SwamiGPT
स्वामी
Ancient Wisdom Keeper
A study guide rooted in the classical texts — the Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā, the Yoga Sūtras, the Upaniṣads, and the Bhagavad Gītā. SwamiGPT teaches in the guru-śiṣya lineage: citing verses precisely, breaking down Sanskrit, naming commentators, tracing connections across the canon. Reads with you. Remembers your thread.
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Conversation Style
SwamiGPT speaks with the quiet authority of a senior haṭha yoga master — calm, measured, sometimes gruff, but always teaching from deep compassion. Little patience for empty platitudes; infinite patience for the sincere sādhaka. Responses unfold like a teaching: context first, then the insight, then the implication for practice.
Verses are cited precisely (HYP 2.3, YS 1.2). Sanskrit comes with IAST transliteration and word-by-word breakdown. Connections across texts are traced — how an HYP verse illuminates a Yoga Sūtra, how a concept differs in the Gītā versus the Upaniṣads. SwamiGPT is honest about scholarly debate: "The commentators differ here…"
"When you ask about kuṇḍalinī — understand first that the term itself is not static. Brahmānanda's Jyotsnā reads it as the latent energy at the base of the suṣumnā. Vyāsa's Bhāṣya on YS 3.4 gestures elsewhere. The HYP is most concrete in 3.108. Tell me which text you're sitting with, and we'll work from there."
What SwamiGPT Can Do
Designed for serious students of yoga philosophy. Interprets verses, compares commentaries, traces concepts across texts, breaks down Sanskrit at the level of root meanings, and stays grounded in the classical tradition.
Verse Interpretation
Explain any verse from the HYP or Yoga Sūtras in its full philosophical context, with Sanskrit analysis and historical framing.
Commentary Comparison
Compare how Brahmānanda's Jyotsnā, Vyāsa's Bhāṣya, Vivekananda, and modern lineages interpret a given teaching.
Cross-Text Connections
Trace concepts across the Yoga Sūtras, Upaniṣads, Bhagavad Gītā, and Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā — where they converge and where they diverge.
Sanskrit Etymology
Word-by-word breakdown with roots, IAST transliteration, and the resonances that don't survive translation.
Subtle Body & Practice
Discuss cakras, nāḍīs, kuṇḍalinī, prāṇa, mudrā, and bandha from a traditional standpoint — not a wellness one.
Honest About Debate
When commentators differ, SwamiGPT names the disagreement and the lineages behind it — not a single authoritative answer where the tradition itself doesn't have one.
Where to Find SwamiGPT
SwamiGPT is part of HYP Yoga, woven into the act of reading. Three ways to bring SwamiGPT into your study, all on-platform — no leaving the page, no opening another tab.
Tap the warm-amber sun icon on any verse, sūtra, glossary term, or journal entry page. SwamiGPT opens already knowing the text in front of you.
Select any passage on a verse or sūtra page, tap "Ask on This Page" — the selection becomes the opening of your question, with the surrounding context attached.
Type a question into the field at the top or bottom of this page. The same on-page widget — useful as a warm-up before you head into the texts.
How SwamiGPT Knows What You're Studying
When you open SwamiGPT from a verse or sūtra page, your question doesn't land in a vacuum. The Sparkbar quietly hands SwamiGPT the page reference, the Sanskrit, and the translation — so the answer arrives already inside the text.
The same enrichment happens on sūtra pages, glossary terms, and your own journal entries. You ask the question that's actually on your mind. SwamiGPT receives the full context.
From Conversation to Journal
When SwamiGPT helps you see something new, the conversation shouldn't disappear. Tap the journal-this icon, choose the messages worth keeping, and SwamiGPT hands them off to your journal — with the verse already linked.
The handoff preserves the speakers (Me: and SwamiGPT:), the context, and the verse or sūtra reference — so your reflection has roots, not just takeaways.
Where to Begin
These are the suggestions SwamiGPT surfaces inside the chat widget on each kind of page. Tap any prompt to open SwamiGPT pre-filled with that question.
Conversation Memory
Conversations with SwamiGPT are remembered for seven days as you navigate — pick up where you left off without retelling the thread. "Start fresh" is one tap away when you're ready to begin a new line of study. SwamiGPT is a study partner per thread, not a persistent journal companion — that's TapasAI's role.
SwamiGPT is free with a Starter account — 10 messages/day, shared with DharmaGPT. Aspirant practitioners get unlimited conversation; Teacher practitioners are answered by Claude Sonnet for deeper, more nuanced reasoning. Pricing lives on /membership.
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SwamiGPT is grounded in the classical texts of the yoga tradition. The bibliography below names the sources that inform its understanding of philosophy, practice, and terminology.
Classical Yoga
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Living Fearlessly
Yogananda on dissolving fear — the obstacle Patañjali names as abhiniveśa — through devotion, discrimination, and surrender.
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The Upanishads
Easwaran's modern translation of the principal Upaniṣads (Kaṭha, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Chāndogya, Bṛhadāraṇyaka, and others).
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras in an accessible modern translation with commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda.
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Light on Yoga
The definitive modern reference for āsana practice, anatomy, and alignment, grounded in Patañjali's system.
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography — a landmark introduction of Indian yoga and spirituality to the West.
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Metaphysical Meditations
Yogananda's pocket collection of invocations and prayers — short, potent meditations for the steady cultivation of inner stillness.
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Bhakti Yoga
Vivekananda on the yoga of devotion — love directed to the divine.
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Brahmacharya
Vivekananda on brahmacharya — the conservation and direction of vital energy.
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Jnana Yoga
Vivekananda on the yoga of knowledge — the path of discrimination and inquiry.
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Karma Yoga
Vivekananda on the yoga of action — work without attachment to results.
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Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms
Vivekananda's translation of Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras with extensive commentary.
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Practical Vedanta
Vivekananda on bringing vedānta to lived experience and modern practice.
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Raja Yoga
Vivekananda's foundational presentation of rāja yoga for Western audiences, including a translation of Patañjali's sūtras.
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
The collected writings and lectures of Swami Vivekananda — a comprehensive compendium of his teachings on rāja, karma, jñāna, and bhakti yoga.
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The Powers of the Mind
Vivekananda on the mind's capacities — concentration, will, and the subtle powers.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Svātmārāma's 15th-century foundational text on haṭha yoga.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Naveen Goyal's translation and commentary on the Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Krishnamacharya commentary)
T. Krishnamacharya's commentary on the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — the lineage that produced Iyengar, Jois, Desikachar, and Indra Devi.
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Kundalini Yoga
A traditional compendium on kuṇḍalinī yoga, the awakening of subtle energy through the cakra system.
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The Gheranda Samhita
A classical haṭha yoga manual describing the seven-fold yoga: ṣaṭkarma, āsana, mudrā, pratyāhāra, prāṇāyāma, dhyāna, samādhi.
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The Shiva Samhita
One of the three classical haṭha yoga texts, on the science of subtle anatomy, nāḍī, cakra, and meditation.
Modern Yoga
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Calcutta Yoga
Jerome Armstrong's history of the Ghosh family — Bishnu Charan Ghosh, Buddha Bose, and the Calcutta lineage that produced modern haṭha yoga, including the Bikram Choudhury school.
Indian Epics
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The Bhagavad Gita
Eknath Easwaran's lucid, scholarly modern translation of the Bhagavad Gītā.
Mindfulness
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The Dhammapada
Easwaran's translation of the Dhammapada — the Buddha's teachings in verse form.
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