Now the next principle of Niyama is Svadhyaha – that’s a Sanskrit word which means – you can have this piece of paper – Svadhyaha means self-study. Self-study and also study of Scriptures. Now, I’ve given you an example before – I don’t know if it was here or in America or wherever – it’s worth repeating: what does self-study mean? Self-study can be interpreted as self-analysis, for one, and it can also be interpreted as self-evaluation, self-evaluation.
27 septiembre, 2015
Austerity
Tapas which literally means austerity. Now that austerity, like Brahmacharya is also a word so, so misinterpreted. Austerity doesn’t mean that you deprive yourself; that if you have a bed at home, a comfortable bed, that you will go and sleep on the ground
26 septiembre, 2015
Difference between detachment and non-attachment.
So we have talked about non-attachment to these ties. It does not mean do not have ties, but view the ties objectively. View the ties objectively, and when we view these ties objectively, we do forget the curse of mankind….
26 septiembre, 2015
Rejection of all ties
Aparigraha literally means rejection of all ties. Now, as a householder we cannot reject all ties. By ties I don’t mean the lovely maroon one you have on there.
26 septiembre, 2015
Brahmacharya, the most misinterpreted word
Brahmacharya, means to walk in the path of Divinity. That is the true meaning of Brahmacharya. Now to practise Brahmacharya, one necessarily must exercise some form of control. Now that control can be about eating, can be about sleeping, can be about drinking, or the sexual act.
25 septiembre, 2015
Raja Yoga combines within itself all the other Yogas
El Raja Yoga combina en su interior todos los otros yogas: Karma yoga, que es la acción adecuada, el pensar adecuado; Gñana yoga, que es el análisis intelectual, queriendo encontrar las respuestas; y Bahkti yoga, que es el yoga de la devoción.
25 septiembre, 2015
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga, as you would know, Raja means royal, the Royal Yoga, the Royal Path to Divine Union, where the individual self merges with the Universal Self, where man finds union with God. That is Yoga.
10 febrero, 2015
The mirror of life III
Everything is One And when everything is one, no conflicts could remain in your mind at all. For all your problems are because of conflicts. And those conflicts is forever conning you all the time with its flicks and flickerings in your mind. Get rid of those, my beloveds, it’s so easy. Do your spiritual […]
