Meditation or Dhyaanam is an integral part of sadhana of a Vedanta student-disciple. Since meditation has entered the mainstream, many wrong ideas abound and hence sincere seekers are denied its many benefits.

Is the goal of meditation to empty the mind? Is it meditation if the mind wanders? Will meditation solve all my problems? We explore the answers to these questions/myths in the light of Vedanta.

The transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/284-meditation-6-key-myths-and-truths-as-per-vedanta/

Announcing our new course - Manoshakti - Mind Mastery with Meditations - https://arshavidyananda.in/manoshakti-mind-mastery-with-meditations/

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Our journey of accepting people is incomplete if it leaves the most important person out – oneself.

What do you long to hear? What can you say to yourself? An open letter.

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/283-forgiving-oneself-an-open-letter/

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We wrongly think that the big ‘aha’ moments of epiphanies while meditating or during a retreat make us see that life is sacred.

Actually, the simple prayers and practices that, we do every day help us appreciate that all of life is sacred.

Spread throughout the day, all of these 10-12 shlokas and practices will take less than ten minutes and on top of it, one has sanctified one’s day.

To see a simple puja being performed (from 4.06 mins onwards), please click here

Please contact Rashmi to learn to do a puja at rashmi@arshavidyananda.in

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/282-simple-everyday-prayers-and-practices-to-divinise-your-life/

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First, we become aware of how we depend on everyday non-religious rituals to provide structure, comfort, and meaning to our lives.

Second, we understand why we developed a distaste for religious rituals and

Third, we appreciate some of the rituals in Hinduism that help us to discover the inherent sacredness of our lives.

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/281-are-rituals-necessary-for-your-spiritual-growth/

Buddha at the Gas Pump interview - Swamini Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgVMzyIpVfQ

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In the endless striving to attain wealth, power and scale the height of pleasure, is there anything that, we tend to overlook?

How does the Bhagavad Gita and the Vedic tradition look upon a truly accomplished being? We find out.

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/why-you-are-greater-than-all-your-achievements/

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Is there a stotram (devotional set of verses) composed by Adi Shankaracharya that laments one's helpless condition, seeks divine protection, surrenders to Bhagavan, lays out the stumbling blocks in one's spiritual journey and invokes the urgency of enquiry into samsaara - all at once!

It is Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba Stotram!

Just as Prahlada, Narayana's beloved devotee was protected by Narasimha avataara, we too will be protected and blessed if we seek refuge in Lakshmi Narasimha. We look into the meaning of this powerful stotram composed of 17 verses.

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/279-powerful-blessings-and-protection-of-lakshmi-narasimha-sri-lakshmi-narasimha-karavalamban-stotram/

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When there seems no way out of suffering, Bhagavan always appears in the most mysterious of forms to bless his devotees.

We see this in the events leading to Hiranyakashipu who determined to kill his son Prahlada, challenges the very existence of God and the 4th manifestation of Vishnu appears as Bhagavan Narasimha. And how!

To read the podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/278-narasimha-s-justice-and-prahladas-devotion-a-story-of-divine-protection/

We had heard about Prahlada's wisdom teachings and devotion in Episode 271 - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-river-of-wisdom/episodes/271-Wisdom-teachings-by-Prahlada--a-child-devotee-of-Narayana-Bhagavatam-e2hhuob

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That moment when we saw all that is here is one,

The harmony that we have built in our relationships with Karma Yoga,

The care and connection we feel, because of Vedanta.

All of the above is thanks to someone you have n't met in person but who has helped you know and enjoy yourself and the world - Jagadguru Adi Shankacaracharya.

What are his 10 key contributions to Hinduism/Sanatana Dharma?

The podcast transcript - https://arshavidyananda.in/277-key-10-contributions-of-adi-shankaracharya-to-sanatana-dharma/

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