The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.” We pursue knowledge for its own sake as Aristotle said: Is the knowledge of the reality of the soul and God.
Once more we mayīeg the question what kind of knowledge? It Person to the action, but rather liberate It can beĬalled karma yoga only when the action isĭone in a selfless way with God as the focus. But before we discuss Raja Yoga and physicalĭisciplines, let us look briefly at Karma yoga, Help the aging process and the focus willīe on Raj Yoga, which is a physical discipline For our Seminar today we are discussing how yoga can Organized the system of yoga in a systematic way. There is evidence of references in our scriptures like the Vedas, Upanishads, etc., where our rishisĪncient science and art form used to be passed down orally from teacher to students, but as years went by, a Yoga forms the foundation of Indian philosophy.Īncient history of man, yoga was being practiced. Most importantly Yoga is a path, a way, a lifestyle. Integration of all these to make a totality. It means “union” but what kind of “union”? It is a union of the body, mind, But the meaning of yogaĪccording to the school of Indian Philosophy has a deeper meaning. Yoga on the other hand means “union” i.e. It is pronounced as YOG, but today it is generallyĪccepted as Yoga. Meaning you can refer to the dictionary). Word is “yoke” which means to yoke a pair of oxen together, bondage, servitude, etc. The word Yoga is derived come from the Sanskrit To obtain it, devotion to the Word is the only proper way. Merges into God, it becomes one with God, as there is then no separation.ĭevotion to the Word is the stairway and destination to the immortal residence. Same way, the soul feels separated from God and limited in power, but when it Small quantity, but when it merges into the ocean, it becomes the ocean. Has the same qualities as the water of the ocean. When you take a drop out of the ocean, the drop is not the ocean, but Just as a drop of water merges into the ocean, in the same way theĬonsciousness, which originated from the Shabda (Word), merges into the ShabdaĪgain. It then becomes easy for the mind to concentrate on Sat Purush (God) and Same way, with the recitation of the Name, the mind of the devotee becomes When you wash clothes with soap and clean water all the dirt is removed. The Name and recites it, is likened to the diamond that is cut and polished. Whole world will drown in ignorance and not obtain the sought-after goal ofĭiamond just taken from the mine is rough and lacks brilliance and beauty whenĬompared to a cut and polished diamond. Prevalent in the world, and try to know God. Should give up all the mythological and false teachings and practices that are He tells us that God's greatness is indescribable. All of these are the traps of Maya (illusion), and will prevent us from
So people continue to fool themselves and each These are all ‘pretended’ forms since, basically, all peopleĪre equal and the same to God. They adhere to these distinctions as if they were The same organs and tissues, so with what kind of intellect do people createĪll the differences and the divisions which lead to disharmony, intolerance,Įqual at birth, but as they grow up they are taught, and quickly learn, toĬreate differences in ideology, morals, value systems, class divisions, That all people are manifestations of God and are born in the same way, with
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