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2023

Four types of gurus

In the tradition, gurus are categorized in four groups. One is the vidwan guru, knowledgeable guru, the second is the yogi guru, the third is the tantric guru, and the fourth is the brahmanishtha guru, the enlightened guru. The first category of guru is the vidwan or jnani guru. There are many jnanis: the intellectuals, the knowledgeable people. It is not necessary that they be a sadhaka, a practitioner, just as a university professor can

2023

Guide on the path of dharma and moksha

Dharma means reflection to abide by the inherent and highest truth in every situation, and moksha means transcendence of suffering in life. So the rishis in India gave two more directions to the society in this country. The proponents of dharma and moksha became the gurus while the proponents of artha and kama became teachers, shikshaks. This is something you need to understand very clearly. One does not become a guru by sitting on a

2023

Children’s consciousness

To begin, let us not look at consciousness as belonging to a child or an adult. Let us look at the idea of consciousness as yoga believes it to be. Consciousness is energy and at the same time it is a state of being.There are two states: one state is of becoming, when we use the potential, the activity and the power to change what we are at present to something else; and the other

2023

Spiritual journey

If you have to go on a long journey by car, you check the petrol, air, the radiator water, oil, brake fluid, water in the batteries. You go through a procedure of checking and ensuring that everything is working in proper order in your car. When you are convinced that everything is okay, then with peace of mind, you undertake a long journey with conviction and with the knowledge that you have checked everything in

2023

Awakening life’s potentials

A gardener has a small piece of barren land. He wants to convert it into a beautiful garden. So he has to prepare the land, remove the weeds and rocks, mix the earth, break the dry earth and prepare the ground. When the soil is ready, he brings the seeds, plants them and looks after them until they are able to flower and give fruit. If a gardener goes through such a process to create

2023

The four ashramas

The primary focus of yoga is the transformation of the quality of your mind, character and nature. You begin the yogic journey with that focus. The yogic journey is part and parcel of your day-to-day experience and of the different stages that you go through during your lifetime. When the seers were thinking about the direction of life and how one can live efficiently and effectively with right action, right understanding and right thinking, they

2023

Developing Positive Samskaras

Samskaras are impressions in the field of consciousness. These impressions decide our destiny, the direction of our life, the character that we develop and the mentality that we are endowed with. This happens at a subtle level, at the level of the unconscious. The field of samskaras The faculty of consciousness has three dimensions: conscious, subconscious and unconscious. The conscious dimension is responsible for logical, linear analysis. The subconscious dimension is responsible for the creation

2023

The nature of vrittis

Yoga has not identified the vrittis, it has only identified the nature of vrittis. The Yoga Sutras state that vrittis are of five kinds and has classified them into five groups: pramana, direct knowledge, viparyaya, false knowledge, vikalpa, imagination, nidra, sleep, and smriti, memory. Everything the vrittis do through the mind and senses is contained in these five classifications. Pramana is not one vritti; it is the nature of vrittis. Vikalpa is not one vritti;

2023

Happiness: The First Yogic Yama

Many thousands of years ago, Parvati asked Shiva, her consort and guru, “In this creation, this manifest dimension, this world, this nature, everything is transient, nothing is permanent. There is so much pain, suffering, anxiety and frustration here. What can one do?” Shiva replied, “There are methods and practices by which one can overcome pain or suffering, recognize the causes of pain or suffering in a particular moment and overcome them. However, the best way

2023

Seva in the Ashram

Seva is an important component of the ashram culture. It has been translated in English as service, but seva means the final stage of human involvement in the world while being in a higher state of consciousness. The literal meaning of the word seva is ‘to be with that’, saha eva. To be with what? To be with that which is human, compassionate and loving. In other words, seva means to connect with the divine,

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