Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati
Guruji's own writings and talks, gathered from across the web into one place. Each one keeps his words as he wrote them, with credit and a link to where it first appeared.
Guruji on sharing light and life energy as a team, in a monthly four hour event.
Guruji asks us to celebrate, not cry, when he goes.
Guruji on why practice beats endless talk, and why you can begin today, however feebly.
Guruji says the body is the Sri Chakra and the Goddess lives in it. His words on diksha, Chakra Puja and being born free.
Guruji's 2006 message on his visions and the birth of Devipuram, with an edited article on co-creation.
Guruji on why loving couples succeed, why we do not listen, and how to break the habit.
Guruji on belief in God, seeing the Goddess, frightening visions, and why the temple images are shown as they are.
Guruji and Guruji-Amma on their last meeting with Anakapalli Guru Garu, and a perfect end to a perfect life.
Guruji on honouring the divine in every person, the Triveni puja for adults, and four simple suggestions.
A prayer-poem by Guruji: rest in the Guru's embrace, unconditional love, and a plea to move from apathy to passion.
Guruji's own note on space, time and mind, and a vision of the Mother on Diwali 2003.
The endless Linga, Brahma's lie, and why both outer and inner worship are needed.
A no-pause breathing practice Guruji said Devi gave him in 2001.
Why the last bija is aham, and why the zero is the only truth.
Guruji's 2006 letter: the body is the temple, give gifts to five people daily, and breathe.
A dinner-table joke at Devipuram in 2006, and what Guruji said about time and Kali.
The sixteen-letter mantra, why it is guarded, and how it gathers the great deities into one.
How the fifteen-letter Panchadashi can be counted as 37 sounds, with four layers of meaning.
The Bala mantra in three, six and nine letters, what each bija means, and how to meditate on it.
The boar faced commander of Lalita's army, her twelve names and her three helper forms.
A statement of vision, mission and ten objectives, with notes on inner change and the first illumination.
A coin toss, three steps to a taste of samadhi, and the deeper release called moksha.
A Zen story of a monk and a scorpion, and Guruji on compassion as an open heart.
Guruji reads the Krishna and Radha story as the mind moving between silence and thought.
Sri Vidya in thirteen steps, the Sri Yantra as a map of the mind, and the two guru lineages.
A short note on inner worship, easing pain by stepping back as the witness, and knowing who you are.
Short answers on asana colour, mental puja, mudras, Khadgamala, shaktipat, turiya and when rituals drop away.
Replies on mantra audio, the Prana Pratishta mantra, why his name is in the guru mantra, and choosing a teacher.
Short answers on mantra healing, Vedic and Tantric mantras, offerings and kundalini signs.
Guruji's letter on the Sri Chakra vision, living honestly, and serving the Goddess with love.
Why Guruji retired as Peethadhipati, and what he asked of devotees on Guru Purnima 2010.
Guruji on Lalita as the light of life and the giver of freedom from birth and death.
Guruji invites us to Devipuram, a place for Shakti sadhana, and asks us to turn desire toward love and the divine.
Guruji shows how mantra calms the mind and supports each of the eight steps of Patanjali's yoga.
Guruji says Gayatri is for women and men, and the Mother is for all, whatever their color, caste or religion.
Guruji names the eight Matrikas in the Sri Chakra square and gives a short worship for people with little time.
Guruji names two goals: a better life for you, and becoming a teacher who shares what you have learned.
Guruji on why sharing joins love and freedom, and on the Chakra, a circle of friends where everyone is seen as Śiva or Śakti.
Sadhana leads to learning for yourself, and Guruji's joy at knowledge that came from Devi.
Aiya meets Guruji, caste is no barrier, and he is asked to share what he learns with everyone.
How Guruji kept his powers quiet, and one devotee's account of the cool pavement and her eyes.
Why Aiya shared Sri Vidya puja in Tamil, and Guruji's words to stand up when seekers are denied.
Guruji at Narapadu: the spring, the Shivalingam, the vision of Kamakhya and the little girl in white.
The 15 day yaagam of 1983 in Visakhapatnam and the gift of the land that became Devipuram.
Guruji resigns, returns to Visakhapatnam, sees a Sri Chakra temple and leads 108 women to Sagara Giri Durga.
Guruji in Lusaka: the wedding, the Lalita Devi idol, Sri Wijayaharan and the Divine Mother asking him to quit.
Guruji meets Guru Garu, receives nine mantras, and later purna diksha from Sri Krishnamurthy.
Guruji returns to meditation, hears the inner sounds again and meets Goddess Saraswati.
Guruji's 22 years of research at TIFR, his doubts about defence work and his second experience of consciousness in 1977.
Guruji's school questions, his Master's in Nuclear Physics and his teacher Swami Gyanananda.
The account of Guruji's birth, childhood questions, first experience at 11 and the family that shaped him.
Guruji on split awareness, why a bath feels fresh and how practice moves toward one whole awareness.
Guruji on the offerings to Devi, the meditation on oneness, the offering to protectors and how the puja ends.
Guruji on the Guru Mandala, the four corner deities and the nine enclosures of the Sri Chakra.
Guruji on the ten mudras of Sri Chakra puja, the limbs of the Goddess, and the moon-phase Nityas.
Guruji on scent, flowers, incense, light and food, and what each means inside the body.
Guruji on the offerings to Devi, the hymns for each chakra, and the five Ms as inner states.
Guruji on inviting Lalita with the whole cosmos, and the samaya, dakshina, kaula and vama paths.
The nectar flows down from the guru's feet, the senses are touched with it, and every action is offered to God.
Five ancient mantras said after the kalas: Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Mahavishnu and Sadashiva.
The 99 kalas of celestial lights, spread across the chakras from creation at the base to withdrawal at the throat.
The sixteen moon kalas, the new and full moon, and the Kama Kala in the nectar vessel.
How fire and the sun are invoked into the nectar vessel, and what desire, time and the middle path mean in Sri Chakra puja.
How the nectar is prepared in Sri Chakra puja, with the water vessel, the nectar vessel and the Devi as guide.
Guruji on the nyasa that maps the whole body into the brain, and the one verse that holds many nyasas.
Guruji on the throat, third eye and crown centers, and why a simple puja is enough.
Guruji maps the body onto the Sri Chakra, chakra by chakra, in the Diamond Cage nyasas.
Guruji on the verse that clears obstacles and the inner feelings that are the real bhutas.
Guruji on the Viraja Homa: the body burnt in the mind and reborn as a ball of light.
Guruji's guide to the 44 meditations tied to the triangles of the Sri Chakra.
Guruji on what the lamp, wicks, oil and ghee stand for at the start of puja.
Guruji on the Surya mantra: the sun within, water offered while bathing, and awareness as the highest light.
Guruji on the Vedic Ganapati prayer and the leader of the groups that make up our world.
Guruji on the Panchadashi, the most secret mantra of Lalita, and its three groups of seed letters.
Guruji's word-by-word reading of the Guru Mantra, from Aim Hrim Srim to the Guru's feet.
Guruji on mantras as channels of communication, and the powers of Hrim, Srim, Aim, Klim and Sauh.
Guruji on changing your character, enjoying beauty without owning it, and the Shakti Puja.
Guruji on the sixty-four intimate services, unity without shame, and lust transformed into love.
Guruji gives a short overview of the Sri Kramam, the first of the four parts of Sri Chakra Puja.
Guruji says ritual is training in how to live, and names the four parts of Sri Chakra Puja.
Guruji explains that the Sri Chakra is seen in deep stillness, and that worshipping it means knowing your own Self.
Guruji explains how love, not control, moves us past fear, and what the four gates of the Sri Chakra stand for.
Guruji walks outward through the Sri Chakra: fourteen worlds, the two lotuses, and the square where the eight passions play out.
Guruji explains how the single point grows into a triangle, then eight and ten triangles, and what each step means for the seer and the seen.
Guruji on the Sri Chakra as the code of creation and the Bindu as the unseen seer.
Guruji on Shiva's fourteen drumbeats, the Sanskrit sounds and the elements.
Guruji on Kriya, Jnana and Iccha Shakti as Gouri, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
The prologue to Guruji's 1998 book on Sri Chakra Puja and why understanding matters more than length.
Guruji's 2006 discourse on the three parts of the Durga Saptashati and the meaning behind the stories.
A disciple's portrait of Guruji's silence, science and simple life, and of Amma at Devipuram.
The account of Guruji's first darshan of the Goddess and the walk in the rain.
Guruji on the inner Guru: do not accept blindly, your own effort is your Guru.
Guruji's account of Kamakhya's call to make Devipuram a place of worship again.
Guruji's poem of one life, from before birth to the point of no return, with the Goddess as guide.
Guruji's own words on why he exists: clean water, solar homes, green land and love shared through the internet.
Ten short lines on the body as a temple, forgiveness, gratitude and breath, to repeat each day.
Guruji's dialogue on who you really are, the states of consciousness, and the path to Samadhi.
Guruji's own words on the visions of his final years, and his advice to a tired disciple: just do the Viraja Homam.
Guruji's own words on why he never wanted his teaching sold, and why your own body is the real temple.
A disciple's own account of loss and crisis, and Guruji's words on why the testing never really stops.
Guruji's own plain teaching on the ten Mahavidyas, why the names are feminine, and the one choice that starts the path to God.
A Sanskrit hymn of blessing and protection for the Kaula path, shared by Guruji in Sir John Woodroffe's translation.