Ananda Marga Dharmacast

When is the right time to do an action? When is the best time to do an auspicious action? These questions are addressed in this episode of the Dharmacast pod cast series.

We look at how surrendering everything to God can help us in spiritual meditation, and also look at some practical ways to accomplish this.

We take a look at the three main obstacles that crop up when we try to meditate, and give some suggestion about how to overcome them and achieve a deeper more peaceful experience.

What does it take to reach self-realization? We look at the systematic effort that can help a person attain spiritual success.

Forgiveness is one the ten qualities that characterize Dharma (spiritual conduct), but it is not always easy for us to be forgiving.  We look at the issues revolving around forgiveness in human life.

We take a look at the wisdom contained in the ancient spiritual books  known as the Vedas, using Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s commentary as our guide.

Dynamicity is a fundamental characteristic of human existence.  We look at this concept from the perspective of a story in the Vedas as recounted by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in his book “Ananda Vacanamrtam.”

We look at the similarities and difference of prayer and meditation, what kinds of prayer are the best, and what is meditation all about.

We look at the role of struggle (physical and psychic) as well as the role of the Attraction of the Great (our spiritual longing) in the quest to become better human beings.

We look at Shankaracarya’s advice to “Do good deeds days and night,” with insight from a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in 1979.

The paths of  knowledge, action and devotion are the three main approaches to achieving spiritual success. We take a brief look at all three and explain why devotion is the best path.  This podcast is based on the text: “Devotion-The Only Path” by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.

Greatness and goodness lies within each one of us, whether society regards us as a criminal or a saint.  Initiation into tantric meditation can bring this potential into reality.  This podcast looks at an instance in which this happened.

We look at the yogic method of overcoming superiority, inferiority, fear and defeatist complexes.  This podcast is based on a discourse by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in his book “Ananda Vacanamritam, Part 14.”

What is the goal of life and how can we reach it? In this podcast we look at Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s discourse “Ideological Flow and the Eight-Fold Path” and see how we can achieve spiritual success using a method formulated by Buddha, known as The Eight-Fold Path.

“As you think, so you become” is the psychological basis for the practice of meditation and for success in life.  In this podcast we look at the role of auto-suggestion and outer-suggestion in this process.

There are four basic longings (Vargas) at the base of the human personality: Physical needs (kama), Psychic needs(artha), Psycho-Spiritual longing (dharma), and Pure Spirituality (moksha or moks’a).  Dada Vedaprajinananda discusses how we can fulfill them and offers one shortcut at the end. If you have questions or would like to share your thoughts, or requests for a future podcast, send an...

There is a psycho-spiritual reason why truth defeats falsehood and good triumphs over evil, both in fables and stories and in real life.  Dada Vedaprajinananda looks into this.

In this podcast we go over the guidance that Caetanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) gave to his disciples more than .500 years ago.  The podcast also includes a song by Dada Veda which illustrates the advice in the ancient Sanskrit poem.

Here is another podcast in which we look at the advice given by wise sages of the past regarding how we can best utilize our human existence. In this episode we are exploring a poem written by Shankaracyara.

Can the practice of yoga, meditation and other spiritual practices protect someone from Coronavirus or do we also have to follow normal health precautions? Dada Vedaprajinananda looks at the issue.