Thursday / Weekly Spiritual Discourses

The following are Weekly discourses given by Swami Atmavidyananda Giri on Thursday nights (9:00pm EST, 8:00pm CST, 7:00pm MST, 6:00pm PST). Each discourse is approximately 45 minutes in length, and is followed by a 15 minute general meditation.

To access a recording, click on the "Date" Link in the table below that is associated with the discourse that you would like to listen to. You will be taken to Google Drive with the associated recording. Finally, click on the play button and you will be able to listen to the discourse.

Date	Theme or Title of Talk	Teacher	Status
November 19, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 1 - Shama - Control Over the Mind	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
November 26, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 2 - Dama - Control Over the Sense Organs	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
December 3, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 3 - Uparama - Strict Observance of Ones on Duty	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
December 10, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 4 - Titiksha - The endurance of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc.	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
December 17, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 5 - Shraddha - Faith in the words of the Guru, and in the Scriptures	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
December 31, 2020	Six Spiritual Treasures for the Sincere Seekers - Part 6 - Samadhana - Single-pointedness of the mind	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
January 7, 2021	Test of Character - Part 1 1 - Dealing with Anger.	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
January 14, 2021	Test of Character - Part 2 2 - Are You Inclined to be Argumentative? 3 - Do You Like to Eavesdrop?	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
January 21, 2021	Test of Character - Part 3 4 - Are you inclined to be hasty in speech? 5 - Do you laugh at the mistakes of others? 6 - Do you mind being criticized?	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
January 28, 2021	Test of Character - Part 4 7 - Do you easily get flustered (agitated) and excited? 8 - Are you touchy (over sensitive)? 9 - Are you suspicious? 10 - Are you self-indulgent? 11 - Do you live above your income? 12 - Do you lack self-confidence?	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
February 4, 2021	Test of Character - Part 5 13 - Do you move around clumsily and noisily? 14 - Are you inclined to procrastinate? 15 - Do you doubt the honesty of others? 16 - Do you blame others for your own faults? 17 - Do you like to boss others? 18 - Are you easily distracted?	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
February 11, 2021	Test of Character - Part 6 18 - Are you easily distracted? 19 - Do you try to force yourself on others? 20 - Do you wish for compliments?	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
February 18, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 1 - Definition of Yoga from Yoga Sutra	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
February 25, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 2 - Definition of Yoga from Bhagavad Gita Subdivisions of Yoga	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
March 4, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 3	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
March 11, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 4	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
March 18, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 5	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available
March 25, 2021	Components of Kriya Yoga - Part 6	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri	Available