from within yourself. Even the littlest thing, if you ask from within you will get it; even the greatest thing, if you ask from within you will get it."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: surrender completely to your Master...

2011-07-17T13:24:00.002+02:00

"When you find your spiritual Teacher, when you surrender completely to your Master, your Master becomes everything for you. Your Master becomes the mother, He will shower the Love of a mother on you. He becomes the father, He will be disciplined with you. He becomes everything. Then the world dies. He becomes the world. The Master becomes the path."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Your life’s purpose is...

2011-07-16T14:02:00.002+02:00

"Your life’s purpose is only to attain His Love and the moment you get Him, you get everything. Your prayers and mediation and all your sadhana are to attain this Love, to Realise it or to awaken it. If you have a precious stone and leave it inside the safe, it will not shine, but when you have it outside, it will shine more and more."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: how human beings have to love...

2011-07-14T10:39:00.002+02:00

"We can talk about Love, but as long as you don’t experience it or you don’t feel it, it’s difficult to understand. And, if you really want to feel it, it’s easy to feel it. You have to quiet this mind and awaken your heart and, when your heart is awakened, Love will flow. And, in Love there is no difference, you know. It crosses all the barriers of difference. That’s how God loves and how human beings have to love, but very often it’s very difficult. We try our best to love like that, but it’s quite difficult, because there are so many things on the outside that disturb the mind, so many things that stop one loving. But, one has not to lose hope, one has to keep trying and trying."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: transcend your knowledge to wisdom...

2011-07-13T14:20:00.002+02:00

"If you remove certain qualities from humans, people who are not on the spiritual path, like pride if you remove the sense of living in the material world, if you remove wealth from them, you remove enjoyment from them – they are finished! They become zero! Whereas, from a spiritual person it is impossible to remove qualities, because spirituality is endless, knowledge is endless. You have knowledge, but knowledge should not just stay as knowledge. It should transcend to wisdom!"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: real love...

2011-07-12T10:34:00.001+02:00

"Know one thing, when you become a lover, the Beloved is always with you - all the time. But you have to become the lover. You have to be madly in love with God the same way you are madly in love with your partner, for some time - for some time, because it usually doesn’t last long. You have to consider how Love is. Even in a normal relationship, you forget about everything when you are in love. All goes well. Then, after some time, it becomes such a routine. Then you get fed up. But the real Love, which you have inside your heart, you will never get fed up with, because that’s what you are made of; that is what your body, each cell of your body is made of"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: power of the mind...

2011-07-11T12:28:00.002+02:00

"In the mind you know that God is seated in the heart and the mind, the power of the mind is so strong. You know it. When you worry a little, you can make the worry feel huge. It’s the same thing with love. If you know even in a small way that the Lord is seated in your heart, you can make yourself know in a big way."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Self-Realisation...

2011-07-10T21:01:00.002+02:00

"When you come to a point of Self-Realisation, your life will automatically change. There will be new things in your life.And you have to be ready for that. It is only then that He can say“Yes, this one is ready. I can give myself completely to him, he can handle me.” Otherwise, if God would just give you Self-Realisation like that and you could not handle it, you would mess up everything.

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You are there to learn from the teacher...

2011-04-28T15:39:00.003+02:00

"When you find a teacher, you go to him, but you don’t pretend to be better than the teacher or to know better than him, because you are there to learn from the teacher. No matter what kind of learning you receive, it is for your own benefit, for your own growth and for your own advancement towards the Divine."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You have to be truthful towards your spiritual guide...

2011-03-31T14:15:00.002+02:00

"You have to be truthful towards your spiritual guide, you have to be truthful towards your Guru, your Master, because, when you don’t surrender towards your Master, you aren’t truthful towards your Master, you can’t become truthful with yourself. If you are false towards your Master, you will always be false towards yourself. And when you are false towards yourself, of course, God will never reveal Itself."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: We could be free, but our mind doesn't let us be free...

2011-03-30T16:17:00.002+02:00

"We could be free, but our mind doesn’t let us be free. We can see the Lord everywhere, but our pride always stops us. We can love Him, but our expectation is always there, too. When one let go of these three things, one will be really, fully into Him. Above all, He is the manifestation of Love. He is the manifestation of who we are, all of us. In Him Love is manifested in the outside, in everything that He expresses, in every action of Him."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The real Beloved is God...

2011-03-23T07:57:00.001+01:00

"The real Beloved is God, because He is the only one who is always fresh. His love always renews itself. Whereas all the other loves, they start very fresh, like a beautiful flower, and they, also, fade, the same as the other flowers. You know that. How many times in your life have you fallen in love? You have really fallen in love? And then to rise, it is a very difficult achievement to be made."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You have to train your mind to become positive...

2011-03-21T11:00:00.002+01:00

"You have to train your mind to become positive. When your mind is positive and you know that the Lord is seated inside and you keep calling Him, there is no chance that He will not reveal Himself inside of you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Behind all our actions...

2011-03-19T11:48:00.003+01:00

"Behind all our actions, behind all this is happening, there is God's Grace. And if we start seeing it in this way, we will be very happy."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Unlock the lock of your heart...

2011-03-17T08:20:00.001+01:00

"Unlock the lock of your heart and let Love flow; let unconditional Love flow. This is a Love that will really help you. In your path, whatever path you are on, whatever religion, or whatever path you are following, it doesn’t matter. Love is Love. That’s what you have to understand. And if you want the world to change, if you really want peace to reign in the world, change yourself first. By you changing, it will make a difference; by you becoming this pure Love, it will make a difference."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: If you want permanent happiness...

2011-03-16T12:31:00.002+01:00

"If you want permanent happiness, it is possible only when you surrender completely to God. When your body, mind and soul have become one and are offered to the altar of the Lord, He will happily give everything to you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Everybody wants to be close to the Divine...

2011-03-15T08:09:00.001+01:00

"Everybody wants to be with the Father. Everybody wants to be close to the Divine, but, yet, they don’t want to make any effort. They don’t want to make any change to their life. They want to get everything happily and for free. So, if you want this really and sincerely, then be sincere towards yourself and ask the Father. Ask God and you will have it. It’s simple. If you are sincere towards yourself, you are more free and you will enjoy whenever you pray."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: We have to become the children of God...

2011-03-12T13:44:00.002+01:00

"We have to become the children of God. We have to become the sons and daughters of God, so that we can rise from this just human nature to the Divine state. When we become the Truth, when we become the Light Itself, we can attain the Father. We can arise on the inside, which is the pureness of the Father, [so it can] be exalted, it can be radiated through us. And in this glory, in the Divine aspect of your true Self, there is no judgment. There is just pure Love."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Satcitananda...

2011-03-08T10:55:00.002+01:00

"When I am talking about devotion, I don’t mean the kind of devotion that will fade after one month, but pure devotion that lasts forever. There are lots of people who have devotion in the beginning. When they start their spiritual path they are very excited but, after some time, their devotion fades. But real devotion is like the Lord said: If you surrender to me, open your heart and say “Lord, take complete possession of my heart. It’s only you that I’m looking for.” In reality, all the happiness that you are looking for - whatever you are doing in the outside - is to achieve Satcitananda."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The Satguru...

2011-03-02T10:17:00.002+01:00

"We search for our Satguru always, because it’s only the Satguru that will lead us out of this illusion. Only the Satguru can give us a blessing and guide us and make us Realise our True Self. But to find the Satguru is very often difficult. We go through many ups and downs. We keep searching, thinking we will find the Satguru. We pray to God “God, send my Satguru.” But yet, very often, when the Satguru is in front of somebody, they don’t know it, because in the people’s minds, how they fashion a Guru is completely different to how the Satguru is in reality."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Open the door...

2011-03-01T12:30:00.003+01:00

"Many people are looking for Him outside, but not within themselves, within in their hearts. And here he is sitting in the heart of man, knocking. He says, "Open the door. Let me out"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The greatness of knowing one's Master...

2011-02-24T08:07:00.001+01:00

"The greatness of knowing one’s Master and receiving the Shiksha, receiving the blessing and grace from the master is rare. And, once one has it, one carries it with him. One carries this blessing always."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Long before you come here...

2011-02-23T09:42:00.001+01:00

"Long before you come here, it’s already said where you have to be, who will be your guide and when it will be that God makes everything possible for you to achieve Him. Actually, you can say it is you, but it is not you at all. It is only Him, because in the core of everything your Atma is only Him."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: He gives Himself fully...

2011-02-20T12:05:00.005+01:00

"The Guru gives Himself fully to his disciple. He gives Himself fully to the devotee. What the devotee has to do is to be like an empty receptable and receive everything."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The Divine always hears the prayer...

2011-02-19T21:23:00.001+01:00

"We pray, we ask, and the Divine is not deaf. The Divine always hears the prayer of everybody. If He can hear even the small anklets on the feet of an ant, of course, He can hear our prayer also. But very often we expect, if we pray, that we have to have it very quickly. We are not patient. But the Lord has created us. He knows what is best for us, no? So, why don´t we
trust Him? Why don`t we trust in His will?"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: When one is in bliss...

2011-02-18T08:28:00.001+01:00

"When one is in bliss, one doesn’t know happiness or sadness. It is difficult to understand it with the mind, because your brain can only understand whether you are happy or sad, or you are happy-sad, but transcending these two is Ananda. And that’s what our soul is longing for."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Give yourself completely to God...

2011-02-17T09:49:00.002+01:00

"When you give yourself completely to God, God will also give Himself completely to you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: pleasing God...

2011-02-16T08:21:00.003+01:00

"When one comes under the direction of the Teacher, a Master, one surrenders not to his own will, but to the Will of the Master. Whatever one does is to please the Master; one does whatever the Master says. But above all, know that you’re not pleasing only the Master, but you are pleasing God above all, because the Master doesn’t need your pleasing. Even God doesn’t need your pleasing. But you, out of love, out of surrender, out of joy, you’re offering everything."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Your aim is to have God-Realisation...

2011-02-15T10:50:00.003+01:00

"Your aim is to have God-Realisation, Self-Realisation. Until you have reached your aim, until you have come to the point of complete trust and faith in yourself and in God, keep trying! Don’t let anything come in the way! Many times the mind will come in the way and say “No, no, no, no, no, no, you should not do like that, you should do like this”, but if you listen to the mind, you will stop. You will become lazy. Only when you really, sincerely dedicate yourself and surrender to your path, surrender to what you really want, you will achieve your aim."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Love God...

2011-02-14T08:40:00.004+01:00

"You should never be afraid of saying that you love God, because this is the only thing; He is the only One that you can love, really"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: longing for the Divine...

2011-02-13T09:09:00.004+01:00

"When this longing for the Divine or for God-Realisation or whatever name you put on it, is really suffocating, so that you can't even breathe, then you can say "Yes, im on the way towards Divinity"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Surrender your mind...

2011-02-12T10:04:00.003+01:00

"The word surrender means the surrendering of one´s mind to the Lotus Feet of the Lord. That is, in fact, what one has to surrender. The Lord has everything else, you know! But your mind, when it is surrendered to the Lotus Feet of the Lord, gains peace; it gains happiness, it gains joy, it gains freedom. As long as one does not surrender the mind, one is a slave of the mind."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Even if you don't know Him with the mind...

2011-02-11T11:07:00.002+01:00

"Even if you don't know Him with the mind, you know Him with the heart. You all know Him, because you are part of Him."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The Masters don't come here for themselves..

2011-02-09T08:06:00.002+01:00

"It’s not you who are serving the Master, but the Master who is serving you, all the time. Whether you know it or you don’t know it, it’s the Master that is serving you. The Masters don’t come here for themselves. They come to lift you all up. So taking the example of the life of saints, taking the example of the life of great ones, we learn a lot; we learn how to develop selfless Love, unconditional Love and humility."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You should never be scared...

2011-02-08T17:57:00.003+01:00

"You should never be scared of surrendering yourself to His Will. You should never be scared of opening your heart and Loving."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: He's the only one...

2011-02-06T14:10:00.002+01:00

"You have to be happy by chanting, by doing your prayer to the Lord, because He’s always with you. Your parents, your mum and dad, will be with you for some time, but He will always be with you. He was with you from the beginning and He will always be with you until the end, until you realise your Self and until you attain Him. He’s your best friend, He’s the only one that you can really trust, and He’s the only one that gives solutions for everything."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Surrender completely...

2011-02-04T08:06:00.002+01:00

"The Master will remove one from all this illusion, only when one surrenders completely. Because if one doesn’t surrender completely to the Master; if one doesn´t surrender completely and become obedient to the teaching of the spiritual guide, one will always be in the ignorance."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The meaning of the word surrender...

2011-02-03T11:40:00.001+01:00

"We say we want God, but yet, in our minds, God has to be our way. Of course, we all have a personal relationship towards the Divine and He will always come according to how we call Him. He is not limited, He has millions of forms, but we have to let Him do His Will. That’s the meaning of the word surrender."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: He hears everything...

2011-02-02T08:20:00.002+01:00

"He hears everything and, above all, He knows when to give you what you’re praying for and when you are ready. When you will be able to handle it, He will give it to you."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Chant the Divine Names...

2011-02-01T09:44:00.002+01:00

"The more you chant the Divine Names, the more the Divine will start to reflect on you. Then you can call yourself spiritual, because when you become spiritual, all the negative quality is removed from you, all the negative karma that you have created through many lives before, it get removed. And what takes place is this joy – the joy of serving, the joy of really being here, the joy of trying to attain the Lord."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The Divine will run to you...

2011-01-31T08:13:00.002+01:00

"When you make your first step through prayer, through chanting, the Divine will run to you. And, it is possible to attain Him. Open up the mind, surrender it to Him, and let the Love which you have inside of you flow. If you have not yet attained this Love, do everything to attain it, because that’s who you are and that’s what you are here for."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Surrender to God...

2011-01-30T13:25:00.003+01:00

"Whatever we do, often we expect, either indirectly or directly.Whether you are conscious of it or you are not conscious of it, there is expectation, always. Having any expectation will never let you be free; only until you let go completely of it. If you are on the spiritual path, when you let go, you surrender to God, you will feel this peace of mind, you will feel that you are free."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You are part of God...

2011-01-29T09:13:00.004+01:00

"The more you think of yourself being the Spirit, being part of Divinity, the more you will become the Spirit and Divinity."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: We have to become part of Him...

2011-01-28T09:44:00.001+01:00

"We have to become part of Him. We have to realize this unity. Firstly, the unity starts with our mind uniting with our heart, then with our body. When the body, mind and soul are united together, you will experience the Divine without any limitation. Actually, this is the main aim of man: to realize his oneness with the Divine. When you realize it, you become Divine."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: In God you have everything...

2011-01-26T09:22:00.001+01:00

"In God you have everything. God - wich is the source of everything - in realising Him you will realise the limitless quality of mankind, the limitless quality of the true Self. And this will be the end of all misery, the end of all pain."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: We take everything for granted...

2011-01-25T09:38:00.001+01:00

"Very often, when we do things, we take everything for granted. We forget that behind all our actions, behind all that is happening, there is God’s Grace. And if we start seeing it in this way, we will be very happy. We will find peace in everything, even the worst thing that comes in our life, we will look at it in a different way."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Try your best to feel Him at all times...

2011-01-24T09:55:00.001+01:00

"Try your best to feel Him at all times.So the best way is to start loving, without any question, without thinking of loving, without asking: “How to love?” Train your mind to focus on God, train your mind to focus on your Self. Take any divine name, take any divine aspect and keep chanting the name till you realize that you are one with this name. It’s not a name apart from you, but it’s the name of your own Self."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The goal of life...

2011-01-22T12:17:00.004+01:00

"The goal of life is to attain happiness, to attain the eternal bliss. And this is what mankind is here for. The rest is just secondary. But nowadays, people have placed God in the second, even third position, while first vacation is shining beautifully – number one! Misery dresses itself so beautifully that you can get trapped in it. And the moment you get trapped in it, she is happy. Maya Devi is very powerful, because She traps everything, everybody get trapped in it."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Trust in yourself...

2011-01-21T18:09:00.003+01:00

"Each one has to be secure with oneself. And this security is only in the trust of God. Trust in yourself!"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: We have to realize this divinity within ourselves...

2011-01-20T14:13:00.002+01:00

"All scriptures have said that man is made according to the image of God. So, if man is the image of God, man is part of God. We have just to realize this divinity within ourselves"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Try to meditate...

2011-01-19T10:19:00.003+01:00

"I have come to help you, to give something, which is very simple, for attaining this state of Bliss. It’s through meditation, actually. We breathe every day so many times. How many times do we realize how important is this breath? Not many times, because it´s so normal, isn´t it? It´s a routine; it happens automatically. So if you really want to realize God, try to meditate."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You really need to want God...

2011-01-18T10:44:00.001+01:00

"Religion is one path. It’s a disciplined way that does this from the outside to the inside, but it doesn’t stop there. Very often, humans start by praying, but they get stuck, they get stuck by the form that they’re praying to. They don´t cross over, they don´t really want to realize who they are really, Reality. As long as there is not this want of realizing, it´s difficult. You really need to want it. You really need to want it, to want God. Then He can give Himself with dignity."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: By trusting in yourself...

2011-01-16T20:40:00.003+01:00

"By trusting in yourself, you will trust in God. By loving yourself you will love God and you will love everybody without any conditions, without any judgment. It will just be pure love."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: He wants you back with Him...

2011-01-15T11:02:00.002+01:00

"God loves you and He wants you back with Him. He wants you to realize that you are with Him all the time and that He is with you all the time."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Man is the incarnation of the Supreme...

2011-01-14T12:41:00.002+01:00

"Man is the incarnation of the Supreme Cosmic Eternal Bliss. If we think of ourselves as being this bliss and focus on it, we will become this bliss, but by our own effort."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: By knowing ourselves, we will know God...

2011-01-13T09:50:00.004+01:00

"We can't know God, but we can know ourselves. By knowing ourselves, we will know God. We will realise Him and we will realise the great joy and peace that He brings."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Realise the oneness with Him...

2011-01-12T10:13:00.003+01:00

"God has sent you all here, not just to stay here, not only to work, but He has put you here to realise the oneness with Him, to get rid of the shadow that has covered your soul. And when this shadow has gone away, the light will shine."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Stop looking for fault in others...

2011-01-11T10:03:00.002+01:00

"The moment you stop judging; the moment you stop looking for fault in others, you will start loving everybody truly. And for that, you have to start looking within yourself, looking what you have to change in your life. I’m not saying to judge yourself, but to look at what is the negative part of you and face it."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: Work and love God...

2011-01-10T15:52:00.001+01:00

"Work and love God. Whatever you do - every action, every thought - focus your mind on doing it for God. Love God in everybody and everything around you. And when you love, love one hundred-per-cent. Try to not doubt this Love because when you doubt it, even a little bit of doubt stops your advancement."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: madly in love with God...

2011-01-09T16:57:00.004+01:00

"Know one thing, when you become a lover, the Beloved ist always with you - all the time. But you have to become the lover. You have to be madly in love with God the same way you are madly in love with your partner"

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda:God's Grace...

2011-01-04T20:35:00.004+01:00

"We forget that behind all our actions, behind all that is happening, there is God’s Grace. And if we start seeing it in this way, we will be very happy. We will find peace in everything, even the worst thing that comes in our life, we will look at it in a different way."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda:Train your mind to focus on God...

2010-12-29T22:49:00.001+01:00

"Train your mind to focus on God, train your mind to focus on your Self. Take any divine name, take any divine aspect and keep chanting the name till you realize that you are one with this name. It’s not a name apart from you, but it’s the name of your own Self."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: This body will go back to earth...

2010-12-21T17:09:00.002+01:00

"You think that you are just this body - and very often you focus only on the body- so what happens? The more you focus on the body, the more you have pain and the more you are miserable, because the reality gets covered, becomes shadowed. And when this reality gets covered, of course it brings pain. This body will go back to earth and it will go back to the same five elements it used to be. But if this is the reality, if the body is the only reality, then what is God? Where is the Divinity? This great energy that makes the body work, that makes the body act, is the Spirit and it’s who you really are."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: The same way God loves, the same way you can love also...

2010-12-20T13:50:00.003+01:00

"When you realize that the only path is to love and to be in love continuously, you realize how much God loves His creation. The same way that God loves, the same way you can also love. All others kinds of love are secondary, because mankind is here to become Love. But to become this Love, you will first have to overcome many obstacles, because mankind thinks that Love, God is something apart from them."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: I have come to help you...

2010-12-19T20:08:00.001+01:00

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: What our soul wants...

2010-12-18T18:38:00.003+01:00

"To focus outside brings expectation, and expectation brings misery and pain. All kind of expectation brings pain, because the real things that our soul wants is the true love of God."

Wisdom of Swami Vishwananda: You have to be disciplined...

2010-12-17T21:14:00.001+01:00

"To be good in meditation, to be good in your spiritual path, you have to be disciplined. It is not a pressure, it is not forcing. It has to come from deep within your heart. It has to be out of love."