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Sep 11, 2026
Satyanarayana DasaHOST
So he says they are also applicable to the grihasta.
Satyanarayana DasaHOST
Saucham raga dvesa di rahityam.
Satyanarayana DasaHOST
He gives a very interesting meaning to saucha.
Satyanarayana DasaHOST
Saucha generally means cleanliness.
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You are allowed to begin again without making your past self feel wrong.
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And this lunation really speaks to saucha.
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Saucha can be translated to purity or cleanliness.
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Saucha is not the pursuit of flawlessness.
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It's rather the intentional removal of what obscures our clarity.
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So what can be cleared from your physical space? What mental clutter can be released? What obligations are no longer yours to carry? Which simple act would create more room for breath? And clear what you can, not because your life must look perfect, but because space allows truth to become easier to hear.
Keri KuglerHOST
It is, as always, good to have you here with me today.
Keri KuglerHOST
So there's this teaching in yogic philosophy called Saucha.
Keri KuglerHOST
A little background in this to give you some context.
Keri KuglerHOST
So there's this yogi whose name is Patanjali, and who knows if I'm saying that 100% correctly.
Keri KuglerHOST
Even if you're not a yogi or you don't practice this book, The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele is a phenomenal read because to me, it's leadership, and it's sort of an unbiased view in how to show up powerfully, how to create the most aligned life, not through doing, but through our own internal landscape.
Keri KuglerHOST
So that's sort of the, the context around this practice.
Keri KuglerHOST
So, as you can probably imagine, Saucha is one of the, the yamas and niyamas outlined in the book.
Keri KuglerHOST
It's actually one of the five niyamas 'cause they're sort of...
Babaji Satyanarayana DasaHOST
Just like earlier he said, sathya ahimsa sathya mastayam akama krodha lobhata Then he says, dharmayam sarva varnika That was those were the characteristics or behavior of all varnas.
Babaji Satyanarayana DasaHOST
So similarly he says, saucham.
Babaji Satyanarayana DasaHOST
Saucham means cleanliness.
Babaji Satyanarayana DasaHOST
So earlier the question was asked, Brahmacharya is not clean because he is not washing his cloth.
Babaji Satyanarayana DasaHOST
So washing the cloth there was not that you wash them in a fancy way.
PremHOST
I think that will help us understand them better.
PremHOST
Saucha means cleanliness and Satyam as we all know means truthfulness.
PremHOST
These are two similar qualities that are very much in our control, right? What we are, how we are, the external purity and internal purity or when we talk about truthfulness, being truthful in our interactions with others or being truthful to our own selves, right? Be truthful as to why we are choosing one particular decision over the other.
PremHOST
Am I eyeing some benefit and pretending that I'm doing it for some other reason or I'm pretending that this is a dharmic option that I'm taking whereas I'm having some ulterior motive in mind.
Seth BarronHOST
And we're given the list of the yamas, these observances, these moral sort of precepts, you could say, of ahimsa, satya, asteya, brahmacharya, and aparigraha to not cause harm or violence, to seek the truth.
Seth BarronHOST
to um to not steal to practice continence and not to grasp for what's beyond our reach and we're told that these are maha vratam like a great universal vow unconditioned by time space class context so they apply equally to all of us and it's not a buffet yeah you're all in And then we're given the niyamas, shaucha, santosha, tapa, svadhyaya, ishvara, pranidhana.
Seth BarronHOST
Shaucha is cleanliness, santosha, contentment.
Seth BarronHOST
Tapa is like heat, austerity, or just burning, like loving desire for practice.
Seth BarronHOST
Svadhyaya, the study of the self.
Seth BarronHOST
And we're going to quickly run them down.
Seth BarronHOST
Shaucha, what is shaucha? It's a tricky one to pronounce.
Seth BarronHOST
It's like technically there's like a soft palate S in the middle of the back, like, so like shaucha, I think.
Seth BarronHOST
Who wants to jump in?
Poonam Vijay ThakkarHOST
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Nithin SridharGUEST
Shaucha and Ashaucha also has a connection to the notion of competency or eligibility.
Nithin SridharGUEST
So there is a verse from one of the texts which says that whatever action you do, whatever ritual activity you do, unless you do it in a condition of Shaucha, it will not give you result.
Nithin SridharGUEST
So, Shauchar defines all the relevant, all the qualities that you need to have to successfully practice and attain the result.
Nithin SridharGUEST
So, in the context of, say, for example, any of the Vaidika Karmas or the Agamika Karmas, all these Dharmika Karmas, the Satyavika condition is a requisite for gaining full result, abhidhe nishreyasa.
Nithin SridharGUEST
So now, when we speak about Satyavaki, it is at three levels.
Nithin SridharGUEST
In the Vedanta and all, we speak about pancha kosha, the annamaya kosha, pranamaya kosha, manomaya kosha, vigyanamaya kosha, anandamaya kosha.
Nithin SridharGUEST
We also speak about three bodies, three shariras, the sthula sharira, which is physical body, sukshma sharira, which is subtle body, and karana sharira, the causal body.
Mike ShreveHOST
So in the yamas, or the restraints, we see a real connection between the bible and this far eastern philosophy and i'm going to explain why after we go into the niyamas that's the next category niyamas are duties or observances religiously on your journey to hopeful enlightenment in eastern practices There's five of those too.
Mike ShreveHOST
And number one is Saucha.
Mike ShreveHOST
And Saucha means cultivating purity inwardly and externally, outwardly and inwardly, being a pure person.
Mike ShreveHOST
Well, Jesus said, "'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.'" Purity is important.
Mike ShreveHOST
Santosha is number two, and that's being content with your present state.
Seth BarronHOST
So it's like, that's like where-- So when Sally said the me-yamas, I found that very endearing because it's like if the yamas are the m- moral principles for how we are out in the world, the niyamas are the personal observances.
Seth BarronHOST
Saucha, santosha, tapas, svadhyaya, Ishvara-pranidhana.
Seth BarronHOST
Again, five, and we'll go in.
Seth BarronHOST
We're gonna spend a week, we're gonna spend an episode on every single one of those.