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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THE NEED FOR YOGA IN THE MODERN WORLD
Dr. A. R. Kidwai
I am delighted to be here, for the reason that I am able to pay my tribute to Paramahamsa Satyananda, who by his sacrifice, hard work, sincere efforts and dedication, has established the Bihar School of Yoga and has taken yoga to such heights that its teachings are now resonating throughout the globe and innumerable people are deriving benefit from it. This achievement is a direct result of his personal involvement in the development and propagation of the yogic science. It is, therefore, only right that we all offer our respects to Paramahamsaji on the eve of the golden jubilee of his renunciation, and pray that the institute further expands and meets with all success in the achievement of its aims and objectives. Therefore, today during this celebration of the golden jubilee of his dedicated life, we pay our tribute, and we wish that the arena of this institution that he has established should be widened further in the future.
As the desire for learning the science of yoga is increasing day by day at great speed, the University Grants Commission has decided to establish an Indian Center of Yogic Studies at Bhagalpur University, primarily due to the fact that the center will be able to receive the inspiration from Paramahamsa Satyananda and the required assistance from the Bihar School of Yoga. This Center of Yogic Studies at Bhagalpur University, Bihar, will propagate the philosophy of yoga in a correct, acceptable and scientific way, so that humanity may derive peace from its essence.
The science of yoga has passed the test of thousands of years of trials and refinement. The great rishis and munis of this land, who renounced the world, studied, meditated and thought upon it in isolation for years together, have developed this science over the milleniums. Therefore, this science is based upon thousands of years of intellectual research by
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