An Indic Contribution Towards an Understanding of the Word "Religion"; and the Concept of Religious Freedom Arvind Sharma McGill University In this paper I...
On Friday, the Central District of California held that a series of yoga poses designed to improve health is not copyrightable, dismissing claims of copyright...
Review of The Science of Yoga, a book by William J. Broad Review by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati There is a widespread misunderstanding of the nature of...
The article says "The top five reasons for starting yoga were: flexibility (78.3 percent), general conditioning (62.2 percent), stress relief (59.6 percent),...
"In spite of the immense popularity of postural yoga worldwide, there is little or no evidence that asana (excepting certain seated postures of meditation) has...
From Vedanta Press: We are sorry to announce that today, October 19, Swami Swahananda passed away at 2:52 pm PST. He was 92 years old. Swami Swahananda was the...
If you feel that traditional yoga has been modified (read "distorted") in recent years and decades, and that you are sometimes in a minority in your yoga...
Though we may have a deep understanding of atman, brahman, and the nondual nature of Reality, still there are moments that are like a kick in the solar plexus...
One day while walking quietly with Swami Rama, out of the silence came from him, "Seek Self-Realization at all cost!" I have had many people in this life tell...
What does this have to do with Yoga? "Much like warring religious sects, they practice nearly the exact same form of yoga but speak slightly different...
Today, July 3, 2012 is guru purnima day this year. Guru Purnima is an annual celebration of the guiding force of guru on full moon day of July (gu means...
This link is to a survey request relating to Abhyasa Ashram. Would you please take a minute or two to answer these 10 simple questions. Thank you for helping...
THE PURPOSE OF YOGA David Surrenda "The original context of yoga was spiritual development practices to train the body and mind to self observe and become...
Learning ScreenFlow and Bamboo Create to take SwamiJ.com to a higher level of sharing learning principles of yoga meditation Any of you know or have experience...
Most people cannot fathom the idea of meditation on the Absolute, which is formless and attributeless. Only a fortunate few are able to attain that highest...
"We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over...
This short video excerpt from a movie with Dustin Hoffman has a rare clarity about the principle of advaita, nondualism. http://youtu.be/VOgQAMdKdyg...
The first word of yoga sutras is "atha" which means "now", though a particular "now" which implies that one has done the preparation to begin the path and...
Silence, silence, oh beautiful inner silence. Let the world remain noisy while the inner silence sings her song of stillness, beauty and bliss. Swami...
Facebook group for sharing and discussing the teachings of Swami Rama of the Himalayas. https://www.facebook.com/groups/271403196208369/ Video lectures by...
The breath is the source of life. One can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without breathing. Proper breathing is the key to good...
http://bit.ly/A2Fkjm The New York Times published an article on January 5, 2012 entitled "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body". This article has since spread like...
This series of videos is a commentary by Swami Jnaneshvara on the eight steps of Yoga Meditation as described by Swami Rama in his book Path of Fire and Light,...
Consciousness alone is the object of its own awareness. I am that consciousness. It alone is the entire universe. All this is experienced through consciousness...
The mind assumes an image of the beloved according to the concept therein, and a time comes when the image and object become one. When the mind is restless,...
I like to recirculate this around the time of a coming new year as a reminder about the nature of transitions. Transitions: New Years and New Moments in Life...
