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Awaken Interviews Swami Satchidananda – The Essence Of All Religious Teachings Is Selflessness

Awaken: Swami Satchidananda, I first want to thank you for spending this time with me and for so graciously and generously sharing your wisdom with our awakened readers.

Why be a Vegetarian?

by Swami Satchidananda: Once I was asked the question: “Do the Vedas teach vegetarianism?” The answer is, there is no Veda without the mention of ahimsa (non-violence).

On Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary: Namaste To “The Woodstock Guru.”

by Philip Goldberg:We’re in the midst of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the event that came to define the 1960s counterculture, the Woodstock Festival…

Is “Indifference” Yoga?

by Sri Swami Satchidananda: In Yoga, we often use the term “vairagya…”

Living Yoga: The Life & Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda

From the famous opening of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival (pictured above), to impacting medical research, interfaith dialogue, teaching and providing spiritual guidance to countless students, Sri Swami Satchidananda was one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual masters, living from 1914 to 2002.

Swami Satchidananda: Apostle Of Peace

“Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.” His holiness, Swami Satchidananda, affectionately called Gurudev by many,

Swami Satchidananda, Woodstock’s Guru, Dies at 87

by Douglas Martin: Swami Satchidananda, the guru with the gigantic cottony beard who opened the Woodstock festival by calling music ”the celestial sound that controls the whole universe,” died on Monday in Madras in South India. He was 87.

Truth Is One, Paths Are Many’

by Daniel Redwood DC: The Reverend Sri Swami Satchidananda has for many years been an apostle of peace in a world filled with war, a herald of moderation in a culture addicted to the extremes.