Jai Gurudev!

Welcome to the Essential Mantras course. This course will teach you how to chant our most important mantras properly, whilst educating you on the meaning and origin of these mantras at the same time. Mantras are a fundamental part of any devotee’s spiritual practice and they serve a multitude of purposes. We chant mantras when we wake up, before we go to sleep, before we eat, when someone has a birthday, when we wish to pray, when we wish to build our connection with God, and so much more! Although chanting in Sanskrit may appear to be a daunting task at first, through these instructional videos you will be able to systematically break these mantras down into an easy-to-learn format that we are sure you will enjoy!

YOUR STORY CAN CHANGE LIVES!

When asked how we can best serve guru and God, Paramahamsa Vishwananda often encourages us to share our own experiences of being on the bhakti path.

‘If an experience has changed your life, especially if that experience has transformed you, then it is important to share it with others.’
– Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Your personal story of transformation can inspire others to change their lives for the better. When shared with love and feeling, your story can truly be a divine gift. 

‘Don’t have fear to talk about your path. Be strong! Know that you are doing something for humanity.’
– Paramahamsa Vishwananda

HERE’S WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• • • The 4 key principles to keep in mind when telling stories
    • How to share Guruji’s love through storytelling
    • A short meditation to find the right story to tell
    • A simple 5-Step Formula to use in crafting your stories

DIVE INTO THE EXPERIENCE!

Translations

Translation files can be found on the Storytelling Basics page. The following languages are currently available: Chinese, Czech/Slovak, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Portugeuse, Russian.

Jai Gurudev!

Join Aaradhakaananda and learn how to play the Rāmānuja-maṅgalaṁ step-by-step.

The Rāmānuja-maṅgalaṁ is a prayer in praise of  Śrī Rāmānujācārya composed by Swami Vishwa Ranga Ramanuja. Śrī Rāmānujācārya is praised as the king of all renunciants and the bestower of all auspiciousness and several of his memorable feats are glorified. Ultimately, we express gratitude for his boundless mercy and for teaching life’s true purpose through the process of śaraṇāgati that Śrī Rāmānujācārya gave freely to all mankind.

Jai Gurudev!

Join Aaradhakaananda and learn how to play the Tulsī-āratī step-by-step.

The Tulsī-āratī, Namo Namah, is a Bengali prayer for Tulsī-devī, praising goddess Tulsī who is the epitome of faith and bhakti. It is Her greatest joy to bless Her children with the same type of faith and bhakti.

In Her boundless mercy, She accepted Nārāyaṇa’s request and continuously incarnates as a plant so that anyone can serve Her. Tulsī plays a major role in our devotional service and is a permanent part of our daily life, and any offering to the Lord is incomplete without Tulsī.

Jai Gurudev!

Join Aaradhakaananda and learn about the basics of kirtan.

In this course, you will also learn how to sing and play one of Guruji’s favourite bhajans!

This short introductory course will explain what kirtan means, why we should practice kirtan, and how to begin your own journey with singing kirtan. Aaradhakaananda will also show you the most important technical tips and tricks that will help you in your kirtana-bhakti practice. 

Jai Gurudev!

Join Aaradhakaananda and learn about the basics of kirtan.

In this course, you will also learn how to sing and play one of Guruji’s favourite bhajans!

This short introductory course will explain what kirtan means, why we should practice kirtan, and how to begin your own journey with singing kirtan. Aaradhakaananda will also show you the most important technical tips and tricks that will help you in your kirtana-bhakti practice.

The term aṣṭakam comes from the Saṅskṛt word aṣṭā, meaning “eight”. Aṣṭakams are Saṅskṛt prayers composed of eight verses, glorifying the various deities to which they are dedicated.

In this course, you will learn how to sing the most commonly used aṣṭakams in Bhakti Marga; the Mahā-Lakṣmī-aṣṭakam, Liṅgāṣṭakam, and Bhavānī-aṣṭakam.

Jai Gurudev!

Join Aaradhakaananda and learn how to play the Nārasiṁha Prayers step-by-step.

The Nārasiṁha Prayers are comprised of three verses, the first two stemming from the Nārasimha Purāṇa, authored by Veda-vyāsa, and the third from the Daśāvatāra-stotra of Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī. The prayers themselves speak of the omnipresence of Lord Nārasiṁha, his incredible might and his destruction of the evil Hiraṇyakaśipu.

Automation to install the ‘1008 Seeds’ project in your country.

Jai Gurudev! 

This is a self-study platform. Every video is from a different speaker, and the topics cover a “middle ground mindset” at the moment of interaction with newcomers, but also for our daily lives. These topics are based in:

• Knowledge and identity, 
• Enthusiasm, 
• Responsibility, 
• Knowing our role, 
• Being grounded, 
• Learning how to share our own experiences with Guruji in a simple and short way, 
• Learning to work together in sangha, etc.

We hope you enjoy this platform. The included materials are sessions that were pre-recorded for other countries at the beginning of the project.

Know that we are also available to support you through your Sangha Facilitator of the 1008 Seeds project in your country.

Jai Gurudev!

Welcome to this introductory course on the Bhagavad Gītā. The Bhagavad Gītā is the most important scripture in Bhakti Marga and Hinduism at large. It consists of 700 verses and spans 18 chapters. This makes it a relatively concise text that is nonetheless filled to the brim with incredible wisdom. The focus of this course is to simply introduce the Gītā and to correctly contextualise and position it within Paramahamsa Vishwananda’s movement. There will be no focus on memorising verses, comparing various philosophical interpretations, storytelling or even too much commentary.

Instead, we will journey together through the core themes of each chapter in the Gītā, such as the nature of the Self, karma, yoga, bhakti, God and plenty more, defining them as precisely and concisely as possible. Our intention for this course is twofold. Firstly, this course will serve as the perfect foundation and preparation in order for you to eventually further your studies into our more advanced courses on the Gītā. Secondly, this course was also designed to help you acquire a greater appreciation for the many experiences and insights often shared by devotees and Paramahamsa Vishwananda. Stories that sometimes don’t fully make sense to us or at least seem unrelatable become instantly clearer and potentially transformative for us when heard through the lens of the Gītā‘s teachings.

Accompanying every lesson will be quizzes designed to test your knowledge and sharpen your understanding as you move from chapter to chapter.We look forward to your participation in this course!

Jai Gurudev,
Welcome to the Sri Yantra Seminar with Paramahamsa Vishwananda. Here you will find everything you need to take part in Paramahamsa Vishwananda’s Sri Yantra wisdom seminar. We hope you will really enjoy the program and will actively use the information to deepen your relationship with the Divine Mother in Her geometric yantra form.

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• Please Note: The archived video is only available in English. The translators will not be recorded. Post-seminar translations and transcripts of this program are not included in this program.

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Welcome to the Tithing Project!

This Tithing Project is an online program that will help you to fulfill your responsibilities as a devotee of Paramahamsa Vishwananda. In it, you will learn:

• What tithing is
• Gurudev’s instructions about tithing
• Why tithing is important as a devotee
• How to make a tithing budget
• How to use the tithing system in your country

After you complete this course, you will understand the Tithing Project and can begin to fulfill your commitment as Gurudev’s devotee. Let’s get started!

This course is delivered by Bhavani who has been trained in Indian Classical Arts from a very young age. Through short, digestible video modules which you can repeatedly refer back to, and play along with, you can grasp how to play the big manjīrā alternatively known as the whompers.

The big manjīrā are a powerful and very audiable contributor to the sound of Kirtan which is why it is very important to be proficient in the basic manjīrā workshop module, which is also delivered by Bhavani.

You will learn how to hold the big manjīrā correctly and at which points to hit the big manjīrā in order to create different sounds. You will also learn the most important beats used in kirtan as well as the variation of those beats.

There is a final ‘play along’ with the teacher and mṛdaṅga to gain more proficiency. The video modules are more than 15 minutes in total with beats given also in a written form so that you can keep practicing.

Enjoy!

Drawing is meditation and the best form to meditate on is the form of the guru. 

In this course Murali Das leads you on a video drawing journey for almost 2 hours where by the end you will have recreated a photograph of Guruji as a pencil or pen drawn portrait. 

Not only will you focus on Guruji’s form but you will also learn and hone techniques of portrait drawing.