Tag: yoga

  • Jnana Yoga – Role of the Guru

    Truth achieved through meditation and self-realization is different from truth imparted from outside. Ultimately, what is revealed in the scriptures, what is thought out by the mind and what is realized by the spirit through service and meditation must agree. We start our spiritual life with faith, then comes knowledge, followed by experience. How can…

  • Benefits of Fasting

    Just as impure gold is rendered pure by melting it in the crucible again and again, so also this impure mind is rendered purer by repeated fasting. If you cannot fast for the full twenty-four hours, at least fast for 10-12 hours and then take some milk and fruit. Occasionally, a complete fast is greatly…