A ten-month old child touches a hot iron by mistake, burns his hand and never goes near the iron for maybe the next few years. The same child crawls, gets up to walk, staggers, stumbles and falls backwards. In the process he hurts his head badly. The child wails and screams and brings the roof down. A couple of hours later, the child gets up and once again...
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The single largest motive force for the practice of yoga is “Śraddha”.
Hello, it is nice to be back after a brief holiday. I would like to respond to Shuba's question first.
Anumānā :- Ma means to measure, that is to understand something. Anu - means to follow . So Anumānā is to arrive at an understanding following a lead where direct perception is not possible. Arthapatti, Upamānā etc fall under the broad classification of...
We had several responses to the blog on 'Atha', and we thank all those who wrote in. Thomas has added one more meaning to 'now' – 'Now' means having tried everything else and failed, come to Yoga, I will help you. [Thank you Thomas for this contribution], I would like to respond to this.
The classical text, Brahmasūtra, also known as Vedānta, by Veda...
"Atha", the first word in Yogasūtra signifies an auspicious beginning - so we will begin our discussions with the word Atha.
Atha means a variety of things - indicative of a new tide, a change in scenario, the beginning of an enquiry, a quiet prayer, a vow taken by both the teacher and the student. Patañjali thus begins his definitive text with a word...
The December 14, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included a report of research done at Harvard by a team led by Robert B. Saper, MD, MPH,(1) that exploded across the U.S. and even overseas. The news resulted in worried patients calling their Ayurvedic practitioners for assurance that their recommended herbal protocols were not...
When the patient is strong and the disease is weak, use panchakarma directly.
When the patient is weak and the disease is strong, strengthen the patient and weaken the disease before doing panchakarma.
Prostate cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation are often untargeted and can entail serious health risks. However, a new treatment method may sidestep some of these health consequences by using gold molecules to destroy cancer cells.
A description of the unique method appears in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Every Thursday a group of us meet at 'Yoga Raksanam' for an hour long lecture/discussion on Patañjali's Yogasūtra. We began in February 2007, and having explored the first chapter, are now at the 16th sūtra of 'Sādhanapāda', the second chapter. With the desire of some of us, to take this satsangh to another level, share learning and insights, invite...