02/01/2026
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Swami Niranjanananda’s ji message on Jan 1st 2026:
Today the world celebrates the New Year’s Day. Different cultures and different traditions celebrate the new year at different times of the year as well. But no matter how many times we celebrate new year, it is an opportunity for all of us to come together in the spirit of bhakti, in the spirit of joy, in the spirit of love and compassion for humanity. To come together and chant the Hanuman Chalisa.
Lord Hanuman represents strength, represents devotion, represents intelligence, represents wisdom, represents stamina, represents service and surrender. With the invocation of this power in our life we enable ourselves to face and confront the unknown challenges that come in everybody’s life tomorrow.
That tomorrow becomes yesterday and from that we gain an awareness and understanding, wisdom, skills to deal with other challenges that will come again tomorrow.
With this, life is a continuity of past and future. Future is unknown and past is just the resilience to face the unknown. And to ease our path, to ease our journey the grace of Hanuman plays an important role. It is through that grace that we can complete our yearly journey very comfortably and with ease.
People expect a message this day. And the message today is that the New Year does not ask you to change who you are. It invites you to discover your own true nature. Do not measure the year by results and rewards, but its value is known by the calmness of the mind, the balance of the heart, and the awareness with which you act.
Yoga is not an ornament of life. It is a simplification of living.
In this year establish inner order: clarity in thought, equanimity in emotion and awareness in action. Do not chase extraordinary experiences. Remember that where awareness abides, even the ordinary becomes sacred.
Practice a little each day. As your sankalpa. But practice it with sincerity. True sadhana works silently, transforming the inner being.
When resistance arises in the mind, observe it. When emotions surface, witness them and allow them to pass.
Discipline, remember, is not a burden, it is a daily choice made consciously. Let strength be free of tension. Let efforts be free of struggles. This is the way of yoga – to move forward in balance. Do not confine yoga to yoga mat alone. Live it in speech, in work and in relationships. If you fall, again rise gently. If you forget, again remember. If doubt appears, begin to practice in self-adjustment.
Progress in yoga is not a loud event. It is seen quietly when reactions lessen, when patience deepens, when awareness remains steady.
This year is not meant to take you elsewhere. It is meant to teach you to stand consciously where you are. This is the true beginning and this is the true new year. So keep this awareness and keep this understanding in your mind, in your heart, in your life and walk the luminous path. This is the message of this new year – 2026 .
