Gurupurnima is the festival of spirituality, a celebration of the principle of a Master, a Guru. Gu means darkness and Ru means light and Guru is the one who leads us from darkness to light. Gurupurnima is also a remembrance of the day when the rays of the Sun touched the Earth for the very first time. It is the day of wisdom, the day of the Light. Swamiji is sending much love and blessings to all of us throughout the world on the occasion of the upcoming Gurupurnima. On July 18th, the Gurupurnima day, the whole day event from Jadan/India will be webcast live. That's where you will hear and see Swamiji's Gurupurnima Message. Check the [Webcasting page] for more details.

View a few selected videos from our YouTube collection! [see more...]

Twenty years ago, the Master of Yoga, His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Sri Swami Maheshwarananda, brought the Light of Yoga to Slovenia. Today there are 11 YIDL centres serving all parts of Slovenia and more than 50,000 Slovenians have started to practise the Yoga in Daily Life System. On the occasion of this anniversary His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is visiting Slovenia for a 7-day tour (May 2 - 8), entitled Spiritual Awakening for World Peace. [see more...]

The two-day World Peace Summit 2008 in Wellington/New Zealand was brought to a successful conclusion. Main speakers as well as all other participants were invited to sign an affirmative Declaration, which will be presented to the United Nations World Environment Day conference being held in Wellington on 5th June 2008. [see more...]

Sadhvi Shanti will be visiting main Slovenian cities (Nova Gorica, Novo Mesto, Domzale, Celje, Kranj, Ljubljana and Maribor), between March 31 until April 6, 2008. She will be presenting her last trip to Himalayas, covering holy places like Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, as well as Pushkar. She will also have a seminar with the topic of Bhakti Yoga in Ljubljana (April 5). For more info please contact local organizers.

On March 28, 2008, the 7th World Peace Summit (titled “Climate Change – What to Do?”) was launched in Wellington/New Zealand, under the patronage of His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. It started with a traditional Maori opening ceremony and continued with a multicultural program. “There is only one human race, there are no differences, no races”, concluded His Holiness Swamiji at the end of the beautiful evening. [see more...]

The ePresence Project has the Goal to relaunch international website of Yoga in Daily Life with improvements both in reach and impact. We are looking for Software Engineers for CMS-Webapplications (e.g. ezPublish, Typo3, Joomla, DotNetNuke, Drupal, etc.) [see more...]

His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is once more travelling the world to spread the message of peace and to inspire people to follow the ethics and moral principles of non-violence, love, the protection of all living creatures, and the tolerance, respect and understanding of all religions, cultures, and nations. [see more...]

This year's World Peace Summit is to be held in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. It is the first such event in New Zealand, but one of a series of international leadership forums focused on achieving peace, justice, tolerance, and an environmentally sustainable world. The event will take place during March 29 – 30, 2008 at Westpac St James Theatre in Wellington. [see more...]

We are glad to announce the opening of a new article column called Satsangs & Lectures! May this Satsang (meaning to be with truth, to be at the place where truth is taught) collection bring the Light of Wisdom to the hearts of the seekers. [see more...]

Blessings to all Bhaktas of Sri Gurudev on the holy occasion of Shivaratri where we all think meditate and adore our Sri Alakhpuriji, Sri Devpuriji, Sri Mahaprabhuji and Holy Guruji. [Read Swamiji's message] on this occasion (8 KB PDF file).

His Holines Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda extended his heartfelt condolences, both on his personal behalf as well as on behalf of the World Peace Council, to the familiy of Mr. Drnovsek and to the whole Slovenian nation. [see more...]

In June 2008, a new 3-year Ayurveda Diploma Training Course (with University Certificate of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth) starts in Vienna, Austria. The training is vital and diverse mixture of theory and practice. Fundamental theories will be applied in practical workshops. [see more...]

Inspired by Vishwa Guru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, disciples from Slovenia Narsingh Puri and Narangi Devi got married on January 19, 2008. The ceremony took place at Vishwa Deep Gurukul Swami Maheshwarananda Ashram in Jadan and was performed entirely by the ancient Vedic traditions. [see more...]

We are happy to announce the launch of the Yoga IP-TV (Swamiji.tv), which introduces a significant complementary and enhancing element to an already huge array of existing television programmes. It is a source of information for learning about the purpose and effects of karma and dharma; about love and compassion; good initiatives and good news;... [see more...]

See Swamiji's [New Year's message] recorded on December 31, 2007 in India.

Read Swamiji's [Christmas message] (88KB PDF).

At the end of his two-day visit to Zagreb, capital of the Republic of Croatia, His Holiness Vishwaguruji met with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. [see more...]

On Tuesday 18 December 2007, His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji gave a series of Public Lectures on the subject “Spiritual Heritage”, in Zagreb, the capital of Republic of Croatia, organised by the Croatian Association of Yoga in Daily Life. [see more...]

In public lectures and international meetings in Vienna (Austria), Szeged (Hungary) and Zagreb (Croatia) His Holiness Vishwaguruji appealed to the public to sign a petition to the Government of India and UNESCO and protest against the destruction of the divine monument and world heritage of RAM SETU (Rama’s bridge) between India and Sri Lanka. [see more...]

In the International Youth Conference, on 1 December 2007 in Prague, youths from numerous countries participated, as well as renowned artists and dignitaries from politics and science. Amongst them were representatives from the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic and from UNESCO. The youth demonstrated a lot of wisdom, insight and fresh ideas in their visions about the world and its future. [see more...]

His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji held the Sri Mahaprabhuji's Mahasamadhi Anniversary Satsang on December 5, 2007, in Vienna/Austria. The satsang was recorded (and webcast live at the time) and here you can find a video clip (divided in six parts) of Swamiji’s speech. [see more...]

Jadan Ashram is a lively and dynamic place with many ongoing projects - one of them being the Jadan School for local children. The "Shree Vishwa Deep Gurukul Maheshwaranand Ashram School", established by His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, has already been active since 2001. A new school building was recently opened and funds for more school buses are being raised. See more news and impressions directly from Jadan, published by Swami Jasraj Puri. [see more...]

We are pleased to announce that the yearly seminar schedule of His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji is now available for download. You can find it in the Download section of this site (Download/Seminar Schedule). [see more...]

Diwali, a festival of Light, is one of the four main festivals of India and it is also the auspicious day of the holy incarnation of our belowed Lord Bhagwan Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji. Read [Swamiji's message] on this occassion (235 KB PDF).

On October 11, 2007, in the 12th century monastery of Pedralbes a unique event took place with the Inter-Religious gathering of spiritual leaders from Barcelona/Spain. This meeting was organized by UNESCO of Catalonia as part of an initiative to cultivate a culture of peace between religions and to demonstrate the possibility of unity in diversity. Although most of the faith representatives were from the local region, representing India and Sat Sanatan Dharma, was His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. [see more...]

The 6th annual World Peace Summit under the auspices of the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council, in cooperation with the Slovak Yoga Union took place in Bratislava, on October 5-7. The World Peace Summits are an annual event that journey around the world to raise global awareness, as well as spiritual, social and political resolve to secure lasting world peace and to demonstrate mutual respect and understanding. Many participants and dignitaries came from around the globe. [see more...]

The conference was led by distinguished Hindu spiritual leaders from the around the globe including H.H. Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda founder of the System Yoga in Daily Life, Sri Swami Nirliptananda Maharaj founder of London Sevashram Sanga, Sri Swami Amarananda of the Geneva Ramakrishna Order and Sister Jayanti of the Mount Abu Brahma Kumari World Spiritual University. [see more...]

To mark the auspicious occasion of the first International Day of Non-Violence as declared by the United Nations, the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council under the patronage of its founder His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda honoured the Satyagraha legacy of Mahatma Gandhi by holding a Gandhi Jayanti in Austria's capital Vienna festival hall at Karl-Borromaus-Plaz. [see more...]

On September 21, 2007, the United Nations International Day of Peace, His Holiness Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji planted a World Peace Tree and inaugurated a Peace Memorial Stone in a beautiful park in Vienna, Austria. Prayers for world peace were extended by the religious representatives and by the numerous participants from various countries of Europe and from Australia. [see more...]

We present here biographies and achievements of some great Indian scientists (found on the internet). The list is by no means complete but it gives some examples of the power of ancient Indian thought. [see more...] (739 KB PDF file).

On the coming Purnima (full moon day, 28 August) an auspicius occasion will be celebrated - the Raksha Bandhan festival. The meaning of this ancient, universal and cultural festival originated from India is to maintain and protect the human society, create peace and mutual understanding, as well as to avoid and overcome gender conflicts. [Read Swamiji's message] on this occasion (37 KB PDF file).

His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda will be visiting UK from 25 till 30 September 2007. Programs will be held in London and Edinburgh, including satsangs, public lecture on Manipur Chakra and the Hindu Spirituality Conference, with participation of Hindu spiritual leaders and teachers from UK and abroad. [Read more at the Yoga in Daily Life UK website.]

We are investigating possibilities for offering live video streaming from satsangs of His Holiness Swamiji. This needs some technical investment and implementation of a streaming server on the Yoga in Daily Life International internet infrastructure. [see more...]

We would like to inform you about the 5th International Youth Conference of Yoga in Daily Life, to take part in Prague/Czech Republic, November 30 till December 1 2007. [see more...]

Gurupurnima is the festival of spirituality, a celebration of the principle of a Master, a Guru. Gu means darkness and Ru means light and Guru is the one who leads us from darkness to light. Gurupurnima is also a remembrance of the day when the rays of the Sun touched the Earth for the very first time. It is the day of wisdom, the day of the Light. [Read Swamiji's message] on this occasion (67 KB PDF file).

Monsoon rains that started on July 4 almost completely filled the Rainwater Harvesting Talab in Jadan. Water is everywhere; it covered also all fields and roads. Local people say that last monsoon of such abundance was almost ten years ago. [see more...]

In his evening lecture in Brisbane/Australia, His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda proclaimed May 17 as a "Day of Meditation for World Peace". His Holiness Swamiji said that the whole day shall be dedicated to World Peace, and the positive and divine vibration of our joint mantra and meditation practice for World Peace shall go around the globe from midnight to midnight. [see more...]

His Holiness Swamiji is once more travelling the world to spread the message of peace and to inspire people to follow the ethics and moral principles of non-violence, love, the protection of all living creatures, and the tolerance, respect and understanding of all religions, cultures, and nations. [see more...]

His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda traveld to Croatia in April 2007. The initiator of the first ever Peace Summit in Croatia, held in Zagreb in 2005, started His four-day tour in Zagreb, with meeting the Croatian President Stjepan Mesic. [see more...]

His Holiness Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda was invited by the United Nations in New York City to present His message of Spiritual Awakening for World Peace. [see more...]

We are happy to announce that the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council – the "umbrella-organisation" of the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Summits - founded by His Holiness Swamiji, has been legally registered and approved as an international humanitarian society in Vienna, Austria. [see more...]

His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is certainly not new to Slovenia. He has been visiting there for the last 19 years and during this time, he has become well known to the Slovene population. His system "Yoga in Daily Life" can now be practised in classes in almost every Slovene city. [see more...]

A historic event took place in New Delhi/India, February 5-6, 2007, when Hindu and Jewish religious leaders met for the first time for a two-day dialogue on a range of subjects. His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda also took part in the event as a member of the Hindu delegation. Jewish delegation, led by Israel's Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, included 20 Rabbis from Israel and the diaspora. [see more...]

This year's festival is the Ardh (half) Kumbha Mela, but despite of its name it still drew millions of spiritual seekers to the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers. Hindu belief has it that one’s sins are purified by a dip in these holy waters, thereby liberating him. [see more...]

On July 10 1976, His Holiness Swamiji has kindled the Eternal Light in Vienna/Austria, on the altar in Mahaprabhuji's ashram in Schikanedergasse and it has been burning continuously ever since, already for three decades. [see more...]

The 5th World Peace Summit (titled "The Message of His Holiness Swami Madhavananda & Mahatma Gandhi") took place in Ljubljana/Slovenia (Europe) during October 13th to 15th, 2006. This was one of the most significant and historic international events held this year for World Peace, the Environment, Health and Youth. [see more...]

The SRI SWAMI MADHAVANANDA AUSTRIA HOSPITAL is a 98-bed allopathic and naturopathic hospital being constructed in Jadan by OM Vishwa Deep Gurukul Sri Swami Maheshwarananda Ashram in conjunction with the Society "Austria Hospital in India" from Vienna, Austria. The construction has begun in 2003 and it should be completed in nearest future. The Hospital will open soon after and start providing valuable healthcare for local people. [see more at http://www.helphospital.org...]

The Ayurveda Academy of Yoga in Daily Life offers a systematic two year course leading to graduation as an "Ayurveda Consultant" and/or "Clinical Ayurveda Therapist". International lecturers provide authentic training at a high level. The training includes the study of Ayurveda from ancient texts as well as teachings of practical exercises and treatments. The two year Diploma Course is starting in April in Strilky, CZ and in May in Vienna, AT. [see more...]

The International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship of "Yoga in Daily Life" is built on a foundation of committed volunteers who are inspired by the opportunity to serve others through the practical and philosophical wisdom of Yoga. If you would also like to help out please contact us. It's a great way to make a difference to your community. [see more...]