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Inspiration and Transformation
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Welcome to Inspiration and Transformation from the banks of the Ganges with Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, an American Sanyasi living at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. Sadhvi is President of the Divine Shakti Foundation, a charitable organization bringing education, vocational training, upliftment and empowerment programs to women and children. Sadhvi is also Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, and director of the world famous International Yoga Festival. Join the Musings of an American Sanyasi, as Sadhvi shares the wisdom and teachings of her guru H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji.
To send Sadhvi a question for discussion, email sadhviji@omtimes.com
Listen to Inspiration and Transformation LIVE every Thursday at 11 AM ET on http://omtimes.com/iom
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How Can We Be Separate Within the Universal Consciousness?
vendredi 18 avril 2025 • Duration 57:04
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world during her Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ How Can We Be Separate Within the Universal Consciousness?
~ How to Fulfill Your Dreams Without Getting Trapped by the Ego?
~ Does Ego Mean Losing Our Identity?
~ How Can We Serve the Greater Good?
#UniversalConsciousness #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation #Hinduism #Yoga #Nonprofit
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The Importance of Humility and Sacrifice
vendredi 3 janvier 2025 • Duration 57:03
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world during her Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ The Importance of Humility and Sacrifice
~ How Do We Deal with the Pain Inflicted On Us By A Family Member?
~ How to Cultivate Faith in God?
~ Does Remembering Someone That Has Died Affect Their Karma?
#Humility #Sacrifice #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation #Hinduism #Yoga #Nonprofit
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How Can We Overcome Negative Self-Talk?
jeudi 18 juillet 2024 • Duration 57:04
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world during her Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ How Do We Pray?
~ How Can We Overcome Negative Self-Talk?
~ Homosexuality: Dealing with The Guilt & Struggle
~ Thriving in the Face of Diversity
#NegativeSelfTalk #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation #Hinduism #Yoga #Nonprofit
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Charging Your Spiritual Batteries
jeudi 11 novembre 2021 • Duration 57:28
Air Date: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Why Forgive?
~ Charging Your Spiritual Batteries
~ How Meditation Impacts the World
~ How Emotions Can Manifest in Dreams
~ Your Dharma Is Not to Be a Doormat
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#SpiritualBatteries #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
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Love What We Do or Do What We Love?
jeudi 4 novembre 2021 • Duration 57:28
Air Date: Thursday, 04 November 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Wanting to Provide More Than We Can
~ What It Means To Love God
~ Love What We Do or Do What We Love?
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#Love #DoWhatWeLove #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/
Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/
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Materialistic Success & Spirituality
jeudi 28 octobre 2021 • Duration 57:28
Air Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Coming Back To Your Truth
~ Is It Love Or Is It Fear
~ Materialistic Success & Spirituality
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#Success #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
Role of Spirituality in Physical & Mental Health
jeudi 7 octobre 2021 • Duration 57:03
Air Date: Thursday, 07 October 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Role of Spirituality in Physical & Mental Health
~ What’s the Difference Between Prayer and Meditation?
~ Meditation Is the Pathway to Ecstasy
~ The Essential Components Of Spiritual Awakening
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#GratitudeGod #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
Don’t Drink the Poison of Anger
jeudi 30 septembre 2021 • Duration 57:03
Air Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Don’t Drink the Poison of Anger
~ Truth Is Given for All
~ Evidence of God
~ The Best Advice Ever
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#GratitudeGod #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
The Best Way to Show Gratitude to God
jeudi 23 septembre 2021 • Duration 57:04
Air Date: Thursday, 23 September 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ The Best Way to Show Gratitude to God
~ Addicted to Distraction
~ To Be Conscious of Consciousness
~ Why Meditate? What Is the Point?
~ Is Yoga a Religion?
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Learn more about Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati on her Host Page Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
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#GratitudeGod #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org
Obstacles to Feeling Complete
jeudi 16 septembre 2021 • Duration 57:02
Air Date: Thursday, 16 September 2021 at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
~ Obstacles to Feeling Complete
~ Where There’s Attraction There’s Distraction
~ Faith in Divine Grace
~ Who Are the “Others?”
~ Finding the Strength to Do What’s Right
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#FeelingComplete #Spirituality #SadhviBhagawatiSaraswati #InspirationAndTransformation
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D., was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California, and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. in Psychology when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for the past 24 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service.
Sadhviji was officially initiated into the order of Sanyas (monastic renunciation) in the year 2000, by her Guru, His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, one of India’s most revered spiritual leaders and the President of Parmarth Niketan.
At Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, where Sadhviji lives most of the year, she gives daily spiritual discourses and Satsang, teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees a myriad of charitable and humanitarian projects.
Sadhviji leads discourses and question-answer sessions on topics ranging from Indian spirituality to the bridge between science and spirituality to the keys of true happiness and meaning in daily life and teaches meditation to seekers from every corner of the globe. She travels across the world giving spiritual discourses, question-answer sessions, and meditation courses. Her talks blend the knowledge and logic of the West with the insights, spirituality, and wisdom of the East.
Connect with Sadhvi at https://www.sadhviji.org









