Far Beyond Manograhya
However good or elevate a thought or idea is, it is still just this, a phenomenon of the mind. Manograhya is a Sanskrit word that means "that which can be perceived by the mind". The Puranas say that it is in ignorance even the one who reveres Love in his most sublime...
Self-Realization: The Inner and the Outer Path
About these talks…These rare recorded talks were taped during a gathering at Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters on Christmas Day, 1950. During the latter years of his life, having completed much of the outward organizational work he had been sent...
The Significance of Shivaratri
There is a deep significance behind the idol worship prevalent in Hinduism. It aims at an understanding and realization that every image of God represents a particular facet of the omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent Supreme Divine Almighty. After the celebration...
The Brain’s Third Circuit
In chapter 3 of Paramahamsa Hariharananda’s book Kriya Yoga, we come across the following sentence: Through this technique [of Kriya Yoga] you can always remain in the third circuit, i.e. inside the cranium above the pituitary, which is the kingdom of God. The longer...