November 2025 Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri — Eagle's Flight Stories

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Swami Nirmalananda Giri discusses his new book and various spiritual topics including karma and yoga traditions.

This month Swamiji introduces a new book: An Eagle's Flight: A Yogi's Spiritual Autobiography (https://amzn.to/4ojXlAg), and reflections on Spirit & Life: Commentaries on the Four Gospels questions on karma, diet, Neem Karoli Baba, Soham japa, and more. Highlights and Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Spirit & Life: Commentaries on the Four Gospels 02:20 An Eagle’s Flight: A Yogi’s Spiritual Autobiography 06:29 The “crazy” yogini — The Daughter of the King 11:48 What karma does the “deliverer” of karma have? 14:57 Eggs and a vegetarian diet 18:10 Nath Yoga and Tamil Siddha traditions 18:46 Black or African Yoga traditions? 20:58 Those around Anandamayi Ma who became something 27:35 Swami Sivananda on milk and ahimsa 30:27 Variations of the Soham mantra 34:32 Does time exist outside the human mind? 35:14 Meeting Neem Karoli Baba 43:41 A question about Gnosticism 46:14 Are there inappropriate times for Soham japa? 47:44 Oliver Black and Babaji — a spiritual story 52:18 Can prarabdha karma obstruct sadhana? 59:30 Rudraksha beads in meditation 1:05:34 How to deal with predators in small communities #satsang #spiritualstories #spiritualjourney OCOY.org RESOURCES Get FREE pdf…

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Host: Swami Nirmalananda Giri

Topics covered

• spiritual autobiography
• karma
• vegetarian diet
• yoga traditions
• Soham japa
• spiritual stories

Keywords

• spirituality
• yoga
• karma
• vegetarianism
• Soham mantra
• Neem Karoli Baba
• Swami Sivananda
• spiritual stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OCOY.org

Books & works: An Eagle's Flight: A Yogi's Spiritual Autobiography, Spirit & Life: Commentaries on the Four Gospels

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