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Balance of Mind |
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Once upon a time Gautam Buddha was travelling via a village. The villagers came to know about his arrival and rushed to greet him and seek his blessings. They decided to visit him and offer him some gifts. Gautam Buddha was sitting under a tree with some of his followers. The villagers crowded the place. They started offering fruits, rich cloth, gold coins, ornaments, previous stones and what not. One by one Gautam Buddha politely refused to accept any of these gifts. "I do not need any of these things" was his answer. The villagers tried to convince him to accept the gifts by saying that they respect him a lot and are offering the gifts from the deepest of their hearts. However, Gautam Buddha was firm on his decision. |
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Posted On : 24 Nov 2006 |
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Waking, dreaming and sound sleeping |
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Some time ago I explained the nature of the three bodies in my article titled
"Who am I - understanding nature of bodies". These three bodies continuously
take experiences from this world. I am writing, I am reading, I am eating food,
I am sleeping, I am dreaming and so on. All these things are experienced by one
of the three bodies. These experiences are tasted in three distinct states of
our consciou.... |
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Posted On : 19 May 2006 |
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The Six Enemies |
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Once upon a time there was a fighter named Sherjung. He was famous for his battles with Tigers, Lions and Panthers! These deadly animals used to become like sheep in front this giant fighter. A king of some country came to know about his power and challenged him to combat against his adopted Tiger. Sherjung accepted the challenge. The battle was really tough one... |
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Posted On : 04 Feb 2005 |
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Amazing memory |
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Once upon a time a renunciant and his disciple were sitting in a library of
an Ashram. The library had just ordered volumes of Encyclopedia. Looking at
those brand new volumes the disciple smilingly said –
Disciple: I don’t think anybody will ever finish reading these volumes in a
lifetime.
Renunciant : Why? I have already finished ten of them.
Disciple: Really? I can’t believe this.
Renunciant : You may ask me anything from those ten volumes.
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Posted On : 04 Mar 2006 |
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Who is your father? |
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Once upon a time Lord Siva went to Himalaya to seek hand of his daughter Parvati. In ancient Indian culture it was a tradition to ask complete details about a boy before marriage. Owing to this tradition Himalaya asked... |
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Posted On : 26 Mar 2007 |
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Thread, beetle and freedom |
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Today I am going to tell you a story that I read in one of the books by Swami
Vivekananda. The story is indeed a good learning for all the Yoga students. The
story goes like this... Once upon a time there was a minister of a great king.
Because of his misfortune he fell into
disgrace. As a punishment the king ordered him to be locked up in the top of a
very high tower. The King's men immediately followed his order. The minister was
very sad.
He
had a faithful wife who ca.... |
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Posted On : 26 May 2006 |
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Lesson 19 - Dhyana |
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In lesson 18 you learnt about Dharana or concentration. The next progressive stage after dharana is dhyana. Dhyana is often translated as meditation. Though dhyana is next stage of dharana you always need to start with dharana. You cannot directly go in dhyana. You start with dharana and then it evolves into dhyana. In this lesson you will learn about some finer aspects of dhyana and also few dhyana techniques. |
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Posted On : 06 May 2007 |
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What is Advaita? |
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In most of the Yogic streams great emphasis is given on Advaita or Non-duality. Advaita is a thought stream of Vedanta philosophy that teaches the oneness of God, soul and universe. Adi Shankaracharya is considered as the chief exponent of this philosophy. |
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Posted On : 28 Feb 2005 |
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Lesson 10 - The Social Disciplines |
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The first limb of the eight fold path of Yoga is Yama. As you can see Yoga has included "values of life" as a part of Yogic practices. In modern world you may find people who claim claim that in order to attain Yoga only certain Pranayama or Asanas are to be done. Take it for sure that such people do not know what is Yoga. They just read some books and tell dry things to their followers. |
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Posted On : 19 Jan 2007 |
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Yoga Kundalini Upanishad - Part 2 |
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Now detailing of science called Khechari. One who masters this science is freed from old age and death. Knower of this science should practice Khechari with firm mind. One who has learned Khechari from texts, by exposition of its meaning and practice and gained mastery of it becomes destroyer of old age, death and disease. |
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Posted On : 12 Jul 2007 |
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