Yoga Sagar

SR No.: 014011
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 24 MB

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and then to the physical body, and show themselves as vyadhi; adhi turns itself into vyadhi. Vijnanamaya kosha is the level that has to be strengthened, and ultimately we have to get glimpses of that ananda, in order to improve the quality of life. We have hatha yoga, raja yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga and karma yoga to deal with this entire set of five layers.
Unless we purify all these layers and set them in balance, we will not be able to deal with all the modern problems. The social problems of drug addiction, alcoholism, social unrest, single parent problems, psychosomatic and psychiatric problems, and other problems which we are facing today in the modern world, are because we are looking at the world in a very physical, linear way only and not in a holistic way. Unless we learn to see the whole in a holistic way, we will not be able to find a solution.
This is where we have been working from over the last fifteen years, conducting yoga research with long-term followup, of which I will give the research findings at the next session. I have just given you the basis of the total integrated approach of yoga that we use while dealing with stress problems or in dealing with medical problems or in developing the total personality of people to improve the quality of life and to solve the various social problems that we are facing today in the modern world.
That is the work of Vivekananda Kendra, with its headquarters in Kanyakumari and branches spreading throughout the country, having research centers all over the world. I once again thank the organizers for giving me this opportunity to present before you the total approach to yoga as derived from the Taittiriya Upanishad and the Yoga Vashishtha in a short and concise way. Thank you all.