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Satsang (Holy Company) |
The Sanatan conducts
free weekly spiritual meetings (satsangs)
at thousands of locations in India and abroad. E-mail us at satsangs@sanatan.org for
information on spiritual meetings in your area. Please include your city and
country.
Importance
Satsang means to be in the company of 'Sat',
that is, divine consciousness, or in other words, to get the experience chaitanya
(divine consciousness). All efforts in spiritual
practice are to obtain chaitanya / divine consciousness because success in
life – whether materialistic or spiritual – depends on the proportion
of divine consciousness that is active in each one of us. Till we reach the stage
where we develops divine consciousness within us, it is necessary to get it from
an outside source. This is possible in the company of Saints and
also in weekly satsangs conducted by Sanatan.
Various sources of satsang
Attending spiritual discourses, visiting religious places
such as churches, temples, mosques, etc., staying at places of pilgrimage, reading
spiritual texts written by Saints, being in the company of fellow seekers,
visiting Saints or one’s Guru,
etc., are examples of satsang of a progressively superior quality. In actuality,
there is a continuous flow of chaitanya all around us: in the company of seekers,
in Sanatan publications or other holy texts, periodicals published
by Sanatan, banners, aprons and caps done by seekers of Sanatan, etc.. Everyday
we come in contact with these items; but, whether we are able to absorb their
divinity depends on how subtly pure
(sattvik) we are.
Attitude to derive maximum benefit of satsangs
One should go with the specific attitude and capacity to absorb
divinity in a satsang. How can we prepare ourselves to absorb this divinity?
By doing the spiritual practice of chanting effectively,
both quantitatively and qualitatively, by prayer,
by expressing gratitude, by decreasing our raja-tama qualities
and increasing sattvik qualities. Throughout the week, if we do not do our spiritual
practice correctly and get covered with raja-tama, when we reach the satsang,
the cumulative sattvikata of the satsang decreases because of us. And whatever
sattvikata exists is used up only to reduce our raja-tama. Hence, we should pay
attention to our daily spiritual practice, we should try to reach the satsang
at least five minutes before the scheduled time, pray and chant prior to starting
and participate completely in the satsang. Only then can we gain maximum chaitanya
in the satsang.
Benefits of satsang
Due to the cumulative sattvikta of all the attending seekers,
besides the manifesting of positive energies and Deities during satsang, a seeker’s spiritual
level is temporarily elevated. Due to this, one gets spiritual
experiences, which further encourage a seeker's spiritual practice (sadhana).
Being an environment conducive to the experience of God or Sat, satsangs are
an important adjunct to maintain the consistency in one’s spiritual practice.
For read about additional benefits of satsang, click here. |
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Divine Consciousness
from God during Satsang |
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- drawing of spiritual
vision by Sanatan seeker |
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