Bikram Yoga posture

The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit base “yuj” or “to yoke” which supposedly relates to the union of the individual’s soul (Atman) with the universal collective soul (Brahman); both are Hindu conceptual terms used as a reference to the mind, where Oneness only truly exists. Read more

The place of the Vedas in the Hindu mind

When the Vedas were composed, there was probably no system of writing prevalent in India. But such was the scrupulous zeal of the Brahmins, who got the whole Vedic literature by heart by hearing it from their preceptors, that it has been transmitted most faithfully to us through the course of the last 3000 years or more with little or no interpolations at all. Read more

The Upanishads and their interpretations

Before entering into the philosophy of the Upanishads it may be worth while to say a few words as to the reason why diverse and even contradictory explanations as to the real import of the Upanishads had been offered by the great Indian scholars of past times. Read more