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Tilopa’s Six Nails

Powerful advice for meditation from the 10th-century Indian master.

 Repa Dorji Odzer

Tilopa’s Six Words of Advice

Don’t recall. Let go of what has passed.
Don’t imagine. Let go of what may come.
Don’t think. Let go of what is happening now.
Don’t exam

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 6)

 

 The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 6)

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

Bam, Bham, Mam, Yam, Ram, Lam = the matrikas of swadhisthana Vam, Sham, Sham, Sam = the matrikas of mooladhara

Swadhisthana – our own place

Yoga Chudamani Upanishad stresses the importance of man

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 5)

The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 5)

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

Dam, Dham, Nam, Tam, Tham, Dam, Dham, Nam, Pam, Pham = the matrikas of manipura

In Part 4, we had started exploring the 32 Sanskrit consonants and found that the first 25 of them were arranged in

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 4)

 

 The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 4)

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

Kam, Kham, Gam, Gham, Jnam, Cham, Chham, Jam, Jham, Nyam, Tam, Tham = the 12 petals of anahata

Revision

Now we are in time and space. The time is counted out by the sun and moon externally and by

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 2)

 

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

HA + THA = HATHA as in Hatha Yoga KA + SHA = KSHA HAM, THAM, KSHAM, AUM SOHAM & HAMSA

In Part 1, it became clear that simply learning to be aware of sounds, how we make use of them and how they affect us has theoretical and p

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 3)

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

SO + HAM = SOHAM = That I am HAM + SA = HAMSA = I am That; swan A‚ Aa‚ I, Ee, U, Oo, Ri, Ree, Lri, Lree, E, Ai, O‚ Au‚ Am‚ Ah = the 16 vowels of vishuddhi

We are learning the Sanskrit alphabet. It has theoretical and practical

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The Sanskrit Alphabet (Part 1)

Swami Yogakanti Saraswati

AUM = A + U + M

The wonderful thing about the Sanskrit alphabet is that it works on so many levels. English uses the Roman script, and knowing its ABC helps us to read and write and use a dictionary, but the classical ‘diction

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INTERNAL FOCUS

'To attain knowledge add something every day, to attain wisdom remove something every day.'  ancient Chinese proverb.

"No thought enters the mind, no problems arise from the body, and no memories grip the spirit. This overwhelming sense of tranquility

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SUKH-PURVAK - TECHNIQUE

Sukh means Joy. Purvak means Complete. This breathing exercise harmonizes the Muladhara Chakra in order to be able to experience the complete joy.

If you start by practicing this three times in the morning and again at night, you will begin to feel a

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MANTRA OF LOVE

KLEEM (Klim) or OM KLEEM - is a Bija Mantra- the mantra of love and devotion, increasing the love energy within our hearts.

KLEEM has a magnetic quality that draws things to us. It can also be used to hold or fix things in place.


Kleem mantra is used

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ABOUT MEDITATION

“For a time we sat there meditating upon the past, and my Guide said to me, "I see you are meditating to attempting to meditate.' Now there are two very good ways of meditating. You must be content (tilfreds), you must be tranquil (rolig). You cannot

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THE POWER OF CREATIVE VISUALIZATION

What does visualization mean? Everyone is talking about it, but the language is so limited that we usually think the definition of visualization is "seeing something in our mind's eye."

In fact, it is as natural as using any other sense . . . seeing,

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MAHJONG TILES

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Mahjong, also spelled mah jongg, is a game that originated in China. One of the myths of the origin of mahjong suggests that Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, developed the game in about 500 BC. The three dragon (cardinal) tiles also agree with the

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GAZING AT THE WALL MEDITATION

BY BODHIDHARMA

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This is a meditation practice beginning with Bodhidharma, who is regarded as the First Patriarch of Zen meditation.

“Wall-gazing” means to ponder the matter of existence, the meaning of life. In order to practice wall-gazing one must tur

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