It’s no secret that meditation will make us calmer and happier, but did you know that a joyous mind is also necessary for meditation? In this previously unreleased video from 1988, Swami Rama explains how we can learn to cultivate true, lasting joy—an essential component for effective meditation and the kind of empowered mind that leads us to enlightenment.

Source: Ishopanishad lectures (Honesdale, 1988)
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