Yoga

The search for reality and truth through self inquiry

Posted in Jnana Yoga, Podcast, Vedanta, Words of Wisdomself-inquiry-search-vicharana - Ramana Maharishi

Don’t think too much about the answer, the answer is something which is dead. When you have the answer the quest is finished. The question is alive and the question would lead you, but not to an answer… An answer is only an escape from reality and truth; it’s not the direction to realize something. A spiritual question does not search for an answer but a presence. When you ask the Guru what is life and you don’t search for some words as an answer, but you’re sensitive enough to perceive the presence with your question then that presence is your real answer. The answer is you. Your presence now and here in this moment, the presence of your reality is the real answer…

Love and Attachment are similar, and yet very different…

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Love and Attachment are similar, yet very different. Most people completely confuse attachment with love and consider the two the same. Attachment makes us insensitive to others and…

Desire

Posted in Tantra YogaLalita Devi: Supreme Krishna Gopi

Desire controls and moves human beings as if they were puppets. Desire is the motivation that lies behind every action, the power and energy that causes all movement. Desire incites men to make the most incredible efforts. However, few stop to observe and analyze this force…

Raja Yoga – The Yoga of Meditation

Posted in Meditation, Raja YogaYoga Meditation - The Essence of Yoga

Generally speaking, raja-yoga is considered the yoga of meditation. However, dhyana is the essence of all types of yoga, as well as of religion, and not the exclusive property of just one of the many branches of Sanatana-dharma. Without meditation, true and authentic spirituality cannot exist.

About the mantra “Om Namah Shivaya”

Posted in Mantra YogaOm Namah Shivaya

A mantra is a door towards reality; it is a mystic phenomenon capable of unifying the consciousness and invoking that which the mantra refers to. It is an instrument that stimulates interiorization, a vibration capable of opening us to the Whole and a vehicle towards Totality.

Yoga is communion with existence

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more than assembling disconnected fragments or reuniting separated pieces, yoga is to open our eyes and pay attention, so as to see that we are, always have been, and always will be, an integral part of the Whole…Yoga is to unite the inseparable, to reconnect that which was never disconnected. Yoga is the reencounter of what we believe ourselves to be, with what we really are…

Kriya Yoga: Tapasya, Svadhyaya and Isvara Pranidhana

Posted in Kriya Yoga, VideosSwami Ramakrishnananda kriya yoga tapasya video

Kriya Yoga includes three essential steps as described by Patanjali Maharishi. The first step is tapasya or austerity, the second is svadhyaya or the study of the self, and third, isvara pranidhana, surrender to God, to the whole, that is enlightenment.

Purna Yoga – The Complete and Integral Yoga

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The Sanskrit word purna means “complete”, “total” or “integral”…The different aspects of the human being can be harmonized, unified, and ultimately, transcended, through purna yoga – integral yoga, which comprises many paths; the path of action with karma—yoga, the emotional through bhakti—yoga, the mental through raja—yoga, the way of self—inquiry, to which jnana—yoga invites us, and many more…

Yama Niyama

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These sacred vows help us cultivate befitting attributes to create the foundation or the appropriate situation for the Transcendental to manifest within us. This preparation consists in the adoption of a system of moral and ethical principles that governs all aspects of life for those who take refuge in the sanatana-dharma.