Showing posts with label sanskrit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sanskrit. Show all posts

Jul 11, 2014

Guru Purnima



Saturday, July 12 is Guru Purnima.

"Yogacharaya Shri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji) was born on the full moon of July 1915, in Kowshika, a small hamlet located 150 kilometers from Mysore in the southern state of Karnataka..."



Chant the Guru Stotram.





Practice with Sharath in the US.




"They thought that the boys and men that would come to my class would be a bit shy because I’m a woman. But I was determined; this was something I wanted to do. So I did it! The decision was all mine..."



Guruji's teacher: Tirumalai Krishnamacharya




Mary Flinn was one of my first serious teachers



Guy Donahaye was my first Mysore teacher


om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya 
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

Jul 5, 2014

History of Sanskrit Language

Sanskrit. While it is the language of yoga, you don't need to be a scholar in order to practice. However, if you are interested in broadening your knowledge, getting familiar with Sanskrit is a great place to start. Here's a quick overview of the history of the language and all you need is two minutes.


Sep 24, 2012

Ashtanga Yoga Dictionary: Tristhana

त्रिस्थान tristhāna

Definition via KPJAYI.org:
This means the three places of attention or action: posture, breathing system and looking place. These three are very important for yoga practice, and cover three levels of purification: the body, nervous system and mind. They are always performed in conjunction with each other.
Asanas [āsana] purify, strengthen and give flexibility to the body. Breathing is rechaka and puraka, that means inhale and exhale. Both the inhale and exhale should be steady and even, the length of the inhale should be the same length as the exhale. Breathing in this manner purifies the nervous system. Dristhi [dṛṣṭi] is the place where you look while in the asana. There are nine dristhis: the nose, between the eyebrows, navel, thumb, hands, feet, up, right side and left side. Dristhi purifies and stabilizes the functioning of the mind.
For cleaning the body internally two factors are necessary, air and fire. The place of fire in our bodies is four inches below the navel. This is the standing place of our life force. In order for fire to burn, air is necessary, hence the necessity of the breath. If you stoke a fire with a blower, evenness is required so that the flame is not smothered out, or blown out of control.
The same method stands for the breath. Long even breaths will strengthen our internal fire, increasing heat in the body which in turn heats the blood for physical purification, and burns away impurities in the nervous system as well. Long even breathing increases the internal fire and strengthens the nervous system in a controlled manner and at an even pace. When this fire is strengthened, our digestion, health and life span all increase.
Uneven inhalation and exhalation, or breathing too rapidly, will imbalance the beating of the heart, throwing off both the physical body and autonomic nervous system.
An important component of the breathing system is mula and uddiyana bandha. These are the anal and lower abdominal locks which seal in energy, give lightness, strength and health to the body, and help to build a strong internal fire. Without bandhas, breathing will not be correct, and the asanas will give no benefit. When mula bandha is perfect, mind control is automatic.

Sep 20, 2012

Video: ThinkingAllowed interview with Prof. Dean Brown



"Prof. Dean Brown points out that most European languages can be traced back to a root language that is also related to Sanskrit - the sacred language of the ancient Vedic Hindu religions of India. Many English words actually have Sanskrit origins. Similarly, many Vedic religious concepts can also be found in Western culture. He discusses the fundamental idea of the Upanishads - that the essence of each individual, the atman, is identical to the whole universe, the principle of brahman. In this sense, the polytheistic traditions of India can be said to be monistic at their very core."

Sep 19, 2012

Yoga Sutras: Samadhi Pada with Dr. M. A. Jayashree

"Chanting the Yoga Sutras has a two-fold benefit. Once you have begun studying the Yoga Sutras, memorization helps in recalling the appropriate sutra in times of doubt—whether you have a doubt about your own experience or you are down because your Ashtanga practice is not progressing well. The repeated browsing mentally of the sutras’ ambiance (manana), in a certain state of mental quietude, will help in getting a flash of the real meaning and also produce the “Aha” experience—perhaps we can call it a three-dimensional understanding. Chanting and memorizing is vital for our knowledge to become wisdom. Whatever texts you study, chanting reveals itself to you in time. It is a kind of tapas, where we bring the physical mind, the rational mind and the emotional mind to a single point. There, not just understanding, but revelation, happens!" 
-Dr. M. A. Jayashree
From "An interview with M.A. Jayashree", PhD. Integral Yoga Magazine. Spring 2010, pp. 33-4. (Transcribed by A. Jamison, 17 April 2011.)







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Sep 18, 2012

Yoga Sutras - Samadhi Pada

1.1   atha yogānuśāsanam
1.2   yogaścittavtti nirodha
1.3   tadā draṣṭu svarūpe'vasthānam
1.4   vttisārūpyamitaratra
1.5   vttaya pañcatayya kliṣṭākliṣṭā
1.6   pramāaviparyayavikalpanidrāsmtaya
1.7   pratyakśānumānāgamā pramāāni
1.8   viparyayo mithyājñānamatadrūpapratiṣṭham
1.9   śabdajñānānupātī vastuśūnyo vikalpa
1.10 abhāvapratyayālambanā vttirnidrā
1.11 anubhūtaviayāsapramoa smti
1.12 abhyāsavairāgyābhyā tannirodha
1.13 tatra sthitau yatno'bhyāsa
1.14 sa tu dīrghakālanairantaryasatkārāsevito dṛḍhabhūmi
1.15 dṛṣṭānuśravikaviayavitṛṣṇasya vaśīkārasajā vairāgyam
1.16 tatpara puruakhyāterguavaitṛṣṇyam
1.17 vitarkavicārānandāsmitārūpānugamāt saprajñāta
1.18 virāmapratyayābhyāsapūrva saskāraśeo 'nya
1.19 bhavapratyayo videhapraktilayānām
1.20 śraddhāvīryasmtisamādhiprajñāpūrvaka itareām
1.21 tīvrasavegānāmāsanna
1.22 mdumadhyādhimātratvāt tato'pi viśea
1.23 īśvarapraidhānādvā
1.24 kleśakarmavipākāśayairaparāmṛṣṭa puruaviśea īśvara
1.25 tatra niratiśaya sarvajñabījam
1.26 sa ea pūrveāmapi guru kālenānavacchedāt
1.27 tasya vācaka praava
1.28 tajjapastadarthabhāvanam
1.29 tata pratyakcetanādhigamo'pyantarāyābhāvaśca
1.30 vyādhistyānasaśaya pramādālasyāvirati bhrāntidarśanālabdha bhūmikatvānavasthitatvāni cittavikepāste 'ntarāyā
1.31 dukhadaurmanasyagamejayatvaśvāsapraśvāsā vikepasahabhuva  
1.32 tatpratiedhārthamekatattvābhyāsa  
1.33 maitrīkaruāmuditopekāā sukhadukhapuyāpuya viayāā bhāvanātaścittaprasādanam
1.34 pracchardanavidhāraābhyā vā prāasya  
1.35 viayavatī vā pravttirutpannā manasa sthitinibandhinī  
1.36 viśokā vā jyotimatī  
1.37 vītarāgaviayam vā cittam
1.38 svapnanidrājñānālambanam vā
1.39 yathābhimatadhyānādvā
1.40 paramāuparamamahattvānto asya vaśīkāra
1.41 kīavtterabhijātasyeva maergrahītgrahaagrāhyeu tatsthatadañjanatā samāpatti
1.42 tatra śabdārthajñānavikalpai saṅkīrā savitarkā samāpatti  
1.43 smtipariśuddhau svarūpaśūnyevārthamātranirbhāsā nirvitarkā  
1.44 etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkma viaya vyākhyātā  
1.45 sūkmaviayatva cāliṅgaparyavasānam
1.46 tā eva sabīja samādhi  
1.47 nirvicāravaiśāradye 'adhyātmaprasāda
1.48 ṛtabharā tatra prajñā  
1.49 śrutānumānaprajñābhyāmanyaviayā viśeārthatvāt  
1.50 tajja saskāro 'nyasaskārapratibandhī
1.51 tasyāpi nirodhe sarvanirodhānnirbīja samādhi


Jan 2, 2012

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4 Sundays 9:45 am - 10:45 am
February 5, 12, 19, 26
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All are welcome, no prior experience necessary.
We'll learn the basics - alphabet, reading, writing.

Recommended for:
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Yoga teacher trainees
Good yoga teachers
Language lovers
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