“What has he found who has lost God?
And what has he lost who has found God?”

Meditations on the Heart Chakra ...

Modern lifestyle has high exposure to insecurity, anger, hate, fear and other such emotions. These emotions have strong tendencies to spread quickly and leave impressions strong enough to create insecure individuals and an unstable society.

Meditation helps an individual overcome these emotions. It is a self healing process and is one of the best methods to bring about transformation by recognizing and nurturing the natural qualities of love, peace and happiness inherent within us. It is universal, transcending all divides like religion, country and culture.

Join us this Sunday, Sept 16, 2012 to know more about such techniques at Millennium Towers Federation Hall, inside shopping complex of Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai.

Time: 11am to 12.30 noon

An Inner Journey Through The Seven Chakras

A meditation session on the Seven Chakras was held in Shanishwara temple, Nerul on April 8, 2012. This comprehensive guided meditation to harmonizing the Chakras with music, colors and breathing techniques was well attended by people in Navi Mumbai. Purpose was to help understand the capabilities hidden in our innermost being, to realize the full potential for happiness and creativity.


“It was a beautiful experience; I was lost in the world of colors and the amazing music. I surely look forward to similar experiences with Vasudhaji in the future” said Dr. Sangita Bansode, one of the participants.


“It was a feeling of complete bliss and fulfillment. My energy levels were high and I carried a feeling of positivity throughout the day.” commented Ms. Girija Shankar , one who has been regularly following Acharya Vasudhaji’s discourses.


“A truly peaceful and invigorating experience. Peace amidst chaos” voiced Ms. Beena Nair, a participant from Sanpada.

Shri Dakshinamurthy

चित्रं वटतरोर्मुले वृद्धशिष्या गुरुर्युवा | 

गुरोस्तु मौनं व्याख्यानं शिष्यास्तु छिन्नसंशयाः ||

Chitram vatatharormule vruddhashishyaa gururyuvaah | 

Gurostu maunam  vyaakhyanam shishyaastu chinnasamshayah ||

Behold under the Banyan are seated the aged disciples around and about their youthful teacher. It is wondrous indeed: the teacher instructs through silence, which in itself removes all the doubts arising in the disciples minds.

Shri Dakshinamurthy is a form of Lord Shiva. He teaches in silence (and yet) the students are freed from all doubts (about the Truth). Teaching imparted in Silence has traditiionally been regarded as the best method to reveal the truth of Atman (The Self) which is all pervading Reality.

Lectures scheduled for Feb 2012

Monday: Satsangh & meditation 4 to 6.30 pm

Tuesday: Tulsidasji’s Sunderkaand 6 to 7 pm

Wednesday: Vishnu Sahasranaam chanting 6 to 6.30 pm
Hanuman Chalisa 6.30 to 7.30 pm

Thursday: Nirvana Shatkam 11.30 am to 12.30pm
Vishnu Sahasranaam chanting 6 to 6.30 pm
Bhaja Govindam 6.30 to 7.30 pm   

Friday: Bhagavad Gita (chapter 3) 11.30 am to 12.30pm 

Sat & Sun:  Basic course in Vedanta 7 to 9 am

No Mind ! Never Mind !

यदा  न  लीयते  चित्तं  न  च  विक्षिप्यते  पुनः  |

अनिगनमानभासं  निष्पन्नं  ब्रह्मतत्तदा  || ( माण्डुक्य  कारिका -अद्वैत  प्रकरण -४६ )

When the mind is not lost in trance and not distracted in desire agitations again, is motionless and does not raise apparitions of thought, it verily becomes that Brahman.  (Mandukya Karika-Advaita Prakarna-46)

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता |

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जथो योगमात्मनः  || (भगवद गीता : ६ :१९ )

Just as a lamp placed in a windless place does not flicker” is a simile used to describe the Yogi of controlled mind, practicing yoga in the Self (absorbed in the Self with a steady mind). (Bhagavad Gita: 6:19)

“In short, man minus mind is God; God plus mind is man. Mind exists only in ashanti. Where there is shanti there is Godhood.  When the desire- agitations, thought vibrations and disquietude created by the endless chain of appearances that rise from the heap of ignorance in us, have ended, there can be no ashanti.  Where, thus, the mind is indeed no more a mind – when a man is bereft of his mind thus, that man experiences, then, the Selfhood.” Swami Chinmayananda (commentary on Mandukya Karika)

“A disturbed soul is a mind; a quiet mind is a soul. The ‘darshan’ of your soul happens only in the moments of total silence of your mind. In the total quietening of your mind you come face-to-face with the Truth. That quiet undivided mind reaches, merges, becomes one with the soul.” Master Nirguna Akshara (Hanuman the hero in you)

“So long as you do not kill the harmful and illusory association, the prostituting mind, there will be neither bliss nor good conduct. Only when the mind dies through discriminating enquiry, will it come to shine by itself as “Shivoham”-(I am Shiva).” Bhagawan Shri Ramana Maharishi (Padamalai- 458 & 704)

On a lighter note ..

“Mind it!” (Acharya Vasudha- about the mind)

The Cosmic Being

सहस्रशीर्षा  पुरुषः  सहस्राक्ष  सहस्रपाद 

सभूमिं  विश्वथो  वृत्त्वा  अत्यतिष्तधशान्गुलं  || (पुरुष  सूक्तं  १ )

“He, the Cosmic Lord, the Purusha with a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand legs, pervading  the entire Universe, still extends ten inches beyond.” (Purusha sooktham 1)

The universe is one being.  It is the single body of the One Self. He alone expresses through all. Therefore all legs of all creatures are His, just as all eyes and all heads are His only. A similar description is found in the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 13:13).

In our ignorance, prompted by our selfishness we disturb the harmonious movement of the Total and in this disharmony we find all sorrows of individuals, communities and nations. In our sense of separateness, as an individualized ego, we come to feel that the world is totally and intrinsically separate and different from us.

Once this Purusha-concept, the Cosmic Oneness is recognized even intellectually, our false sense of ego dissolves to some extent. A new vision begins to arise. A new peace discovered within. We walk out of our psychological confusions to a large extent. Students of “Purusha Sooktham” come to detect and intimately feel the divine aura surrounding everyone and everything around.

Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all in a silent conversation.  Therefore, we must do no harm and practice compassion.  And must not gossip behind anyone's back! The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space and will come back to us in due time.  One man's pain will hurt us all.  One man's joy will make everyone smile.

The Divine Scheme

We are all created in His image and yet we are each created different and unique. The human being has a unique place among God's creation. No two people are alike. No two hearts beat to the same rhythm. If God wanted everyone to be the same, He would have made it so. Each and every one of us without exception is designed to be God's delegate on earth. We must ask ourselves, just how often do we behave like a delegate, if ever we do so?  Disrespecting differences and imposing our thoughts on others tantamount to disrespecting God's holy scheme. It falls upon each of us to discover the divine spirit inside and live by it.