Tag: samadhi
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Yoga – gymnastics or philosophy? Why did the West fall in love with yoga and asanas? (102)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next If, in a street poll, we ask passersby whether they know what yoga is, the majority will confirm. Some will say it is a form of gymnastics, like stretching and Pilates; others will associate yoga with Hinduism and Buddhism, and still others will describe it as personal development. The latter…
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Spiritual Wisdom in Parables (81)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next 1. There are many spiritual tales and stories in all religions Revealed by God, and studying them gives us spiritual knowledge as long as we study them with focus on the Divine Light in the Heart or Eye. The Heart area, Anahata in the middle of the chest, sternum, must…
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Bhrukta Rahita Taraka Raja Yoga
Ancient Raja Yoga The secret and the cause of creation are taught here in a simple manner to make one a wiseman, however ignorant or poor one may be; ways are being paved to give all wisdom during family life without discarding it, and to lead one to live without disease, and decay due to…
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Rāja Yoga – The Royal Yoga
Rāja Yoga – The Ancient Royal Yoga of Rishis Rāja yoga – “royal yoga”, “royal union”, also known as classical yoga and aṣṭānga yoga) is concerned principally with the cultivation of the viewer’s (ṛṣih) mind using a succession of steps, such as meditation (dhyāna, dhyana) and contemplation (samādhi, samadhi). Its object is to further one’s…
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What is Laya Yoga?
The term laya means dissolution, melting of all karmic conditioning and limitations that have accrued as result of various occurrences and incidents which took place in the course of one’s entire lifetime. The barriers of a preconditioned life become gradually dissolved, until the soul sees the enlightening world of freedom and salvation (Kaivalya). Layah means…
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Nathsampradaya Hatha Yoga (46)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next “Praise be to the Supreme Lord, Adi Guru Śiva, who has expounded the Wisdom of Willpower,known as Hathavidyam, to his consort Parvatigiving her the means of realizing the Ecstasy of Lightbody, Samadhi Mahabhoda!Glory to Adiśvara, the Supreme Perfectionfor expounding the teachings of the true way of Hatha Yoga.” This is…
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Mantra Yoga – The Power of Vibrations (17)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The ancient treatise “Yogatattva Upanishad” identifies four fundamental groups of yoga systems, which are useful in the Dark Age or Kali Yuga in which humanity currently is. The pattern of these four systems is so universal that all authentic spiritual schools will have to be constructed in a similar way,…
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Abhyasa Prathamakalpika – The Work of Adept of Laya Yoga (14)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Let’s take a look at the first stage of practice of yogis, whom Master Patanjali calls those, who apply the exercises, ie, using the original name, Prathamakalpika. This indicates the nature of the beginners mind, which becomes empty of any activity, and this process is called purification in yoga terms.…
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Self-Realisation of the Jewel of One’s Own Original Self: HRID (1)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The first issue of the esoteric magazine obliges us to clarify its title and the mission that it has been designed to fulfil. It is wholly contained in one beautiful and simple word: HRIDAYA. I hope that this magazine will attract the attention of all CHELA: disciples, aspirers and students of yoga,…
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Self-Realisation of the Jewel of One’s Own Original Self: HRID (2)
The first issue of the esoteric magazine obliges us to clarify its title and the mission that it has been designed to fulfil. It is wholly contained in one beautiful and simple word: HRIDAYA. I hope that this magazine will attract the attention of all CHELA: disciples, aspirers and students of yoga, so that they can follow…