mokksh
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Posted : Oct 8, 2011 18:36:29
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Giving some Insights on Hatha Yoga and its benefits ... Hope u guys enjoy it and benefit from it .. The book is been written by Swami Svatmarama ...who, it is thought, lived between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. The Pradipika has thus been referred to as a nebrively recent addition to the literature of yoga, which goes back to the Vedas (1500 bc). In fact, Svatmarama was part of the long unbroken line of sages or rishis,
descended from Brahma, by whom hatha vidya was passed down through the ages.
Peace, Love and Light !!!!
Hatha yoga, or hatha vidya (the science of hatha yoga) is commonly misunderstood and
misrepresented as being simply a physical culture, divorced from spiritual goals.
We are caught up in emotions like lust (kama), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), infatuation (moha),
pride (ynadha) and malice (matsarya). Hatha yoga helps us to overcome these obstacles and
hindrances to spiritual development. It is a biochemical, psycho−physiological and psycho−spiritual
science which deals with the moral, mental, intellectual and spiritual aspects of man, as well as the
physical and physiological. We can clarify our understanding of hatha yoga by first examining five
important underlying concepts: mind, knowledge, aims of life, health and afflictions.
Hatha Yoga or Hatha Vidya
Hatha means to stick fast, to be devoted and to hold closely or firmly. Yoga means to unite, to
associate, to yoke and to join. It also means zeal, endeavour, fixing the mind on one point, holding
the body in a steady posture, contemplation and meditation. Vidya means knowledge, art and
science.
The Goddess Parvati, the wife of Lord Siva, approached her Lord for guidance to ease the suffering of humanity. Lord Siva revealed to her the greatest of all sciences for
the holistic development of man−−the science of hatha yoga.
On receiving yogic knowledge from Siva, Parvati imparted it to Brahma, who taught it to his
children born of his own will, the sages such as Narada, Sanaka and Sanatkumara, who passed it on to Vasista and others. Hatha vidya was set down in the Hatha yoga pradipika by Yogi.
Peace and joy to all
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