We all know what time is- one of the most precious commodities in today’s world. We look for time at our watches( the more expensive the better), we snatch free time between work assignments for a short break, we try to spend time with family and friends, but we do not know what is timelessness. …
Kriyayoga – a journey from time to timelessness by Sri Shantanu Kapur Read More »
Let us now discuss how through the scientific Kriyayoga a living being can revert to Void Brahma. Yogiraj (Lahiri Mahasaya) has explained Kevala Kumbhaka is achieved after 10,61,000 Pranayamas. The five essences (earth, water, heat, air and space) are prevalent in the five cakras from Muladhanara to Visuddha. Every 200,000 internal Pranayamas can cease each …
A Guru is required in all walks of a human’s life. As parents are Gurus during childhood; teachers, professors are Gurus in schools, colleges; to become a doctor, engineer or to go in for higher studies a Guru is required. The one from which good advice is gleaned is also a guru. To save oneself …
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 …
Sanatan Yoga = Ulta Japti Rama = Yogakarma sukaushalam = Kriyayoga Read More »
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 …
Yogic essence of Janmastami that we have forgotten! Read More »
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 …
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 …
Kriyayoga finds its mention in ancient Indian scriptures such as Patanjali Yogasutra which was first propounded by Rishi Patanjali 2500 years ago. Kriyayoga can be broadly split into 3 parts. The first part is Tapah, which means carrying out various intense yogic practices, the second part is Swadhya which means the study of scriptures and …
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 …
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 …
