January 26, 2016
What is Sanatana Dharma? Sanatana is ever present and Dharma is yagna or Kriya. In the Bhagavadgita it has been stated in sloka28, chapter 4; sloka 29, chapter 4 and sloka 65 chapter 18 that: “DHRAVYAYAJNASTAPOYAJNA YOGAYAJNASTATHAPARE…” etc “APANE JUHAVATI PRANAM PRANEHAPANAM TATHAPARE…” etc “MANMANA BHAVO MADBHAKTO MADJANI MANG NAMASKURU…” etc The gist of the Read More...
August 23, 2015
The scientific technique of yogasadhana can only impart nirvana that is going beyond the birth-death cycle. All of us execute actions good or bad which inevitably has a consequence. Good actions harbour good results, bad action bad. This is the principle of cause and effect or yogically the law of karma. But a yogi practising Read More...
August 23, 2015
Through Omkara Kriya a yogi travels with in his body. The rotary motion (arati) by the priest is symbolical of the circular movement a yogi undertakes within his body-temple. The deity is fanned either bye a peacock feather (representing the Kutastha-Eye) or a fly-whisk or an ordinary hand-fan. This fanning indicates the serene and calm Read More...
August 23, 2015
Question: Mexican representative Aurelio Diaz Tekpankali had asked Dr Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee’s opinion on the sacrifice of animals before Goddess Kali. Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee: Animal propensities exist in every human. The sensory faculties emanating from kinetic Prana are the animal propensities. Sanatana dharma contains the process of controlling these bestial proclivities. But due to Read More...
August 23, 2015
Q:You had stated that Kriyayoga is the supreme. Then the other religions or smaller traditions who believe in God, cannot they attain Him? Dr.Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee: Several religions or several traditions certainly believe in God. All these religions or traditions are based on faith. At present one’s faith is centered on a particular sect, later Read More...
August 23, 2015
The world is today raving and ranting for peace. Neighborhoods, villages, cities, individuals, nations, politicians are all crying for peace. But how, where to obtain peace is unknown. The modern man opines that earning a great deal, being steeped in material pursuits, living in a palatial mansion or bunglows etc. will confer peace. Material peace Read More...
August 23, 2015
If any object is dropped from a great height then until it reaches the absolute bottom it will continue falling due to the gravitational pull. If man is asked to ascend during this descent (kaliyuga), it will not be possible for him, hence he shold be allowed to descend. But descending gradually when he reaches Read More...
August 23, 2015
To serve the afflicted during natural calamities, to serve the poor and distressed ones, founding of schools, colleges, hospitals etc. are not the function of renouncers, these activities relate to the affairs of the state or to social reformers. Man renounces the domestic existence only to practise atmasadhana in solitude. Hence the action of a Read More...
August 23, 2015
Janmastami is another important religious occasion. All the Bharatiyas observe this day with holy reverence. Let us now discuss what ancient sages through the narrative of Bhagavan Krishna’a birth have tried to explain to man about Sanatana yogasadhana. Bhagavan is the form of Krishna marked His Advent in Mathura in the prison of Kamsa, His Read More...
August 23, 2015
SANATAN YOGA Bhagavan has stipulated in the Gita, He had conferred this yoga first to the sun, sun then imparted it to Manu, Manu then gave it to Ikshaku. In this manner Sanatana yoga continues in human society. Due to the decadence of the age, when this yoga suffers declension, it is then only that Read More...
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