Dr.King - Author of books on Yoga, Spirituality and Indology

[Quick links] [Pause] I am happy to be back exactly after two months. I know lot of things would have happened in these two months. It is sad that there were so many deaths. I wish they did not happen. During the pause, I was observing that many of you were re-reading/listening past episodes.  Some asked me quite a few interesting questions both as comments as well as through the “Ask me” page in...

[Quick links] [Pause] I am sorry that I am still not in a position to record my voice. So, you have to read these posts on my blog. I hope to get back soon with my regular series on Mind that I paused a month ago. The havoc created by Corona unnerves even a seasoned Yogi. So many deaths not just in underdeveloped countries but even in those countries supposedly advanced and on the cutting edge of...

[Quick links] [Pause] I started this long series of talks on Mind beginning November last year. I spent a month each, discussing various scientific and philosophic aspects of Mind.

[Quick links] [Pause] Many people associate different meanings to the Yogic state called Samadhi. Most people imply a sudden loss of awareness, or an experience of proximity to the divine, and so on.

[Quick links] [Pause] We were discussing the strange and unusual experience that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to go through every now and then. What was it? Let me start with a simple analogy.

[Quick links] [Pause] Samadhi is the final stage of meditation. It is the eighth step of Yoga. As the meditation continues for a prolonged duration, one slips into this state of Samadhi. The question is – “is meditation a necessary precondition to attain samadhi?”.

[Quick links] [Pause] In the past few episodes, I rushed through a selection of meditative practices from various disciplines, both ancient and modern.  I am sure there are many more ways.  In one of my books namely “Meditation – Important things you need to know”, I have hinted that most meditations ultimately lead you to the same destination irrespective of their form and origin. The time taken...

[Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episodes, we climbed the 4 steps of the Yoga ladder and came up to the step namely Pratyahara. The first 4 steps namely Yama, Niyama, Asana, and Pranayama gradually shaped our mind into a well-focused Mind.