Yoga Research Foundation

06/20/2026

The immature mind always looks for a goal in the world of time and space. You never learn the lesson that anything in the world of time and space cannot be forever. It will be transient because time constantly moves on.

Therefore, your goal is to go beyond time and space.

In order to understand that goal and how to attain it, the scriptures have given seven steps.

— Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda

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The immature mind always looks for a goal in the world of time and ...

06/19/2026

Tulsidas said it plainly. The Divine Name burns karmas. Even one utterance. Even without thought.

Statement of Goswami Tulsidas. Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda, shares the teaching.

Statement of Goswami Tulsidas. Countless karmas burnt by a single u...

06/19/2026

Tulsidas said it plainly. The Divine Name burns karmas. Even one utterance. Even without thought.

Statement of Goswami Tulsidas. Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda, shares the teaching.

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Statement of Goswami Tulsidas. Countless karmas burnt by a single u...

06/18/2026

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"If you continue to have a Godward mind, that negative force will n...

06/18/2026

That anger you think is only draining you. It is the same force that can lift you.

Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda, puts it simply. The energy that weakens you nourishes you when sublimated. Same fire. Different direction.

Keep your mind Godward. Negative forces lose their power when they meet a mind turned toward the Divine.

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"If you continue to have a Godward mind, that negative force will n...

06/18/2026

What happens when you achieve everything the world can offer — and discover it's still not enough?

In the Yoga Vasistha, King Bali becomes ruler of the three worlds. Yet instead of satisfaction, he finds himself face to face with a deeper question: "Who am I?"

Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda, continues this timeless teaching in Lesson 167. He walks us through Aum Upasana — the three-stage meditation on Om that carries the aspirant from body-awareness to the transcendental state of Turiya.

The mind that once bound us becomes the very instrument of liberation.

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Are you searching for lasting fulfillment in a world that only offe...

06/17/2026

What happens when you achieve everything the world can offer — and discover it’s still not enough?

In the Yoga Vasistha, King Bali becomes ruler of the three worlds. Yet instead of satisfaction, he finds himself face to face with a deeper question: “Who am I?”

Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda, continues this timeless teaching in Lesson 167. He walks us through Aum Upasana — the three-stage meditation on Om that carries the aspirant from body-awareness to the transcendental state of Turiya.

The mind that once bound us becomes the very instrument of liberation.

🎬 Watch the full lecture:

Are you searching for lasting fulfillment in a world that only offe...

06/17/2026

¡OM! Levántate por ti mismo. Te conviertes en tu peor enemigo cuando degradas tu mente con impurezas y pensamientos pesimistas. Te conviertes en tu mejor amigo cuando elevas tu mente con Satsanga y Sadhana. ¡Vive para realizar: YO SOY SAT-CHIT-ANANDA!

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Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, el discípulo vivo directo más antiguo de Swami Sivananda.

06/17/2026

OM! Lift yourself by yourself. You become your worst enemy when you degrade your mind by impurities and pessimistic thoughts. You become your best friend when you elevate your mind by Satsanga and Sadhana. Live to realize: I AM SAT-CHIT-ANANDA!

Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, senior-most living direct disciple of Swami Sivananda.

06/17/2026

Tu mente se siente pesada hoy. Cuando llega la angustia, hay una práctica que lo cambia todo: recitar los mantras que hablan de la gloria del Ser.

'No soy ni la mente ni la conciencia ni el ego. Soy la forma de la conciencia y la dicha.'

Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, el discípulo vivo directo más antiguo de Swami Sivananda, sobre la antigua cura para una mente acelerada.

Tus pensamientos van a toda velocidad. El ruido no se detiene. En e...