What Gives a Mantra its Pzazz?

Success in meditation depends on our everyday living which is described in Yoga’s “Yama and Niyama) Yama describes five areas of bringing and individual in harmony with the environment and society, and Niyama shows the way to internal harmony and purity. This is based on Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s book “A Guide to Human Conduct” Contact […]

Dada Veda shares seven basic tips that can help you get started and become established in the practice of meditation. If you have additional tips or would like to share things which have helped you, put them down in the comments section. To attend a retreat in person with Dada visit https://www.anandaliina.org/events To contact Dada […]

Dada Vedaprajinananda gives and explains three tips that anyone can use to deepen the meditation experience. To contact Dada visit www.dadaveda.com and to find out about the coming meditation retreat in Illinois visit www.anandaliina.org/events Visit the YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@dadaveda

We are looking at Shiva’s guidelines for achieving spiritual success. Dada Vedaprajinananda goes over the main points based on discourses given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in Ananda Vacanamrtam Parts 3 and 12. To contact Dada Veda directly visit http://www.dadaveda.com and go to the contact page.  Please subscribe to the audio podcast and to the YouTube […]

Karma and reincarnation are the subject of this video. Dada Vedaprajinananda (Dada Veda) looks at this topic using a discourse of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (“Extra Cerebral Memory” published in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 6) If you want to read the original article quoted here visit an Ananda Marga Center and see if they have Ananda Vacanamrtam […]

We are looking at the ten characteristics of dharma, or to put it another way the ten characteristics of people following a dharmic or spiritual life. It is based on a Sanskrit couplet: Dhrti-kśamá-damoʼsteyaḿ-shaocamendriyanigrahah, Dhiirvidyásatyamakrodho dashakaḿ dharmalakśańam And the ten characteristics are as follows: 1. Dhriti – patience 2. Ks’ama – forgiveness 3. Damah – […]

We explore Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s discourse on the various spiritual paths, and the importance of following the middle path where we work for liberation in a systematic way. This discourse is found in “Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 13”

Dada Vedaprajinananda (aka Dada Veda) looks at why and how a mantra could be able to bring about spiritual elevation. The discussion is based on a discourse of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (“Mantra and Japa” in his book “Ananda Vacanamtram Part 13”.) If you would like to contact Dada please go to his website https://www.dadaveda.com and […]

Dada Vedaprajinananda (aka Dada Veda) explores this age old question. There are so many religions, social philosophies and ideas vying for our attention. An ancient Sanskrit poem supplies an answer: saying that we have to go within to find the answer. This talk is based on a discourse by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in his book […]

Spiritual mindfulness is the awareness that all the objects that we come in contact with are manifestation of cosmic consciousness. Usually this kind of awareness takes place during silent meditation or prayer, but Dada Vedaprajinananda explains how it can be done in daily life as we go about our usual activities. Dada’s presentation is based […]