Swami Venkatesananda has often described as a modern yogi, and a Sanskrit scholar and the author of many books and translations of some of India's most renowned yogic scriptures. And while it is not inaccurate to suggest that his public talks and the many translations he completed of some of India's most profound and relivant yogic teachings provide both yoga teachers and yoga students with incalculatablly important knowledge, he made it clear to all who spent time with him, that wisdom can only best be appreciated and valued by its presence in action. For having emerged from the discipleship from his own master, Swami Sivananda, it was resoundingly evident that his own ability to reflect wisdom was by way of the example, in both how he lived his own life as also in relationship with others. He taught his most valuable lessons not merely by voicing the wisdom of Indian's great sages and spiritual scriptures, but, like his master, Sivananda himself, demonstrated that it was indeed possible to lead a yogic life, free from the creation of conflict, free of both inner conflect as well as free of the conflict that one might unintensionally impose upon others. There is no greater measure of the value of yoga.
As you explore this website, contemplating his stirring words, be alert to the living energy embedded in them. It can be likened to a benevolent virus (his words) ready to be caught by those who are primed and vigilant.
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Note: We are reworking the biographical material that has previously been linked to here and plan to add an updated version on our new and forthcoming website, hopefully before the end of this year. We appreciate your patience.
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 be posting 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 for these occasional postings during the months of August and September of 2025.
The next three daily readings are shown below. You may also view a complete listing on our Calendar of Daily Readings.