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Pratyahara
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali instructs the seeker on the 8 Limbs of Yoga, Pratyahara being the 5th, elaborated on in Sutras 2.54-2.55: स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्य स्वरूपानुकारैवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः ॥५४॥ sva vishaya asamprayoge chittasya svarupe anukarah iva indriyanam pratyaharah By turning attention within (pratyahara), consciousness ceases to come in contact with the objects of the senses. It…
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Hastamalaka & The State of Realization
*excerpt from “Hastamalaka Stotram of Adi Shankaracharya: A contemplation by Swami Purushottamananda” an English translation of Sant Eknath of Maharashtra’s original commentary in Marathi What is that which complete in itself can unfold happiness? Vedantic Masters refer to it as the ‘Supreme Being” or Sat-Chit-Ananda (Atman). Though ever-accomplished, for the individual (jiva) it appears to…
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Tradition, Yoga, Tantra + Kali
excerpts from “Biography of a Russian Yogi: The Extraordinary story of Yogi Matsyendranath” by Keith Simons “My tradition originated in North India and is related to Tantra, like Kundalini and Shakti. In my thinking yoga is the essence of Tantra. Yoga is therefore related to inner processes. To be successful in yoga it helps if…
Lunar Mysticism Vidhya 