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Towards the end of her life she would not go to Yoga Camp. She said, “ It was not one big family anymore. “ She started crying ... She said, “Swami Vishnudevananda held everyone’s feet to the fire, He made them do the right thing.”

In 1988 Swami Sahajananda told me during Master’s Sivananda 100 year Anniversary That He wanted to freely print 12 volumes on Master Sivananda, Swami Krishnanada said, “No” 8 volumes. Swami S. said I’ll pay for everything. Swami K. said, No.”

Swami Sahajananda started l

("La source de Maafa dans les Aurès en Algérie" by Unknown Photographer)

« The Dam » is a 22-minute long suite in 8 movements that uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate the process that we affectionately refer to as life.

As the title suggest, the focus is directed on one major obstacle/life-changing experience, symbolized by a dam on the river, which the protagonist/narrator has to conquer in order to reach their intended destination.

The storyline is inspired by

If you are a yoga teacher,

("Maitreya the Conqueror" by Nicholas Roerich)

I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French translation, and then read the Robert A. F. Thurman version. My motivation at the time was to learn more about the death process and what comes after.

At the time, I was agreeably surprised to discover that the text, which is traditionally read to the dead and is intended to guide them through the experiences that the consciousness has during the interval between death and the nex

• It balances Vata and kapha
• It cleanses the system
• It digests the ama (undigested food)
• It has anti-oxidant properties and improves immunity
• It is a very good appetizer
• It is good for common cold and asthma
• It is good for heart
• It reduces serum cholesterol
• It relieves constipation
• It relieves gas
• It relieves morning sickness in pregnant women
• It relieves pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis

("Two portraits of Ryogen" - Author Unknown - copyright holder is Kiemon Tsuruya)

« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. The piece depicts four stages of a confrontation between creeper and host : introduction, growth, conquest, and extinction.

The audio clip presents the introduction and verses. As the lyrics suggest, the creeper really represents insidious suggestion, worry, negativity, or doubt, which are generally rooted in ignorance o

("Akshobhya Buddha" by VanemTao)

« Between Worlds » is a composition that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and maternal grandmother, both due to cancer, at the beginning of the 1990s. Inspired by « The Tibetan Book of the Dead, » the piece eventually turned into a suite in five movements intended to present the successive stages of the death process as described in Tibetan culture.

The last section of « Between Worlds » is entitled «

« Into The Ashram » is the first chapter of the « Entering The Stream » trilogy, which also comprises « The Chrome Lake » and « Leaving The Ashram. »

The composition is intended to depict the progress of an individual getting fed up with their day to day life to the point of taking an extended time off for reflection and introspection.

The piece is an instrumental which counts the following four movements :

• The Ordinary
• Running Out Of Breath
• Dweller On The Threshold
• Jambudvipa

In the cosmology of Buddh

An ardent disciple of a Master having read many philosophical books, having heard so many of master’s speeches, having gone through much of spiritual literature got bewildered and was in search of ‘one statement’ from the Master that he can follow instead of so many myriads of ideas, concepts, ways and means.

So in search of this one statement he devoutly reaches the feet of the master and asks him:

‘Sir, I have read many. I have heard aplenty. Please teach me one thing that I should do so that it

("The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya" - Unknown Artist)

« Between Worlds » is a composition that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and maternal grandmother, both due to cancer, at the beginning of the 1990s. Inspired by « The Tibetan Book of the Dead, » the piece eventually turned into a suite in five movements intended to present the successive stages of the death process as described in Tibetan culture.

« The Dance Of The Archetypes » culmin

("QTC Recycled" based on "Plastic recycle logo PVC" by Tomia)

« Questioning Tasteless Creepers » is one in a series of rehashes which come from reengineered ideas left over from other works. Other pieces of the band's repertoire, such as « Leftoverturned » and « Reinfused, » have also seen the light of day from that recycle/don't-throw-out-anything process.

At the beginning of 2008, Poligraf was selected to perform in the semi-finals of CONGA 2008, a local band contest, which had some specific rul