Agni Yoga

Agni Yoga 

Agni Yoga (also called "Living Ethics") is the esoteric doctrine based Russian artist Nicholas Roerich and his wife Helena Roerich. Inspired by the Vedic tradition, as well as Buddhism and the works of EP Blavatskoy and the Theosophical Society, Roerich had issued a series of books "Agni Yoga" In the early twenties of the last century Roerichs got a lot of fans in New York, where they built a museum of art in Russia, where their teaching was quite significant, and in India, where they away from the world. 

In Sanskrit the word Agni means "fire" and is the name of the Vedic deities. In the use of Roerich, it refers to the spiritual fire of the heart or mental energy, which is considered as the main force, which is built all my life, which should be clear and cultivate. The word "yoga" in this context refers not to the known physical practices of hatha yoga, and any of the schools of philosophy of bhakti yoga and raja yoga, but rather a meaningful life, guided by the teachings of the great teachers in their daily life and ministry. 

Theologians say that the books of Agni Yoga is understood as a separate course of Theosophy. After the works of Elena Blavatskoy theosophical movement split into a number of separate groups, each of which said that its board has approved the secret masters. Agni Yoga in this respect remained neutral and separated from the movement as a whole, recognizing in his teaching of Christ, along with other teachers, such as Buddha, Moriya, Sergius Radonezh etc. 

According to the teachings of Agni Yoga divine energy is transmitted to humans through the Eucharist. Cup filled with liquid ritual symbolizes the heart is filled with supreme inspiration. 

Despite the fact that most of the books and teachings of yoga are international, without being tied to a specific territory, some scholars are Agni-yoga as a purely Russian phenomenon, imbued with patriotism. On the other hand the concept of "new nation" referred to here is sometimes associated with Shambhala. 

In the writings of Agni yoga divine energy associated with notions such as vibration, electricity, new rays, radio waves, magnetic or etheric world, as the antagonism of the world in which we live. Numerous discussions were centered around the spiritual energy and its avatars. The source of it considered "Distant Worlds", which can be interpreted as a reasonable world, or simply parallel forms of existence. 

In any case, the energy of these worlds, according to the teachings of Agni Yoga, a person can bring healing and enlightenment, and our world, in turn, must prepare for such a "high frequency". Some signs that the interaction is human society, where money does not exist, as well as racial differences, but power belongs to a world government. 

In the books on the Agni Yoga, addressed the theme of the spirit army. Practitioners should be a warrior and be fearless in battle. Another constant theme of the book is a "new church", "new country" or "new world".

Yoga nidra

Yoga nidra 

Yoga-nidra in literary translation sounds like a "dream yoga". This term refers to the technique used to prepare the mind and body before reaching the deeper levels of consciousness and concentration to meditation. Be that as it may, yoga nidra regularly practiced in independent form as a daily relaxation techniques. Practitioners say that half an hour of yoga nidra replaces up to three hours of normal sleep, but still completely replace the dream yoga nidra is not worth it, because the body and mind still takes some time habitual leisure. 

This dream yoga is a state of consciousness, when the yogi is connected to the Divine energy, staying in contact with the whole cosmos. This energy is beyond time and space, pozvalyaya yoga to see the past, present and future. At this time, the Yogi can also get acquainted with their past lives. Through yoga nidra yoga can work on karma, as the purity of consciousness at this point allows the purification of the subconscious. The subconscious mind at this point is cleared by means of special prayers, known as shankapala. Experienced yoga use yoga-nidra for astral travel, and the highest level of this condition leads to samadhi. By the way, yoga nidra is not to be confused with a variety of self-hypnosis techniques that do not have anything to do with it. 

Sages and yogis yoga-nidra has been known for thousands of years. The Upanishads (Madukhya Upanishad) describes three states: wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep. Yoga nidra is a state of conscious concentration in a deep sleep, which in Madukhya Upanishads called Prajna. This third of four levels of consciousness expressed by the mantra Aum, the sound presented by M. Condition Yogi-nidra is outside the visions and sensations. As the state of conscious deep sleep, yoga nidra is universal and can not belong only to some specific tradition or teachers. 

However, some teachers and schools have focused on yoga-nidra more than others, have more experience in the practical training of followers. Paramyogeshvar Sri Devpuridzhi is one of the first modern proponents of this practice, taught since 1880. During his travels in the Himalayas, Sri Devpudzhi met, among others, by Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, which is well known in Europe and is filed yoga-nidra nkotorym yogis and swamis. 

Swami Satyananda began to popularize the practice of yoga nidra about forty years ago. He described her relationship with the ancient tantric practice, called "Niassa, where each part of the body treated his own mantra in Sanskrit, and during her meditation mentally immersed in a particular area of the body. 

With extensive travel and teaching vseminrnymi Mahamandaleshvar Maheshvaranandy Paramahamsa Swami and Swami Satyananda, Yoga-nidra gradually spread to India, Europe, Australia and the United States, transformed in the system: satyaananda yoga and yoga in daily life. Swami Rama on the Yoga-nidra still continued with the Himalayan Institute of several of his former students. 

The form of the practice of yoga nidra, taught by Swami Satyananda includes eight well-defined phases: internalization, Sankalpa, the rotation of consciousness, breath control, a manifestation of opposites, creative visualization, Sankalpa and externalization. Yoga nidra can practice tolkol under the supervision of an experienced teacher and mastering the practice gradually. In the deeper stages of practice may slow breathing and life processes, which resemble lethargy.

Jnana Yoga

Jnana Yoga 

Jnana yoga is one of the four main paths of yoga (jnana, bhakti, raja and karma), according to the philosophy of yoga and Vedanta. From Sanskrit jnana means "knowledge" and is usually interpreted as "true knowledge of ourselves." In vedantiyskoy school of Hinduism, to know himself as Brahman (supreme transcendental) this is Jnana. Recognize that man is Brahman, pure consciousness, non-involved, non-active and contemplative calm - this is Jnana. 

In the Bhagavad-Gita Sri Krishna says that jnana is from a reliable understanding kshetra (field of activity relates to the body) and kshetradzhny (an expert body, ie the soul). Next on the text of Krishna emphasizes on the fact that anyone who aspires to a transcendental consciousness, must understand the difference between these two concepts. 

Jnana Yoga says that there are four basic ways to achieve liberation. This: 

- Viveka (discrimination): the ability to find the difference between the real and eternal (Brahman) and the unreal and temporary (the rest of the universe); 

-Vairagya (dispassion): after the practice of discrimination a person must be able to separate himself from all time; 

Shad-Sampath (six benefactors): calm (control of mind), dama (control of senses), uparati (denial of social activity, which is not the duty), titiksha (resistance), Sraddha (faith) and samadhana (perfect concentration). 

Yogic knowledge differs from knowledge entsiklopelicheskogo, so to achieve it must also be some way to go. Jnana Yoga is the way to achieve awareness of the laws of the universe. In the practice of jnana yoga is the main tool for meditation and reading of the Holy Scriptures (not only characteristic of Hinduism, as belonging to any religion). 

Jnana yoga practitioners there is little in the western world, what is most interesting in the East, they too are not so much. The fact that this is the path that has the least external manifestations, because of what he often preferred to hatha yoga, bhakti yoga, or Sahaja yoga.

Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga 

Karma yoga, also known as Buddhi Yoga, the "doctrine of" baziruescheesya on the Bhagavad-Gita - the sacred Sanskrit scripture of Hinduism. Karma yoga is one of the four pillars of yoga as such, and focuses on the commitment to duty (dharma) while remaining impartial in relation to all the worldly. It is believed that man can attain moksha (liberation), or the love of God (bhakti) by performing their duties without a shadow of selfishness in order to meet the Creator. Karma Yoga is an optional element of such systems, originating from classical yoga, as Natya Yoga. 

Bhagavad Gita gives a summary of the process of the practice of karma yoga. By itself, the Bhagavad-Gita is the head of a more extensive work, known as the Mahabharata, where there is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and his friend and charioteer - Krishna during the events of dynastic wars. The impulse to communicate is served Ardouny, as he experiences the loss of morale because of the grief and loss that he should suffer, as both warring camps, there are his family and friends. In response, Krishna sheds light on a number of philosophical systems and practices of yoga (including Karma Yoga) through which the fight could still be under the principles of righteousness and justice. 

The word "karma" comes from the Sanskrit kri, meaning "to do", so that in its most basic sense, karma means action, and yoga - union. Thus, karma yoga literary translation as a way of unity through action. It is described as a path of action, reflection and expression, when the practitioner behaves according to his duty (dharma), not recognizing their own selfish desires, likes or dislikes. This action without attachment to the results of actions. 

Krishna describes this work as taking place without expectations, motives or rejection of the fruit. Thus, it can clear the mind of man and make the latter quite objective. He argues that there is no need to remain in the external state of loneliness or inaction, to practice the spiritual life, as the state action or inaction, above all, coordinated intelligence. 

To achieve perfection in life, Krishna speaks of the need to control all the desires of the mind and the tendency to enjoy the pleasures derived through the senses. The practice of Karma Yoga in everyday life makes a man healthy through action, meditation and devotion, making it more acute his mind, developing the intuitive power of knowledge and transcendent consciousness. 

Like many other philosophies of Hinduism, karma yoga is based on a shared understanding of karma and reincarnation (samsara). It is believed that a person is born with the positive and negative karma, which he accumulates in previous lives, and that push e th at certain things in this life. This process continues for as long as the person does not get a zero balance in which karma is not at all, then that person gets released. 

Shankarcharya said that during the practice of karma yoga, the mind is cleared. Thus, he describes the karma-yoga as a way to jnana-yoga, and jnana yoga already leads as a result of human-to Moksha or implementation. 

The Hindu holy Hindu Saint Mata Amritanandamayi says this: "Beauty and the attractiveness of unselfish love and service should not disappear from the face of the earth. The world must know that life in devotion is possible, as well as life, inspired by love and service to humanity. Meditation and studying the scriptures are two sides of one coin. The inscription on this coin is the unselfish service, and this is what gives it real value. Our sympathy and an act of self-sacrifice leads us to the depths of truth. Through the impersonal service, we can uproot the roots of the ego, which obscures Ya dispassionate, impersonal action leads to liberation. This action is not just a job, it - karma yoga.

Integral Yoga

Integral Yoga 

Integral Yoga or Purna Yoga (translated from Sanskrit as a complete yoga), sometimes called Yoga Supermind This name refers to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo on the integration of all parts of the T here with the Divine, and treatment of all affected components to a state of harmony of the higher consciousness . 

Sri Aurobindo founded and established his own school in the early twentieth century as a way to find the integral of the Divine, at the end of which every man freed from ignorance and its consequences, in order to grasp the truth that is beyond human consciousness. He describes the nature and practice of Integral Yoga in his work "Synthesis of Yoga". Title clearly says that his yoga is yoga of synthesis, designed to harmonize parts of karma, jnana, and bhakti yoga, as described in the Bhagavad-Gita. It can be considered synthetic product of Vedanta and Tantra, as well as Western and Eastern approaches to spirituality. 

Many types of yoga, except, perhaps, Natya Yoga, develop only a single aspect of life and the ultimate goal of liberation and the state of transcendence. The aim is Integral Yoga is the transformation of all beings. Because of this, using different practices: physical, vital, mental, emotional and spiritual. Means of transformation of these components is described in detail by Sri Aurobindo, who formulates it all in his integral philosophy. The aim of Integral Yoga is the transformation of all beings, and no, that something is left unattended. 

From other mystical ways of the school of Sri Aurobindo distinguishes the recognition of the need to change the individual and the surrounding world. Thus, the integral Yoga is a two-track: in the foreground is a complete change and transformation of internal and external nature, and the second (not second in importance) spiritual realization of God or the transcendent or the Enlightenment. 

Sri Aurobindo believed this mental consciousness rights transit step in the evolution of the earth, and our civilization - only a step towards the greatest experience and opportunities Supermind. Sri Aurobindo believed Supermind principle, able to organize everything and to coordinate. This consciousness is enclosed in all creation, he believed, and sooner or later, one of the following stages of terrestrial evolution will manifest itself in the outside world. 

In integral psychology of Sri Aurobindo and his entire metaphysics, space is described only in two dimensions or differences. On the one hand suschestvueyut physical, vital, mental and higher transpersonal realities. At the same time, there are manifestations of an external entity, the inner essence and profound mental entities. So all this horizontal and vertical hierarchy of existence was to be transformed through integral yoga.

The essence of bhakti yoga

The essence of bhakti yoga  

In Sanskrit, "Bhakti" means the spiritual attitude of bhakti, a devotee called people to God, God himself, presented in the form of personality. Very bhakti yoga is the real embodiment of human love for God, and the ways of expressing it historically, there were several that led to the fact that today distinguish the nine forms of the embodiment of bhakti yoga. If a devotee to God people wish to know the supreme love for God, he must resort to one of the ways to achieve this. So, you can choose the path of Sravana, which translates as "Hearing God", but the essence of this bhakti-yoga is to study the scriptures of the Hindus, which speak about God.

Lotus Pose

In the system of hatha yoga there is a lot of various exercises, but the most famous of them can be regarded as the lotus position, which they know even those familiar with yoga only hearsay. In order to pose a lotus out most faithful, it should be exactly sit down and stretch my legs, then slowly put the right foot on left thigh, and then perform an identical operation on his left foot. To insure proper implementation of all these movements, it is necessary to draw attention to the location of your heels. Pouso be considered complete only when they relate to each other on the outside and touch the inside of the lower abdomen.