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The most prominent ancient spiritual wisdom, from which all spiritual systems and phylosophies are derived in Hinduism, are the four Vedas: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda. All Yoga-systems, including Sahaja Yoga (Vishwa Nirmala Dharma), are tributary for their contents to the Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas. But only Shri Mataji Nirmala Davi succeeded in giving 'en masse'-realization.
' KEDARNATH ' The Physics of SHIVA
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Hulloo Reader- I am Kerry Penny and I am fascinated not only with the Universe and its creation but also with the creator SHIVA and the author of this book Dr Uday Dokras. It is often said that there is a trinity of Hindu gods: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer. But while Vishnu and Shiva have followers and temples all over India, Brahma is not worshiped as a major deity.The birth of these three Gods is a great mystery in itself. While many purans believe that God Brahma and God Vishnu were born from God Shiva, there is no hardcore evidence to prove the same. This confusion brings us to another vital question- how was God Shiva born?? Many believe that God Shiva is a Sayambhu – which means He is not born from a human body. He was created automatically! He was there when there was nothing and He will remain even after everything is destructed. That is why; he is also loving called as the ‘Adi-Dev’ which means the ‘Oldest God of the Hindu mythology.’
Geography in ancient India refers to the metaphysical exposition of interconnectedness of man with nature aiming to understand humanity's residence on the earth. In geography, the " geo-" refers to the biological idea of mother Earth, Gaia, and "-graphy " to a cultural connotation referring to subjective meaning of place – with human interference and connectedness (e.g. love) space transfers to place. This was a kind of " deep " geography, where historical-cultural-ecological-landscape concerns altogether make a sense of meaning and understanding. In the present era of 'global understanding', the messages of geography in ancient India is being accepted as a light-tower for ecological awareness that commonly envisioned in the frame of 'sacred ecology'. Zukav (1979: 217) remarks that " Hindu mythology is virtually a large scientific discovery. Hindu deities such as Shiva and Vishnu continuously dance the creation and destruction of universe ". The relevance for life is inherent in the Hindu religion with its pantheon of Gods; the Hindu view is God-filled space – of an animate universe. Initiated in the historical past, the Vedic, Puranic literature and treatises fully describe the sense of respect for nature and attempt to make awareness of the crisis calling for profound changes in the way human beings relate to the natural world (cf. Chaitanya 1983). Some of these examples are illustrated here. Attempts have also been made to elucidate the geography in ancient India, however most of such works considered the notion and framework of concept of the universe and the earth, astronomical and climatic aspects, the places known and the settlement patterns (cf. Dubey 1967). The description of regional identity and regional geography (natural and cultural landscapes) has further been taken into account with reference to the Puranas while emphasising some notions of cosmogony and cosmology (cf. Ali 1983), however less emphasis is laid on the 'geographical thought' and metaphysical context, which may be compared with the scientific notion of modern geography. In fact, most of these studies deal with literary interpretation of the epics and ancient literature (Dhussa 2008: 74-75).
ALL ABOUT HINDUISM By SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
Omaggio a Sri Swami Sivananda. dalla presentazione: "PUBLISHERS’ NOTE Hinduism is veritably the fountain-head of all religions. It contains within itself the seeds of all religions. It includes all religions and excludes none. It is but natural that people all over the world should show increasing interest in a religion with so universal an appeal. “ALL ABOUT HINDUISM” is intended to meet the needs of those who want to be introduced to the various facets of the crystal that is Hinduism. The book, which was first published in 1947, has now been rearranged in a more convenient form, with useful additions here and there, and is now released in its fifth edition. We do hope that all serious students of Hindu Religion and Philosophy will find the book useful and interesting. —THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY." Il testo è liberamente scaricabile in versione stampabile al sito indicato in intestazione nel testo.
Yoga e Dharmā Un connubio inseparabile, nell’insegnamento di Śrī Svāmī Sivananda
Esistono infinite definizioni dello Yoga. Patañjali così lo da descritto negli Yogasūtra Yogaś chitta vṛtti nirodhaḥ Così tradotto da Śrī Svāmī Sivananda: Yoga è il controllo delle modificazioni della mente Il secondo capitolo degli Yogasūtra, nel quale Patañjali si rivolge a tutti coloro che, pur desiderosi di affrontare la Via, devono operare una preliminare adeguata purificazione, attraverso la quale desiderano, con fermezza e determinazione, acquisire le qualificazioni necessarie ha il nome Sādhanāpāda (साधानपाद). Lo Yoga è un corpus unico e indivisibile, al suo interno strutturato in otto componenti strettamente ed inscindibilmente interconnesse tra loro. Utilizzare il termine Yoga implica l’obbligo di rispettare tale complessa unitarietà. Le singole otto componenti, isolate dal processo, non sono ne possono essere definite Yoga . L’insieme del percorso, l’impegno ad affrontarlo nella sua complessità è definito con il termine Sādhana. Colui che la pratica per raggiungere un obiettivo spirituale è definito Sādhaka (साधक), sinonimo di Yogī (योगी) o Yoginī (योगिनी); il suo comportamento sadācāra (सदाचार). Il metodo dello Yoga, (codificato negli Yogasūtra fa parte dei Śāstra-Sūtra, a loro volta parte della Smṛti) costituisce a pieno titolo parte integrante del Sanātana Dharmā , espressione sostanzialmente equivalente a quella di Hinduismo. La cui architettura di luminosa organicità è scarsamente conosciuta e compresa in occidente. Per questo, a beneficio dei sinceri ricercatori della Via Tradizionale, e in particolar modo coloro che esplorano la Via dello Yoga (parte integrante della Tradizione UNA), proponiamo la lettura di un illuminante testo di Śrī Svāmī Sivananda, All about Hinduism. Il testo, coerentemente con l’insegnamento iniziatico, che non può essere oggetto di mercimonio è reso disponibile, insieme a moltissimi altri testi, accedendo al sito della Divine Life Society: http://www.dlshq.org/