Swami Vivekananda

================================================================ Saturday,  23 Sep 2023 06:00. RAJA YOGA PATANJALI'S YOGA APHORISMS CHAPTER III POWERS - Continued =============================================================== 51. By giving up even these powers comes the destruction of the very seed of evil, which leads to Kaivalya. He attains aloneness, independence, and becomes free. When one gives up even the ideas of omnipotence and omniscience, there comes entire rejection of enjoyment, of the temptations from celestial beings. When the Yogi has seen all these wonderful powers, and rejected them, he reaches the goal. What are all these powers? Simply manifestations. They are no better than dreams. Even omnipotence is a dream. It depends on the mind. So long as there is a mind it can be understood, but the goal is beyond even the mind. स्थान्युपनिमन्त्रणे सङ्गस्मयाकरणं पुनरनिष्टप्रसङ्गात् ॥५२॥ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

================================================================ Wednesday, 30 Aug 2023 18;30. PATANJALI'S YOGA APHORISMS CHAPTER III POWERS - Continued ============================================================== 26. By making Samyama on the Effulgent Light (I. 36 ), comes the knowledge of the fine, the obstructed, and the remote. When the Yogi makes Samyama on that Effulgent Light in the heart, he sees things which are very remote, things, for instance, that are happening in a distant place, and which are obstructed by mountain barriers, and also things which are very fine. भुवनज्ञानं सूर्ये संयमात् ॥२७॥ 27. By making Samyama on the sun, (comes) the knowledge of the world. चन्द्रे ताराव्यूहज्ञानम् ॥२८॥ 28. On the moon, (comes) the knowledge of the cluster of stars. ध्रुवे तद्गतिज्ञानम् ॥२९॥ 29. On the pole-star, (comes) the knowledge of the motions of the stars. नाभिचक्रे कायव्यूहज्ञानम् ॥३०॥ 30. On the navel circle, (comes) the knowledge of the constitution of the body. कण्ठकू...

#Conference On Ramakrishna Mission And Health Care Services: Hyderabad, July 2023 ========================================================================= Sunday, 09 Jul 2023. 05:30. PATANJALI'S YOGA APHORISMS CHAPTER II CONCENTRATION: ITS PRACTICE : (3) (continued) AND CHAPTER III POWERS ========================================================================= ======================================================================== बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः ॥५१॥ 51. The fourth is restraining the Prana by reflecting on external or internal object. This is the fourth sort of Pranayama, in which the Kumbhaka is brought about by long practice attended with reflection, which is absent in the other three. ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम् ॥५२॥ 52. From that, the covering to the light of the Chitta is attenuated. The Chitta has, by its own nature, all knowledge. It is made of Sattva particles, but is covered by Rajas and Tamas particles, and by Pranayama this covering is removed. धारणासु ...

========================================================================= Thursday,   15 Jun, 2023. 05:30. PATANJALI'S YOGA APHORISMS CHAPTER II CONCENTRATION: ITS PRACTICE : 2. (continued) ========================================================================= विवेकख्यातिरविप्लवा हानोपायः ॥२६॥ 26. The means of destruction of ignorance is unbroken practice of discrimination. This is the real goal of practice — discrimination between the real and the unreal, knowing that the Purusha is not nature, that it is neither matter nor mind, and that because it is not nature, it cannot possibly change. It is only nature which changes, combining and re-combining, dissolving continually. When through constant practice we begin to discriminate, ignorance will vanish, and the Purusha will begin to shine in its real nature — omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- तस्य सप्तध...

Adi Sankara Nilayam, Veliyanad Eranakulam, Kerala, India 682313 Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF), the Academia of Sanskrit Research and Indology, is the research wing of the Chinmaya Mission Worldwide. Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) Celebrating Adi Sankara Jayanti with pomp and splendour 🪔 The day’s proceedings began with a beautiful shadashopachara puja performed by Swami Sharadananda Saraswati, well-attended by devotees of all ages both online and on-site.  This was followed by an informational session presented by students of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, with insightful dialogue on various aspects of the great saint’s life. The Sanakara Jayanti Sammelana brought together esteemed scholars and speakers Prof. Ramakrishna Bhat (Sri Sankara University Kalady), Swami Viviktanananda (Regional Head CM), Swami Advayananda (President CIF) and Prof. Ajay Kapoor (VC Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth). The programme ended with the prize distribution ceremony for Sankara Jayanti Elocu...