Cherished Memoirs

Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 15

No Fear of Death There are only two kinds of people who have no fear of death. Who are they? The Jnani and the Bhagavata. The Jnani has no fear of death because he is well established in the Self and
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 16

Guru Poornima message On Guru Poornima this year (2009), the devotee went to Ashram to meet Sri Swamiji. He was wanting to ask Sri Swamiji’s message for Guru Poornima for the benefit of
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Conversation with Sri Swamiji – 17

The Right Contact Number ‘When you wish to talk to someone over telephone, you just don’t start speaking soon after picking up the instrument, do you? Don’t you need to know and dial the
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 19

Vishayam’ It was a fine day in August, when a devotee came to have Sri Sri Swamiji’s darshan. The devotee had a genuine concern in his face when he met Sri Sri Swamiji. He asked, “Swamiji,
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 20

Gopis – The epitome of devotion We all read Srimad Bhagavatham and each one of us enjoy it in our own way. Some like the Kunti Stuti, some like the Bheeshma Stuti, some the Rasa Panchaadhyaayi
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 21

Names given by Mahans Once Sri Sri Swamiji said, ‘Devotees always approach Mahans when children are born in their families to secure their blessings. They also pray such Mahans to name their
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 22

Precious Prayers Sri Sri Swamiji said, Right from birth till the end of one’s life, our religion teaches us to perform every ritual, which is done for our well-being, with a prayer to the Lord.
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 23

Awakening Sounds We all dream while we sleep. Suppose, we hear a loud noise like that of a jar falling to the ground in the dream, it does not awaken us from our slumber. Instead, we only continue
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Nothing happens against His Will!

Long back, once, Sri Sri Swamiji visited Kumbakonam. He camped at the residence of Cheenu, a very ardent devotee of Sri Sri Swamiji. During His stay there, Sri Sri Swamiji rendered a lecture on some
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 7

Mind – the creeper The mind is like a tiny creeper within our hearts. Just as a creeper needs some hold, onto which it entwines itself, the mind too needs an object to hold on to. Though a
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His Portrait is Him!

It was a sunny morning. Sri Sri Swamiji had just returned from a tour. After his morning ablutions, He started out from Alapakkam and beckoned me to drive to Premika Bhavanam. As we were on our way,
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Conversations with Sri Swamiji – 8

Catch the Shadow! Among all the personalities in our entire Puranas and Epics, Hanuman and Bheema are the only two persons who have been said to be extremely powerful and strong. Even among the two,
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