Asana – avadhUta – ashTANga yOga – Empower Your Practice: Elevate Body, Mind, and Spirit Through Asanas in Ashtanga Yoga
In our previous posts, we have seen the dashavidha yama & dashavidha niyama which an aspirant MUST follow if his thirst on spirituality is true. In this post, let’s see how important is Asana for one in his spiritual journey. Asana literally means “seat” or “maintaining a posture against an enemy.” In the context of […]
avadhUta – ashTANga yOga – niyama
In our previous post, we have seen the dashavidha yama – 10 types of moral code of conduct for a man to walk towards spirituality, as after all, spirituality begins with the spiritual discipline. These are all getting lost in the modern spiritual training programs and without it, the experiences the man feels out of […]
avadhUta – ashTANga yOga – yama
Who is an avadhUta? aksharatvAd varENyatvAd dhUta samsAra bandhanAt | tatvamasyAdi lakshyatvAd avadhUta itIryatE || The first aksharam is “a” kAra and it is the origin point of all aksharAs and the one who always remains in the consciousness of this mighty akshara “a” is what is represented by “a” of a-va-dhU-ta The one who […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – Final part
According to tripurA rahasyam, how are we to be called as the swarUpa of sat-chit-Ananda? This creation shall be seen via two lenses i.e., one is jaDa and the other one is cEtana.. This creation was given by Adi parAshakti and she is the creator created this world from within her. She is the swarUpa […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – Part 5 – cit-shakti prabhAvam
The brightest of all light, the strongest of all the strong men / women / object, the supreme most knowledge, the supreme feeling, the supreme Ananda are all her cit-shakti / samvit-shakti prabhAvam. She is supreme amongst all and there is none or nothing greater than her. That is why she is known as mahAshakti.. […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – part – 4 – sukha vs duHkha
We focus ONLY on the world thinking this world is the source of this sukha. So, we are living within the circles of sukha – duHkha; and, we always wanted sukha alone and we try to avoid duHkha as much as possible. And, we believe the sukha is there in the world & world alone […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – Part 3 – cit-shakti prabhAvam
cit-shakti prabhAvam – How this cit-shakti is equated with the mirror? Mirror is devoid of guNAs and even after your reflection falls on it, still it doesn’t get affected by your guNAs even a little.. Hence, mirror becomes nirguNa / nirmala. Even if you are bigger than the mirror, still the mirror is not growing […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – Part 2
From the eyes of tripurA rahasyam, what is the relation of this AdhAra & AdEya with the mirror, reflection & the object (parabrahma)? The purpose of mAyA is to ensure AdhAra and AdEya remains different with each other. And, this AdhAra will be ambA for the dEvi upAsakAs, shivA for the shiva upAsakAs, bhairava for […]
Introduction to tripurA rahasyam – Part 1
This set of articles will not just contain the translation part alone, but also carries the deep insights with the grace of ambA kAlikA through the Guru pAdukAs of – shrI shivAmbA sahita shivasambhavAnandanAthar and shrI yOgAmbA samEta AtmAnandanAthar. Guru sEvA and Guru bhakti are the two eyes of gnAna purusha. Without these two, gnAna […]
