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.

Although our new version of this website has been delayed, we are happy to announce that progress is being made, and while we work on that effort, we'll continue to add some features to this current site.  By way of example, we will occasionally post readings from Swami Venkatesananda's translation of The Yoga Vasistha in our daily readngs section. For these postings, we will be using portions of Swami Venkatesananda's 1971 two volume edition, entitled The Supreme Yoga.  Look these occasional postings during the months of August and September of 2025. 
 

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.

August 19, 2025
Bhagavad Gita - Song of God - Chapter 11: 34-35

The most important and vital truth is repeated thrice for emphasis. People criticize repetition, yet on closer scrutiny it is discovered that their ‘intellect’ rebels against truth. Light ...

August 19, 2025
Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1 — Darshan

Do we go to the master merely to hear what we want to hear, merely to get something out of him? If I go to the teacher, I must go ...

November 15, 2025
Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1 — Promoting Peace

A man is known by his companions, for they do influence us, they awaken latent tendencies in us (good or bad, desirable or undesirable). A saint kindles ...