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ESSENCE OF YOGA

Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga

1.Brahman or God Exists

 

 

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Para Brahman cannot be demonstrated. But it is possible to infer the existence from certain empirical factors. The existence of Brahman is known from the fact of its being the SELF of everyone. For everyone is conscious of the existence of his self and never thinks "I am not." If the existence of his self were not known, everyone would think: "I am not." This self, of whose existence all are conscious, is Brahman. There is an inherent feeling in everybody: "I exist-Aham Asmi."

You dream sometimes that you are dead and that your relatives are weeping. Even in that supposed death state, you see and hear them weeping. This clearly indicates that, even after the apparent death, life really persists. You exist even after the physical sheath is thrown out. That existence is Atman or Brahman or the Supreme Self.

Close your eyes and imagine for a moment that you are dead. You can never do so. You can never think that you will not exist after death. You will imagine that your dead body is lying flat and that you are witnessing the dead body. This definitely proves that you are always the witnessing subject or Sakshi.

When you are in the dark, when you are behind a veil, if anybody enquires: 'Who is there?', you will unhesitatingly answer: 'It is I'. If he again asks you: 'Who is there?' you will say: 'I am So and So.' This 'I am So and So' is a mental Kalpnana or false superimposition on account of ignorance. At first you have expressed spontaneously your inherent feeling of existence, the big infinite 'I'. Nothing can resist this innate feeling of 'Aham Asmi.'

By whose command are the earth and the sky, the sun and the moon, upheld in their places? By whose command do the seas not overstep their limits? By whose command does the sun rise punctually in the morning and set in the evening? By whose command do the seasons, solstices and the years not transgress? By whose command do Karmas and their performers and their fruits not likewise go beyond their appointed time? It is by the command of Brahman-the Inner Ruler, Controller and Governor.

What is common in trees, ants, birds, stones and man? Existence. A tree exists. A bird exists. A stone exists. A man exists. Existence is Brahman.

Some are rich, some are poor. Some are healthy, some are born blind. Some die at eighty, some die at ten. What is the cause for this variation? This clearly proves the theory of Karma that there is one Omniscient Lord, who is the dispenser of fruits of actions of human beings, who fixes the span of life in accordance with the nature of their actions, who knows the exact relation between Karmas and their fruits. Karma is Jada or insentient. It certainly cannot dispense the fruits of the actions.

In sleep there are no senses, no objects, no mind and yet you experience the highest bliss. Wherefrom have you derived the bliss? The mind rests in Brahman during sleep and it is from Brahman that this Bliss is derived.

Cogito, ergo sum-"I think, therefore, I am." This is Descartes's fundamental basis of philosophy. Sri Sankara says: "This Atman cannot be illusive, for, he who would deny it, witnesses its reality even in denying it."

 

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  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 1.Brahman or God Exists
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 2: Karma Yoga, 3: Bhakti Yoga, 1.Brahman or God Exists, Para Brahman cannot be demonstrated. But it is possible to infer the existence from certain empirical factors. The existence of Brahman is known from the fact of its being the SELF of everyone. For everyone is conscious of the existence of his self and never thinks 'I am not.' If the existence of his self were not known, everyone would think: 'I am not.' This self, of whose existence all are conscious, is Brahman. There is an inherent feeling in everybody: 'I exist-Aham Asmi.' at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 2.Power of Prayer
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 2.Power of Prayer, Prayer elevates the mind. It fills the mind with purity. It is associated with praise of God. It keeps the mind in tune with God. Prayer can reach a realm where reason dare not enter. Prayer can move mountains. It can work miracles. It frees the devotee from the fear of death, brings him nearer to God and makes him feel the divine presence everywhere. It awakens in him the divine consciousness and makes him feel his essential immortal and blissful nature at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 3.Bhakti Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 3.Bhakti Yoga, The term 'Bhakti' comes from the root 'Bhaj' which means 'to be attached to God.' Bhakti is the form of supreme love towards God. It is love for love's sake. The devotee wants God and God alone. There is no selfish expectation here. Bhakti is of the nature of nectar. It is the spontaneous outpouring of love towards God. It is pure unselfish love or Suddha Prem. It is the sacred higher emotion with sublime sentiments that unites the devotee with the Lord. It has to be experienced by the devotees at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 4.Japa Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 4.Japa Yoga, Japa is the repetition of any Mantra or name of the Lord. In this Iron Age, Japa is an easy way for God-realisation. Tukaram, Prahlada, Valmiki, Dhruva and several others attained salvation by Japa alone. Sri Krishna says in the Gita, 'Yajnanam Japa-Yajnosmi'. Among the Yajnas, I am Japa Yajna (Yaga)' at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 5.Sankirtan Yoga
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 5.Sankirtan Yoga, Sankirtan is singing God's name with feeling (Bhava), love (Prema) and faith (Sraddha). In Sankirtan people join together and sing God's name collectively in a common place. Sankirtan is one of the nine modes of Bhakti. You can realise God through Kirtan alone. This is the easiest method for attaining God-consciousness in Kali Yuga or the Iron Age 'Kalau Kesava-Kirtanat' at energyenhancement.org

  • Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 6.Kalisantarana Upanishad
    Sri Swami Sivananda, Essence of Yoga Chapter 3: Bhakti Yoga, 6.Kalisantarana Upanishad, At the end of Dvapara Yuga, Narada went to Brahma and said: 'O Lord! How can I cross Kali or mundane existence easily?' Brahma replied. 'Well asked. Hearken to that which all Vedas keep secret and hidden, through which one may cross the Samsara or mundane existence. He destroys the evil effects of Kali through the mere uttering of the word 'Lord Narayana,' who is the primeval Purusha!' at energyenhancement.org

 

 

 
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