“INTRODUCTION
The Impulse Toward Transcendence
I. REACHING BEYOND THE EGO-PERSONALITY
The desire to transcend the human condition, to go beyond our ordinary consciousness and ...”
“Most of the Hindu Yoga texts, such as the Yoga-Sûtra, Bhagavad-Gîtâ, or Hatha-Yoga-Pradîpikâ, are written in the Sanskrit language. Thus, it is understandable that more serious students of Yoga ...”
“We all seek to maximize happiness and minimize pain and suffering. Beneath this fundamental theme is the urge to find our true identity. Few of us are aware of this process or the reason for much of ...”
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Wisdom—in Sanskrit buddhi—arises in us whenever the quality of sattva grows stronger in the mind. Sattva, which literally means “being-ness” (from sat “being” and tva ...”
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If Yoga isn’t something that we do, but something that we are or become, we all have inside us a green yogi nature?
As Vyasa explained in his commentary on ...”