Canadian-born Swami Atmaswarupananda (called Bill Eilers before he entered the monastic life) came to Sivananda Ashram in 1974 at age 49 at the suggestion of his guru, Swami Chidananda, the then president of The Divine Live Society. He has remained there ever since. After he had spent twenty years living a life of study and reflection, he was requested by his guru to give a brief talk each morning at the conclusion of the early morning meditation gatherings at the Ashram. Swami Atmaswarupananda has given these daily talks in the sacred Samadhi Shrine of Swami Sivananda since 1995 and continues to do so to this day. His daughter Swami Amritarupananda, who has been at the Ashram since 1980, records, transcribes, and edits them. We are grateful to both of them for granting us permission to post the talks.

For one year, from July 30, 2007 to July 29, 2008, we posted one talk each day. Please click here for these 366 talks. In these talks, "Gurudev" refers to Swami Sivananda (1887-1963) and "Pujya Swami" refers to Swami Chidananda (1916-2008).

Starting in August 2008, we are switching to a weekly posting, with a new talk posted every Monday.