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The Granthis, episode 2
Second in the series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in Paris, France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a way of understanding areas which are a natural part of human existence but also represent places where we may be blocked in the…
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The Granthis, episode 1
A series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a way of understanding areas which are a natural part of human existence but also represent places where we may be blocked in the search for spiritual…
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Labour of Love
A story of Karma Yoga and the vagaries of Fate and Destiny.
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Ida, Pingala and Sushumna
A talk given to student Yoga teachers at Mandala Yoga Ashram, Wales. The main Spinal Nadis (channels) are Ida and Pingala originating on the left and the right of the spine, and Sushumna in the midline. Ida is considered to represent the lunar current, more internalised aspects of a person, and Pingala represents the solar…
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Mandukya Upanishad (5)
The fifth and final recording in the series given at Mandala Yoga Ashram in 2002 In this final recording, Swamiji explores further the concept of ‘Archetypes’. It’s not just in Yoga or Advaita that such a concept occurs. Philosophical and scientific thinkers have also proposed that there is some kind of blueprint, in a place…
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Mandukya Upanishad (4)
The fourth in the series of five sessions on the Mandukya Upanishad given at Mandala Yoga Ashram in 2002. Here we continue further with the text from the third verse. Continuing verse three, Swamiji talks of the four quarters represented by the A, U and M of AUM and the fourth being a circle which…
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The Bhagavad Gita, in depth.
Some twenty-plus years ago…… …….. Swami Nishchalananda conducted a Masterclass on the Bhagavad Gita. The ten days of translation and analysis of the deeper meaning of the text were recorded, then forgotten; the recordings consigned to a cupboard along with hundreds of other recorded minidiscs. Finally those hundreds of discs have been converted to ‘digital’…
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Mandukya Upanishad (3)
The third in the series of five sessions on the Mandukya Upanishad given at Mandala Yoga Ashram in 2002. Here we continue the text from the third verse. In verse two we saw the author dividing existence into four parts. Now in verse three he talks of the first quarter as Vaishwanara, the waking state.…
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