Before the human mind learnt language, rishis and sages understood the mind, body, and supreme consciousness. Patanjali Yog Sutras, compile...

Yog Samadhi, states of consciousness, Maharshi Patanjali's Yog Sutras, Dharana, Dhyan, Pratyahar, Yamas, Niyamas, and regulated breathing a...

Most of our ordinary tasks require some degree of focus so that we can perform them satisfactorily, whether it is studying for exams as a s...

Arjun is granted Vishwarup Darshan, experiencing the universal vision of divinity. He questions the superiority between those who pray visu...

There are three types of aspirants: Uttama, Madhyama, and Adhama Adhikaris. To three classes of aspirants, Raja Yoga prescribes three kinds...

Through communal acts of prayer, meditation or other spiritual practices, a collective energy emerges, creating an environment conducive to...

We must have concentration in all our thoughts, words and deeds to be successful in all our undertakings. This concentration, which is a pa...

True freedom prevails when love predominates hate, equality triumphs over discrimination, and kindness replaces cruelty.

Adi Shankara, in his seminal work Vivekachudamani, elucidates the perils of succumbing to our senses through poignant analogies. The moth, ...

Yama and niyam are the basic guidelines for aspirants. Yama entails five moral codes of conduct for interacting with others: Satya, truthfu...

The dynamics of emotions find its closest parallels within few scientific laws. Newton's first law of motion, elucidates that an object at ...

In his book, Hyperfocus, Chris Bailey, a productivity expert, suggests practical techniques such as time blocking, meditation and minimisin...

Prerequisite to understanding these facets is to decipher the basic difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is the information g...

Hungarian-American positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls it a state of 'flow', or being in 'zone', a state wherein an individ...

The Bhagwad Gita contains knowledge that can help us lead dignified and fulfilling lives, and die honourably too.

Yog means union - of jivatma, lower-self in us, and Paramatma, higher-self in us. The practice of yog leads one to samadhi, which is the vi...

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