“The tenth man counts the other nine, each of whom is visible to him, but forgets himself, though his Self is ever known to him”. Swami Sarvapriyananda expands on the allegory of “the Tenth Man” as taught in Chapter 7 of the book, Pancadasi by Vidyaranya. 

This chapter is inspired from a verse from the Brihadharanyaka Upanishad (Mantra 4.4.12): 
"If a man knows the Self as ‘I am this,’ then desiring what and for whose sake will he suffer in the wake of the body?" 

Mantra 4.4.12:
आत्मानं चेद्विजानीयादयमस्मीति पूरुषः ।
किमिच्छन्कस्य कामाय शरीरमनुसंज्वरेत् ॥ १२

The Tenth Man | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Twenty Minute Practice of Centering Prayer

10th Sept'13

Centering Prayer - A Meditative Practice

Reading of Chapter 4 of the Ribhu-gita with rāga Bhairavi background

Ribhu-gita Readings Ch. 4

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.2: Definition of the Self

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.1: There is no non-Self

Diepak - Hey Deena Dayalu

Melodic Stories is a series of instrumental Sai Bhajans, but with a little difference.

On the 23rd of every month, we will offer you a popular Sai Bhajan captured through an instrumental rendition and wrapped with a moving anecdote.

We pray to Bhagawan that the mellifluous instrumental music and the stirring story that goes with it help us connect with Him deeply.

Visit this page on the 23rd of every month to find a new offering.

As always, we begin with an ode to Lord Ganesha, the One to whom the first prayer at all new beginnings is offered.

CREDITS:

Violin: Mr Marcin Krol, Poland
Flute: Mr Neelakandan P R
Voiceover: Mr Bishu Prushty
Music Arrangement, Mixing and Mastering: Mr Anirudh Srinivasan, Radio Sai Global Harmony

Melodic Stories - Season 1

Lambodara Gananatha Gajanana - Instrumental Sai Bhajan

A track from the 'Mystic Kirtans' album (1992). Living in New Zealand influenced me to record a kirtan with a Maori flavour  The yoga chant 'Haribol Nitai-Gaur Nitai-Gaur Haribol'. I hope you enjoy it. Haribol! :)

P.S. Hari means 'One Who takes away all our anxieties and fears'.

YOU TUBE

Island Choir Chant - Haribol Nitai-Gaur

87-07-87 Debu Chaudari

To listen to all Bhajans, please get the 'Prasanthi Mandir Bhajans' (2007-2008) from Sai Blossom Stores in Prasanthi Nilayam. 

Rama Sriramachandra Jaya Jaya Rama

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 9th, 2020. List of questions with timestamps:
• 6:25 --  How to know the Self when It cannot be objectified? Is inference sufficient?
• 27:30 -- While we agree that waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are experienced in consciousness, why can't we say that they are real instead of unreal since they are indeed experienced? 
• 44:50 -- If the realization of atman is an experiential reality, then why is there a logical conflict between different spiritual traditions? Does it mean that the realized master's have different experiences?
•  54:35 -- If consciousness illumines Maya, then why does it need the support of Maya to realize itself?  

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Ask Swami 5/3/2020

An evening talk at Noida with Nithya Shanti and friends.

March'13

Highest States of Emotional Wellbeing

Awakened sage with deep realization of Tantra, QiGong, Yoga, Bhakti, Mantra, Dhyāna and Enlightenment

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.2: Definition of the Self

Devānanda Sarasvatī