Welcome

Welcome to the Swami Venkatesananda Website.  We are currently revising a newer version (but it is not yet posted to the web). 

Swami Venkatesananda - like his master, Swami Sivananda - can be regarded as a sage of practical wisdom.

Focusing on issues that concern and unite all branches of yoga, it is our intention to provide materials that will enrich and enliven your understanding and practice of yoga.

It with great sadness that we announce that Robert Franke, our long time webmaster,  programmer and host of SwamiVenkatesananda.org passed away at the end of 2021.  We owe Robert much of the credit for this site and also the new site which was he on the way to completing when he was hospitalized and where he remained until he passed away.  This has not only delayed our new version of our website, but currently makes it difficult to update the old site. If you spot a problem or have difficulty with something, please let us know.  

In the meantime, we have added some new audio to our What's New section.  There are four dozen new talks (48), with the latest ones being added on August 15th, 2022.

Thank you for your patience. 


Daily Readings

The next three daily readings are shown below. You may also view a complete listing on our Calendar of Daily Readings.

February 4, 2025
Insights and Inspirationis - What Choice Have You?

There is something beautiful in natural phenomena. Their inevitability and even their unpredictability are beautiful. There is no confusion, there is no indecision. There is wisdom. However, when it comes to the human being, there is ...

February 4, 2025
Venkatesa Readings Volume 1 - The Conditions For The Teaching

So to begin with, you are pushed onto the spiritual path by somebody or some non-body and then from there, it depends entirely on you. If you are awake and alert, then human or nonhuman agencies can teach you. Do you see that difficulty there though?

February 4, 2025
Song of God (Bhagavad Gita) Chapter 1: 34-36

A wise man does not seek honor, knowing that its loss is worse than death. When Krishna insists on equanimity in honor and dishonor (XII:19), why does he say here that dishonor is worse than ...