Listening to Silence podcast - Part 1

We begin today a new series on Listening to Silence — the fine art of speaking, listening... and knowing when to leave things unsaid.
In this first part we discover how to listen to the master's silence more than to his words, and let it set us on fire.
As Thomas Hardy said, "A man's silence is wonderful to listen to."
Happy listening!
God bless you all.
Swamito

Grace and Deception podcast - Part 2 (and final)

We continue today with the second and last installment of our series on Grace and Deception.
Happy listening!
God bless you all.
Swamito

Welcome to our first Brahmachari!

We are delighted to welcome Lionel Vega as our first brahmachari (renunciant noviciate). From now on he will be known as Br. Lionel.
Originally from Argentina, Br. Lionelji has relocated to Lima, Peru, where he is actively helping coordinate all the Ark of Love and Kriya activities around the world.
Thanks to the generous patronage of our Rafaelji in Lima, Br. Lionelji will be coming to India with Rafael and myself in February to receive the traditional brahmachari initiation in the holy city of Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganga river, and deepen his study of Kriya Yoga and monastic lifestyle.
For those of you who are interested to know more about the brahmachari lifestyle and training, I have put some information here.
I have also uploaded Gurudev Baba Hariharanandaji's priceless Yogacharyas' Code of Conduct.
Finally, an excellent book for all to know about the practice of sense-control is the classic "Practice of Brahmacharya" by Swami Sivananda, available for free download here.
Please join me in welcoming Br. Lionelji in this difficult and noble path of renunciation, and praying for his all-around success. May God and gurus bless his spirited endeavor.
Humble,
Swamiji

The Hariharananda.org has a new face... and the podcast is re-started!

After months of redesign, our three websites www.hariharananda.org, www.arcadelamor.org and www.storytellingmonk.org are now integrated into a single portal. Besides providing a much better navigation system, more attractive design and a wealth of new information, the portal is now offered in two version (broadband and dial-up) and gives better access to its three languages (English, Spanish and Portuguese).

We are also taking this opportunity to re-launch The Storytelling Monk's Podcast which had been dormant for a few months, starting today with a new series on Grace and Deception.
From now we will resume our regular schedule of publishing a new podcast every Tuesday. Happy listening!
God bless you all.
Swamito