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    Yoga jyoti
    Yoga jyoti
    Yoga jyoti
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    Yoga jyoti

    By Srinivasa Prasad Pillutla

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    Yoga jyoti is a simple guide to Patanjali yoga. Spirituality and yoga are inseparable. This book tries to explain the yoga practices and how they are spiritually beneficial. This book describes few yoga asana, pranayama, mudra, kundalini yoga and the notes I have taken from my interactions with Sadguru M. Narasimha Prabhu and my understanding of two chapters of Patanjali Yogasutra.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSrinivasa Prasad Pillutla
    Release dateJun 28, 2012
    ISBN9781476104478
    Yoga jyoti
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    Srinivasa Prasad Pillutla

    I was born in 1971 in India. I work as a yoga instructor in bangalore, India. I learn, practice and teach yoga, meditation and spirituality.My blogs are :http://dhyanajyothi.blogspot.inhttp://jayakavya.blogspot.inI broadcast online yoga classes daily at my channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Yogajyothi at 530am - 630am IST. Recorded videos are available at same location.I conduct meditation classes, yoga asana classes at my home. Details are available at http://sppillutla.wix.com/yajnam .

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      Yoga jyoti - Srinivasa Prasad Pillutla

      Opening prayer

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      Sahanavavatu Sahanau bhunaktu

      Sahaviryam karavaavahai

      Tejaswina avadhitamastu

      Maa vidvishaavahai

      OM Shanti Shanti Shantihi

      Meaning : May the Teacher and students be protected by God, May God nourish both, May both work together with energy, May the study be for enlightenment and let there not be hostility between teacher and students.

      OM Peace, Peace, Peace

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      With Reverence and Gratitude

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      I dedicate Yoga jyoti to the lotus feet of Sadguru Sri M. Narasimha Prabhu

      OM Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru devo Maheshwaraha |

      Guru sakshat Parabrahma, tasmai sri Gurave namaha ||

      Meaning : Guru is the creator preserver and destroyer. Guru is the highest principle in the universe. I salute to such Guru.

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      Divine words from Sadguru Prabhu

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      Dear Atmajyothi Prasad,

      I am very happy to see that the book on yoga 'Yoga jyoti' is being released on the occasion of Guru Purnima 2012. We have to make Yoga a way of life and Yagna (selfless service) as foundation of life.While yoga is for union with our higher self, yagna is for connecting with the world with an attitude of reverence and service. Together these two form the core purpose of human life, "Atmano mokshartham, Jagad Hitaya cha". We have to work towards Self Realization and service for the welfare of the world.

      Self realization requires practice of Yoga. Yoga can be yoga of action - karmayoga, yoga of devotion - bhakti yoga, yoga of knowledge - jnana yoga or yoga of self mastery - Raja yoga. We are human beings with four aspects to our personality - Head, Hands, Heart and Energy. Systematic working on these aspects for tuning ourselves with our Higher Self nature is called yoga. While karmayoga addresses hands aspect of our being, bhaktiyoga addresses heart aspect of our being, jnanayoga addresses head aspect of our being and rajayoga or kriyayoga addresses the energy aspect of our being.

      The book you have written on yoga consisting of Asana, Pranayama and Mudra is going to be useful to many spiritual aspirants for working on their body, mind and intellect complex for the purpose of Self Realization.May many people benefit from the book. This is a part of the Rishiyagna (service to the sages by following their teachings) and Manushyayagna (service to fellow beings) activity you have undertaken. Blessings of all Rishis (sages) will bring peace, love and happiness to you and your family and many more acts of Yagna (service) happen through you.

      Lokaha Samasthaha Sukhino Bhavantu (Let there be peace and happiness for all worlds),

      Peace and Love,

      Prabhu

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      Thanks

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      I offer my heartfelt gratitude to Sadguru M. Narasimha Prabhu for being my guide in all aspects of my life. I owe everything in my life to him. I prostrate myself before his infinite compassion, peace and love. I learnt to be a human being by his guidance and teachings. I thank him for teaching me, guiding me, and shaping my thought pattern.

      I take this opportunity to thank the following persons who helped in making this book happen.either directly or indirectly,

      Cover image is by Dr. Annapoorna, my elder sister. I wanted Lord Shiva's drawing on cover page, because Yoga originated from him. I am very happy looking at the drawing as I can see a serene face on the cover.

      Photographs of yoga postures are taken by my friends Rommel Sharma, and Murali Krishna

      SVYASA University, Bangalore, where I learnt yoga asanas

      Sri Govindaraju and Sri Anil karpur at SVYASA who taught me asanas and theory behind asanas

      My ever smiling mother, a silent pillar of strength

      My grandmother Sarada Devi, who is also my primary school teacher for inculcating a strong fundamental core value system in me

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      Yoga and Spirituality

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      Introduction

      What is spirituality? What is yoga? What is the relationship between them? Can they exist independently of each other? This chapter is an attempt to answer these questions. The Yoga referred here is Rajayoga a.k.a Ashtangayoga a.k.a Patanjaliyoga. Most of the people take the benefits offered by yoga at physical level by practicing yoga asanas. Yoga can offer much more than that. The goal of yoga is to go from imperfection to perfection. The goal of spirituality is to go from imperfection to perfection.

      Spirituality defines the various paths for achieving one goal of liberation or enlightenment, whereas yoga is one of the ways to walk the path.

      Spirituality

      When a person is born, he neither has knowledge about himself, nor knowledge about world. When he grows up, his attention is outgoing, and he acquires knowledge about world, while he is ignorant about himself. The world appears very beautiful and presents itself in many different forms of knowledge. The attention towards the outer world and acquiring knowledge about the world can be called as 'materialism'. Most of the people fall under this category.

      If attention is turned inwards to know about the entity who is the actual knower and experiencer of the outer world, that person is said to have woken up to the world of spirituality. Very few lucky people turn towards spirituality and enquire about ‘That’ that experiences the world. How to be the experiencer, definition of the goal, what are the different paths and tools available for achieving that, what are the obstacles for that, form an integral part of the spiritual world.

      Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi says "Jnanayoga (path of knowledge) alone is available for being a Jivanmukta (liberated one), all other paths lead to Jnana (wisdom) and so are indirect path to jivanmukti (liberation), and Jnana alone is the direct path".

      Lord Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita defines Karmayoga (path of action), Bhaktiyoga (path of devotion), Rajayoga and Jnanayoga as the paths to Jivanmukti or final liberated state. Again Lord Krishna says, Sankhya yogau prithakbala, pravadanti na panditaha meaning, Wise persons do not see differences in the various paths. Spirituality constitutes the various paths to Jivanmukti as mentioned in various scriptures, and in different schools and systems. Vedanta clearly says that the aim of life is to fulfill the four purposes of life i.e. Dharma (righteousness), Artha (prosperity), Kama (righteous desires), and Moksha (liberation). Spirituality especially deals with Moksha.

      Yoga

      Yoga is derived from the word 'Yuj' in Sanskrit. 'Yujyate anena iti yogaha', meaning, yoga is that which joins. Now what is joining with what? It is the joining of individual self with its higher nature. The higher nature is that of peace, compassion, love.

      Sage Patanjali says in his book Yogasutra, "Yogaha chitta vritti nirodhaha, which roughly translates to Yoga is to contain the different modifications or functionalities of mind". Lot of stress is given in controlling or containing mind in almost all definitions of yoga.

      Yoga is a structured and scientific way of living life and attaining the four purposes of life i.e Dharma (righteousness),Artha (wealth & prosperity),Kama (desires), and Moksha (liberation). This is done by following the Ashtangayoga or Eight Limbed yoga.

      The eight limbs of Rajayoga are:

      Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi

      Rajayoga and Spirituality

      Yoga and Spirituality go hand in hand. Without a defined goal, action is purposeless, and without action, purpose cannot be achieved. So, it can be safely assumed that the underlying purpose of Yoga is to attain spiritual goal as defined by Sanatana dharma's (eternal truth) vedantic system. Vedanta is more theoretical, and yoga is practical. What is there in theory has to be realized through practice.

      Let us go through each limb of Rajayoga and find out how one's personality evolves spiritually by that practice.

      Yama – set of dont's

      Yama constitutes Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, and Aparigraha.

      Ahimsa : Non-violence through body, mind and speech.

      King Dharmaraja defines Ahimsa in Mahabharata (a Hindu epic) as, "Ahimsa paramo dharamha, Dharma himsa tathaiva cha" Meaning, Non-injury is greatest dharma, righteous violence (in self-defense) is also dharma.

      By practicing Ahimsa, one develops vairagya (detachment).

      Satya : Always speak truth.

      Truth leads to purposefulness of action. A lie when told will leave its mark on the inner consciousness, thus polluting the chitta (mind).Truth on the other hand clears chitta of guilt.

      Asteya : Non-stealing.

      Stealing is accumulation of bad karma, and leads to bondage. On the contrary non-stealing will lead to acquiring the wealth of yoga which is leading to liberation.

      Brahmacharya : General meaning is celibacy, inner meaning is to abide in Brahman consciousness. Practice of Brahmacharya leads to conservation of energy and increase in aura (ojas or tejas).

      Aparigraha : Non-possession. One should not accumulate beyond their needs.

      Gandhi said Earth has sufficient resources to fulfill everybody's needs, but they are insufficient to satisfy one's greed. Accumulation is because of lobha (greed), practice of Aparigraha will lead one to easily let go and tackle the inner enemy lobha or greed.

      Niyama – set

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