Answering a question of a young lady from abroad, Sadhviji shares that it doesn't matter what name or form that we may identify the Divine or even if we don't know or believe in the Divine. She says what matters is, as Pujya Swamiji shares,...
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This article was published on Complete Wellbeing, here. On the spiritual path, it is tempting to assume that having a deep spiritual experience is a sign that we have made it. Sharing her own story, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati tells us why that is a mistake “You are...
Read MoreSadvhiji answers the question many Westerners ask when first visiting India, how can there be so much happiness amidst such poverty? In the West we root our identities so much in things that are not real; I am my possessions, my career, my title....
Read MoreCommunity work is Spirituality Sadhvi Bhagawatiji discusses how and where we can help others through volunteering. She explains that there are so many different ways to volunteer and that everyone has skills to offer in the form of time, technology, tenacity or talents! Humanity’s problems are...
Read MoreSadhviji opens with a quote from Pujya Swamiji: “Meditation is the best medication for all agitations.” She explains that in the West we have an obsession with the singular ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways of doing almost everything. There’s no right or wrong way of doing...
Read MoreWhat is the significance of fire in holy ceremony? Sadhvi Bhagawatiji discusses the significance of fire explaining that fire symbolises the Divine purifier; it removes the things we don’t need that we’ve piled on top of our innate goodness, things like ego, expectation and jealousy, that...
Read MoreSadhviji describes how as travellers in India we are exposed to a wide spectrum of new experiences that force us to face up to things we may have been hiding from. Surrendering to the experience may be easier to initially achieve here; but once practiced...
Read MoreSadhviji answers questions about trust and fear, and clarifies that the fear exists because of our lack of trust. She shares a personal story about her initial interactions with Pujya Swamiji. Through her own life experiences, she shares that we must draw the line when...
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This article was published in The Speaking Tree, here. Kumbh, the mother of all river tirthas, is a miracle of aastha and vyavastha, writes SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI Kumbh Mela epitomises both the best and the worst of India. It embodies the pervasive sense of the sacred one...
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This article was also published on Huffington Post as "India: Let It Consume You", here, and in The Pioneer as "An Idea Called India", here. "If one more person pushes and squeezes me in the aarti again I'm going to scream!" The tears in her eyes...
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