Satsang with Swaha - Audio

The art of the Master is to help us experience that which cannot be seen, felt or touched - yet, is our very essence. Vasant Swaha comments on the dissolution into emptiness and shares a Zen story that illustrates the Master's unique way of teaching. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This talk was from a Satsang during the “Art of Let-Go” Retreat a...

Once we remember what is essential in this life, we should focus on that, keeping it in our hearts like a diamond. Vasant Swaha reminds us of what is available through his presence and reads words from Meera about the single-minded focus that the connection with the Master creates. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This talk was from a Satsang during th...

Vasant Swaha talks about the reasons that some people abandon the journey, sharing his own experience of seeing this happen around Osho and other awakened ones. He then explains how the love affair between Master and disciple gradually transforms fear into complete trust and let-go. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This talk was from a Satsang during t...

The Master invites us to reclaim the responsibility for our own lives, because our state of consciousness can shape the reality in which we live. Our work is to re-establish the connection with our hearts and live with more awareness, creating peace and light. In this way, we can live like lotus flowers in the mud: in the world, but unaffected by it. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his lov...

"When you come to the realization that the totality of yourself.... is totally useless, then you’ll suffer. But we say: this is the only way to start the real path. This is the point where there is any hope for you to become what you really are ''. Quoting Gurdjieff, Vasant Swaha addresses a seeker who asks for guidance on how to hold on to the glimpses of truth he has. The only way...

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Thailand, during the “The Fragrance of the Buddha” retreat on 25th of September 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Thailand, during the “The Fragrance of the Buddha” retreat on 25th of September 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

This is a Guided Meditation recorded in a Silent Sitting from the Retreat with Swaha in Chiang Mai, Thailand 26th of September 2023. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in Satsang and retreats. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang during the “The Fragrance of the Buddha” retreat in Thailand, on 21st of September 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Thailand, during the “The Fragrance of the Buddha” retreat on 19th of September 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang during the “The Fragrance of the Buddha” retreat on 19th of September 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

In this first audio of the series, Vasant Swaha introduces us to the Fragrance of the Buddha and how we have lost contact with it. Through recalling the Four Noble Truths of Buddha, he reminds us that it has become a forgotten part of ourselves due to our involvement with the outer factors that take us far away from this moment. However, there is a way back to our being and the Master is proof of...

Dette er et opptak fra en Silent Sitting i Goa, India, Februar 1999. Det er en av de sjeldne gangene der Swaha snakket på Norsk i en slik samling. Vasant Swaha er en moderne mystiker som deler av sin kjærlighet, glede og visdom på retreater. This is a recording from a Silent Sitting in Goa, India, February 1999. It is one of the few times where Swaha talked in Norwegian in this kind of gathering....

A taoist is one who is in tune with life, flowing effortlessly through all that life has to offer us. In this audio, Vasant Swaha shares a story about a sage who became known in old China for the apparent miraculous ways that he approached situations that unfolded in his life. The story goes that while hunting in the central mountains, General Shao Zu set fire to the forest to burn down the tall g...

“The greatest luxury in this world is to enjoy your own Self.” - Vasant Swaha This excerpt is from a Satsang from the silent phase of a retreat. Swaha talks about the value of silence, and finding ourselves in the silence. “To be a nobody is the most extraordinary in this world, because everybody wants to be somebody.” At a time when all the religions of the East talked about “finding your Self,”...

“The Master does nothing. Yet, he leaves nothing undone.” - Lao Tzu There are two fundamentally different ways of living life: the way of doing, and the way of relaxing and allowing, where things still happen.  The inner realm has different Laws to the outer; you can have power and strength without doing anything. This is at the root of martial arts such as aikido. Being in a meditative state, fre...

The Taoist teachings are down-to-earth, for your day-to-day life. “When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten.” In this excerpt from a Satsang, Swaha reads Chuang Tzu 's mind-bending verses about harmony in living.  “Easy is right.  Begin right, and you are easy.  Continue easy, and you are right.” When you are in balance, you go beyond “right and wr...

How can we talk about something, the essence of which cannot be explained through words? The Taoists use water as a metaphor. Sitting beside a waterfall, Swaha reads and comments on these words of Lao Tzu: “The Supreme Truth is like water, which nourishes all. It nourishes all things without trying to do it. It is content with low places that people disdain. Thereby, it is one with the Tao. In dwe...

In this excerpt of Satsang, Swaha talks about the “Three Treasures of Taosim,” to guide us on this path: simplicity, patience and compassion – all natural things that we have forgotten. Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Norway, during the Summer Retreat at Dharma Mountain, in Norway, on 08th of July 2018. For more in...

“To be ordinary is the most extraordinary” - Vasant Swaha The way of the Taoists is a Pathless Path – it cannot be talked about. One has to fall in tune, and flow as water in a state of non-doing, which is called wu wei . " It is in the ordinary life. It is always available – but you have to seek it” . If we use our senses in a natural way, nature can reflect many qualities back to us. Nature...

“Taoism is not a religion, it’s not a belief, it’s a way of living and coming back to live in harmony with existence” -Swaha One cannot understand the Tao intellectually, it has to be a deep realization. The first step is to be open, to feel more. It helps to observe the cycles of nature. If you manage to get out of your head and into your heart, it becomes easier to see the bigger picture of life...

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Norway, during the "Songs of Silence" Retreat at Dharma Mountain, on 26th of August 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Norway, during the “Songs of Silence” Retreat at Dharma Mountain, in Norway, on 24th of August 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net

The Zen tradition is known for the mind-bending ways that are used to provoke the seeker to reach self-realization. Many stories are told about extraordinary meetings between a Master and disciple. Here, Vasant Swaha shares about when Chui (or Yoka), still as a seeker, was challenged by Master Huineng. This meeting led to Chui  becoming a disciple and to his enlightenment. When sharing the story,...

Vasant Swaha is a modern mystic sharing his love, joy, and wisdom in retreats. This is an excerpt from a Satsang in Norway, during the "Songs of Silence" Retreat at Dharma Mountain, on 18th of August 2023. For more information visit www.vasantswaha.net