Bhakti Yoga Sagar Vol. 4

Bhakti Yoga Sagar (Vol-4) "The purpose of Ram Naam Aradhana is to discover and experienceyour relationship which God, which somehow or other you havelost…When you chant the name of Rama, your heart and mind becomecleansed of all impurities." Bhakti Yoga Sagar (Vol-4) consists of satsangs by Sri SwamiSatyananda Saraswati in Rikhia, India, during the Ram NaamAradhana, held during the month of Marga Shirsha(November-December) 1996. During this festival, devoted to theworship of Sri Rama, Sri Swamiji expounded on the benefits ofsinging Gods name as the easiest sahdana to purify the heart andmind. He also said that compassion is the highest virtue and can bedeveloped by contibuting selflessly to the welfare of others.Spiritual seekers should look for God among the poor and needy, asto see God in human form is the greatest sadhana in life. Include 16 colour photographs. About the Author: Swami Satyananda Swami Satyananda was born at Almora, Uttar Pradesh, in 1923. In1943 he met Swarmi Sivananda in Rishikesh, where he lived as asannyasin for the next 12 years. Swami Satyananda founded theInternational Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School of Yogain 1963. Over the next 20 years he toured internationally andauthored over 80 books. In 1984 he founded Sivananda Math, aCharitable institutions for aiding rural development, and the YogaResearch Foundation. In 1988 he adopted kshetra sannyasa andsettled in Rikhia, Jharkhand, where he now lives as a paramahamsasannyasin.