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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tremely high speeds, or extremely small dimensions, Newton's laws of motion no longer hold. It is here we come to quantum mechanics, the probabilistic theory. So, with these twin aspects, classical mechanics and quantum mechanics, we can span the entire physical universe from extremely small fundamental particles on the one hand, to extremely large astronomical dimensions on the other hand.
Having completed this search, now science is at a turning point. As Fritjof Capra quotes in his best seller The Turning Point, we are now moving towards an understanding of what is beyond this physical universe. We want to understand the question: What is prana? Is it a part of the mind, different from the brain? Is the intellect different from the mind? Are there emotions? Are there gods and goddesses, devils and pisachas? What is consciousness? It is this realm of subtleties that we are now entering into. So, in this search towards the subtler dimensions, we are in an extremely embryonic state. Probably, it will be many more centuries before we understand through science the subtler dimensions of this total universe.
It is precisely here that our ancient seers in this land have understood the totality of this universe and we find that wisdom contained in the Vedas and in the essence of the Vedas, the upanishadic and the yogic lore. The search began long ago in a similar way when the disciple came to the teacher and asked him to direct him towards reality or Brahman. In the Taittiriya Upanishad, the disciple asks, "Please, let me know where Brahman is? What is Brahman? How do I find it?" The teacher directs him by not just answering in a series of quotations. Instead he says, “Please go ahead and experiment." Tapasaa Brahma vijijnaasasva. Tapo Bralımcti. (3:2:8-9). "Go ahead and do tapas, by tapas you will be able to find that reality, by experimentation."
What is that tapas? How to do the tapas? The teacher gives the hint in this verse. Yato vaa imaani blootaani jaayante yena jaataani jecvanti. Yat prayantyabhisanvishuanti. Tad vijijnaasasva. Tad Brahmeti. (3:1:5-8). "Find out the principle which sustains you, and that principle into which you merge. Find all that and that is Brahman." Srushti stithi layn. So the student does tapas, does the experiments and gets the first glimpse. Sa tapoatapyata. (3:1:9). Suddenly, he gets a flash, the ''Eureka'' of Archimedes. Haavu haavu linavu. What answer did he get? Ahamannam
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