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1.#Opinion : Saturday, 11 Nov 2023. 05:30. 3323. /// 1. #What is Yoga? 1.5: Swami Krishnananda.///

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Thirithalinathar Siva-Temple Thirupathur Tamil Nadu:  (Nayanmars) ========================================================================= 1.#Opinion : Saturday, 11 Nov 2023. 05:30. 3323.  Article Yoga and Meditation 1.#What is Yoga? - 5.  (A write-up on the Yoga-Vedanta Forest University published in the July 1957 issue of the Divine Life magazine) ========================================================================= Purna Yoga: Our activities are directed to a particular end. Every act has got a particular meaning. Every action proceeds from a particular source, in a particular manner. But what are all these? These have to be analysed and understood first. One will find that ultimately the actor, the action and the object towards which the action is directed are parts of one cosmic force,  which has been expressed beautifully in one slogam of the Bhagavadgita: "Brahmarpanam brahma havir brahmagnau brahmaha hutam,  brahmaiva tena gantavyam brahma-karma-...

HINDU FASTS & FESTIVALS: 4 - Sri Swami Sivananda.

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======================================================================= Thursday, 02 Nov 2023. 05:30.  4.Gayatri Japa Day Post-4. ======================================================================= 4.Gayatri Japa Day: TO BRING to one’s mind repeatedly the inspiring lives of great personalities, the wise men of all the ancient religions had set apart particular days in the year, as specially sacred and auspicious on their account. On these days, nations and races glorify these lofty personalities, they re-live the spirit of the great events to perpetuate the memory of these great men. Thus we find that the calendar of the Hindus is marked by birthdays of divine incarnations, saints and sages, the Gita Jayanthi, Guru Purnima, Shivaratri, Vaikunta Ekadashi, and many more auspicious occasions. The Gayatri Japa Day is one such very holy and glorious day intended to remind all of the greatest and most glorious of all Mantras, the sacred Gayatri Mantra. The Gayatri is the life and sup...