Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 17. Chapter 13

This Bhagavad Gita Class is the discussion of the 13th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. In this chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Krishna defines the field and that which binds men to its manifestation.

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 18. Chapter 14

This Bhagavad Gita Podcast Episode is the discussion of the 14th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita in which Krishna describes the three gunas, or qualities of Nature. Krishna further declares that the soul constantly moves between these characteristics until it is capable to move beyond.

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 19. Chapter 15

In this Bhagavad Gita Class the 15th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is discussed. In this chapter Krishna tells us about the goal which should be pursued from where we will not return again.

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 20. Chapter 16

This part of the Bhagavad Gita Podcast explains the 16th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna tells us of the positive qualities we can assume and of the negative qualities we should avoid.

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 21. Chapter 17

This Bhagavad Gita Class discusses the 17th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. In this chapter Krishna tells us “Om Tat Sat, The Infinite Beyond Conception, Om that is truth,” is the three-syllabled declaration to be spoken while remembering the Supreme Divinity.

Bhagavad Gita: Episode 22. Chapter 18

In this Bhagavad Gita Class Swami discusses the 18th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. Here Krishna tells us to renounce all other ideals, take refuge in Me alone.

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 1. Beginning

In Episode 1 of the Advanced Shiva Puja English podcast series Swami Satyananda Saraswati introduces the class and talks briefly about puja as a devotional practice that comes from the heart.

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 4. Meditation on Shiva

Episode 4 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja with the Meditation on the Five Faced form of Lord Shiva, the five aspects of the one Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. Swamiji also speaks briefly on the value of reading the mantras in English.

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 6. Sankalpa

This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja which discusses how to take the Sankalpa, the spiritual vow, to perform the worship of Lord Shiva, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness.

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 7. The Song of the Resolve of Shiva

This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class discusses the Shiva Sankalpa Stotram in which we pray “May my mind be filled with that firm determination of Shiva, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness.”

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 8. Worship of Ganesha

This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. In this part of the puja we invoke Ganesha, the Lord of Wisdom and the Remover of All Obstacles, who is the first to be worshiped in any puja.

Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 9. Meditation on Ganesha

This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class continues the discussion of Ganesha puja with the Ganesha Dhyanam or the meditation on Ganesha Divine Form.