The Yoga Vasishtha is one of the most profound and influential philosophical texts in the Indian tradition, attributed to the great sage Vasistha. It is a dialogue between the sage Vasistha and Prince Rama, where Vasistha imparts wisdom on the nature of reality, the mind, and the path to liberation.
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From 12th to 17th January 2025, the Yogadham Akhada of The Satsang Foundation in Prayagraj became a vibrant hub of spirituality, in the presence of Sri M and a series of profound teachings, rituals, and cultural events.
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Sadhana is the way to Liberation. In certain schools of philosophy, it’s called Moksha and In some, it’s called Nirvana. In the Yoga Sutras and in Sankhya, it’s called Kaivalya.
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What is real surrender? Real surrender is when there are no more questions.
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In India, when others were working on improving themselves technologically, economically, scientifically, there was a group of people in this country who were more into investigating into the mind and the inner workings of the human psyche.
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Every human being who lives in this world and who is also spiritually inclined comes across challenging situations.
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I would like to tell you a little story that actually is from the ancient Jain system of thought. It was adapted and adopted by a great Sufi who made it very popular, whose name was Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, who started the order of the whirling dervishes. And then Ramakrishna Paramahamsa loved the story and so on.
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Meditate on the teacher, but listen to the teaching. Certain amount of discipline is required. Especially, listen to the words that the teacher is saying and act accordingly. If you don’t, no matter if you do your kriya in sirsasana, nothing will happen. keep this in mind.
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You cannot judge an action of an inanimate or a non-living object, or a non human object. You cannot judge a poor dog. It barks when it is afraid.
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When Swami Vivekananda was asked in England, can you please define your master, he said, for some time he kept quiet, then he said, a speck of dust from those blessed feet could have created a thousand Vivekanandas, what more shall I say and keep quiet. This is Sri Ramakrishna for you.
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It is better not to have a Guru than end up in wrong hands. So what sort of pitfalls? Pitfalls inside and outside.
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From my point of view, you pray as you like. What I would say is just go there and start by saying that you who are sitting here, who are represented here, are no different from the supreme being.
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Sri M narrates the story of Nachiketas, a young boy, discussing the important question of Death and immortality with Yama, the Lord of Death.
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Krishna has also talked about surrender, but in the actual field of action, in the Kurukshetra war, he is asking Arjuna not to surrender his weapons but to take them up and fight because he is doing a rightful battle to protect dharma; therefore but he says surrender unto me.
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It’s time to take a step forward once more, for the New Year is at hand.
One can move from ‘the past’ to ‘the present’ and turn over a new leaf in one’s life. Change completely if required and have a new life altogether!