finite reality (2)

living love is happiness

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

(challenging questions are welcome)

Vienna,Sunday,January 6,2008:I have said yesterday
ignorance is infinite,unreal,=mithya=,wild goose chase
known in classic Sanskrit =mriga trishnika=.What is
not comprehensible.On the other hand reality is finite,
comprehensible.Real,mind,it has the form of happiness
which is love.That is what is meant by =sat chit ananda=.
Even before coming to happiness and love,we are
made aware =aum= universal radiating energy,=tat=
that identified, =sat= reality.It is in search of this reality
we approach yoga.So when Patanjali starts teaching
yoga system, be begins his sutras, cryptic statements
meant to be explained by the words =atha yoga
anushasanam= now the teaching of the yoga.It implies
yoga is not his creation,it has been there in use.He
is only elaborating it for students.

In other words the sutras are sub-heads of the whole
system science.These are mile stones.The teacher
and the student walk together from one mile stone
to the next.In the process they cover the distance
by understanding.They mile stones or sutras then
serve as reference points,book marks for memory.
The walking together is an exercise.That is
experiencing the depth of knowledge together
by guru and shishya,teacher and disciple.An
opportunity for interaction and especially for the
student a chance to challenge if he remains
unconvinced.

Yoga system is part of the six darshanas or visionary
system of Hindu intellectuals of the old.The six
are 1)nyaya=logic,2) vaisheshika=identifying
significance,3) samkhya=theory 4)yoga=unity
by practice,5) purva mimansa=investigation into
the veda teachings, and 6) vedanta=the sum total
of the veda teachings.These make three inter-
related couples.Thus yoga is based on samkhya
theory.By logic significance is established.On
the basis of the theory unity is accomplished.
By investigation the essence of the vedas
is derived.Therefore yoga helps us to live the
ultimate philosophy of universal love,which is
the true nature of happiness in classic Hinduism.

Then it is clear yoga is not a circus of any kind.
It is living unity by connecting our lives to the
entire universal nature.All the so called yoga
gurus may or may not have walked all the
miles together or parts with guru or alone.If they
have covered the entire distance they are one
with nature like the Buddha,Shakya simha,
=sarvartha siddha= enlightened one.Without
knowing the whole the knowledge remains
incomplete.Those who advertise without
knowing are not to be trusted and followed.

It is advisable not to obey the silly cash grabbing
or power grabbing gurus.Avoid them.As Leo
Tolstoy wrote only recently believe the Kingdom
of god is within you.That is your awakened mind.
That is the message of yoga, Hindu applied
mind science.(end)