- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #1 Introduction to the Path of Yoga, Book 1, Sutra 1, Sutra 2, Sutra 3, Sutra 4
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #1 Introduction to the Path of Yoga, Book 1, Sutra 1, Sutra 2, Sutra 3, Sutra 4 NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA.YOGA IS THE CESSATION OF MIND.THEN THE WITNESS IS ESTABLISHED IN ITSELF. IN THE OTHER STATES THERE IS IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 1
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 1 YOU SAID LAST NIGHT THAT TOTAL DESPAIR, FRUSTRATION AND HOPELESSNESS IS THE BEGINNING GROUND FOR YOGA. THIS GIVES YOGA A PESSIMISTIC LOOK. IS THIS PESSIMISTIC STATE REALLY NECESSARY TO BEGIN THE PATH OF YOGA? DOES AN OPTIMIST ALSO BEGIN WITH THE PATH OF YOGA? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 2
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 2 IT IS SAID THAT YOGA IS AN ATHEISTIC SYSTEM. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? Again, yoga is neither. It is a simple science. It is neither theistic nor atheistic. Patanjali really is superb, a miracle of a man. He never talks about God. And even if he mentions once, then too he says it is just one of the methods to reach the ultimate the belief of God, just a method to reach the ultimate; there is no God. To believe in God is just a technique, because through believing in God prayer becomes possible, through believing in God surrender becomes possible. The significance is of surrender and prayer, not of God.. at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 3
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DISCIPLESHIP ON THE PATH OF YOGA, BUT HOW CAN AN ATHEIST BE A DISCIPLE? Neither a theist nor an atheist, they cannot be disciples. They have already taken the attitude, they have already decided, so what is the point of being a disciple? If you already know, how can you be a disciple? Discipleship means the realization that, "I don't know." Atheists, theists -- no, they cannot be disciples at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 4
YOU SAID THAT YOGA DOES NOT ASK FOR ANY FAITH. BUT IF A DISCIPLE NEEDS FAITH, SURRENDER AND TRUST IN THE MASTER AS A BASIC CONDITION, THEN HOW IS THE FIRST STATEMENT VALID?No, I never said that yoga doesn't ask for faith. I said yoga doesn't ask for any belief. Faith is totally different, trust is totally different. Belief is an intellectual thing, but faith is a very deep intimacy. It is not intellectual. You love a Master, then you trust and there is faith. But this faith is not in any concept, it is in the very person. And this is not a condition; it is not required -- remember this distinction. It is not required that you must have faith in the Master; it is not a precondition. All that is said is this: if trust happens between you and the Master, then satsang will be possible. It is just a situation, not a condition. Nothing is required at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 5
LAST NIGHT YOU SPOKE OF SATSANG AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISCIPLE'S PROXIMITY TO THE GURU. DOES THIS MEAN PHYSICAL PROXIMITY? IS THE DISCIPLE WHO LIVES AT A GREAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM THE GURU AT A LOSS? Yes and no! Yes, a physical closeness is necessary in the beginning because you cannot understand anything else right now, as you are. You can understand the body; you can understand the language of the physical. You exist at the physical, so yes, a physical closeness is necessary -- in the beginning at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 6
WHEN YOU ASK US TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING CLEARLY, WHOM DO YOU ADDRESS TO UNDERSTAND? MIND HAS TO CEASE. THEREFORE, IT IS NO USE MAKING THE MIND UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. WHO SHOULD UNDERSTAND THEN? Yes, mind has to cease, but it has not ceased yet. Mind has to be worked upon; an understanding has to be created in the mind. Through that understanding this mind will die. That understanding is just like poison. You take the poison. You are the taker, and the poison kills you. The mind understands, but the understanding is poison for the mind. That's why the mind resists so much. It tries and tries not to understand. It creates doubt, it fights in every way, it protects itself because understanding is poison for the mind. It is elixir for you, but for the mind it is poison at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 7
YOU SAID THAT YOGA IS A SCIENCE, A METHODOLOGY FOR INNER AWAKENING. BUT EFFORT TO BE, TO GO NEARER TO NO-MIND, IMPLIES MOTIVATION AND HOPE. EVEN TO UNDERGO THE PROCESS OF INNER TRANSFORMATION IMPLIES MOTIVATION. THEN HOW CAN ONE MOVE ON THE PATH OF YOGA WITH HOPE AND MOTIVATION? DOES NOT EVEN WAITING IMPLY MOTIVATION? Yes, you cannot move on the path of yoga with motivation, with desire, with hope. Really, there is no movement on the path of yoga. When you come to understand that all desire is absurd, all desire is misery, there is nothing to do, because every doing will be a new desire. There is nothing to do! Simply you cannot do anything because whatsoever you do will lead you into a new misery. Then you don't do. Desires have dropped, mind has ceased, and this is yoga; you have entered. This is not a movement, it is a stillness. Because of the language, problems arise. I say that you have entered, it appears that you have moved. When desire ceases, all movement ceases. You are in the yoga: NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #3, Five Modifications Of Mind, Book 1, Sutra 5
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #3 Five Modifications Of Mind, Book 1, Sutra 5 THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND ARE FIVE. THEY CAN BE EITHER A SOURCE OF ANGUISH OR OF NON-ANGUISH. THEY ARE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE, WRONG KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION, SLEEP AND MEMORY at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #4, Beyond Mind To Awareness Question 3
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #4, Beyond Mind To Awareness Question 3 YOU SAID THAT IF WE SEE VISIONS OF RAM OR THAT WE ARE DANCING WITH KRISHNA, TO REMEMBER IT IS ONLY IMAGINATION. BUT THE OTHER NIGHT YOU SAID THAT IF WE WERE RECEPTIVE WE COULD COMMUNICATE WITH CHRIST, BUDDHA OR KRISHNA RIGHT NOW. IS THAT COMMUNICATION ALSO IMAGINATION WHEN IT HAPPENS, OR THERE ARE MEDITATIVE STATES IN WHICH CHRIST OR BUDDHA IS REALLY THERE? A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO BE UNDERSTOOD at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 9
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 9 THE MODIFICATION OF THE MIND WHICH IS BASED ON THE ABSENCE OF ANY CONTENT IN IT IS SLEEP at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 10
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 10 YMEMORY IS THE CALLING UP OF PAST EXPERIENCE at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 1
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 1 YOU SAID THAT PATANJALI'S YOGA IS AN EXACT SCIENCE, ABSOLUTELY LOGICAL, IN WHICH THE RESULT IS AS CERTAIN AS TWO PLUS TWO MAKE FOUR. IF THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UNKNOWN AND INFINITE, CAN BE REDUCED TO MERE LOGIC, IS IT NOT TRUE AND AT THE SAME TIME ABSURD THAT THE INFINITE PHENOMENON IS WITHIN THE ORBIT OF THE FINITE MIND? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 2
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 2 YESTERDAY YOU REFERRED ABOUT A WESTERN THINKER WHO STARTED DOUBTING EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DOUBTED, BUT COULD NOT DOUBT HIMSELF. YOU SAID THAT THIS IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN OPENING TOWARDS DIVINE. HOW? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 3
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 3 BUDDHA FINALLY CONVEYED TO MAHAKASHYAP WHAT HE COULD NOT CONVEY TO ANYBODY ELSE THROUGH WORDS. IN WHAT CATEGORY OF KNOWLEDGE -- DIRECT, INFERENTIAL AND WORDS OF THE AWAKENED ONE -- DOES IT COME? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 4
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 4 YOU HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT MOST SCRIPTURES HAVE A LOT OF WHAT IS CALLED INTERPOLATIONS. DOES THE YOGA SUTRA OF PATANJALI ALSO SUFFER FROM THIS DEFECT, AND HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH IT? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Last Question
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Last Question WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE WORKING OF THAT UNKNOWN FORCE WHICH KEEPS THE HUMAN MIND ATTACHED TO WORLDLY THINGS AND HABITS IN SPITE OF BEING FULLY AWARE THAT THE ULTIMATE RESULT IS NOTHING BUT MISERY? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #7, Constan Inner Practice, Book 1, Sutra 11, Sutra 12, Sutra 13
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #7, Constan Inner Practice, Book 1, Sutra 11, Sutra 12, Sutra 13 THEIR CESSATION IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY PERSISTENT INNER EFFORT AND NON-ATTACHMENT. OF THESE TWO, ABHYASA THE INNER PRACTICE IS THE EFFORT FOR BEING FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN ONESELF. IT BECOMES FIRMLY GROUNDED ON BEING CONTINUED FOR A LONG TIME, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AND WITH REVERENT DEVOTION. at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 1
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 1 PATANJALI HAS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-ATTACHMENT, THAT IS, CESSATION OF DESIRES, FOR BEING ROOTED IN ONESELF. BUT IS NON-ATTACHMENT REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY, OR AT THE VERY END? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 2
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 2 HOW IS IT THAT AN ENLIGHTENED ONE GIVES OF HIMSELF TO ONE ONLY, AS LORD BUDDHA DID IN THE CASE OF MAHAKASHYAP? REALLY, THIS BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ONE DISCIPLE RECEIVING THE LIGHT CONTINUED FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS. WAS IT NOT POSSIBLE FOR A GROUP TO BE ITS RECIPIENT? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 3
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 3 PRACTICE IS A SORT OF CONDITIONING AT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LEVELS, AND IT IS THROUGH CONDITIONING THAT SOCIETY MAKES MAN ITS SLAVE. IN THAT CASE HOW CAN PATANJALI'S PRACTICE BE AN INSTRUMENT OF LIBERATION? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Last Question
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali CChapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Last Question YOU SAID THAT THE SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR MAY TAKE TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS OR EVEN LIVES, AND THAT EVEN THEN IT IS EARLY. BUT THE WESTERN MIND SEEMS TO BE RESULT-ORIENTED, IMPATIENT AND TOO PRACTICAL. IT WANTS INSTANTANEOUS RESULTS. RELIGIOUS TECHNIQUES COME AND GO LIKE OTHER FADS IN THE WEST. THEN HOW DO YOU INTEND TO INTRODUCE YOGA TO THE WESTERN MIND? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14, Sutra 15
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14, Sutra 15 HE FIRST STATE OF VAIRAGYA, DESIRELESSNESS -- CESSATION FROM SELF-INDULGENCE IN THE THIRST FOR SENSUOUS PLEASURES, WITH CONSCIOUS EFFORT. THE LAST STATE OF VAIRAGYA, DESIRELESSNESS -- CESSATION OF ALL DESIRING BY KNOWING THE INNERMOST NATURE OF PURUSHA, THE SUPREME SELF at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14: Part 1, Sutra 15: Part 1
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, First Sutra THE FIRST STATE OF VAIRAGYA -- DESIRELESSNESS: CESSATION FROM SELF-INDULGENCE IN THE THIRST FOR SENSUOUS PLEASURES, WITH CONSCIOUS EFFORT at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 1
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 1 HOW IS IT THAT YOU DESCRIBE THE LIFE THAT IS REALLY OURS, AND WHICH YOU HAVE TRANSCENDED, SO CORRECTLY AND IN EVERY DETAIL, WHILE WE REMAIN SO IGNORANT OF IT? IS IT NOT PARADOXICAL? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 2
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 2 WHY DO SO MANY PERSONS ON THE PATH OF YOGA ADOPT AN ATTITUDE OF FIGHT, STRUGGLE, OVER-CONCERN WITH KEEPING STRICT RULES, AND WARRIOR-LIKE WAYS? IS THIS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO REALLY BE A YOGI? at energyenhancement.org
- Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali CChapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 3
Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 3 IS NOT VAIRAGYA, NON-ATTACHMENT OR DESIRELESSNESS, ENOUGH IN ITSELF TO FREE ONE FROM THE WORLDLY BONDAGE? WHAT IS THEN THE USE OF THE YOGIC DISCIPLINE, ABHYASA? at energyenhancement.org
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