Haribhadras Yoga Works and Psychosynthesis

SR No.: 001262
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S A Desai
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 106
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 7 MB

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. III A MODEL FOR YOGIC PSYCHOSYNTHESIS TODAY,
There is a very revealing story of Hanuman's devotion to Rāma. Rāma along with Sita and Lakşman and Hanuman returned to Ayodhyā after the victory over Rāvana. An assembly of Royal personalities was called and rewards were awarded to those who rendered meritorious services. Sita berself gave a very precious garland of diamonds to Hanumān. Hanumăn took it from her and in the midst of the assembly he began to break the damonds. Someone asked Hanuman what he was searching in the diamonds. Hanuman readily answered that he was seeing and finding out whether Rama was there in any of the diamonds. Thereupon the questioner asked whether Rāma was in Hanumān himself. Hanumān' at once rose, stood up and with legs apart split his heart into two and showed the assembly Rama and Sitā seated in the midst of his heart. The whole assembly bowed down to Hanumān.
This story teaches a great lesson and lays down a model for the search of the truth and synthesis. As Hanuman was searching Räma everywhere the searcher of truth must be always searching truth and truth alone and anything other than truth should be thrown away as Hanumān threw away the diamonds after observing them minutely. Haribhadra acted like Hanumān in his search for knowledge and synthesis of knowledge. He tried to see truth and nothing but the truth in his study of all scriptures, religions, philosophies and even in the study of different system of Yoga. Thus he could create model of synthesis of yoga and this model can be useful today for the creation for a new model of synthesis for the needs of the present times.
We Needs and the Signs of the present Times
Haribhadra did his best to give a synthesis of philosphy as well as of yoga a language and a style according to the needs of his times, He could see that the only remedy for the secterianism and bitter conflicts among different sects and religions was the synthesis of ideas, concepts and their practice and that was only possible by an integrated philosophy of life and therefore he gave the grand synthsis both in philosophy and yoga. The present times are no better than the times of Haribhadra in the matter of secterianism but it is far worse than any times in the history of man, all over the world, Not only India but the whole world