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What are Vayus or “Vital airs”?

Vital energy is generated in the unit body through the media of five internal and five external Vayus (airs). Of the five internal Vayus, viz., Práńa, Apána, Samána, Ud́ana and Vyána, the Práńa, situated between the navel and the throat controls the functions of lungs, heart etc.; the Apána, situated below the navel (i.e., between...

What if I don’t believe in a Supreme Being?

That's fine, meditate anyway. However, my advice is to keep an open mind on that question. If we do meditation sincerely and regularly the mind will expand. The time will come when the question as to whether there is a Supreme Being or not will answer itself. One will begin to gain their own direct...

Mantra and Human progress (Advanced)

Incantation and Human Progress 30 November 1979 DMC, Tatanagar The subject of today's discourse is “Incantation and Human Progress”. What is incantation? “Incantation” is a Latin term. It means “repeating a particular word”. And that word creates a special type of vibration, and that vibration will have actional effect on the material world. But the...

Prańidhána – movement to Cosmic Self

What is abhidhyána? There are two stages in abhidhyána. The first stage is called Prańidhána and the second stage is called Anudhyána. What is Prańidhána? In human mind there are so many propensities. As per yoga shastra there are one thousand propensities in human mind. Fifty propensities are controlled by fifty important glands and subglands...

Chanting mantra – kiirtan

The singing or chanting of a spiritual mantra is called in Sanskrit kiirtan. It is an important and powerful practice for spiritual aspirants. In yoga it is said, As you think, so you become. This truth is the basis of the power of mantra meditation and kiirtan or spiritual chanting. In both practices the mind focuses...

Gendered language…

The issue of using gendered language such as - He, Him, His - when referring to the Supreme Being is a sore point for many people. I get this. At a practical level I have found it too difficult to avoid using the pronoun form in my own writing on spiritual subjects. I have decided...

Daily Routine of a new meditator

Morning: Wake up - sit up in bed, repeat the three oaths one took at the time of initiation Full bath or half-bath Meditation, ideally doing kiirtan (chanting Baba Nam Kevalam) before meditation; finish with "Guru Puja" Yoga asanas (postures) Breakfast --- Daily work --- Evening: Meditation, ideally doing kiirtan (chanting Baba Nam Kevalam) before...

Mystical poetry

  This dusty earth which humanity treads – this is indeed heaven; You who are within all, hiding in every heart – You are indeed mine. –Rabindranath Tagore, Originally in Bengali   False Religion Those who in the name of Faith embrace illusion, kill and are killed. Even the atheist gets God's blessings- Does not...

Humans are to follow Dharma…

SHIVOKTI 12 All people in all circumstances must live according to the dictates of dharma. As I said a little earlier, the dharma of human beings is Bhágavata Dharma, and it is has four stages – vistára, rasa, sevá and tadsthiti. The fourth factor, the final ensconcement in Parama Puruśa, is the last stage of...