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Morning Prayer to Brahman

Pratah Smaranam is a set of 3 + 1 verses offered as Prayer to Brahman. These original Sanskrit Verses were composed by Jagad-Guru (Word Teacher) Adi Shankara, and these verses have been translated (from Sanskrit to English) and explained in in detail by Brahmavid Sam Yogi for the benefit of the 21st century man / woman in this 54 minute long podcast. Download it here.

44 Discourses on the Ashtavakra Gita:

In the following discourses available as MP3 podcasts, Brahmavid Sam Yogi explains word for word the meaning of each of the "shlokas" in the first 18 chapters of Ashtavakra Gita (Note: As of now, the first 76 "shlokas" or verses have been covered; i.e., the 18th chapter is 76% complete).

1st Chapter, Shlokas   1 to 10 - Discourse 1
1st Chapter, Shlokas 11 to 20 - Discourse 2
2nd Chapter - Discourse 3
3rd Chapter - Discourse 4
4th Chapter - Discourse 5.1
5th Chapter - Discourse 5.2
6th and 7th Chapters - Discourse 6.1
8th Chapter - Discourse 6.2
9th Chapter - Discourse 7
10th Chapter - Discourse 8
11th Chapter - Discourse 9
12th Chapter - Discourse 10
13th Chapter - Discourse 11
14th & 15th (Part 1) Chapter- Discourse 12
15th Chapter (Part 2) - Discourse 13
15th (Part 3) & 16th (Part 1) Chapters - Discourse 14
16th Chapter (Part 2) - Discourse 15
17th Chapter (Part 1) - Discourse 16
17th Chapter (Part 2) - Discourse 17
17th Chapter (Part 3) - Discourse 18
17th Chapter (Part 4) - Discourse 19
18th Chapter (Part 1) - Discourse 20
18th Chapter (Part 2) - Discourse 21
18th Chapter (Part 3) - Discourse 22
18th Chapter (Part 4) - Discourse 23
18th Chapter (Part 5) - Discourse 24   Study-Guide 24
18th Chapter (Part 6) - Discourse 25   Study-Guide 25
18th Chapter (Part 7) - Discourse 26   Study-Guide 26
18th Chapter (Part 8) - Discourse 27 Study-Guide 27
18th Chapter (Part 9) - Discourse 28   Study-Guide 28
18th Chapter (Part 10) - Discourse 29 Study-Guide 29
18th Chapter (Part 11) - Discourse 30 Study-Guide 30
18th Chapter (Part 11) - Discourse 31 Study-Guide 31
18th Chapter (Part 12) - Discourse 32 Study-Guide 32
18th Chapter (Part 13) - Discourse 33 Study-Guide 33
18th Chapter (Part 14) - Discourse 34 Study-Guide 34
18th Chapter (Part 15) - Discourse 35 Study-Guide 35
18th Chapter (Part 16) - Discourse 36 Study-Guide 36
18th Chapter (Part 17) - Discourse 37 Study-Guide 37
18th Chapter (Part 18) - Discourse 38 Study-Guide 38
18th Chapter (Part 19) - Discourse 39 Study-Guide 39
18th Chapter (Part 20) - Discourse 40 Study-Guide 40
18th Chapter (Part 21) - Discourse 41 Study-Guide 41
Partial Summary          - Discourse 42

LISTEN TO SAM YOGI'S ALMOST-HOUR-LONG-PODCAST EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP DILEMMA IN THE MODERN WORLD IN THE 21st CENTURY...

15 Discourses on the Avadhuta Gita:

1st Chapter, Verses 1 to 9 - Discourse 1
1st Chapter, Verses 10 to 13 - Discourse 2
1st Chapter, Verses 14 to 19 - Discourse 3
1st Chapter, Verses 20 to 22 - Discourse 4
1st Chapter, Verses 23 to 25 - Discourse 5
1st Chapter, Verses 26 to 29 - Discourse 6
1st Chapter, Verses 30 to 33 - Discourse 7
1st Chapter, Verses 34 to 37 - Discourse 8
1st Chapter, Verses 38 to 41 - Discourse 9
1st Chapter, Verses 42 to 45 - Discourse 10
1st Chapter, Verses 46 to 49 - Discourse 11
1st Chapter, Verses 50 to 53 - Discourse 12
1st Chapter, Verses 54 to 57 - Discourse 13
1st Chapter, Verses 58 to 61 - Discourse 14
1st Chapter, Verses 62 to 65 - Discourse 15

Free "Yoga Nidra" or Yogic Sleep (38 minutes)

Practice Yogic Sleep or Psychic Sleep or "Yoga Nidra" while lying down in "Shavasana" or the Corpse Pose (i.e., preferrably, without a pillow). If you have to use a pillow, use a thin and soft pillow. Practice with your eyes closed, stay awake, do not sleep. Also, if you have a Yoga Mat, practice by lying flat on the mat (this might be better, since we are all neurologically conditioned to fall asleep if we lie on our bed --- and the key is to keep your eyes closed, without sleeping).

(Note: The mp3 audio file uploaded here is for your individual, private use, and is protected by Copyright laws (you may not appropriate it for commercial purposes). You may not post it anywhere on the Internet. If you want to pass it on to friends and family, please refer them to this website instead. If you benefit from the relaxation, please consider making a donation using the paybox below...)

Thank you, and God Bless.

Before clicking on the link below to begin the practice, you should make all necessary arrangements like turning the light off / low lighting, covering your body with a blanket, etc. Once the audio begins, you have to lie down with eyes closed, and can't make any movement for 37 to 38 minutes. Thank You. Click on the link below to begin:

Sam Yogi guides you into Yogic Sleep

Srimad Bhagavad Gita Discourses by Sam Yogi

Chapter 2 - Verses 1 to 19 Discourse 1 (65 minutes)

Chapter 2 - Verses 20 to 44 Discourse 2 (66 minutes)

Chapter 2 - Verses 42 to 49 Discourse 3 (66 minutes)

Chapter 2 - Verses 47 to 53 Discourse 4 (66 minutes)

Chapter 2 - Verses 54 to 63 Discourse 5 (64 minutes)

Chapter 2 - Verses 64 to 72 Discourse 6 (65 minutes)

Chapter 3 - Verses 1 to 10 Discourse 7 (65 minutes)

Chapter 3 - Verses 9 to 19 Discourse 8 (65 minutes)

Chapter 3 - Verses 20 to 28 Discourse 9 (66 minutes)

Chapter 3 - Verses 26 to 34 Discourse 10 (65 minutes)

Chapter 3 - Verses 35 to 43 Discourse 11 (66 minutes)

Chapter 4 - Verses 1 to 10 Discourse 12 (66 minutes)

Chapter 4 - Verses 11 to 20 Discourse 13 (65 minutes)

Chapter 4 - Verses 21 to 28 Discourse 14 (65 minutes)

Chapter 4 - Verses 29 to 37 Discourse 15 (65 minutes)

Chapter 4 - Verses 38 to 42 Discourse 16 (66 minutes)

Chapter 5 - Verses 1 to 5 Discourse 17 (65 minutes)

Chapter 5 - Verses 6 to 10 Discourse 18 (66 minutes)

Chapter 5 - Verses 11 to 15 Discourse 19 (66 minutes)

Chapter 5 - Verses 16 to 22 Discourse 20 (66 minutes)

Chapter 5 - Verses 23 to 29 Discourse 21 (64 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 1 to 9 Discourse 22 (66 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 10 to 15 Discourse 23 (65 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 16 to 23           Discourse 24 (62 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 24 to 32           Discourse 25 (66 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 30 to 39            Discourse 26 (62 minutes)

Chapter 6 - Verses 40 to 47            Discourse 27 (62 minutes)

Satwa, Rajas, Tamas:

Satwa is Tranquility, Rajas is Activity, and Tamas is Lethargy. Satwik food is not excessively spicy, juicy, substantial (like rice, beans), and results in longevity, and makes you happy. Rajasik food is bitter, sour, salty, very very hot, spicy, burning , rough, abrasive, and pungent. Rajasik food results in grief and unhappiness! Tamasik food is stinking, left-over (by others), non-pure, stale, cooked overnight (and not refrigerated), etc.

For spiritual progress, SamYogi recommends a Satwik, vegetarian diet. Here, Bhagavad Gita is referenced to explain these three different types of diets. Listen to the 49 minute long discourse explaining these three different Gunas, and couple it with your awakened intelligence to decide what is best for you in terms of a practical diet, which can also help you progress spiritually.

Brahmavid Explains the Brahma-Sutras or the Threads (Formulae) on Brahman:

With Word-by-Word Sanskrit to English Translation

Anyone serious about the knowledge of Brahman, as hinted at by other popular Vedantic texts like the Srimad-Bhagavad Gita and the 108 Upanishdads, must at some point in his / her quest for knowledge, understand the Brahma Sutras. A Sutra means a formula or a thread, and a Brahma Sutra means a formula on Brahman. Consider these Sutras to be the formulae which unlock the great knowledge of Brahman. Once you know Brahman, you become a Brahmavid. And once you are a Brahmavid, you can claim with authenticity: Brahmavid Brahmaiva Bhavati --- One who knows Brahman becomes One with It.

FIRST CHAPTER
Brahma Sutras    1 to 12     (I.i.1     to I.i.12):     First CD (55 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 13 to 20     (I.i.13    to I.i.20):    Second CD (63 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 21 to 28     (I.i.21    to I.i.28):    Third CD (67 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 29 to 32     (I.i.29    to I.i.32):    Fourth CD (67 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 33 to 44     (I.ii.1     to I.ii.12):   Fifth CD (67 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 45 to 56     (I.ii.13   to I.ii.24):   Sixth CD (66 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 57 to 65   (I.ii.25   to I.ii.33):   Seventh CD (67 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 66 to 77     (I.iii.1    to I.iii.12): Eighth CD (66 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 78 to 86     (i.iii.13 to I.iii.21): Ninth CD (67 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 87 to 98     (i.iii.22 to I.iii.33): Tenth CD (59 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 99 to 115 (I.iii.34   to I.iv.7):    Eleventh CD (58 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 116 to 122   (I.iv.8     to I.iv.14): Twelfth CD (65 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 123 to 126 (i.iv.15   to I.iv.18)   Thirteenth CD (62 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 127 to 130   (i.iv.16   to I.iv.20)   Fourteenth CD (63 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 131 to 134   (i.iv.21   to I.iv.24)   Fifteenth CD (66 minutes)
Brahma Sutras 135 to 138   (i.iv.25   to I.iv.28)   Sixteenth CD (66 minutes)

IN THIS 65-MINUTE-LONG-DISCOURSE TITLED "IN SEARCH OF THE OBSERVER," SAM YOGI PUTS THE "REAL-YOU" UNDER HIS SPIRITUAL AND ANALYTICAL MICROSCOPE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE NEITHER YOUR GROSS BODY (PHYSICAL BODY) NOR YOUR SUBTLE BODY (MIND / INTELLECT / EGO). YOU ARE THE OBSERVER, AND THESE VARIOUS BODIES (GROSS AND SUBTLE) ARE THE OBSERVED.

EXAMPLE 1: YOU ARE THE AWARENESS, WHICH BECOMES AWARE THAT THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO JUST WALKED BY TITTILATED YOUR MIND / EGO , BASKING YOUR MIND IN SOME SENSORY PLEASURES.

EXAMPLE 2: YOU ARE THE WITNESS, WHEN YOUR MIND "SUFFERS" FROM "PAIN," AND "CRIES" WHEN YOUR SON DIES IN THE IRAQ WAR, OR WHEN YOUR WIFE LEAVES YOU FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR!

IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AWARENESS WHICH IS THE SPIRITUAL YOU, THE OBSERVER WHICH IS THE REAL YOU, THE WITNESS WHICH IS THE PERENNIAL YOU; AND THE DIVINE, THE SPIRIT-THAT-MOVES-IN-ALL-THINGS, THE GOD IN HEAVEN, THE ATMAN, THE ALLAH, THE BRAHMAN? LISTEN TO THIS DISCOURSE BY BRAHMAVID SAM YOGI AND DESTROY ALL YOUR SORROWS, ALL YOUR LONELINESS, ALL YOUR BONDAGE, ALL YOUR PAIN. UPROOT FROM THE VERY ROOTS ALL YOUR SUFFERINGS, AND ASSOCIATED ILLNESSES: JEALOUSY, ENVY, ANGER, HATRED, BRUTAL AGGRESSIVENESS, RUTHLESS COMPETITIVENESS.

SPIRIT YOU ARE, AND TO THE SPIRIT YOU WILL RETURN. YOU ARE NOT THE BODY, YOU ARE NOT THE MIND, YOU ARE NOT THE EGO. YOU ARE THE SPIRIT, THE IMMORTAL, THE OBSERVER. STOP THAT HEARTRENDING CRY. MAKE YOUR KNOWLEDGE STRONG. STRENGTHEN YOUR INTELLIGENCE THAT YOU ARE THE ATMAN, THE WITNESS...BE FREE! ENJOY LIFE!! DON'T CRY; CELEBRATE!!!

Svetasvetara Upanishad:

Chapter 1, Part 1   First CD (66 minutes)
Chapter 1, Part 2   Second CD (66 minutes)
Chapter 1, Part 3 Third CD (65 minutes)
Chapter 2, Part 1 Fourth CD (66 minutes)
Chapter 2, Part 2 + Chapter 3, Part 1 Fifth CD (66 minutes)
Chapter 3, Part 2   Sixth CD (57 minutes)
Chapter 3, Part 3   Seventh CD (51 minutes)
Chapter 4, Part 1   Eighth CD (65 minutes)
Chapter 4, Part 2   Ninth CD
Chapter 4, Part 3   Tenth CD
Chapter 5, Part 1   Eleventh CD
Chapter 5, Part 2   Twelfth CD
Chapter 6, Part 1   Thirteenth CD
Chapter 6, Part 2   Fourteenth CD
Chapter 6, Part 3   Fifteenth CD

Katha Upanishad - Series of 3 Podcasts

(Dialogs between Nachiketa & "Yama" / Lord of Death)

The Lord of Death reveals how not to fall under his clutch, or how to achieve IMMORTALITY:

Katha Upanishad Chapter 1 - Podcast 1 (49 minutes)

Katha Upanishad Chapter 1 - Podcast 2 (47 minutes)

Katha Upanishad Chapter 1 - Podcast 3 (39 minutes)

Upadesha Sara by Ramana Maharshi:

This set of 30 Sanskrit Verses are an eye-opener for any seeker on the spiritual path to understand the true nature of the "truth most holy," as propounded by Ramana Maharshi, the great sage of Arunachala. His teachings were so simple in expression, yet so difficult to master, that in the 21st century, we have teachers like Eckhardt Tolle, why synthesize the teachings from J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, and the New Testament, and bring it to the masses.

What Brahmavid Sam Yogi has done in this set of 3 CDs is translated word-for-word the Sanskrit verses into English. Where required, Brahmavid Sam Yogi brings out the similarities between the Sanskrit and English words, while expounding these 30 verses in God-inspired spirited English prose for the benefit of the masses.

Karma & Bhakti Yoga (1st to 10th Verses):        First CD (mp3 file)
Dhyana & Jnana Yoga (11th to 20th Verses):    Second CD (mp3 file)
Jnana Yoga (20th to 30th Verses):                     Third CD (mp3 file)

Some of Sam Yogi's other discourses are as follows (Check the Seven Chakras section to get a FREE 45 minute Yoga-Nidra mp3 audio):

(25 minutes - Sadhana Panchakam): Brahmavid SamYogi explains the mystery behind God-Realization or Self-Realization of Ancient masters. For example, Jesus became Christ when he realized: "I and my Father-in-Heaven are one and the same."

(35 minutes - Mandukya Upanishad): The Upanisad begins emphatically with the statement - "Aum Etyeda Aksharam Idam Sarvam", which means - the letter AUM (or OM) is all this. In this podcast, Brahmavid Sam Yogi explains how this is similar to the saying in other Upanisads, where it is stated - "In the beginning was the "Sabda" or sound, the "Sabda" was with "Brahman" or the Source, the "Sabda" was "Brahman." This is similar to the way John's Gospel opens the statement: In the beginning was the Sound, the Sound was with God, the Sound was God. ...The lucid explanation of what Brahman is and what it is not happens in the last sutra, 22 minutes into the discourse. Please listen to the definition of Brahman, as Sam Yogi explains; it is put in words here: "It not consciousness of the internal world, not the consciousness of the internal world, it is not the consciousness of both worlds, it is not a mass of consciousness, it is not the state of waking, it is not simple consciousness, it is not simply unconsciousness. So, what is it? It can not be seen, it is beyond the utility of day to day activities, it can not be grasped by the organs of action, it can't be inferred, it can not be seen, it is beyond logical thinking, it is indescribable. So what is it? Its valid belief consists in the firm belief .... Listen to the sermon to find out the valid proof of this "Brahman" or Life-Force or Source-of-All-Energy or Truth-Most-Holy.

Avadhuta Gita or the song of the "liberated." These are liberated Sanskrit MANTRAs sang by an "Avadhuta" or the liberated-one. Enjoy. (A series of podcasts by Brahmavid, similar to the 40 CD Ashtavakra Gita, is coming soon!)

Prayer Donation / Guru Dakshina

If you benefited from any of the above podcasts, please consider making a prayer donation / Guru dakshina. In the Vedanta tradition, at the end of knowledge acquisition, a "dakshina" or tuition is paid to the preceptor or Guru, and the Guru acknowledges the fact that the "Sishya" or student is now at par with the Guru in terms of knowledge / realization / bliss. (Caution: However, in behavior, the Sishya should always respect the Guru and should never claim that he / she is equal to the Guru).

Brahmavid Sam Yogi sits in Brahma Loka during Brahma-Muhurta (two hours to one hour before sunrise) and prays for peace for every one and for those who have made donations to make this spiritual website possible. Listen to sample prayer chantings here and here and here, and use the secure PayPal pay box to make your donation / pay your "Dakshina" or tuition. Thank you and God Bless!