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Memorization, Symbolization and Yoga |
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Modern education system often expects us to mug up textual information. As a students we all have done and experienced this during our school and college days. In the process, however, we forget one important thing - Textual information is nowhere found in nature! This is an extremely important point that one needs to understand. Throughout the nature everything is graphics, images and / or sounds or audio. Mother nature doesn't know text. Mountains, flowers, rivers, birds, animals everything is graphics and expresses itself as image-video-audio. Textual data is man-made. |
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Posted On : 30 Mar 2012 |
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Yoga Tips for making true friends |
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It is said that to have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life. Unfortunately very few people know how to make good friends. They are either too casual about making friends or accept whoever comes their way as friend. It is important for a Yoga practitioner, who is following the path of Yoga for spiritual benefits, to make friends very carefully. You may wonder why this is necessary. Any form or style of Yoga finally deals with mind and its texture. To improve the texture of your mind you need to carefully watch for all sorts of samskras or subtle impressions being plastered on it. Friends are the people who influence your life deeply at subtle as well as gross levels. They are the people with whom you tend to have regular interactions, chit chats, meet ups and at times even fights. When you choose friends carefully you are basically choosing to be in a good company. Interaction with good people helps you maintain satvik state of mind and is thus conductive to overall Yoga practice. |
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Posted On : 13 Mar 2012 |
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Live in the present and enhance quality of your Meditation |
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Practitioners of meditation often find it difficult to focus their mind during meditation session. An important aspect often ignored by such practitioners of meditation is that though meditation is an activity done for relatively small part of the whole day, its quality is largely affected by how you spent the remaining day. The first step in learning meditation is to learn to live in the present. Living in the present implies that you don't get entangled in arbitrary thinking. You should instead focus on the present activity. |
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Posted On : 27 Feb 2012 |
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Simplify your life as you walk the path of Yoga |
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First step towards detachment is - simple living. By simple living it is meant to get rid of things that are not absolutely essential for one's life. By eliminating clutter from your life you are essentially reducing your dependency on other things. You are learning to live a happy life with bare minimum necessities. You are learning to do things you love the most rather than weighing them in terms of money. Modern lifestyle, however luxurious it may sound at first look, adds to the complexity, stress and chaos of life. One desire fuels another and this cycle keeps on repeating endlessly. |
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Posted On : 25 Jan 2012 |
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Kundalini Yoga for absolute beginners |
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Kundalini Yoga is an ancient art and science of fine tuning the human personality for experiencing the divinity within. Even though the ultimate goal of Kundalini Yoga is Self-realization, it can be of great help to people interested in general well-being. Not everybody is interested in the spiritual aspects of Kundalini Yoga but many are keen on maintaining a healthy mind and body. |
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Posted On : 03 Jan 2012 |
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भगवान दत्तात्रेयांचा योगोपदेश |
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जाबालदर्शन उपनिषद म्हणजे योगीराज दत्तात्रेय आणि त्यांचा सांकृति नामक शिष्य यांमधील संवाद. हे उपनिषद दहा खंडात विभागलेले असून त्यामध्ये अष्टांग योग विस्ताराने वर्णन केला आहे. दत्तात्रेयांच्या अष्टांग योगाचे उद्दीष्ट शिवपदाची प्राप्ती हे आहे. दत्तात्रेयांचा योगपद्धतीवर कुंडलिनी योगमार्गाची विलक्षण छाप आहे हे या उपनिषदावरून लगेच लक्षात येते. यम-नियम, आसन, प्राणायाम, प्रत्याहार, धारणा, ध्यान, समाधी यांबरोबरच शरीरस्थ नाड्या, प्राणाचे उपप्रकार इत्यादी गोष्टींचे वर्णन दत्तात्रेय आपल्या शिष्याला करताना आढळतात. अवधूत गीतेप्रमाणेच येथेही शिव हाच सर्वभूतांत वास करणारा आत्मा आहे हे तत्व जागोजागी कथन केलेले आढळते. आता या उपनिषदातील प्रत्येक खंडाविषयी थोडक्यात माहिती घेऊ. |
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Posted On : 09 Dec 2011 |
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सुखसमृद्धीसाठी श्रीयंत्र |
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मानवी आयुष्य अधिकाधिक सुखी असावे अशी इच्छा असणे ही काही नवी गोष्ट नाही. किंबहुना मानवाच्या अस्तित्वाबरोबरच ही इच्छा मानवी संस्कृतीचा एक महत्वाचा घटक बनून राहिली आहे. 'इच्छा तेथे मार्ग' या उक्तीप्रमाणे मानवाने सुखी होण्याचे अनेक मार्ग शोधण्याचा प्रयत्न केलेले आहेत. आधुनिक विज्ञान आणि तंत्रज्ञान मानवाला भरभरून भौतिक सुखे प्रदान करत आहेत. प्राचीन काळीही असे अनेकानेक प्रयत्न झालेले आढळतात. या प्रयत्नांचाच भाग म्हणून प्राचीन योग्यांनी अशा काही उपासना प्रचलित केल्या ज्या मानवी आयुष्यातील नकारात्मक गोष्टी दूर करून मानवाला सुख, समृद्धी प्रदान करण्यात फायदेशीर ठरतात. अशीच एक उपासना पद्धती म्हणजे - श्रीयंत्र साधना. |
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Posted On : 17 Oct 2011 |
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... आणि कृष्ण हसला |
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नंदाघरी खूप धावपळ सुरू होती. नुकतेच घरात बाळकृष्णाचे आगमन झाले होते. यशोदा मातेला तर जराही फुरसत नव्हती. आपल्या घरी साक्षात विष्णुने अवतार घेतला आहे याची तीच्यातील मातेला कल्पनाही नव्हती. तान्ह्या कृष्णाला कुठे ठेवू अन कुठे नको असे तीला झाले होते. शंकर आणि विष्णु एकमेकाचे जीवाभावाचे मित्र. विष्णूने कृष्णावतार घेतला आहे हे कळताच शंकराला रहावले नाही. कृष्णरूपातला विष्णु कसा दिसतो ते प्रत्यक्ष बघण्यासाठी तो नंदाघरी गेला. |
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Posted On : 22 Aug 2011 |
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पिंगला वेश्येची कथा |
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पिंगला नामक एक वेश्या विदेह नगरीत राहून शरीरविक्रय करून आपला उदरनिर्वाह करत असे. एके दिवशी नेहमीप्रमाणे चेहर्याला रंगरंगोटीकरून, चांगली वस्त्रेप्रावरणे नेसून पिंगला आपल्या गिर्हाईकाची वाट पहाट बसली. मनात 'आज एखादे श्रीमंत गिर्हाईक मिळेल' असे इमले ती बांधत होती. तीच्या दुर्दैवाने बराच वेळ झाला तरी कोणीही तीच्याकडे फिरकले नाही. दर थोड्या वेळाने ती आत जाई, आपला चेहरा नीट आहे ना ते आरशात निरखून पाही आणि परत दारात येऊन बसे. प्रत्येक येणारा माणूस आपल्याकडेच येत आहे... |
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Posted On : 13 May 2011 |
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Yoga Postures from Hathayoga Pradipika |
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Now, Yogi Swatmaram is explaining Asanas or Yoga Postures. Yoga postures are so common and popular that many people wrongly equate Hatha Yoga with these bodily postures. As mentioned by Yogi Swatmaram, Asanas are but one small part of Hatha Yoga. Nevertheless, they are important especially for beginner to intermediate level seeker. |
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Posted On : 20 Apr 2011 |
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