Satsang: A Seeker's Guide to Self-Realization

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To know the Self is the birthright of every individual. If you do not know who you are even after knowing everything, then what do you really know? The ultimate peace you are looking for lies within you. You are the very truth that you wish to discover. Stop wandering, rest in yourself, keep quiet, and listen to the sacred Silence behind all thoughts, words, experiences, states, sounds, and actions. Recognize the eternal Bliss that you are, in which everything happens spontaneously and without effort.

For over a decade, people from different countries around the world have been meeting Swami Shashwat Ji and seeking his wisdom on life and spirituality. These enlightening satsangs were meticulously recorded and transcribed, then carefully edited and compiled into a book to allow readers to enjoy Swamiji's unadulterated words on various subjects. After reading Swamiji's teachings, one can easily know one's true Self because he not only answers all questions in a frank and direct manner, but under his loving guidance, the seeker's questions simply fall away. In the end, only Silence and Bliss remain and reveal themselves as our true nature, which does not go anywhere and does not come from anywhere, for it has always been there. Swamiji awakens us to this essential Truth and invites us to embark on the journey of Self- discovery and inner peace.

SWAMI SHASHWAT JI was born in 1985 in a small village in Madhya Pradesh, India. From early childhood, he started chanting the name of Lord Rama for several hours every day. At the age of fourteen, he left home to travel across India, living for many years in forests and on the banks of sacred rivers. For over a decade, he has been meeting people from around the world, mainly in Rishikesh, where meditation and satsangs take place every evening. His teachings remind spiritual seekers of the great masters of Advaita Vedanta, such as Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. His words are frank, direct, and uncompromising.

His statements do not try to charm the person's intellect, but their only aim is to pause and dissolve the mind, thus leading listeners to their true essence and inviting them to be fully aware of every thought, word, and action. He particularly stresses the importance of daily meditation and contemplation, discrimination and detachment, Self-enquiry and Self-knowledge, surrender, and satsang. But Swamiji never imposes his views on anyone and believes that if a seeker comes to him for guidance, his only job is to remove the obstacles on the path. In Swamiji's presence, we only need to be quiet, listen to that sacred silence, and recognize the eternal joy that we are and in which everything happens naturally.

For over a decade, Swami Shashwat Ji¹ has been living in Rishikesh, meeting people from all over the world, and answering their questions. The book you are holding in your hands is a compilation of these questions and his answers in an attempt to make them available not only to those who have been in his presence but also to anyone curious to know more about the meaning of life in general and about spirituality in particular.

Swamiji was born in 1985 in a small village in Madhya Pradesh in central India, on the banks of the river Narmada². As a child, he was curious by nature, eager to know about the lives and sadhana or spiritual practices of saints like Dhruv and Prahlad, about nature, about life and death. At the tender age of five, he began chanting Lord Rama's name for several hours daily. At the time, he did no other practice and knew nothing else except that he wanted to unite with the Lord. His thirst for the Truth led him to leave his home at the age of fourteen, and he started visiting different places of pilgrimage and meeting different saints along the way. Occasionally, he would stay with his guru, Baba Shri Gajanand Ji Maharaj, and serve him with love and devotion. Under the guidance of his master, Swamiji's interest in meditation and yoga increased.