Take responsibility for yourself. You have created your present situation. You can redeem yourself through knowledge and the right effort. In every aspect of life you have to do it…
There are two conditions that need to be fulfilled to gain mastery over yoga:
1. Na anushajjate – Not attached to sense objects or actions. Sense objects indicate receipts and actions are responses. Attachment…
A yogi who still has desires for the world needs to perform action dedicated to a higher cause. Then existing desires get exhausted. Since the attention is on the higher the action…
Yoga and sannyasa are stages in the same spiritual path. Yoga is when a bhogi, materialist, has just turned inward and is seeking the higher. He still has worldly desires but has understood the futility of…
Sannyasa is the most misunderstood concept. Everyone thinks of a sannyasi as one who has given up family, career and possessions and retired to the Himalayas. Now that you are an adult would…
OVERVIEW – THE YOGA OF MEDITATION
Yogi becomes Jnani Verses 1 – 9
Preparation for Meditation Verses 10 – 15
Prerequisites for Meditation Verses 16 – 18
Control Calms the Mind Verses 19 –…
The end result of both the Path of Action as well as the Path of Knowledge is the same – God Realisation. The only difference is that yogis, active ones, are…
Sankhya, the path of knowledge, and Yoga, the path of action, are two stages in the spiritual path. Children, ignorant people, see differences. The wise see unity. Yogis with many desires need to…
Who is a sannyasi? Not one who wears ochre robes, lives in an ashram, hermitage, or has retired to the Himalayas. A sannyasi is one who has risen above hatred and desire and is…
Since Arjuna has not understood the line of reasoning so far he needs adesa instruction, not upadesa advice. So Krsna emphatically says the path of action is better than that of knowledge. However, this…