SADHANA PAAD, YOGSUTRA 50
Patanjali now details the three kinds of pranayama, बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिर्देशकालसंख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः॥५०॥ Baahyaabhyantaras... Continue Reading
Category Archives: Spirituality
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
The Vedic civilization is one of the world’s oldest recognised civilizations. A range of archaeological pieces of evidence found across the ... Continue Reading
SADHANA PAAD
Patanjali now details the 4th kind of pranayama, Baahyaabhyantaravishayaakshepi chaturthah Baahyaabhyantaravishayaakshepi: That which happen... Continue Reading
SUPREME SACRIFICE OF SAGE DADHICHI
One’s progress on the path of yog sadhna is directly proportional to his/her level of sacrifice. Think about it, what is it that you have sa... Continue Reading
AN OIL TO SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS?
As a journalist with a leading publication I get to experience luxury at its best (it’s part of the job profile). I was sent on one such ass... Continue Reading
LIGHT AND DARKNESS
I have had the fortune to interact with Yogi ji at a very young age, as have seen my parents come to him since childhood. I started practici... Continue Reading
SADHANA PAAD, YOGSUTRA 45
Patanjali continues to detail the benefits of practicing the yams and niyamas to motivate the practitioner, here he talks of the benefit of ... Continue Reading
CONVERSATION WITH DEVS
I have taught school and college students English literature, Education, Philosophy & Sociology for nearly 23 years. But then my experie... Continue Reading