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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should call it a university, not a school. No other university attracts people from so many different parts of the world as does this one. Its significance will shine more brightly when each and every genius student trained and qualified here spreads the light of vedic Sanatan Dharma to each and every corner of the world, just like the students of Gautama Buddha did.
Remember one thing, by yoga only will you unlock the deep patterns of mind, yogaschittavritti nirodhah (Yogasutras Ch. 1, v. 2), and also know the form of the inner self. But God realization will not be possible. For that the gurus teach a higher truth. Tattwamasi, Ayamatma Brahma, Aham Brahmasmi and Pragyanam Brahma. These are the four mahavakyas of the four Vedas, and without their realization, the final realization is not possible. The secret behind this I will not disclose now. The desire to know the truth will arise in your mind and the question will stir in your heart, "By yoga I have realized my inner Self, Yadadrishii swaroopevasthaanaam, but where is God realization?" Without it there is no eternal peace. This is the bold announcement of the Upanishads in the initial part of the Vedas and nobody can deny it. Only by God realization can you be released from the clutches of death, not otherwise.
Somebody asked Lord Shankaracharya, "'There are many diseases in this world, and the treatments and doctors are many. There are diseases which originate in this body and subside with proper treatment. There are also diseases which persist life long. As long as you live you will suffer. After the death of the body, the suffering of the body is finished, it does not continue into the next lifetime. But there is a disease which follows again and again into each and every birth." Lord Shankaracharya was asked this question, Ko deergha rogaha? “What is the most prolonged suffering? What is that disease that follows us into every life and is troubling every being and keeps on sticking to us in each and every birth? It is not curable by any doctor. What is it?" Lord Shankaracharya answered, Bhaveva sadhah. "O sage the birth and death is that suffering which follows everybody forever." So the disciple asks again:
Tasya rogasya kim aushadham?
The answer is, Vicharevah. Contemplation. Contemplation on the world, being and God. What is this world? What is the real being? What is God? Contemplation on these ideas in the end leads to self-realization and then the suffering ends."
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