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This is a regular weekly podcast on topics relating to Yoga, Meditation,Spirituality and many stimulating thoughts.
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If you ask this question to a Hindu, probably he
would flounder to give a straight simple answer. He could speak for
hours about what Hinduism is all about but never define it precisely
in unambiguous words.
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Neither
the Advaitis nor the Dwaitis would accept this equation. Each side is
biased by what their preceptors have said. And the debate goes on,
about which is the right view. I think if we can see that both are
same, many confusions would get resolved. But how do we do that
within the framework of the Upanishads?
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This word Brahmacharya is probably the most misunderstood
word. People somehow link it to ‘preserving sexual energy’,
being celibate, transmuting the ‘sexual power’
etc. There is a long history behind all these notions and it is hard
to see the light.
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As per the traditional belief, whatever truth one finds in the
Upanishads is an attempt by the Upanishadic sages to explain their
experience, that they had when they were in deep state of meditation.
That is the realization they arrived at. It is a different matter
whether they could describe their experience exactly as they went
through it. But anyone who goes on their path, would surely
experience the very same truth and it needs no further
validation.
What is this realization as per the Upanishads?
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The
Bhagavad Gita has a complete chapter on meditation – chapter 6,
Dhyana Yoga. This deals with how someone undertakes this path
of realization or attainment of ultimate truth. It also explains what
happens when someone reaches the culmination of this path and what is
the ultimate truth that one realizes.
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Akka Mahadevi is on the final phase of her journey. She wants to make
the impossible possible. Though without a body consciousness, she
does have a body and that body has its own limitations. It wants to
see the formless in some form. That is because it can only perceive
forms. It does not understand abstract things.
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In the previous episode, we saw how a young girl namely Mahadevi
dared to take on the entire world. She did not care how the worldly
people look at her. She discarded all identities, even the identity
as a female!
She went around naked without any hesitation or feeling of shame.
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Before we get into this dreaming business, let us start this episode
with a startling incident.
It was an assembly of great saints, all of whom had experienced God
in their own way. There were men and women who had gathered together
to share their individual experiences with each other. They had also
come for a serious discussion about how the society can be reformed.
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We were discussing the story of one of most revered mediaeval saints of India, namely Goda. Goda is in love with God! And she has no
hesitation to admit it openly. So, she sings expressing her love to
God. She imagines herself to be one of the cowherd girls who lived
with Krishna, when the God descended on earth in the human form of
Krishna.
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Probably a Christian or a Muslim may even shudder to think of such a
thing. Romance with God?! Maybe it sounds blasphemous. But not in
India among Hindus. There, it is perfectly alright to have a ‘love
affair with God’. Well, only if you are a female. As a female
devotee, it is perfectly all right to look upon God as your male
companion, your beloved, your lover.
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Many modern Yoga teachers define Yoga as union. Union with
what? Many definitions have been given. But the fact remains that
most of us mean body exercises, when we say Yoga. It is about
manipulation of the body, it is about fitness of the body, it is
about ‘control’ of the body and its instincts. That is the domain
of Hatayoga.
So, what is this union about?
Patanjali Yoga goes a step further. It talks about moving
beyond the body and mind. It talks about the soul. And if at all you
can use such a word, it talks about uniting with your real self, or
attaining Kaivalya – a state where the soul is completely free.
But is that the end? That is what we will be seeing in this
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Con el tipo de popularidad que ha alcanzado el Yoga estos días,
estoy segura de que habrás probado alguna "forma" de Yoga.
Probablemente también te haya beneficiado. Pero si quieres saber más
sobre lo que el yoga puede hacer y cómo funciona realmente, este
episodio es para ti. Por favor sigue escuchando.
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Just like our modern-day computers, our minds too have EPROMS
with pre-stored instructions that enables us to boot strap, and go on
with our lives. These instructions are essential for living. But they
become a problem when they somehow get corrupted. Imagine how a
computer would behave if its EPROM is corrupted. It just crashes 😉 That would also be our state, if we have a faulty mental EPROM.
Before we talk about how the practice of Yoga helps in setting right
a corrupted mental EPROM, let us face the fundamental question namely
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One goes through a long process of Yoga, following its 8 steps.
And finally, he or she attains the state of Samadhi. Is that the end
of the journey? What exactly happens at that final stage, in
anticipation of which the Yogi had dedicated all his life, going
through the arduous practice of Yoga? That is what we are going to
discuss in this episode.
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Upanishads always fascinated me. For those people who are not
familiar, Upanishads are the philosophic parts of the ancient Indian
Vedas. And Vedas are probably, the oldest available scriptures of the
world. While most Indians view Upanishads with lot of reverence, many
westerners, which include well known scientists and intellectuals,
consider them as the peak of human intellectual endeavors.
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Patanjali’s Yoga is centered around mind. But throughout the
discussion about Yoga, Patanjali rarely describes this mind nor how
it functions. The reason is that Patanjali assumes the model of the
mind as put forth by Samkhya. So, it becomes necessary to know what
Samkhya says about the mind in order to fully understand Yoga. In
this episode, we will be doing exactly that.
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It is amazing how ancient Indians were preoccupied with coming
up with various theories about the mind. These theories were not
aimed at understanding the mind, the way our modern neuroscience
does. But they were driven by practical applications.
One such theory of mind was Buddhist theory of mind as recorded
in the Buddhist scripture, namely the Abhidamma Pitaka. Based on this
theory, Buddhists developed various meditative practices. We will
discuss this Buddhist theory of mind in this episode.
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Whether mind is just the brain or is it something mysterious,
has always been a point of debate. The more we understand our brain,
more we will be closer to understanding the mind, as well as the
limitations in our scientific methodology. For more than one reason,
it seems that there is something more to the mind than just the
brain.
In this episode, we will see why it is necessary to keep an
open mind before arriving at any conclusions.
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In the previous episode we stopped at ‘stages of samadhi with awareness’ and showed how all the steps of Yoga till that point can be completely explained in terms of neuroscience. That means, all that can be scientifically verified.But beyond that point, when one gets into the ‘stages of samadhi without awareness’, we have to leave behind science since our brain has no direct role in those stages.Does that mean that there is something even beyond brain? That is what I am going to discuss in this episode.
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