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Rules and regulations are important
Morning Satsang with Vishwaguruji, Strilky Ashram, Czech Republic.When you are angry, greedy and jealous it touches the Manipur chakra, and heat rises up. The words of the master help us to overcome some psychological conditions. It is very important to keep the four … read more »
The Path of Conscious Living and Mercy
The soul's purification through yoga and mercy is essential in this age.We gather in a place with strong spiritual vibration, welcoming many from around the world. This practice is global and neutral, unrelated to religion, focusing solely on liberating the soul. We are covered by ignorance and … read more »
Flowing of prana and consciousness
The body must be kept whole for the free flow of prāṇa.The 72,000 nerves must be clear and undamaged; this state is called akhaṇḍa. Tattoos or wounds break this integrity, creating leaks in energy. A story illustrates that a physical blemish once saved a life by making … read more »
The Heritage of India: A Glimpse into Timeless Wisdom
The heritage of India is a living civilization based on eternal truths.Rakṣā Bandhan is an ancient tradition promoting love and protection, evolving into a festival of universal friendship. Indian civilization endures because its foundational principles are timeless, like the sunrise. The scriptures contain profound knowledge of the … read more »
Ask for the eternal love
The Ātmā is immortal, and the Jīvātmā, the individual soul, shares that immortality but is bound by karma in the cycle of saṃsāra.Our duty is to act with awareness. Every action has a form, and the intellect judges it, but the final choice is ours. True awareness awakens viveka, or discernment, which provides clarity but does not command. … read more »
The Path of Discipline: Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna and the Inner Chariot
The Kriyā Anuṣṭhāna is a profound sādhanā for spiritual development.This practice brings peace, balance, and self-awareness. The complete discipline lasts three months, requiring strict isolation, silence, and a pure diet. Most practitioners undertake a shorter, condensed version. Success demands rigorous physical and mental preparation, including … read more »
Keep your energies pure
This seminar is for purifying energy and retreating the body.Modern life fills us with stress and impure energies from electronics, pollution, and others. We must cleanse these through our practice. Maintain physical space from others to avoid exchanging foreign energies. Use natural materials like kuśa … read more »
Vairagya and Sadhana
Steady practice corrects our inner energy systems.Yogic kriyā repairs our chakras like an engineer fixes a machine. Modern life creates stress and retreats, but true balance comes from shared presence, not escape. The mind is an unseen server governing everything; its proper … read more »
Perfections
This gathering is a gurukul of the heart, a family for spiritual learning.Even divine beings like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa studied in a guru's household. Ancient wisdom contained profound science and sense, but modern mentality has lost this reality, causing suffering. Humans were created with divine abilities, but a … read more »
The mind is a cheater
The inner battle is governed by the polluted antaḥkaraṇa, making bhakti yoga the essential path in Kali Yuga.The antaḥkaraṇa consists of four principles: manas, buddhi, citta, and ahaṁkāra. These are polluted by malā, vikṣepa, and āvaraṇa. The mind is particularly greedy, tempted, restless, and a thief; it is a reflection one cannot correct … read more »
Questions and answers from Vep
Maintain conscious distance to preserve your spiritual energy.Every touch exchanges energy, like a bee transferring pollen between flowers. This exchange can impart impressions or drain vitality. During practice, maintain a space between hands, roughly an arm's length around your body. Sitting on natural … read more »
Awareness of being a Human
The universe arises from a singular, limitless consciousness.From its vibration, light manifests, followed by creation and duality. Humans are gifted with intellect to discern divine qualities from negative ones. True human nature is compassion, mercy, and love. Education begins with parents, imparting spiritual … read more »
Morning exercise with Vishwaguruji
Morning practice with Vishwaguruji from Prachatice, Czech Republic.
Dawn Meditation
A guided practice for relaxation and meditation.Begin with physical stretches to prepare the body. Perform a breathing exercise called Bhastrikā for fifty-one cycles to become warm and refreshed. Then, close the eyes for a meditation. Withdraw from the external world and come … read more »
The Healing Bridge: Integrating Yoga into Modern Medicine
A holistic yoga system offers a vital complement to modern medicine within a globalized, rapid, and restless world.Western medicine excels at structural issues but faces challenges with widespread psychosomatic conditions. Applying yoga occurs on three levels: as preventive self-care to reduce systemic costs, as a supportive adjunct to enhance medical treatments, and as … read more »
Yoga, Health, and Peace: A Medical Perspective
True health requires integrating physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being, which modern life disrupts.Our unnatural lifestyle causes chronic stress, damaging our organs and leading to widespread disease. Yoga is a holistic, evidence-based system addressing this. It works on three levels: conscious practices like meditation influence the cortex; prāṇāyāma calms … read more »
A Welcome Address on Peace and Yoga
Peace is humanity's deepest longing, achieved through inner transformation.Outer circumstances reflect our inner state; greed, jealousy, and hate destroy peace. We must be the change we wish to see, serving as examples. True peace harmonizes us physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Yoga provides a … read more »
Education for Flexible Identities
Education requires recognizing the teacher and learner within oneself.If you cannot find the guru inside, you cannot recognize an adequate external guide. One must simultaneously be governed and govern, embodying this contradiction to harmonize self and society. True education awakens self-education first in oneself, … read more »
Yoga in Daily Life: Health Promotion in the Czech Republic
Yoga in Daily Life systematically promotes health in the Czech Republic.The system began here in 1973, based on the traditional concept of Vedānta. It offers training on four levels: physical, mental, social, and spiritual, for everyone regardless of background. This aligns with the national health strategy, … read more »
The Path of Yoga for Universal Peace
Yoga is the universal manual for achieving peace.It is far more than physical flexibility; it is the interconnection of body, mind, and spirit, extending from the individual to all humanity and nature. Lasting peace has not been found through material wealth or political … read more »
Opening Address: Yoga for World Peace and Non-Violence
Yoga is a universal principle for achieving peace, beginning with inner peace.Our organization supports this conference to promote non-violence and harmony, values shared by yoga and Hindu teachings. Personal qualities like truth, compassion, and self-control are essential for this journey. We believe all religions are equal paths … read more »
The Means Are the End: On Non-Violence, Patience, and Peace
The means are the end; the purity of the instrument determines the outcome.Life initially teaches non-violence through powerlessness, when a violent response is impossible. Yet true understanding comes with maturity. Society focuses on ends, neglecting means. This creates fundamental questions: can war bring peace or violence bring justice? … read more »
A Message of Peace from Prague
The key to our future is universal unity and peace.I witnessed this spirit in a crowded square where people of all languages smiled together, a vision for our world. Achieving this requires not just public desire but political will. Prague has a historical legacy of … read more »
The Silent Revolution: Yoga as the Antidote to Mind Pollution and Failed Leadership
We need a silent revolution in leadership and consciousness.Old models have failed, creating crisis. Leaders are overwhelmed, lack self-awareness, and cannot inspire, leaving people disengaged. The solution is changing leaders. We are entering a cognitive age where mind care is paramount. Control your thoughts, … read more »
World Peace is in Our Hands
World peace is in our hands.Our world is increasingly turbulent and ambiguous, requiring more than linear answers. We must create resilient societies focused on shared peace and well-being. A world without peace, equitable wealth distribution, and planetary care will not survive. … read more »
Vishwagurujis speech at peace conference in Prague
The roots of Yoga in Daily Life are traced to the saint Ālakapurījī from the Satya Yuga.Evidence was found after long research, including the discovery of his Himalayan cave between Kedarnath and Badrinath. The river Alaknandā is named after him. When it meets the Bhagīrathī at Devaprayāg, they form the complete Ga … read more »
Meditation from Prague
A guide to meditation and prāṇāyāma.Sit comfortably upright with a mālā for mantra repetition. Close the eyes, withdraw from the external world, and relax the entire body. Chant Oṁ to center awareness. Feel the body's relaxed, motionless state and the subtle … read more »
Trust your Gurudev
The moon's influence is significant until Guru Pūrṇimā, a time connected to Śiva's energy.The moon affects the earth and oceans, creating tides. Yet, greater than any planetary influence is the protection of the Guru's grace. This grace acts as an ultimate safeguard for the seeker. Belief in astrological fears … read more »
Discipline in Yoga
Gurupurnima celebration with Vishwaguru Maheshwarananda, Om Ashram, Jadan, India.If we would like to achieve anything, discipline is very important. It is important in yoga sadhana as well. If someone doesn't follow the discipline, success will not come.
Gurupurnima Satsang 2017
This night awakens the sleeping Jīva, which has wandered through countless births.The Jīva carries the Saṃskāra, the memory of past lives, which manifests as inherent fear and sorrow. To escape this fear, beings seek refuge in pilgrimages and temples, asking for relief from pain. Yet the true … read more »
International day of Yoga 2017
Yoga is a fundamental system of knowledge leading to self-realization and unity.It begins as physical practice but becomes a transformative way of life, offering inner peace and a comprehensive worldview. This practice increases self-awareness and fosters harmony with one's surroundings. It is celebrated as a daily affair … read more »
The Pranas
The science of prāṇa and prāṇāyāma governs our health and vitality.Ten prāṇas, including Prāṇa and Apāna, sustain specific bodily functions. Specialized prāṇas operate the eyes, ears, heart, and liver. Prāṇa brings nourishment in, while Apāna expels waste; weak Apāna causes issues like constipation. Illness arises from … read more »
Why do we need purification?
Yoga is the essential practice for sustaining energy, health, and consciousness in human life.We are the protectors of creation and the solution to our problems. The human body is a divine creation from the five elements, containing life itself, which we must keep pure. We are destroying nature with … read more »
Peace Tree planting in Voderady
A tree is blessed for peace and wishes on the International Day of Yoga.Yoga is for the environment, not just humans. This tree symbolizes peace, like the Vṛkṣāsana posture derived from trees. The ceremony involves circling the tree with positive wishes. Attendees are given instructions for photos and seating, … read more »
Protecting Nature
The International Day of Yoga celebrates a universal science for harmony.Yoga is the union of body and spirit, a path to health and awareness beyond any single religion. It awakens us to live in peace with nature and all living beings. The practice is for everyone, … read more »
Yoga will save the Earth
Yoga is an ancient science of body, mind, and consciousness, reflecting the five elements of creation.Humans, uniquely endowed with intellect, are solely responsible for the pollution damaging the earth, from plastics to contaminated water. Conferences on pollution or vegetarianism are hypocritical when attendees' actions contradict their words; change requires personal practice, … read more »
Nothing is more valuable than Satsang
The roots of spirituality are found in following the eternal guidance.A spiritual atmosphere was once absent here, with only physical yoga practiced. People longed for more, as interest in these teachings existed in books. From that initial seed, a complete system for life grew, spreading widely. … read more »
Is this thought really important to you?
A guided meditation on analyzing and releasing thoughts to achieve mental freedom.Settle into a comfortable posture, relaxing the entire body. Observe the natural breath, feeling the body's energy and motionlessness. Release all thoughts to relieve stress. Now, analyze your thoughts. From many thoughts, select one major thought. … read more »
Peace Tree planting in Debrecen
Peace Tree planting ceremony from the Botanic Garden in Debrecen, Hungary.
Value of Satsang and practicing
Satsa g is rare and yoga is a profound science.Satsa g, the gathering with saints to hear of God, is exceptionally rare. It leads to peace, bliss, and Brahmaloka, not the limited heaven. Yoga is an ancient science for the body, mind, and soul. The … read more »
Ayurveda - The science of life
Ayurveda is a comprehensive science of life, not a single topic.Its origin is mythological, said to come from the creator Brahmā through divine beings like Dhanvantari before passing to human sages. The knowledge was compiled into key texts like the Caraka Saṃhitā for medicine and Suśruta … read more »
Morning exercise with Vishwaguruji
A morning session integrates physical postures with breathwork to cultivate health and awareness.Begin by relaxing the entire body and synchronizing movement with breath. Specific exercises like leg cycling strengthen digestion and release tension. The focus then shifts to the core, engaging the navel center which is vital for … read more »
I am bliss
Yoga is a science for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, designed to create harmony with all life.Human consciousness must develop peace, moving beyond competitive pride and hidden ego. Animals sense human energy, which is often untrustworthy due to impure inner faculties of mind, intellect, consciousness, and pride. The practice aims to purify … read more »
Meditation with AUM
The practice of Aum chanting coordinates sound, breath, and awareness to purify energy and consciousness.The resonance ascends from the navel through three distinct levels. The first sound, 'A,' projects into space. The second, 'U,' returns to resonate within the body. The third, 'M,' transfers from the crown chakra to the … read more »
Practice with Vishwaguruji
Morning excercise with Vishwaguruji from Prachatice, Czech Republic.Yoga in daily life is one of the best systems against the stress. It is very good for the heart, circulation and for removing tension from the whole body and from the mind.
Yoga in Daily Life leads to good health
Children are the culture of tomorrow, and yoga is the education that creates perfect humans.Yoga guides children away from negative habits and toward a bright future through practice, song, and parental support. It leads to non-violence, peace, health, and happiness. True happiness is a free gift from God within us; … read more »
The glory of Satsang
Bhajan and kirtan are devotional practices.Bhaja means to repeat, remember, and have devotion toward the Supreme; this is bhajan. Kirtan is the constant chanting of a divine name, whose power resides within the name itself. Bhajan contains deeper teaching through poetry … read more »
Techniques of Meditation
Āyurveda balances life; yoga reveals purpose.Karma, action through body, mind, speech, or wealth, binds everyone. Time, a human construct, waits for none, not even gods. The goal is to transcend time and space, realizing the oneness beyond individuality. The mind, a … read more »
Sources of happiness
Health is the foundational wealth for happiness, achieved through the balance of yoga and Āyurveda.Health is the first wealth; without it, everything is nothing. Yoga and Āyurveda are two wings for balance: yoga harmonizes astral energy and emotions, while Āyurveda maintains physical health. The primary happiness is a healthy body. … read more »