Tag: yparad
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The Granthis, episode 4
The fourth and final episode 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…
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The Granthis, episode 3
Third 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 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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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 (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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From the Whole, the Whole is Taken, yet the Whole Remains.
Om PurnamadahaPurnamidamPurnatPurnamudachyatePurnasyaPurnamadayaPurnamiwa WashishyateOm Shanti Shanti Shantih This Sanskrit Chant appears as the Shanti Path (Invocation of Peace) at the beginning of one of the great Upanishads, the Ishavasya, also called the Isha Upanishad.. You could call it a great statement of Advaita (non-dualism). It could also be regarded in a similar light to a Zen…
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Personal growth and inner conflict.
The seventh in the archive series of 2003 from the Satyananda Tapovanam Ashram in Bangalore, India. Conversation and discourse from Swami Nishchalananda. These sessions are edited to get the essence of Swamiji’s replies to questions, or impromptu discourses. . ‘A human being can transcend their own finiteness’ In the modern era do we deify ego?…
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