Sadhana Paad, Yogsutra 55
Patanjali now details the outcome of pratyahara, ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम्॥५५॥ tatah paramaa vashyatendriyaanaam ॥55॥ Tatah: from this (pr... Continue Reading
Category Archives: Spirituality
POONAM KAPOOR
Before the advent of mechanical and battery operated clocks, while one could keep track of time on a sunny day using a sun-dial, on a cloudy... Continue Reading
yogsutra – Vibhuti Paad, Yogsutra 1
Patanjali details the 6th limb of ashtang yoga, देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा॥१॥ Deshabandhashchittasya dhaaranaa ॥01॥ Desha: place Bandhah: bindi... Continue Reading
mind over matter
Religion and science go hand-in-hand; they are the two windows we look out of to understand and steer life towards a purpose. Pitching them ... Continue Reading
THANK INDIA FOR THESE
Bharatvarsha is the mother to a lot of inventions, which are widely used even today. Often we attribute these to the colonial powers since t... Continue Reading
GEOMETRY AND SCIENCE OF YAGYA
Fire, is a magical element and its magic was explored square and wide by the Vedic seers, quite literally. Most of us know of fire as that w... Continue Reading
EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER MACAULAY
Vedas say Sa vidya ya vimuktaye, in other words, ‘that it is Gyan which liberates us’. Our ancients put gyan on the highest pedestal—as a t... Continue Reading
SADHANA PAAD, YOGSUTRA 50
Patanjali now details the three kinds of pranayama, बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसंख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः॥५०॥ Baahyaabhyantaras... Continue Reading
SHIV AND SATI
Yog is your relationship with your Guru. A shishya according to his capacity, establishes a relationship with the Guru, then it is the task ... Continue Reading
RELIGION AND SCIENCE
Religion and science go hand-in-hand; they are the two windows we look out of to understand and steer life towards a purpose. Pitching them ... Continue Reading
OUR ANCESTORS WERE NOT APES
Our ancestors were not apes, those who say they were, theirs were, said Sir John Woodroffe. The Ramayana and the Mahabharat, which describe ... Continue Reading
GUNNING FOR REALITY
I live in Australia and suddenly had a desire to buy a rifle. To get a firearm license in Australia is Herculean task. The challenge becomes... Continue Reading
FOR MEN MAY COME AND MEN MAY GO, BUT I GO ON FOREVER (NOT RE...
The Third World War, they say, will be fought over water. About two years ago, the Maldivian capital came to a standstill due to an acute wa... Continue Reading
SANSKRIT, THE SCIENCE OF DHWANI
Often we tend to consider Sanskrit as just another language, like English, Hindi, Arabic, Urdu etc. Sanskrit in fact is not a language; it i... Continue Reading