Posts archive: 108 Yoga Study Path Pointers Series
108 Study Path Pointers – 10 – Sāṃkhya – Redefining the Marriage of Wisdom and Action……
Sāṃkhya – Redefining the Marriage of Wisdom and Action
Until the Dancer (Citta) deeply realises that
the Observer (Cit) of the Spectacle (Viṣaya)
is not interested in the drives (Avidyā) which animate the dance,
the Dancer continues to Dance.
Sāṃkhya Kārikā of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa Āryā Fifty Nine
108 Yoga Study Path Pointers – 9 – Āsana and Prāṇāyāma are more than just Muscular and Skeletal……
Āsana and Prāṇāyāma are more than
just Muscular and Skeletal. They deal
with the force behind the movement.
The intelligence which can be as if
blinded by Duḥkha and Avidyā.
108 Study Path Pointers – 8 – Sāṃkhya is about living more within that which doesn’t change……
Sāṃkhya is about living
more from within that
which doesn’t change,
rather than living more from
within that which does change.
108 Study Path Pointers – 7 – Yoga Practice is an essential part of Yoga Study……
108 Study Path Pointers – 6 – What does reflecting on our relationship with Manomaya reveal?
108 Study Path Pointers – 5 – What does reflecting on our relationship with Prāṇamaya reveal?
What does reflecting
on our relationship
with Prāṇamaya reveal?
In other words what
relationship do we have
with our energetic processes?
108 Study Path Pointers – 4 – What does reflecting on our relationship with Annamaya reveal?
What does reflecting
on our relationship
with Annamaya reveal?
In other words what
relationship do we have
with our bodily attributes?
108 Study Path Pointers – 3 – When seeking the light better to verify that it is the power of the light……
108 Study Path Pointers – 2 – Duḥkha is the starting point for the……
Duḥkha is the starting point for the
Yoga journey of four junctures from:
the symptom, as in Duḥkha or suffering,
to the cause, as in Avidyā or illusion,
to the goal, as in Kaivalya or independence;
via the tools, as in Aṣṭāṅga or 8 limbed path,
for the means, as in Viveka or discernment.
This ancient fourfold process is at the heart of
the teachings in Yoga, Āyurveda & Buddhism.
108 Yoga Study Path Pointers – 1 – What is important is the refinement of one’s practice repertoire……
What is important is the refinement of one’s
practice and study repertoire, rather than
just the enlargement of one’s repertoire.
Whether it’s more Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Mudrā,
Dhyānam, Chants or Textual Study.
Plus, the more time you spend on enlarging, the less
time you have to spend on refining your repertoire.