My Prayers to Patanjali, hailing from a family of sages, who by his work on yoga, grammar and therapy, helped mankind eradicate defilements of mind language and body.
-Traditional Sanskrit prayer
In an ancient civilisation people were suffering from pains due to defilements of body, speech and mind so they prayed to the Lord for help. The [...]
Spiritual Freedom
Hatha Yoga
What is Hatha Yoga?
The most popular text on Hatha Yoga is The Hathayogapradipika of Svatmarama. The name Svatmarama means one who delights in communion with his higher self. It indicates that he was a Yogi who was in perpetual samadhi. The author’s name and the opening passages of the text leave no doubt that [...]
Posted on April 08th, 2009 in Ramaswami Articles, Spiritual Freedom
This is an article that appeared in Ramaswami’s newsletter and is reproduced here with his kind permission:
According to Yoga and other sibling philosophies, the entire universe is made
of the three Gunas, Satwa, Rajas and Tamas and these permeate everything
(including all of us) everywhere in dominating everything in varying degrees.
Due to the preponderance of one of [...]
