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Lectures on Yoga and Vedanta given at the Boston Vedanta Society. Vedanta is one of the world's most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of reli…

Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston


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    One of the best aspects of The Vedanta and Yoga podcast is the level of depth and breadth in the content. Swami Tyagananda's knowledge is limitless, and he provides sound evidence, truth, and real-world experience in every episode. His teachings are firmly grounded in spirituality, firmly rooted in Brahman (The One True God). Whether it's exploring the teachings of the Gita or providing commentary on Upanishads, every episode is filled with profound insights that have the power to inspire real change in one's life.

    Another aspect that sets this podcast apart is its authenticity. The recordings are never perfectly polished or edited; you can hear coughing, sirens wailing, even Swami talking about things like the Sox. But this only adds to its charm and genuine nature. It feels like you're having a conversation with a knowledgeable friend who genuinely wants to help you on your spiritual journey.

    However, one downside of The Vedanta and Yoga podcast is its length. Some episodes can be quite long, which may be overwhelming for those who prefer shorter content or want to learn something new daily within a limited timeframe. While there may be value in listening to longer episodes during walks or dedicated listening sessions, it would be helpful if there were also shorter episodes available for quick daily lessons.

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    Remembering Sri Sankaracharya

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 46:26


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on May 4, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Antar Yoga April 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 39:59


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on April 27, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    "Where Did You Hide, My Love?": An Easter Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 45:09


    Lecture by Prof. Luis M. Girón Negrón (Harvard University), given on April 20, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (3.9 - 16): "Yajña as Cosmic Sacrifice"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 50:39


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 21st of May, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    "What is Maya?"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 45:00


    Lecture by Swami Vimohananda, given on April 13, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Rama Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 30:33


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on April 6, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Reflection (Manana)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 38:45


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on April 11, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Hearing (Śravaṇa)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 41:20


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on March 23, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (3.5 - 8): "Action Is Better Than Inaction"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 59:11


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 7th of May, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (3.1 - 4): "Which is Better - Knowledge or Work?"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 57:13


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 30th of April, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.67 - 72): "The State of Enlightenment"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 57:36


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 23rd of April, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.62 - 66): "The Bliss of Tranquillity"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 65:01


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 16th of April, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.57 - 61): "How Powerful Are the Senses!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 69:43


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 9th of April, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.54 - 56): "The Person of Steady Wisdom"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 60:33


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 2nd of April, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.50 - 53): "Evenness of Mind"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 47:54


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 26th of March, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Bhagavad Gita (2.48 - 49): "Buddhi-Yoga"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 59:28


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 19th of March, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Antar Yoga March 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 62:41


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on March 16, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (2.47): "The Nitty-Gritty of Karma"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 61:34


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 12th of March, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    Ramakrishna of the Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 41:04


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on March 9, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (2.45 - 46): "Going Beyond the Gunas"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 68:32


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 5th of March, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more information, please see https://vedantasociety.net/store?category=Gita

    The Shiva Ideal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 43:36


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on February 23, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Antar Yoga December 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 47:20


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on December 15, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    The Mystery of Mary: Reflections on the Immaculate Conception

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 48:36


    Lecture by Fr. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., of Harvard University, given on December 8 , 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (2.42 - 44): "The Flowery Talk that Leads Nowhere"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 53:04


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 19th of February, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.40 - 41): "Doing vs Being"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 63:44


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 12th of February, 2025, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Longing for Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 43:00


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on December 1, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Prayer (Prārthanā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 40:23


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on November 24, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Deep Faith (Śraddhā)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 35:30


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on November 17, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Concentration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 38:44


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on November 3, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Forbearance (titikshaa)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 43:39


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 27, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA

    Bhagavad Gita (2.34 - 39): "Two Kinds of Buddhi"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 38:10


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 11th of December, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.29 - 33): "Grief is avoidable"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 60:09


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 4th of December, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Antar Yoga October 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 61:43


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 20 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.23 - 28): "Stop Grieving!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 57:31


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 20th of November, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Story of Durga

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 42:36


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 6, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.18 - 22) "Body, Mind and Atman"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 63:25


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 13th of November, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.15 - 17) "What is Really Real?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 54:38


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 6th of November, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2.11 - 15) "Learning to Endure"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 72:25


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 30th of October, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. 

    Bhagavad Gita (2. 4 - 10) "I am confused"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 66:39


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 23rd of October, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (2. 1 - 3) "Stop Being Fainthearted and Arise"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 74:36


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 16th of October, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (1. 31 - 46) "I Cannot Kill 'My People'"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 68:50


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 9th of October, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita (1. 13-30) "The Conches Are Blown"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 66:05


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 2nd of October, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Pulling Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 46:41


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on September 29, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 57:55


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 18th of September, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA. For more material, see the iTunes store.

    Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 52:43


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda on the 25th of September, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Boston, MA.

    Antar Yoga September 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 55:32


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on September 22, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Vedanta as a Mirror

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 42:00


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on September 15, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Krishna Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 31:41


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on September 8, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Nine Forms of Devotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 51:05


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on July 28, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Guru Purnima

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 40:08


    Lecture Pravrajika Vrajaprana (Vedanta Society of Southern California, Santa Barbara), given on July 21, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

    Restraining the Senses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 36:20


    Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on July 14, 2024, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

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