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Table of Contents
Vol. 106: September 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
Satori
• The State of Satori
• The Experience of Truth
• Awakening
• What is “Jyakujyou”?
(A Japanese Word Derived From the Sanskrit Word Shanti)
• Muichimotsu Mujinzou: Nothing Whatsoever in the Mind is
Inexhaustible Emptiness and Bliss
The Secret of Actual Practice
“Live every single day and every single moment seriously.”
—Satguru Shri Mahayogi Paramahansa
Part 1: Learn the Truth of Nature
• Independence
• Having Gratitude is a Natural Act
• Be Humble—Bow Toward All Existence
• The Equal and Eternal Essence That Belongs to Everyone
Part 2: Actual Practice in Daily Life
• Progress in Yoga
• The Necessity of Putting Up a Fence Around a Sapling
• The Power of Sangha That Advances Spiritual Practice
• Practice and Non-Attachment
• Mastering Through Experience and the Transformation of the Mind
• The Tapas That Incinerates Ignorance
• The Reformation of Behavior Patterns
• Every Action Becomes Yoga
• The True Worth of [Your State of] Yoga is Put to the Test in Daily Life
• Don’t Get Caught Up in Illusion
• The Power of Concentration to
Simultaneously See the Part and the Whole
• Exert One Thousand Percent Power
• Emulate Your Ideal Person
• Yogi Awaken in the Middle of the Night
• Do Not Whine or Complain
• Act as if You are Already Dead
• Emulate the Predecessors
• Serve as a Tool for the Truth
• How Yoga Practitioners Should Treat Others
• Acquire the Eternal Time
• Simplify the Mind
• Strength for the Sake of Reaching Perfection
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
• Inspired Works
Design by Atman: Part 4
Supreme Graphic Design
by Madhri
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Vol. 105: August 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
The Principle of Birth and Death
• The Secret of Death
• The Eternally Changeless, Immutable Existence
• Eternal Life
The Teachings of Buddha
• The Four Noble Truths & The Eightfold Right Path
• Nirvana
The Truth of Atman
• The Existence of the Truth
• Atman is Dear
• Atman Alone Exists
• The Play of God
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Inspired Works
Design by Atman: Part 3
The Power of Symbols
by Madhri
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Vol. 104: July 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
The Form of Love
• Learn to Love Without Seeking Anything in Return
• True Love is When Love Doesn’t Even Come to Mind
• Act on Love
• Love and Respect
• Serving the People Close to You
• If You Love Your Children, Let Them Travel
• The Essence of Love
True Freedom and Strength
• Letting Go of Attachment
• You Can Enjoy If You Become Empty!
• The Secret of Enjoyment
• Self-Deprecation and Humility
• Don’t Rigidly Define Yourself
• Complaining Taints the Mind
• Liberate Yourself From the Past
• Cherish Living in the Now
• What Must be Removed is Suffering in the Future
• Face Things Without Running Away
• Conquering the Fearful Mind
• Viveka on Loneliness
• The Cause of the Sense of Loneliness
• Cultivate Fortitude of the Mind
• Circumstances That May Justify a White Lie
• Be Guileless – Have Courage – Take Action
• Cherish Yourself
• Remove Anxiety About the Future
• Ghosts are Created by the Mind
• Holy Beings Live in the City, Worldly People Hide in the Mountains
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Inspired Works
Design by Atman: Part 2
Reflections on the Play “Amrita—Immortality”
by Madhri
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Vol. 103: June 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
The Secret of Work
• Clear Away Your Own Baggage First
• The Key to Preventing Conflict With Others
• When You’ve Hurt Others
• Seeing Only the Noumenon
• Pay No Mind to Karma
• Treating Others Without Any Difference
• Have No Sense of Differentiation Towards Minerals
• Do Not be Attached to Others’ Opinions
• Don’t Measure Using Your Own Standards
• The Standard of Good and Evil
• The Teaching of Brahma Vihara
(Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity)
• The Solution is Within Yourself
• Having Children
• What Becomes the Core of a Human Being
• The Ideal Way for Parents and Children
• Ultimate Filial Piety
Guru
• Darshan—A Glance From the Guru
• Grace—Approaching the Mystery of God
• The Duty of a Disciple
• The Bond and Mission of Sangha
• The Three Treasures
• The Spiritual Family
• The Guru Lives for the Sake of the Disciples
• The Way the Disciples Live
• The Resolve to Become the Same as the Guru
• Auspiciousness
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Inspired Works
Design by Atman: Part 1
Prologue
by Madhri
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Vol. 102: May 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
The Secret of Work
• How to Choose an Occupation
• The Person Does Not Exist for the Job
• One’s Job and Reality
• Change Yourself, Not Your Workplace
• See the Essence
• Keep Doing Better with the Tasks in Front of You Now
• Work Straightforwardly, in a Simple Way,
Task by Task, Without Attachment
Meditation: The Basic Level
The Way of Viveka (Discernment or Discrimination)
• Compare the Truth With Your Own Mind
• Hints for Practicing Viveka
• Acquiring the Attitude of Indifference in the Mind
• Awakening to Reality
• Viveka is Done in a Neutral State
• Calling Out the Tricks of the Mind—Thief and Police
• Truth Does Not Depend on Anything
• Practicing Viveka on God
• Viveka Through Using Multiple Angles
• Get Rid of Ignorance Thoroughly and Completely
• Viveka is a Fierce Battle
• The Power of Viveka
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
Celebratory Messages from Sanatana Dharma Avatara Mela
• What Struck Me in Autobiography of a Yogi
And the Push to Proceed Boldly Towards the Truth
by Radha
• Paramahamsa Yogananda Goes Forth on the Path of God
by Saci
• Miracle Revived in the Present
by Shantimayi
• The Mission of Paramahansa Yogananda—
The Great Works of Autobiography of a Yogi
by Sarani
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Vol. 101: April 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, New York
Guru
• The Only One the Mind Must Rely On
• Light and Darkness
• The Guru is the Breakthrough to Freedom
• The Guru is the Light to Satori
• Authorized by God
• How to Know Who is a Guru
• Being in the Company of a Holy Being
• The Blessing of the Guru and the Transcendence of Karma
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
Celebratory Messages from Sanatana Dharma Avatara Mela
• The Guidance of Yogananda—It Will Be Given if You Ask Earnestly
by Anandi
• Love is Enlightenment
by Marula
• Humble Surrender
by Aniruddha
• The Grace and Guidance of the Avatara
by Gopala
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Vol. 100: March 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi
The Secret to Living
1: The Reason for Living
• To Forge One’s Own Destiny
• Freedom and Happiness
• Eternal Happiness
• Making the Filter of the Mind Transparent
• Fortune and Misfortune are Two Sides of the Same Coin
• Seek the Foundation That is Reliable
• The Two Aims of Life
• Thinking About One’s Life—The Realization of Existence
• What is the Purpose of Living
• Being Responsible for One’s Own Way of Life
Meditation: The Basic Level
2: The Actual Practice of Meditation
• The Difference in the Concentration Points
Between the Eyebrows and the Heart During Meditation
• Shooting an Arrow Through the Target
• The Smooth Flow of the Mind
• Making Meditation Habitual
• The Fourth Breath
• Ignore the Sensations of the Body
• Changes in Daily Life Brought About by the Transformation of the Mind
• Meditation That is Performed 24/7
• The Difference Between Dreaming and Meditating
• Approaching the Essence by Transcending Words
• Direct Intuitive Knowledge
• Perceiving Something Reliable as an Impulse
• The Expansion of the Object in the State of Meditation
• What is the Essence of the Object?
• Meditation Brings About a Direct Impulse
• The Scenery of Meditation
• Cosmic Consciousness
• Meditation and Samadhi
• Meditate to the Extent That You Struggle
• The Enthusiasm That Runs Through Thousands of Lives
• Meditating With All Your Strength
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
• Buddha-Dharma-Sangha:
A Glimpse of the Foundation Underlying
the Mission—Sanatana Dharma
by Sadhya
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Vol. 99: February 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, Japan 2013
Meditation: The Basic Level
1: The Fundamentals of Meditation
• What is Meditation?
• Preparation for Meditation
• Effects of Meditation
• The Two Pillars of Meditation
• Straightening the Spine in Sitting
• Posture and Concentration in Meditation
• In Order to Not Fall Asleep in Meditation
• The Lotus Flower is the Symbol of Satori
• The Form and Position of Hands in Meditation
• The Time Suited for Meditation
• Prepare the Space for Sadhana
• The Length of Time for Meditation
• Have Your Ideal for Meditation
• Three Objects of Meditation
• Choose the Object for Meditation
• A Reliable Object for Meditation
• Seek the Truth Itself as the Object of Meditation
• The State of Meditation
• The Mind of Nothingness
• Concentration-Meditation-Samadhi—The Metaphor of Oil
• The Wisdom of Samadhi
• The State of Satori—Nirvikalpa Samadhi
• Samadhi Will Certainly Come
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
• Let the Guru Show You the Way — Part II
by Sadhya
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Vol. 98: January 2023
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, Japan 2013
• The Teachings for Beginners:
Meditation is Not Healing, it is to Bring the Mind
Toward the Divine, the Positive
• Seeing the Truth Correctly, Live Your Life Steadfastly Grounded
Without Becoming Confused by the World of Dreams and Illusions
• What is the Practice of Discrimination and its Outcome?
• The Pure Consciousness
• Tapas Through Action is Necessary to Conquer Likes and Dislikes
• The Fourth Consciousness and Lila
• Lila—The Brilliance or Sparkling of God
• Fill Your Mind Always with
Proactive and Lively, Cheerful Thoughts About Your Ideals
• When You Create Something
• Radha’s Bhakti and Raja Yoga
• Being Mad for God Influences Those Around Us
• The Attitude of Madhura, and
The Merger of the Personified God and Atman
• The Triangle of Love
• The Necessity of Discrimination, or Discernment, and
The Legend of Hanuman
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2023
• Experience with Participating in the Jayanti Offering
by Kamalakshi
• Discovering the Power of Sangha
by Prajna
• Let the Guru Show You the Way — Part I
by Sadhya
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Vol. 97: December 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Matsuyama, Japan 2019
• Think of and Remember God in Your Heart
• Natural Disasters and Karma
• Thorough Discrimination and Bhakti
• The Time of Battle Happens When You Confront Problems
• The Breath that Governs a Place
• Being an Example to One’s Children
• The Footsteps of Yoga—Conviction and Practice
• Seeking Only God, Truth
• Asana that Balances and Prepares the Autonomic Nervous System
• Following the Example of an Ideal Existence
• The Meaning of Dharma
• Pure Consciousness and the Reality of True Existence
• The Great Works of Buddha
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Speech on the Occasion of Satguru Jayanti, 2022
by Kinkala, Moksha, Maitri, Tzuyi, Prajna
• Message to Shri Mahayogi
on the Occasion of Satguru Jayanti, 2022
by Sadhya
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Vol. 96: November 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 2005
• The Connection Between Ahimsa, Love and Jealousy
• The Way of the Lover Who Loves God’s Joy:
The Psychological Aspects Symbolized by Radha and the Gopi
• The Attitude of Bhakti: The State of Lila
Without Having Two Counterparts in Relation to One Another
• When Yoga Deepens, Emotions Become Sanctified,
and Compassion is Born
• Faith Must be Built Upon a Reliable Foundation, Upon the Truth
• While Performing Your Duties in Society,
Be Unattached to Environments and Circumstances
• Don’t Label Your Mind’s Characteristics
and Rather Remain in a State of Suspension
• Skeletons are the Symbol of Something like Remnants of the Material World
• The Pure Consciousness is Easier to Grasp
The Moment You Wake Up in the Morning
• Darshan—the Greatest Grace
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Specialized Meditation Course, 2020
—Exposing the Actual Practice of Meditation!:
Anecdotes from the Experience of Real Practice
Deepening Meditation
Speaker: Madhri
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Vol. 95: October 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 2011
• Spiritual Practice for Mastery Means to Master and Eliminate Sanskara
• Always Direct the Mind Towards the Ideal
• Shri Mahayogi’s Diet Based on the Practice of Contentment,
or Knowing the Meaning of Enough
• Coping with the Mind of Tamas and Discrimination in Daily Life
• The Tendencies of Pain-Bearing Obstacles and the Tendencies of the Truth
• The Awakening of the Aspiration and Determination [to Attain Satori
and Thus Apply Practice and Discipline for that End]
• Discrimination Practiced by Shri Mahayogi During Teenage Years
and the Ascetic Practices of Buddha
• The Role of Pranayama in the Realization of Yoga
• Kriya Yoga and the Inquiry Towards the Self
• The Deepening of the Breath in Asana, and Single-Pointed Concentration
• About Nadi and Prana
• Images and Symbols are a Power that Go Deeper than Words
• Discrimination Means to Know the Essence of Things
• The Great Compassion of Sangha and Buddha
• The Meditation of Discrimination Performed by Shri Mahayogi
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Through Yoga, One Can be Liberated from Difficult Memories
by Harshani
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Vol. 94: September 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
• The Precepts of Yoga Arise from the
Expression of the Awakened Ones’ Internal State—
The Entire Process of Yoga is
Approaching the Internal by Restraining the External
• There is Nothing Passive in Yoga
• The State of the Mind and Its Relationship to Asana
• The Secrets of Mahayogi Mission’s Asana
• The Greatness of Yoga is Its Knowledge,
Technique and Understanding About Breath
• Chitta Vritti Nirodha:
Restrained Chitta is Reborn as Chitta Without Any Colorings
• Hatha Yoga is a Part of Raja Yoga, and
The Necessity of a Guru
• The Theory of the Five Sheaths is Ancient Anatomy,
Not Corresponding to the Twenty-Four Principles
• Reincarnation and the Five Sheaths
• The Five Sheaths
• The Structure of the Five Sheaths
• An Explanation of the Theory of the Five Sheaths
• The Functioning of Prana and the Theory of the Five Sheaths
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• Concerns Over Work Brought About a Connection to Yoga
by Ren Shimamoto
• The Meditation of Discrimination While Seeking the Truth’
by Harshani
• Uninterrupted Concentration
by Mika Noguchi
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Vol. 93: August 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 2000
• Truth and the Way the World Manifests
• What it Means to Purify the Mind
• The Content of Pain-Bearing Obstacles and Their Cause
& The One Who Knows
• The Concrete Method to Transform the Mind through Discrimination and Discernment:
By Being Unattached, Compassion and Love Grow Anew
• Regarding Sanskara and the Fear of Death
• How Can We Face That Which is Behind the Mind
• Conversation with a Beginner:
On Karma & On Kundalini
• How to Bring All Your Time to Bear on Yoga
• Simply Respond to the Constantly Changing World and
Aim for the State of Mind Not Bound by Anything
• Shri Mahayogi Speaks on the Universality of Buddha and Yoga
Through His Own Experience
• The Law of Karma
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
• The New Message of Buddha
by Sanatana, 2014
• Buddha’s View of Coexistence
by Gopala, 2022
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Vol. 92: July 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
Raja Yoga: The Control of the Physical Body, the Breath and the Mind
• The Origin of the Word Yoga and the Actual Practice of Raja Yoga
• The Meaning of the Sun and the Moon in Tantra Yoga and in Mythology
• Shri Mahayogi’s Mission: The Essence of Yoga and Its Revelation
• Nivritti
• Withdrawal from the Way of Existence in this World,
Transcend Beyond the Mind,
and Reach the Truth in the Depths of the Mind
• The True Asana and Meditation Passed Down
from Three Thousand Years Ago
• The History of Hatha Yoga and the Revelation of Its Path
• The Mind that Contains Duality and the Truth that is Non-Duality:
Yoga—The Restraint of the Mind
• Only When the Mind Accepts Its Position as a Tool,
Can It Then Follow Orders from Its Master
• Shri Mahayogi and the Yoga Sutra
• Yoga is the Learning of and the Way to the Truth
—The Position of Asana and Meditation Within Yoga
• The Reason for Practicing Daily Asana and
the Effective Time for Sadhana
• If One Seeks the Truth Seriously, then Meditation Will Happen 24/7,
Even if One is not Sitting
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2022
• The Changes that Daily Asana Can Make to the Body and Mind
by Ren Shimamoto
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Vol. 91: June 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto 2019
The Meditation of Discrimination and the Progress of Bhakti
• Thorough, Steadfast Discrimination
• Pure Faith
• Shambhavi Mudra: Seriousness and Passion
• Discrimination and Renunciation
• Conquering the Mind
• Fully Enter Into the Source of “I”-Consciousness
• Deepening of Bhakti
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
Specialized Meditation Course, 2020
—Exposing the Actual Practice of Meditation!:
Anecdotes from the Experience of Real Practice
Deepening Meditation
Speaker: Satya
• Bhakti:
Being with Beloved God
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Vol. 90: May 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2006
• Yoga Brings the Quality of Sattva to the Mind
• Stilling the Prana through Sitting Positions
• What is Symbolized by the Chakra Symbol
• What is Necessary is Belief, not Self-Confidence
• In Order to See Atman in Everything,
The Mind Must Practice Silence and Renunciation
• The Experience of Death and the Awareness of Atman
• Only the Wisdom of the Truth Can Eliminate
the Ignorance Coming from the Fear of Death
• Intuitive Knowledge Comes from the Mind’s Pure Quality of Sattva
• The Effect of Asana on the Mind
• Faith is the Same as Ekagrata
• In Order to Sense Reality, Faith is Crucial
• Establishment of the Mind
• Discriminate the Conditions that Create Suffering
• Seek Nama Rupa and Destroy the Mind
• Discrimination Performed With Words and Without Words
• The Position of the Legs in Padmasana
• Art Originally is an Oblation, to be Served
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
Sanatana Dharma Avatara Mela — April 3, 2022
Celebratory Messages
• by Mika Noguchi
• by Prasadini
• by Sadhya
• by Yukti
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Vol. 89: April 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi:
At the Master’s Class and Satsangha on March 9th, 2019
Kyoto Asny, Kyoto
Part 1: The Master Receives Questions at the End of the Class
• The Actualization of Satori
• Existence and Phenomena
• Constant Discipline and Renunciation
—The Actual Practice of Asana
Part 2: Satsangha
• The Signpost of Life
• True Love and Self-Sacrifice
• The Beginning of the Universe
• The Realization of Reality
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
• Specialized Meditation Course, 2020
—Exposing the Actual Practice of Meditation!:
Anecdotes from the Experience of Real Practice
Deepening Meditation
Speaker: Satya
• 1. Discrimination:
Being Combat-Ready, Twenty-Four Seven
• 2. Discrimination:
Being Combat-Ready Every Minute of the Day
• A Story of Disarming the Mind for Freedom:
Presence of the Guru
by Karuna
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Vol. 88: March 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2018
• Perseverance—Internal Austerity
• The Truth of Reincarnation
• The Best Way to Live
• The Realization and Teachings of Lord Buddha (Shakyamuni)
• The Life of Kabir: True Happiness
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
• Puja
by Sarani, 2006
• Your Name
by Mika Noguchi, 2021
• A Promise with Shri Ramakrishna
by Mika Noguchi, 2022
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Vol. 87: February 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi:
Satsangha from November 7, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. Learning the Nature of the Mind and Restraining its Activities
for the State of Nothingness to Arise
Satsangha from November 14, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. The Secret of Living:
Understanding the Mechanism of the Mind
and the Way of Working to Dismantle It
Satsangha from November 21, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. All Practices are Means to an End: Asana
• 2. The Way to Establish the Immovable Mind
Satsangha from November 28, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. The Way of Weakening Attachment and
the Meaning of Self-Sacrifice
Satsangha from December 12, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. “Whoever Loses his Life for My Sake
[and the Gospel’s Sake] Will Find It”
• 2. Faith:
Everything of Longing and Admiration Is All There is
• 3. Daily Practice:
Learn and Apply “Permanence-Purity-Joy-Self”
Satsangha from December 26, 1998, Kyoto
• 1. The Workings of the Guna
• 2. For the Realization of the Self,
Purify Yourself to Become the Quality of Sattva
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners:
Specialized Meditation Course, 2020
—Exposing the Actual Practice of Meditation!:
Anecdotes from the Experience of Real Practice
Deepening Meditation
Speaker: Gopala
• 1. The Work of Constructing a Foundation
for the Practice of Meditation
• 2. The Meditation of Discrimination
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Vol. 86: January 2022
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018
• The Mission of the Enlightened Ones and the Order of the Universe
• The Establishment of Sanatana Dharma
• The Role of Yogi
• Resolve to Become the Same as the Guru
• The Descent of Avatara
• The Act of True Love
• Enthusiasm for Satori and the Practice of the Avatara
• The Essence of Love and Its Ultimate Form
• The Grace of God
• The Necessity of the Guru and the Meaning of Sangha
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2021
• Message for the Celebration of Jayanti, in Representation of all Disciples
by Gopala
• Aiming to Manifest the Joy of Living
by Chika Takeshita
• Jai Ma, Kali Ma
by Tomoko Sasanuma
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Vol. 85: December 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2018
• The Learning and Application of the Truth
• Discrimination and Bhakti (Love Towards God)
• Finishing Karma and the Approach of Yoga
• Formless True Existence
• Journey to the Unknown Place
• Removing the Cause of Suffering
• The Completion of Yoga
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2021
• My Work on the Application of Satya
by Sakurai
• I am You
by Harshani
• Stabilize Prana and Act Through Quietude
by Harshani
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Vol. 84: November 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2017
The True Meaning of Living
• The Role of the Mind and the True Master
• Applying Practice to Gain Mental Strength
• What is True Happiness?
• Thoughts in the Last Moment of Life and Reincarnation
• The Meaning of Having Been Born
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yogadanda, 2007
The Secret of the Upanishads
The Journey of the Soul of Nachiketas
• Part 1 and Part 2
Katha Upanishad
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Vol. 83: October 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2017
Living in the Truth
• The Way Sannyasin Live
• To Know the True Self
• The Truth that the Master Sees and this World
• Pay No Attention to the Mind
• The Work of Shri Mahayogi
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2021
• My Yoga! The Yoga that Even I Can Put into Action
by Kyoko Yoshioka
• The Brilliance Between the Waves
by Mika Noguchi
• Unshakable Trust
by Hitomi Tamai
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Vol. 82: September 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2008
The Way of the Yogi
• Atman—The True Self
• Renunciation and Contentment
• Spiritual Silence and Restraining the Activities of the Mind
• Salvation of the Soul
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yogadanda, 2007
• The Secret of the Upanishads
Dialogue between Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi
Brihadarayanyaka Upanishad—The Fourth Order of Life
[Chapter II, Verse 4]
(Sacred theatrical performance offered at Jayanti, 2004)
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Vol. 81: August 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2008
Atman—I am That
• The Revelation of the Rishi and the Salvation of the Yogi
• Rafael’s Experience of the True Self
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Shaci, 2008
• Karma Yoga 2: Inspired Works—Part 2 of 2
• Karma Yoga 3: Love and Renunciation
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Vol. 80: July 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2015
To Become One with God
• The “Dark Night of the Soul” in Mother Teresa’s Mind
and Lila (Divine Play)
• The Existence of Saints Affects the Entire Universe
• The Difference Between the Agony of Bhakti and that of Ego
• Meditation and Prayer
• The Thirst for Reality
• Meditation on God and Selfless Action
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Shaci, 2006
• Karma Yoga 1: Prologue
• Karma Yoga 2: Inspired Work—Part 1 of 2
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Vol. 79: June 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Matsuyama, 2019
• Boldly Controlling the Mind
• What Must be Done While One is Alive
• Eternal Happiness
• Discrimination—Discern Everything That is Not the Truth
• Escape from Karma
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Lu Pei Jyun (Priya), 2015
• Encountering Yoga
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Vol. 78: May 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Osaka, 2006
• Yoga—To Find the True “Self”
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yogadanda, 2021
• Speech at the Celebration of Sanatana Dharma Avatara Mela,
the Grand Ceremony of the Divine Manifestations, and
the 45th Anniversary of the Mahayogi Ashrama
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Vol. 77: April 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2006, 2019
Sanatana Dharma—Eternal, Universal Truth
• Acting for the Sake of Atman
• Equip Oneself with Eternal Time
• Surrendering in Bhakti (Devotion to God)
and the Restraint of the Mind
• True Existence, or God, Alone Exists
• Sanatana Dharma and the Manifestation of Avatara
• The Universality of Yoga
• Spiritual Discipline and Prayer
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yogadanda, 2007
• Prologue
• The Teaching of Uddalaka Aruni
Chandogya Upanishad, Chapter 6
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Vol. 76: March 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2015
Truth Exists Within Everyone
• The Process of Viveka (Discernment) and Meditation
• Two Important Practices to Put into Action
• See Only the Essence
• Seek the Quality of Pureness
• Approaching the Way in which the Saints Live
• Shift to the Path of Yoga
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yukti, 2014-2015
• Guided by Another Teresa
—The Little Way of Saint Thérèse—Part 2
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Vol. 75: February 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi:
Kyoto, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015
Master (Guru) and Disciple
• A Single Ray of Light that Shines Upon the Darkness
• Giving Up One’s Life
• Grace of the Guru
• The Bond and Mission of Sangha
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yukti, 2014-2015
• Guided by Another Teresa
—The Little Way of Saint Thérèse—Part 1
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Vol. 74: January 2021
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2014
Guidance from the Master and Meditation
• Believe in One’s Self
• The Truth has to be Heard, Thought About and Meditated Upon
• Truth and Ignorance
• Working as a Yogi
• The Discipline of Spiritual Practice: the Mastering of Sanskara
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sananda, 2012
• Yoga in Daily Life (Family Life)
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Vol. 73: December 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
The Manifestation of the Awakened Ones and Their Mission
—The actions that must be taken can be learned from their great feats
• Vivekananda Understood the Incomparable Existence of Buddha
• The Actualization of the Universality of Yoga
• The Mission of Shri Ramakrishna and
His Beloved Disciple Vivekananda
• The Essence of Religion
• The Sacred Sound of Om
• Training the Mind
• Actual Practice
Live Based on the True Ideal
• What One is Challenged with in Life, Whether the Winner or Not
• Hitting the Bullseye of the Real Ideal
• The Actualization of the Ideal
• Resolve
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Satya, 2014
• Living in Yoga: The Single-Pointed Concentration of a Yogi
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Vol. 72: November 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2019
Eternal Life
• Amida or Amitabha Buddha, the Symbol of Truth
• Renounce Your Own Life to Gain Eternal Life
• The Vibration of OM
• For What Purpose and Aim Are You Living Your Life?
• Dismantling the Mind
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Shinji Fukami, 2020
• To Have an Aspiration
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Vol. 71: October 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2019
Divine Light of Truth
• The Will of God
• Not Getting Caught up by Maya
• Clearing Ignorance
• Proceeding Boldly
• Shri Mahayogi’s Concentration and Memory of the Truth
• Truth Cannot be Renounced
• Avatara and the Purity of His Disciples
Realization of the Truth
• What Must be Attained in Life
• Abiding in the State of Yoga
• Demonstrating Your Ideal in Society
• The Universal God
• Journey to Seek Atman
• Shri Mahayogi’s Personal History
• Approaching the Mind of a Saint
• God is Here
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Takahito Kosuge, 2020
• Live Without Being Bound by Fear
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Vol. 70: September 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2013
• The Power of Meditation
that Expands the Experience of the Mind on a Cosmic Scale
• Ekagrata—100% Fervor
• See the World, Then See Yourself Without Seeing the World
• Boldly Awaken to the Truth of the Cosmos and All Things
• Perfection as a Human Being: Single-Pointed Concentration
Towards the Soul of a Holy Being
• Dive into the World of Lila
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2020
• Vivekananda as My Ideal—To Be an Instrument and to Work
by Gopala
• What it Means to “Persist”
by Emiko Mitsui
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Vol. 69: August 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2012
Confronting “Life” and “Death”
• The Meaning of “Life” and “Soul”
—To Know the Essence of Existence, the “I”
• The True Identity of Death
—Transcending the Mind and Meditation
• Nivritti and Thorough Discrimination
• Meditation on Death:
Put Death Itself on the Operating Table
• What is Needed in Discrimination
• Keep Your Actions, Words and Thoughts Consistent With Each Other
—If You Fail, Correct Yourself Again and Again
• The Step Before Perfection: Sadhana Without Intention
• Self-Existence: True Independence
Without Any Dependence Whatsoever
• The Constant Meditative State of Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga
• The Strong Yearning to Seek Only for What is Real
• Devote Your Best Effort Regardless of the Outcome
—Remain Neutral in the Face of Duality
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yukti (Yuri Shibasaki) 2013-2014
• Living on the Words of Mother—Part 3
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Vol. 68: July 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2013
• Devote Oneself to Spiritual Discipline,
Rely on Yourself in the Pursuit of Realizing the Truth
• The Realm of Absolute Bhakti
• The State of the Bodhisattva—
“If you cannot, dream but truer dreams”
• Awakening of the Truth
• Benefits of Meditation
• Attaining the State of Satori
• The Teaching of the Four Noble Truths
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yukti (Yuri Shibasaki) 2013
• Living on the Words of Mother—Part 2
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Vol. 67: June 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2019
• Meaning of “There is only One”
• Memory, Sanskara and the Practice of Discrimination
• The Training of Bringing Positive Change
Proactively to the Mind is Sadhana
• The Meaning of Shinken [in Japanese]: Seriousness
• The Point of Focus in Meditation
• The True Self
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Yukti (Yuri Shibasaki) 2012-13
• Living on the Words of Mother—Part 1
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Vol. 66: May 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2020
• Savasana
• The Ideal Diet for a Practitioner of Yoga
• What’s Needed to Realize the True Self
• The Truth of Everyone is Immortal Existence
• AUM
• What’s Important is Experience
• Study the Truth in Yoga to Work Towards
Creating a Mind of Fortitude
• Attachment and Vasana
• The True Being Exists on this Earth for the Salvation of this Universe and of All Mankind
• The Spiritual Name
• Raja Yoga is Referred to as Karma Yoga:
The Path of How You Must Act to Attain the Aim
• Become a Better Instrument for the Existence of Truth
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Misato Oomori 2020
• At the Feet of My Revered Master
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Vol. 65: April 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2020
• The Atman of Yoga and the Nirvana of Buddha
• Purity of the Mind
• Learning Love
• The Role or Importance of Satsangha
• The Use of Sexual Energy: Tejas and Ojas
• The More Deepened Your Spiritual State Becomes,
the More Smooth Your Relationships Will Become
• Practice in Difficult Times
• Using the Teachings of Yoga in Accordance with the Phases of Life
• Viveka
• Even with a Thick Veil,
With an Opening the Size of the Eye of a Needle,
The Light Will Surely Shine Through
• Intuition from the Mind-Quality of Sattva
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sadhya 2019
• The Truth of Shri Mahayogi’s Asana: Part 2
Sthira Sukham Asanam
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Vol. 64: March 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2020
• No Matter the Circumstance, Make Yourself Independent as a Yogi
• Speak the Truth Alone from a Place of Humility,
Knowledge and Technique are Unnecessary
• By Controlling the Mind, Train Yourself to not be Influenced,
Neither by Good nor Bad
• The Experience of the Yogi
• True Baptism
• Kundalini
• The Breath and Eye Gaze of Asana
• The Mind Can Transform:
Train and Discipline the Mind to Correspond to the Truth
by Learning the Teaching, and Practicing Asana and Meditation
• The Most Important Accomplishment of Life
• The Karma of the Yogi is Neither Black nor White
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sadhya 2018
• The Truth of Shri Mahayogi’s Asana: Part 1
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Vol. 63: February 2020
Mahayogi Ashrama, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
• Biography of the Master:
Insights Derived from the Discrimination and
Fundamental Penetration of the Mind by Shri Mahayogi
• The Inexhaustible Emptiness and Joy that Comes from Emptiness Itself
• Biography of Shri Mahayogi:
the Discrimination Performed by Shri Mahayogi and
the Meaning of the Existence of the Relative World
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sananda 1997-1998
The “Yoga Explained” Series
Applying Discipline to Put the Practice of Raja Yoga into Action
• Part 2: Pratyahara (Control of the Senses)
• Part 3: Concentration (Dharana)
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Vol. 62: January 2020
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Matsuyama, 2019
• Passion that Transcends Hundreds and Thousands of Lifetimes
• The Intake of Prana through Asana and Meals
• The Role of Prana
• Resolute Determination
and the Great Mission of Swami Vivekananda
• Master and Servant: Truth and Ego
• Humility and Taking Actions for God
• Spirituality is the Greatest Gift of All
• Teachings in the Story of Kisa Gotami
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sananda 1997-1998
The “Yoga Explained” Series
• The Path of Yoga
• The Application of Discipline
for Putting the Practice of Raja Yoga into Action
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Vol. 61: December 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Matsuyama, 2019
• Learning the Truth and Applying Discrimination
• Eternal Existence
• Seeking That Which is Certain & Irrefutable
• Gaining Back your True Self
• Postscript: a Further Blessing
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sananda 1997-1998
The “Yoga Explained” Series
• “Yoga is the restraint of the activity of the mind.”
• Mind—The Psychology of the Subconscious and Its Effects
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Vol. 60: November 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2019
• True Existence—There is Only That!
• The Way of Life in Accordance with Dharma
• The Illogical Nature of the World and Karma
• Thorough and Complete Discrimination
• Proceed Forth Boldly and Dynamically
• The Existence that is the Eternal Existence
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sanatana 2015
• Admiration-Based Faith Turns into the Impetus for Striving
• Believing in God = Believing in Oneself
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Vol. 59: October 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2019
• Regarding Asana Practice, Chakra and the Physical Body
• Train Yourself by Training the Mind
• How Serious are You?
• Yoga and its Path: the Ways of Reaching the Aim
• Deepening on the Path of Yoga
Can Help You Clarify Decisions in Life
• The Right Practice for Working in Service of Others
• Causality in the Mind and the Physical Body
• The View of Sex in Yoga
• The Ultimate Essence of Tantra
• The Master’s Childhood
• “To Die Every Moment” as Sadhana
is to Eliminate the Activity of the Mind
• The Essence of Religion
• How to Find Peace
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Masami Yamaguchi 2019
• Guidance From the Drum!
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Vol. 58: September 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2019
• Coming Out of One’s Own Mind-World
• Train the Mind Through Practicing Karma Yoga
• To Know “Who am I?” is of the Utmost Importance
for Every Human Being
• Get Rid of a Small Dream and Have a Big Dream
• “Everything is Sorrow for the Wise”
• The Essence of the Self Can Only be Experienced
After Breaking Apart One’s Own Identity
• Learn the Truth:
Positive Thinking Alone Does Not Resolve Anything
• The True Aim of Tantra
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: 2019
• The Words of the Master that Removed My Jealousy
by Zao Yuan
• Direct Guidance of the Master
by Yogadanda
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Vol. 57: August 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2011
• Discrimination: Face and Overcome Your Fears
• Seeing Atman in Others
• Discrimination: the Way of Proactive Discipline
• Meditation Must be Done with Such Power
that It Can Penetrate Thousands of Lifetimes
• Purity and Ishvara
• Bhakti Yoga: the Practice of Discrimination in Meditation
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Madhri 2019
• To Realize the Truth:
The Practice of Discrimination and Renunciation are Required
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Vol. 56: July 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2011, 2012
• Yama and Niyama and the Withdrawal of the Senses
• The Restraint of Deeds, Words, and Thoughts
into Those that Demonstrate Your Passion for Satori
• How to Listen
• Buddha’s Silence
• Train the Mind Moment by Moment to End Its Dependency
• The True Meaning of Kriya Yoga
• Tapas is Brahman
• The Essence and Spirit of Renunciation
• True Existence and the True Aspect of the World
• The Actions Prescribed for Yoga Practitioners
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Karuna 2019
• Letting Go of the Mind’s “Me” Bit by Bit
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Vol. 55: June 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: Kyoto, 2002, 2008
• The Meaning of Duty in Yoga—Karma Yoga
• The Meaning of “Fulfilling One’s Duty” in the Bhagavad Gita
• The Meaning of “Do Your Best”
• The Meaning of Devoted Service
• The Meaning of Conquering Duality Through Asana
• The Meaning of Studying the Sacred Scripture
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Sanatana 1999
• The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Noble Path
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Vol. 54: May 2019
Teachings of Shri Mahayogi: New York, 2019
• This is Yoga!
• The Three Great Treasures Taught by Shankaracharya
• To Remove Karma, Remove the Cause
• To Experience the Truth is to Experience
What’s Beyond the Phenomena of the World
• Lila
• Past Lives
• Conquer the Mind with Steady Practice and Pure Faith
• Truth is One
• Meditation on Death
• Truth is One but is Expressed Variously
• Wanting to be Loved vs True Love
Testimonies from Actual Practitioners: Anandi 2019
• Latu, who was Guided by
Shri Ramakrishna to Become a Servant of God
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