AHYMSIN New Sangha Mantra Practice given by Swami Ritavan Bharati for one year (2023-24)
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः ।
Om Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ ।

Our Beloved Swami Veda Bharati’s 90th Birthday (24 March 2023) comes as a moment of loving remembrance and marks the beginning of a new era for all of Swamiji’s devotees, initiates and students. Swami Ritavan Bharati has named this new era as the ‘Decade of Loving Transformation: 2023-2033’, until Swamiji’s centenary birthday celebration in 2033, which would be marked by a large gathering at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) ashram.

Our dear Swami Veda has often told us, “One must run one’s life by a spiritual plan.”

Swami Ritavan now invites all to engage in listening to the inner call of the Self during our ‘Decade of Loving Transformation’. Swami Ritavan has described the process and purpose of Transition and Transformation and has lovingly offered the below message to all the AHYMSIN sadhakas world-wide.

Read more at https://www.ahymsin.org/invitation-to-the-decade-of-loving-transformation/

Our beloved Swami Veda Bharati’s 90th Birthday (24 March 2023) comes as a moment of loving remembrance and marks the beginning of a new era for all of Swamiji’s devotees, initiates and students. Swami Ritavan Bharati has named this new era as the ‘Decade of Loving Transformation: 2023-2033’, until Swamiji’s centenary birthday celebration in 2033, which would be marked by a large gathering at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) ashram.

https://www.ahymsin.org/our-beloved-swami-veda-bharatis-90th-birthday-celebration/

When Adi Sankaracharya enquires from a boy: ‘Who are you, my child?’ The response of the boy came to be revered as ‘Hastamalaka-stotram’. Composed by Hastāmalaka Acharya, a disciple of Sankaracharya, the Hastāmalaka Stotraṁ is a short Vedāntic text of 12 verses that succinctly reveal the Knowledge of the Self. The greatness of this composition can be gauged by the fact that Sri Adi Sankaracharya himself wrote a commentary on it. It is extraordinary that the master would compose commentary upon the work of his young student. This indicates, not only the greatness of Hastamalaka’s verses, but also the magnanimity of the Guru.

Since, to this young boy the knowledge of Atma-vidya was as clear as ‘a gooseberry’ (amalaka) kept on one’s palm (hasta), Acharya Sankara named him ‘Hastamalaka’, and he became famous as one of the four renowned disciples of the Acharya. It is a contemplative text, born of direct experience and is therefore profound in content and is truly a text for deep reflection and meditation.

AHYMSIN 40-Days Spiritual Festival begins tomorrow 🙏🌸🌷
Happy 40-days practice to all.✨
https://www.ahymsin.org/annual-40-days-spiritual-festival/

On the sacred occasion of our beloved Swami Veda Bharati's 8th Mahasamadhi Anniversary, we pay our homage to his legacy by continuing his mission, honoring his teachings, and loving all.🙏🌺

The path of spiritual learning is a journey from the external to the internal. From information to knowldege and from knowledge to experience leading to realization. We find in Vedanta the 3 steps of learning; Śravaṇa (listening) is the first step in the process of learning. It involves active and focused listening to the teachings of a Guru. Manana (reflection/contemplation/clearing of doubts) is the second step and involves reflecting on what has been learned and clearing any doubts that may arise. Nididhyasana (meditation on the truth/integration/experience) is the final step and involves meditating on what has been learned and integrating it into one’s life.

In these special online study with Rabindra Sahu, we will learn this ancient art of spiritual learning.

Mind, Meditation, and You

Aug 5 2023 @ 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM IST

How to Energize Your Mind to Regain Your Divine Strength

A workshop based on the section “Strong Mind, Weak Mind,” from the soon-to-be-published book, Mind: The Playground of Gods, by Swami Veda Bharati.

Swami Rama said, “All of the body is in the mind but all of the mind is not in the body.” In the “modern” world we think of the mind as equivalent to the brain, which occupies only the small space within the skull. How can it be that all of the mind is not in the body when the brain is entirely in the body? What was that Swami thinking? The answer is that, according to yoga philosophy, the mind is a subtle energy field, whereas the body is gross. The mind field is subtler than prana, subtler than the body, subtler than your clothes, but is still considered to be material and this mind energy field is greater than the body. In other words, the body lives within the subtler mind field.

In this series of Zoom sessions, we will study this knowledge through the lens of Swami Veda’s writings and lectures. There will be talks by the leader, readings from Swami Veda’s upcoming book, introspection, group discussions, and group practice. This will be an opportunity to get a better understanding of the mind and a chance to strengthen your mind.

Kindly contact ahymsin@ahymsin.org for registration and more information.

The event dates are 5 August and 13 August 2023.

Online Workshop "Living On Purpose"

Fear is removed and life is enjoyed only when there is a purpose in life. We need to ask ourselves if life has a purpose.
"If wealth, fame, and power do not give happiness, then what does?" ~ Swami Rama, Sacred Journey

In this workshop, we will see how our relationships and emotional lives become easier and lighter by understanding our duty in life: how to take the best use this life to most effectively reach the goal of life.

7:00-8:30 PM (JST), September 10th, 2023

Online via Zoom

Registration fee: 2000 JPY or 15 USD

Language: English (Japanese interpretation provided)

[Registration]
- Kindly send us the registration form.
https://forms.gle/1qacqxydEvKGig4H8

- We will send an email with the Zoom link, ID and passcode.

- Kindly make a payment by September 9th, 2023.
*You can use bank transfer, PayPay (only in Japan), or PayPal.

Contact: ahymsin.jp@gmail.com [AHYMSIN Japan]

Glimpses from recent retreat on "Sun Salutation as Worship" at SRSG with Swami Ritavan Bharati and Rabindra Sahu🌞🙏

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKhMTMl5mbCBSZCY3ZIw8Iu02lcy2Q_gb&feature=shared

Zoom Satsang with Randall Krause
on Transformational Practices within the Himalayan Yoga Tradition

https://www.ahymsin.org/event/transformational-practices-within-the-himalayan-yoga-tradition/

ॐ ॐ ॐ गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात्परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥१॥

Om Om Om gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ,
guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ.

अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥२॥

akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram,
tat-padaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ.

हिरण्यगर्भादारब्धां शेषव्यासादिमध्यमाम्।
स्वामिश्रीरामपादान्तां वन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम्॥३॥

hiraṇya-garbhād ārabdhāṁ śeṣa-vyāsādi-madhyamām,
svāmi-śrī-rāma-pādāntāṁ vande guru-paramparām.

Guru Purnima Pujas live from Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Rishikesh

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GbP7xkPmb/

Happy Guru Purnima🙏🌸🌷

Introduction to the Mahashivaratri and the Shiva principle with Rabindra Sahu live from Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama.🙏🙏

https://www.youtube.com/live/nEfBItZHfWE?si=9qGoJTyZM3EXgHBV

Live on YouTube - AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering 2026 Announcement of the New Sangha Mantra by Swami Ritavan Bharati

https://www.youtube.com/live/Zcfs9YglFHc?si=21Rp9-opjToDsRPU

This AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Ashram in Rishikesh marks the beginning of our new sangha practice based on this theme of “vasudeva sarvam”.

Swami Ritavan Bharati will guide the AHYMSIN Global Sangha into the new set of practices for the next 3 years from 2026-29.

The new AHYMSIN Global Sangha Mantra Practice will be shared at this link - https://www.ahymsin.org/sangha-practices/?tab=2

We now come together during the AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering 2026 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) Ashram in Rishikesh with over 200 global family members to take Sankalpa (resolve) for the next three years practice with the New Sangha Mantra, as guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati, Ashram Pramukha and Spiritual Guide of AHYMSIN and SRSG.

Join us Live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/jSoxi-6kPFc?si=_WYtI6LDzRFhzrUr

Swami Ritavan Bharati will take sankalpa on behalf of the entire global family and we will then offer yajna (fire offerings) with the new Sangha Mantra at SRSG from 5-10 March, 2026. This will include a mantra purashcharana (125,000) recitations of the mantra during a 6-day yajna where 7 pandits would preside over the daily pujas and fire offerings.

To read more about mantra and purashcharana, read Special Mantras by Swami Veda Bharati at We now come together during the AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering 2026 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) Ashram in Rishikesh with over 200 global family members to take Sankalpa (resolve) for the next three years practice with the New Sangha Mantra, as guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati, Ashram Pramukha and Spiritual Guide of AHYMSIN and SRSG.

Join us Live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/jSoxi-6kPFc?si=_WYtI6LDzRFhzrUr

Swami Ritavan Bharati will take sankalpa on behalf of the entire global family and we will then offer yajna (fire offerings) with the new Sangha Mantra at SRSG from 5-10 March, 2026. This will include a mantra purashcharana (125,000) recitations of the mantra during a 6-day yajna where 7 pandits would preside over the daily pujas and fire offerings.

To read more about mantra and purashcharana, read Special Mantras by Swami Veda Bharati at https://www.ahymsin.org

Namaste Everyone. 🙏

As we all prepare for the celebration of the 11th International Yoga Day, we lovingly invite our AHYMSIN family to come together for an online and in-person program hosted from our spiritual home, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG).

In this two-day hybrid retreat on 20th and 21st June (Saturday and Sunday), 2026 we come together in practice, inspiration, stillness and meditation.

Our beloved Swami Veda Bharati was observing a five-year vow of silence at the time, but he made a rare exception to speak on this important occasion for India’s national television broadcaster, Doordarshan. You may watch this interview on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9SGtAYJJw&themeRefresh=1. This interview is in Hindi; English and other subtitles are available.

About the International Yoga Day, Swami Veda has said,

“On such a day, all those who follow the inner spiritual core of yoga in their quest, in whichever branch of spiritual yoga, they need to get together to share their inner experiences, contemplate on their advancement in the quest, and be in a mode of deep inner silence.

On this day, let all those who adhere to the ancient systems of yoga as taught by the rishis gather and meditate together. Meditate with body, mind and spirit.”

The day is also marked as Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.

In the message on the International Yoga Day, our Spiritual Guide and Ashram Pramukha, Swami Ritavan Bharati reminded us of the true meaning of yoga as silence and stillness of the inner Self:

“Yoga unites everybody in silence and meditation. Yoga is a tradition of discovering the inner serene silence. Yoga is not a system of physical movement. It is a system of silence and stillness from which the movement expresses itself. It is the subtle yoga, not the yoga of the body but the yoga of the inner self.”

Swami Ritavan Bharati shall guide and inspire us into deeper and subtler aspects of yoga, silence and meditation.

We will also be guided by our ashram and international teachers in practice sessions and reflections on yoga philosophy.

Program Schedule:

All timing mentioned in Indian Standard Time, kindly adjust to your local time. Live from SRSG.

June 20th, 2026 – Saturday

5:30 to 7:00 AM IST: Morning Joints and Glands exercises with Ramprakash Das and Pt Deepak
7:30 to 9:00 PM IST: Living Purposefully – Yoga in Daily Life with Rabindra Sahu
June 21st, 2026 – Sunday: International Yoga Day

5:30 to 7:00 AM IST: Stillness in Sun Salutation: Summer Solstice Inspiration and Practice with Pierre Lefebvre (Pt Priyadarshan)
3:00 to 4:30 PM IST: Ashtanga Yoga: Walking on the Royal Path with John Sellinger
7:30 to 9:00 PM IST: What Can Yoga Grant: Inspiration and Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati
To join the program please pre-register yourself by signing up this registration form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JZisx1_Fk4wVxOOcKYz-Ub8w3pw6-L5zdsQcPBzjNfo/viewform?edit_requested=true

For any queries and further information please write to us at ahymsin@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing everyone on zoom soon 🌸🧡🙏🧡🌸