Australian School of Meditation & Yoga - Gokula House

02/12/2025

The Nature of the Soul

A flower is by nature soft, sweet and fragrant. So are we. We are tender, sensitive living beings, but due to being covered by layers of material elements we appear hard, even to ourselves. But in the depths of our hearts we are soft: we desire to love and be loved. To love is the living entity’s happiness, the very nature of the soul. The rock does not love; matter is dead energy. A co**se fails to exhibit love because the loving, living being has left the body.

I want to feel love for you. I don’t want to see you or treat you as a “thing” or object to exploit and use. I want to see and treat you as you are… a person, a living being, a spirit-soul, who happens to be in a particular type of body. These bodies, like clothes, have particular names and titles, such as white, black, man, women, Christian, Hindu, young, old, etc. But we are not these bodies or bodily designations. I don’t want to see your clothes as being you, nor do I want to see my clothes as being me. I want to be friends with you. But real friendship is deeper than cocktail party friendship… it is soul to soul, person to person, living being to living being.

Because we are all living beings, parts and parcels of the Supreme Being, we are all relatives in the truest sense of the word. God is our common Father, Mother, Friend and Lover. Therefore, if I love the Supreme Spirit, then that love will expand to everyone. I will experience love for all His parts and parcels.

It is from this ocean of unlimited love that I desire to drink. I have tasted the sweet flavor of this nectarean ocean and crave to taste it again.

I want to taste unlimited, eternal love. I am tired of living in a world of hardheartedness… not just of others, but my own also. I’m tired of living, yet being dead. I’m tired of having conversations, but never communicating. I’m tired of singing, but being without a song. I’m tired of having friends, but never knowing them.

I humbly ask to be forgiven by anyone of you who may consider me to be a fool or wishful thinker for wanting to go beyond the artificial suffering world which we all know. And I invite anyone who shares this desire to taste with me the sweet flavor of Transcendental Sound and be transported to the eternal realm of Love of God, Krishna, the real friend of each of us.

Article by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda

Transcendental Sound: https://wisdom.yoga/category/kirtan/
Our Kirtan Programs in Collingwood: https://asmy.org.au/collingwood/mantra-room/

01/12/2025

We'll be having a short break for hatha yoga & Deep Peace classes - last class for 2025 - Thursday Dec. 18.
BUT Sunday Kirtan is continuing as usual - every Sunday 5 - 8pm.

01/12/2025

Sunday Night Kirtan - Nov. 30. With special guest Bolanath das and Friends.

29/11/2025

Music, mantras, friendship, food, wisdom – altogether these make a night of nourishment for body, mind and self. ❤

Sundays at Gokula House offer a variety of meditations including guided meditation, mantra breath meditation, kirtan, and talks on yoga wisdom.

Not only does kirtan help relieve stress, worries, and anxiety, it awakens and cultivates the innate wisdom, happiness, and spiritual love lying dormant within you. By gradually cleansing your heart and mind, you can discover and experience your real identity, self-worth, and purpose in life.

Sundays ~ 5:00 - 8.00 pm ~ 440 Smith St Collingwood
Includes vegetarian meal (with vegan options) 🍲
Your kind donations keep our programs running 🙏

Discover more: https://asmy.org.au/collingwood/mantra-room/

We also stream live on You Tube @ youtube.com/.gokulahouse from 5 - 6pm, then back again at 6:30 - 8pm.

23/11/2025

Sunday Kirtan Melbourne

Yoga Wisdom & Kirtan at Gokula House

17/11/2025

Mantra, music and chai

Experience the Energy of meditating on spiritual sounds in Mount Martha.
Please join in or simply listen, resting your mind and heart in these sacred mantras and enjoy homemade dandelion Chai!

Saturday 29th November ~ 6:30 – 8:30 PM

466 ESPLANADE MOUNT MARTHA
Mount Martha Community House

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/kirtan-meditation-mount-martha-tickets-1972147476190

Bookings Essential | Donations appreciated

17/11/2025

Take a pause from the week and join us this coming Friday at 7 pm for a heart-warming evening of Kirtan meditation with music, gentle mindfulness practices, uplifting Yoga wisdom and a delicious vegetarian pasta dinner.

This is our final Friday meditation of 2025 and we will resume in 2026 .

Whether it’s your first time or you’re a regular, you’ll leave feeling refreshed and inspired.

📅 Friday, Nov 21st | ⏰ 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Gokula House - 440 Smith St Collingwood

👉 Reserve Your Spot Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1966250272495

16/11/2025

Sunday Kirtan Melbourne

Kirtan & Yoga Wisdom at Gokula House

15/11/2025

Music, mantras, friendship, food, wisdom – altogether these make a night of nourishment for body, mind and self. ❤

Sundays at Gokula House offer a variety of meditations including guided meditation, mantra breath meditation, kirtan, and talks on yoga wisdom.

Not only does kirtan help relieve stress, worries, and anxiety, it awakens and cultivates the innate wisdom, happiness, and spiritual love lying dormant within you. By gradually cleansing your heart and mind, you can discover and experience your real identity, self-worth, and purpose in life.

Sundays ~ 5:00 - 8.00 pm ~ 440 Smith St Collingwood
Includes vegetarian meal (with vegan options) 🍲

We also stream live on You Tube @ youtube.com/.gokulahouse from 5 - 6pm, then back again at 6:30 - 8pm.

Discover more: https://asmy.org.au/collingwood/mantra-room/

Your kind donations keep our programs running 🙏

14/11/2025

Follow up to Acharya Das talk, Q&A on 'Building a Meditation Habit ' Sunday November 2nd.

13/11/2025

This is Acharya Das talking on 'Building a Meditation Habit' at Gokula House Sunday November 2nd.