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Study of Spirituality

  • Writing books on Maya (the Great Illusion) and Spirituality

    Books on Maya (the Great Illusion) are books about the created universe. Books related to Spirituality are books that guide on various aspects of Spirituality..

  • Do We Need a Special Time and Place to Chant?

    According to the science of Spirituality, we do not need a special time and place to chant the Name of God.

  • Is It Necessary to Sit Cross-Legged While Chanting?

    Our goal is to be able to chant the Name of God continuously and with concentration. Keeping this in mind, we can make efforts to chant at all times in any position.

  • Discomfort in Chanting

    This article explains why we sometimes feel distress, discomfort or pain while chanting.

  • How to Increase One’s Chanting Stepwise

    This article explains how to increase the spiritual practice of chanting the Name of God.

  • How to Improve Concentration During Chanting

    Many thoughts can disrupt our chanting. Here we give practical tips on how to improve concentration in chanting.

  • Chanting During Daily Activities

    This article explains how it is possible to chant during working hours or when talking with someone.

  • How is It Possible to Chant While Performing Various Activities?

    This level of chanting happens at a much later stage in our spiritual journey when the chanting centre is well established in the sub-conscious mind.

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  • Benefits of chanting – medical

    Medical benefits of chanting include the symptoms of disease being visible before the disease sets in and physical benefit due to mental stability.

  • Reducing the risk of spirit or ghost possession

    Explains what one can do to reduce the risk of possession by a ghost.

  • The effect of the author on books on Spirituality

    In this article we discuss the benefits and risks of reading books on Spirituality depending on their author and what the readers actually achieve by reading these books.

  • Writing books on Spirituality

    This article showcases an informal conversation between His Holiness Dr. Athavale and the editorial team when the above articles were being written. It provides various insights on why Saints prefer authoring books on Spirituality as opposed to books on Maya (the Great Illusion).

  • Benefits of Chanting

    Chanting means repetition of God’s Name. Chanting brings us many medical, psychological and spiritual benefits. If we chant with the intention of spiritual progress, we will achieve our aim and experience all the other benefits of chanting too.

  • What is study of spirituality?

    Study of Spiritual science is integral to help us understand the importance of why we should do spiritual practice.

  • Benefits of chanting – psychological

    Psychological benefits of chanting include the subconscious mind getting purified, increase in concentration, introversion and introspection and purification of speech.

  • Benefits of Chanting – Spiritual

    Spiritual benefits of chanting include the ability to overcome destiny and ancestral problems, elimination of distress, purification of Kundalini centres and many benefits for our spiritual practice.

  • Do We Get Any Benefit if We Chant Without Faith?

    This article explains whether one can get any benefit if one chants without faith.

Others steps

  • Lifecycle of spiritual practice

  • What is satsang

    Simply said, Satsang is being in the Company of Truth.

  • Satseva

    Whatever we do best, we should offer that to God with devotion in our hearts.

  • What is spiritual emotion?

    Spiritual Emotion is the replacement of the awareness of our own existence with that of the awareness of God or Guru’s existence with equal or greater intensity.

  • Sacrifice for God

    The spiritual benefits of sacrifice explained.

  • What is Ego (Aham)?

    Ego is a major obstacle in the path of man’s worldly and spiritual happiness. If we learn how to reduce ego then we can access God’s grace more.

  • Which Name of God Should We Chant?

    We are born in that very religion which is most conducive to begin our spiritual practice. 

  • Unconditional love, spiritual love devoid of expectations

    Love without expectations makes us expansive and lets us see God in others.

  • Importance and benefits of serving God – Satseva

    Read how serving God benefits our spiritual practice.

  • Benefits of satsang

    Satsang is an important aspect of spiritual practice in a seeker’s spiritual journey. This is especially so at the beginning of one’s spiritual journey when Spirituality is not yet a part and parcel of one’s life.

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