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The Four Stages of Culture Life

In Indian culture there is the concept of the four stages of life: The Preliminary; The Development; The Blossoming; The Culmination. The satisfactory growth of the...

Tapas

Tapas is one of the Niyamas, or observances of Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga/Raja Yoga. Generally translated into English, Tapas is austerity. Tapas has various implied meanings: internal...

What Do the Shastras Say About Diet?

Ancient shastras including the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads emphasize this fact: ‘You are what you eat’. However, the...

Raga Yoga Sadhana Explained

The earliest Seers who realized the Truth have explained the cosmic process as the work of Maya, the inscrutable power of the Supreme Spirit....

Universal Love

The only Sara Vastu (true substance) in this world is Prema or Love. It is eternal, infinite and undecaying. Physical love is passion or Moha...

Ayurvedic Yoga for Anxiety

Anxiety in Ayurveda is seen as an energetic imbalance of the nervous system. Anxiety is understood to be caused by the imbalance of the Vata...

Swara Yoga

Swami Sivananda, in his book Swara Yoga, states that, Swara yoga is an ancient science that has analysed the working of the life-principle, prana,...

Thought Control

It is our thoughts only which cause the round of birth and death known as samsara. So we should always strive to purify our...

Relaxation

The practice of relaxing the muscles of the body will bring rest to the body and to the mind also. The tension of the...