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Ashtangas in Raja Yoga

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 11, 2011 at 2:00pm

The eight limbs of Raja Yoga are: Yama (self-restraint), Niyama (religious observances), Asana (posture), Pranayama (regulation of breath), Pratyahara (abstraction of the senses), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi (superconscious state).

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Li

Sakshi Bhava – Attitude of a Withness

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on July 27, 2011 at 2:00pm

Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, speaking, grasping, etc., are actions of the senses. Atman is the silent witness. Thou art really the Atman or the Witness, Sakshi. Never forget this

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

Effects of inner sound meditatin

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 11, 2011 at 2:00pm

The sound entraps the mind. The mind becomes one with the sound as milk with water. It becomes absorbed in Brahman or the Absolute. You will then attain the Seat of Eternal Bliss.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Waking dreaming and deep sleep

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 18, 2011 at 2:00pm

In dream you are distinct from the physical body. In deep sleep, you are distinct from the body and the mind. You enjoy peace and bliss in deep sleep. This proves that you are neither body nor mind, but you are All-Blissful Soul

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

Mental devotion

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 1, 2011 at 2:00pm

Manasic Puja or mental worship is a great help for increasing devotion and attaining concentration. Offer flowers, incense, etc., mentally to the Lord

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

Ahimsa – Non-Violence

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 14, 2011 at 2:00pm

Ahimsa is perfect harmlessness and positive love also. This removes the brutal nature in man and strengthens the will

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

How to hear the Anahata Sounds

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 10, 2011 at 2:00pm

Hear the sounds through the right ear. Change your concentration from the gross sound to the subtle. The mind will soon be absorbed in the sound. You will get knowledge of hidden things when you hear the seventh. You will hear Para-Vak when you hear the eighth sound. You will develop the divine eye when you hear the ninth. You will attain Para Brahman when you hear the tenth.

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikes

Hatha and Raja Yoga

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 10, 2011 at 2:00pm

Where Hatha Yoga ends, there Raja Yoga begins. Hatha Yogi starts his Sadhana with his body and Prana. He practises Asanas and Pranayama and through control of Prana, tries to control the mind. A Raja Yogi starts his Sadhana with the mind. He starts meditation and tries to control the mind

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

Surrender to the Lord

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 29, 2011 at 2:00pm

Say unto the Lord: ‘I am Thine, all is Thine, Thy Will be done’. Feel you are an instrument in the hands of the Lord, that the Lord works through your mind, body and senses. Offer all your actions and the fruits of the actions unto the Lord. This is the way to do self-surrender.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Faith

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

Faith is necessary for attaining God -realisation. Faith can work wonders. Faith can move mountains. Faith can take you to the inner chambers of the Lord, where reason dares not enter.

Swami Sivananda lived 1887-1963. His teachings are as much inspiring today as they were half a century ago. A life in accordance to his inspiration can lead you to joy, love and highest realisation. Quotes from Amrita Gita copyright The Divine Life Society

Brahman alone is Real

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on July 1, 2011 at 2:00pm

This world is illusory. Brahman alone is real. You are identical with Brahman. Realise this and be free.

By Swami Sivananda, from the Book Amrita Gita. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the great Yoga Masters of the 20th Century who made Yoga available to a great public. Copyright of the texts of Swami Sivananda The Divine Life Society Rishikesh

Cultivate Bhakti, Devotion to the Lord

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 19, 2011 at 2:00pm

Bhakti grows gradually just as you grow a flower or a tree in a garden. Cultivate Bhakti in the garden of your heart gradually

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute

Five kinds of Bhavas (devotional feelings)

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 27, 2011 at 2:00pm

The five kinds of Bhavas are: Santa Bhava, Dasya Bhava (master-servant relation), Vatsalya Bhava (father-son relation), Sakhya Bhava (friendship), Madhurya Bhava (the relationship of lover and beloved). Bhishma had Santa Bhava; Hanuman had Dasya Bhava; Jayadeva and Gauranga had Madhurya Bhava; the Gopis had Sakhya-Bhava; Arjuna and Guha had Sakhya Bhava; Yasoda and Vishnuchitta had Vatsalya Bhava. Have any kind of Bhava that suits your temperament. Develop it again and again.

By Swami Sivananda,

Name of the Lord

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on March 16, 2011 at 2:00pm

Sweeter than all sweet things, more auspicious than all good things, purer than all pure things, is the Name of the Lord.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

What is Bhakti

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 8, 2011 at 2:00pm

Bhakti is immortalising nectar. It transmutes a man into divinity. It makes him perfect. It bestows on him everlasting peace and bliss.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Two Kinds of Samadhi

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on June 5, 2011 at 2:00pm

Samadhi is of two kinds—Savikalpa, Samprajnata or Sabija, and Nirvikalpa or Asamprajnata or Nirbija.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Supreme Love of God

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 17, 2011 at 2:00pm

In Supreme Love, the devotee forgets his self entirely. He has only thoughts of God .

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. More Informations: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video, Books by Swami Sivananda

Visualisation as an Aid to Devotion

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 25, 2011 at 2:00pm

Keep a picture of the Lord and concentrate on it—the face or feet or the whole picture. Then visualise the picture in your heart or the space between the two eyebrows.

From the book: Amrita Gita, by Shri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, 1887-1963.Copyright The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. More Infos from and about Swami Sivananda on German Site: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video

Saints

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on May 7, 2011 at 2:00pm

Draupadi was an Arta-Bhaktini; Nachiketas was Jijnasu-Bhakta; Dhruva was an Artharthee-Bhakta; Suka Deva was a Jnani-Bhakta; Prahlada was an absolutely Nishkama Bhakta

From Amrita Gita by Swami Sivananda, copyright The Divine Life Society. Swami Sivananda was a self-realized Master and a very practical Guru. Following His teachings can lead you to the Absolute.

Communion with the Lord

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on April 15, 2011 at 2:00pm

Devotion is the seed. Faith is the root. Service of saints is the shower. Communion with the Lord is the fruit.

Taken from Amrita Gita, by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, 1887-1963. Copyright Divine Life Society, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. More Informations: Sivananda photos, Sivananda Video, Books by Swami Sivananda

kundalini (203)

Ashtangas in Raja Yoga

Sakshi Bhava – Attitude of a Withness

Effects of inner sound meditatin

Waking dreaming and deep sleep

Mental devotion

Ahimsa – Non-Violence

How to hear the Anahata Sounds

Hatha and Raja Yoga

Surrender to the Lord

Faith

Brahman alone is Real

Cultivate Bhakti, Devotion to the Lord

Five kinds of Bhavas (devotional feelings)

Name of the Lord

What is Bhakti

Two Kinds of Samadhi

Supreme Love of God

Visualisation as an Aid to Devotion

Saints

Communion with the Lord

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