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by : Swami Ram
Swarupji
DEFINITION
OF A PREFECT YOGI
PRAISE OF YOGA PHILOSOPHY IN VEDAS
The
Divine Word Yoga is generated from dhatu-Yuj Samadhau which means
Samadhi and from Yujir Yoge which means to be united with God. Samadhi means
realization of God or final liberation. Now days so many kinds of
Yoga are being introduced in the public like Hath yoga ,Bhakti yoga, Karma yoga ,Gyan yoga ,Naad
yoga ,Laya yoga ,Swar yoga ,shatang yoga ,Raj yoga ,Dhayan yoga
,Jap yoga etc.As stated in the previous lecture no 5 ,these
different kinds of yoga interpretations are not mentioned in four
Vedas and six Shastras and other ancient spiritual books written
by the ancient Rishis / Munis before Mahabharata war about more than five thousand years ago.Therefore, it is
very much clear that our ancient Rishis , Munis practised only one
Ashtang Yoga with its eight fold paths i.e; Yama ,Niyama, Aasan ,Pranayam
,Pratyahar ,Dharna ,Dhayan and Samadhi stated in the most
authenticated and ancient holy books viz. Four Vedas and Patanjali
yoga Darshan etc. Yajur veda mantra 7/4 and Patanjali Yoga Darshan
sutra 2/29 preaches all about the said Ashtang Yoga in token and
its brief description will be given in the following lectures.
Perhaps Eight Fold Paths Of
The Ashtang Yoga Not Being Preached Fully Now:
It
is a matter of sorrow that somewhere only one path of Ashtang Yoga
i.e., Aasan is being introduced as Yoga education unethically
being against the ancient holy books like four Vedas and Yoga Darshan etc.
Again, somewhere only meditation is being called Yoga knowledge,
where as it is only the seventh path i.e., Dhayan of the Ashtang
Yoga.Thus where only Aasan is being
taught there the first two paths Yama and Niyama and the last five paths i.e,Pranayam Pratyahar ,Dharna ,Dhayan
Samadhi have been excluded from the ancient and authenticated well
known eight fold paths of
Ashtang
yoga at one's own accord. Similarly where only meditation is being
taught as yoga Philosophy, naturally, the seven remaining paths of
Ashtang yoga have been omitted. Now a days usually sadhus define
Yoga education merely
to sit, to remember
the Holy name of God and concentrate at one point. This one is not
a theory of the above said AshtangYoga. However this is the silent
repetition of a Mantra/God’s name and should be done separately
while sitting on suitable Aasan (posture). This omission from
Ashtang Yoga education has created a lot of misunderstanding with
regards to the great Indian Vedic philosophy of Yoga knowledge all over the world. However, to do the Aasan only
may help to
promote our health to
some extent but cannot bless us with peace and other divine
qualities like salvation briefed in previous lectures .
DEFINITION
OF A PREFECT YOGI :-
When a devotee learns
Ashtang Yoga Philosopy (from Yama to Samadhi) under guidence and
blessing of an experienced Yogi, he is merged in practicing the eight fold path of Yoga philosophy step by step.Thus
after long practice when he becomes able to control his five
senses(ear, nose, eyes, tongue, skin)and five organs (hands,
mouth, legs, rectum and sex)and eleventh the mind,then with the
result he controls
the chitta-vritti reaching
at seventh fold path
i.e., Dhayan (meditation).At this stage the devotee becomes purified keeping
aside sex, anger etc., and worldly materialistic dirts. In
this purified condition with the bliss of Almighty God he attains
the eighth and final liberation stage of Samadhi (Yoga), where his
soul realizes him and the Almighty God therein .This utmost
merriment and final liberation stage of soul is called
Samadhi(Yoga). Vyas Muni, Vashisht Muni, Rishi Vishwamitra and so
many other Rishis mentioned in Mahabharta,Valmiki Ramayana,Tulsi
Das’s Ramayana,Shashtras and Upnishads are recognized as true
Samadhi attained Yogis traditionally at present perhaps,the said
tradition looks over .In this connection Tulsi Das ji very rightly
has shown sorrow in
Uttarkand couplet 99(ka) that now a days oftenly the saints who have left the true path of Yoga and Vedas do not
talk less than on the matter of Braham Gyan whereas they do
not know about it.So called saints mostly have created their own
paths of worships
against Vedas and truth.Tulsi further states in verses about the
effect of present time(Kalyug)that so called saints are having
long-long beards and hairs,thief of others money with tacts,tell
lie and mostly make spending fun.Tulsi Das ji tells that in Kalyug
those saints who have these type
of qualities are mostly praised and are famous to be a Braham
Gyani (Yogi) .Only at the stage when a true Yogi like Vishwamirtra
, Guru Vashisht etc., Yajur Veda mantra 5/14 recite
yunjte
man yut yunjte---
i.e., the said Yogi places
his mind / chitta in Almighty God and realizes the utmost merriment.
In Yajur Veda mantra 31/
Aham
ved Mahantam purushah--
i. e., the Yogi realizes God ,the God who is self enlightened.Yajur
Veda mantra 34/44 recites that only the aspirant who has attained
the last 8th fold path stage of yoga, he only realizes omnipresent
God .Rig veda mandal 10th sukta 124 mantra 7 says that at this stage
Almighty God fully fulfills the soul with utmost merriment .Here we
must note that Vedas as well as sutra 1/7 of Patanjali Yoga Darshan
says that to determine the truth, the proof of Vedas is 100% essential and all the ancient and the present
wiser know it very well and those who do have not studied Vedas and practiced Yoga Philosophy they are
against the fundamentals and Tulsi Das ji has given their
description a lot in Uttarkand .We must know that the Vedas/Shastras/Upanishads
accept only the views mentioned in the Vedas as a proof .This fact
has been mentioned in the Vedas as self proof and in Yoga Shashtra Sutra 1/ 7.In this connection
Kapil Muni, writer of Samkhaya Shashtra,says that the thing which has been determined on the basis of true proof of
Vedas that can not be condemned on the basis of mere imagination.For
example Vyas Muni quotes that if somebody says that he has made a bow from rabbit’s horns then it can not be accepted as a
truth because it is a direct proof of our eyes that a rabbit does
not have horn. Therefore merely
on the imagination the rabbit’s horn made bow can not be accepted in reality. Vedas and Shashtra,
similarly,tell that without giving the proof of Vedas/Shashtras
self-made views are not acceptable and this fundamental law to know
truth from Vedas cannot be changed .So we must learn that only the
Ashtang yoga has been preached by the God in four Vedas.
Yagvalka
Muni in his Smriti 1/8 says that to realize soul and Almighty God by
virtue of the Yoga philosophy is the utmost religious duty of the
mankind . Yoga fulfills the desires, keeps away from the tensions,
illness and oldage and at last even overcomes the death.
PRAISE OF YOGA PHILOSOPHY IN VEDAS
Saam Veda
mantra 163 says- "Yoge yoge Indram
uteye hawamahe---"
The
divine word yoge relates in the matter of practicing Ashtang Yoga.
When we learn and do yoga practice of Aasan , Pranayam etc .Indram
-Almighty God ,uteye-protection from evils like immoral sex ,anger,proud
etc., control on five senses and five organs and the false
materialistic affairs .
Hawamahe-we
call or remember the God. Therefore the meaning of this Veda mantra
is that when a devotee is fully emerged to study and practice eighth
fold path of Yoga philosophy doing Aasan , pranayam and meditation
etc., he must remember God doing worship ,admire and prayer for
seeking protection from the hidden foe of the Yoga stated above .
Now
it concludes that the word Yoga is a divine word because of its use
in four Vedas as already stated in the previous lecture.
In
this matter Rigveda mantra 8 /100/11 also clarifies that each word
used in the Vedas is a divine word , stating_'Divya
Vacham Devaha Ajnyant'
Divya Vacham means divine words of the Vedas.Devaha means Rishi
Munis who knows the Vedas.Ajnyant means to produce pronunciation
.That is, first of all the Rishi-Munis utter the divine holy words
of Vedas and thereafter common men and women become able to
pronounce and know the same.Yajur veda mantra 31/11 says--
`'Brahmano
Asaya Mukham Aseet[Brahm means
who knows Vedas]
that is
he who knows
Brahm is only an authorized Rishi to deliver preach and to denote
Yoga philosophy.Here we must note that in Mahabharat Shanti-Parv
Shalok 20,, Bhisham Pitamaha says, --- “Oh!
Yudishtar the God is in two forms to understand-----Shabd Brahm and Par Brahm”.
Shabd Brahm means the knowledge of four Vedas to know by its study and Par Brahm means
realization
of adorable god through the power of Yoga education.The God who is omni present and creates the universe.By virtue of Yoga
philosophy understood from Vedas ,that is why Bhisham Pitamaha further says that, he who becomes a philosopher of Shabd
Brahm i.e., of four Vedas by means of its study including Yoga philosophy mentioned therein, and secondly
when he practises Ashtang Yoga and attains Samadhi then he only
realizes Par Brahm i.e.,omni present God. It concludes that to
realize Almighty God perfection in Shabad Braham (Vedas) and Ashtang
Yoga both are essential fundamentally. Therefore ,we see that it is
not so easy. In Bhagwat Geeta shalok 7/19 Lord Krishna authentically
says that the devotee who has been continuously meditating for the
last so many births,he hardly realizes God at last. Lord
Krishna further states in the shalok that this type of Yogi (alive) is not easy to meet. However to learn the Yoga
education and the instigated deeds/duties from Vedas,r equirement of
a learned alive Rishi-Muni-Yogi-Saint is stressed by fourVedas/Shashtras
traditionally which one
is also a duty of all the human beings to obey as obeyed by our
forefathers even by Lord Rama whose Guru was Vashisht Muni and Lord
Krishna whose Guru was Sandeepan Rishi. Both the Rishi-Muni were
well conversant and philosopher
of four Vedas and Ashtang Yoga and therefore used to do Yajna also.
It is also a matter of sorrow that oftenly the saints of the present
time are usually comparing them with the Rishis and Munis but they
do not know Vedas/Ashtang Yoga.These saints even dares openly to say
that because Lord Rama and Krishna also adopted Guru so the people
should also accept them (present saints)as a Guru. People,
thus,being innocent about Vedas Ashtang Yoga/Yajna and the past
history of our forefathers accept the false Gurus stated in Tulsi Das Ramayan couplet 99(ka)and
verses of Uttarkand stated above. Here we must learn that
fundamental of the
Almighty God preached in Vedas can not be changed.
As
per the comments by Vyas Muni the Yoga(Samadhi) is a special quality
of chitta(mind) in every stage ,because it is a habit of the mind to
think by any means every time .There are five stages of
chitta,kshipt(f{kIr),murh(ewn),vikshipt(fof{kIr),ekagr(,dkx),nirudh(fuj))
when the chitta is in touch with rajo quality of prakriti and is
wandering in materialistic world,this stage of chitta is called
kshipt and is not fit for learning yoga philosophy.When it is in
concern with tamo quality of prakriti,then chitta being lazy does
not have interest in doing simple or hard job and it is a stage
of murh and is not fit for yoga philosophy.At third stage, when the
worldly desires are not fulfilled and the vritti is puzzled, it is
vikshipt stage of chitta and too is not fit for learning Yoga
philosophy.The fourth stage of chitta is called
ekagr(concentration).In this stage the chitta has controlled the
materialistic desires and has concentrated on one point that is
eager to know truth.Only at this stage aspirant is capable to learn
the knowledge of Yoga philosophy. The fifth stage is called Nirudh,
in which the Vritti becomes dead[having little bit effect only]
.This stage is called Sampargyat Samadhi(Yoga) being not final
liberation because, the word ,chitta vritti nirodh has got not the
word complete chitta Vritti Nirodh, in the sutra.when complete
chitta vritti is stopped and chitta becomes totally dead, then this
stage is called Asampargyat Samadhi[full Samadhi-final liberation].
There are 4 kinds of this Sampargyat Samadhi (Yoga)-Vitarkanugat,Vicharanugat,
Anandanugat and Asmitanugat,brief description of which follows.
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