Yoga Vidya International

Community on Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda and Spirituality

Yoga Vidya
  • Horn-Bad Meinberg
  • Germany
Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share

Yoga Vidya's Friends

  • Martin Czaikowski
  • Brian Decker
  • Renata Cáceres
  • Yogacharya Tapan Bose
  • Ratna B.R.
  • Lalitha Devi
  • Helmut
  • Gita
  • Alexander Schmitt
  • HOME YOGA
  • Maheshwara Mario Illgen
  • Ute Simons
  • Sarada Yoga Vidya Tuebingen
  • Isabel Sehbe
  • LilianaYoga

Yoga Vidya's Groups

Yoga Vidya's Discussions

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science
4 Replies

Started this discussion. Last reply by Yoga Vidya Jun 29, 2010.

Heroic Triangle

Started May 4, 2010

Should I stand up after headstand?
2 Replies

Started this discussion. Last reply by Norman Mar 7, 2010.

 

Yoga Vidya's Page

Latest Activity

Yoga Vidya posted a video

Reincarnation, non-dual love and gunas - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Free will. Making no choice and turning it over to ishvara. Issue of free will: what values are determining your use of free will? Those values are chosen by...
Jun 22
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Ignorance, guru and change of attitude - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Trust in a guru? Manipulation and guru. Respect teachers with knowledge. Don’t hand over your trust to a teacher simply because you are suffering. If your he...
Jun 15
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Association with materialists or sages? - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Revision of verses 38-43. Vedanta is a method that the teacher applies to your mind. You are always aware. Elimination of nonessential factors. Bliss in deep...
Jun 8
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Great souls and devotion - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

One achieves devotion through Satsang. Satsang builds a devotion habit. Make the worship of god a habit. Verse 38: However, the primary method by which one d...
May 24
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Vedanta, Ishvara and the importance of devotional practices - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta

Vedanta: means of knowledge based on the upanisads or knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge. Modern advaita teachers and qualifications. Arguments from...
May 18
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

The role of Ishvara - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Verse 25: Advaita devotion is superior to karma yoga and jnana yoga. Verse 26: Vedanta is a means of knwoledge, non-dual love is the end. Verse 27: If you ta...
May 10
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Are the self and the world jiva connected? - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti

The supreme person. Experiencing or being the self? Two orders of reality. You are never not experiencing yourself. Duality and Non-duality are not opposites...
May 4
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Devotion and dharma - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Verse 10: Elimination of nonessential desires: worldly or emotional security, wanting to be recognized. Single goal is freedom. Active sense of renunciation ...
Apr 27
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Conciousness and matter - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Swami Chinmayananda. Consciousness and matter. Four types of devotees: Devoted to god because of suffering. Spiritual materialism principle and Vedanta. Seek...
Apr 20
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Action, renunciation and indifference to objects - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta

Actions won’t remove ignorance. Actions and ignorance are not in conflict. Knowledge will remove ignorance. By sadhana you don’t remove the basic ignorance: ...
Apr 11
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Nature of non dual love - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Mar 23
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Karma Yoga and Dharma - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Recap of the last session. Freedom as the number one priority in life. Nondual bhakti is exclusive love of the self. To progress spiritually you have to comm...
Mar 16
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Karma Yoga, Teachers and Scriptures - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Karma yoga is bhakti yoga. Swami Vivekananda, Freud, consequences of technology. Psychological designation in Vedanta appeared. Multipath confusion. Better t...
Mar 9
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Karma and Karma Yoga - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

3. Formal devotion. What is karma? Prarabdha, sanchita and agami karma. Karma is similar to a bank account. 3 possibilities: add karma, exhaust karma or stay...
Mar 2
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Love, Ishvara and Informal Devotion to God - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra

By reading Vedanta texts it is easy to misinterpret them. Ignorance and knowledge are mixed up. Teaching makes difference between ignorance and knowledge cle...
Feb 24
0 Comments
Yoga Vidya posted a video

Vedanta, Love and God - James Swartz - Yoga of Love, Advaita Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Existence is my nature. Love is my nature. Everything you do is motivated by love. Stages of love (see chart in the video): 1. Love of objects. What do you l...
Feb 17
0 Comments

Profile Information

I ...
... have a Yoga Ashram
My Yoga tradition/style/center, Yoga practice, Yoga Master/s, Teacher/s
Yoga Vidya, Swami Sivananda, Swami Vishnu-devananda
Website:
http://www.yoga-vidya.org/en
Blog or favorite Yoga Website:
http://www.yoga-vidya.de/de/service/blog/

Yoga Vidya's Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Yoga Vidya's Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

Yoga Vidya's Blog

4 Weeks International Yoga Teacher Training at Europe’s biggest ashram

Posted on June 27, 2019 at 4:00pm 0 Comments

Learn how to teach yoga classes – in an intensive 4 Weeks International Yoga Teachers Training at Yoga…

Continue

Opening Yoga Vidya Center Berlin-Wilmersdorf

Posted on April 5, 2017 at 3:00pm 0 Comments

There will be an opening event at Yoga Vidya Berlin-Wilmersdorf, which we are proudly and very happily opening on April the 29th. We will have a wonderful program for you with mantra and kirtan yoga class from Janin Devi. Sukadev, the founder of Yoga Vidya, will be there giving blessings and we hope, that you will join us too and support us with the puja which will be there at the evening. All yoga classes in the week after opening (from may 2nd to may 7th) will be free…
Continue

Meaning of Karma - by Swami Sivananda

Posted on August 2, 2010 at 4:51pm 3 Comments

Karma is a s a n s k r i t term that s i g n i f i e s action or deed. Any physical or m e n t a l action is k a r ma .

Thinking is m e n t a l k a r m a . Karma is the sum total of our acts, both in the present life and in the preceding births.

Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. The consequence of an action is really not a separate thing. It is a part of the action and cannot be divided from it. The law of karma means the law of causation. Wherever… Continue

Today is Guru Purnima, the Full Moon Day of the Guru

Posted on July 25, 2010 at 12:30pm 0 Comments

Today is Guru Purnima, the Full Moon Day of the Guru. In the Yoga Vidya Ashrams Bad Meinberg ,…

Continue

Comment Wall

  • No comments yet!

You need to be a member of Yoga Vidya International to add comments!

Join Yoga Vidya International

 
 
 

Donations for Yoga Vidya


Yoga Links:

Facebook:

Twitter:

© 2020   Yoga Vidya | Contact | Privacy Policy |   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

Sign in to chat!