A simple definition of satsang is devotional speech and chanting programs for the upliftment of the divine love consciousness of a devotee. divine love consciousness is the consciousness of the closeness of Radha Krishn (or any personal form of God), when a devotee lovingly remembers His name, form, virtues or leelas (playful actions).

At Satsang-Blog.com, satsang also includes an opportunity for darshan of the Deities of God.

Sat and sang

Sang (संग)means association, and Sat (सत्‌) means Divine. Sat, asat. What is Sat (Divine) and what is asat (not Divine)? Or what is Divine and what is material? This is an important discrimination that must be made. Our scriptures all describe Sat and asat. They discriminate that this world is maya (asat) and God is Divine. Furthermore, they state that maya is not yours; Divine is yours. So we are always doing some kind of association twenty-four hours a day. Either we are in association with the Divine (Sat) or with the material world (asat).

Association is also of two kinds: mental; physical. But it starts from physical and goes to  mental. Just like you see something, and immediately you think, “Oh, it’s very good.” Then you desire for that thing. So when you see the world, the world attracts you. It entices your mind. You get attracted. You start desiring and loving, so it goes into your mind and develops attachment. Attachment is association. Mental association with the world. We are associating in the world already from uncountable lifetimes. But you must understand that you have to come to Divine association to break this attachment.

You see, when there is a little ice on the water—just a little—anybody can break it, but when it becomes a glacier, it is just like a stone—hard rock. It cannot be broken. Then, if you keep putting warm water on it, no matter how hard the ice is, it slowly melts. If you keep on putting hot water all the time, a time may come when all the ice will melt. If, however, you keep on adding just cool water, it will keep on accumulating more ice, more ice, more ice, more ice, more ice. With the mind, it is the same thing. If you keep on adding worldly things to your mind, there won’t be any place for God left. But if you slowly keep on adding Divine things, it slowly melts. That is Divine association of our satsang.

You see, association is what is important—sang. Sang means to join. Not just coming close, but to join. And how do you join? Only with love. Love is the glue that joins two things. Suppose there were two papers, and you put them together. You press hard, but they are separate still. There’s no glue inside. Put some glue and join together—now, they are stuck together. So what is the joining factor? Love. If there is no love, you can’t join with Saint; you can’t join with name; and God is far beyond. If love is there, then you are glued to name and Saint. So love is a must. That is called Sang. So this is Satsang. Sat—Divine. Sang—loving association. सत्संग!