Swamiji TV

Other links



Video details

The Science of Yoga

Life originates from divine consciousness and manifests through all beings. Existence emerged from emptiness, with the principle of Śiva giving rise to the elements and all life forms. The attraction between male and female energies sustains creation. Humans have evolved with intellect, developing science, yet our physical life is temporary like a flame. True essence is the eternal life force, or jīva, present in all creatures, identical in an ant and an elephant. This indivisible consciousness is like a drop merging into the ocean. We exist in Kali Yuga, a challenging age. Modern ailments like cancer arise from consuming chemicals and non-organic foods, which harm the body and earth. Health requires personal discipline: practice yoga daily, fast on Mondays and Fridays, eat primarily organic vegetables and grains, and avoid excess meat, alcohol, and overeating. Keep the navel area healthy. Simple daily techniques, like focused breathing and sound vibration through the spine, purify and maintain well-being. Respect both medical science and yogic science for a balanced life.

"From that emptiness, different kinds of elements were created: the sky and light."

"Your physical body is bigger, but the tiny one and the bigger one are the same."

My dear sisters and brothers, all from this part of the country. I have been to your country many times, and to this city as well, many times. The coronavirus created many problems for humanity, but it is good now; life is returning and becoming better. I always begin with a small prayer. In every country, there are different people. As you know, I have traveled the whole world for nearly 50 years, to India and many other countries. We also say a prayer. Here, you might say "Good morning," and that is all. In yoga, throughout the whole world, we begin with this first kind of prayer. In that way: Śānti. Alakh Purījī Mahādev Kī Jai, Devādhidev Dev Purīṣa Mahādev Kī Jai, Haride Bhagavān Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān Kī Jai. Oṁ Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ. First, we said Oṁ. Oṁ consists of three sounds, representing the three deities: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. These three have brought forth everything in the whole world, for ages and ages. This tradition comes mostly from India, originating from the Himalayas. Long, long ago in your country, there was nothing, only a glare. So, when and how did humans come? There are 8.9 billion different kinds of creatures. Life first came through water. It is said that in the highest Himalayas, when humans were coming into being, there was only Śiva. Śiva came from Himself. There was no mother, no father, no humans, nothing—no man, no woman. Everything was only empty. From that emptiness, different kinds of elements were created: the sky and light. From this space came the five elements, and from that, humans emerged. But first was Śiva. It all comes from space, fire (Agni), and all this. How did it come? I will not go on for very long. Then Śiva, the male principle, manifested from Himself one female and one male. Our right side is male, and the left side is female. From that, everything begins. After that comes a long history which I will not recount now. But we all, as men, have more energy and feelings of attraction toward women. And women have more feelings of attraction toward men. Otherwise, they would separate and be gone. So, we know that until now, a man is a man. But when a girl is born, everybody says, "Oh, a good girl." This is good for women. And females, they do not look too much at other ladies; they look at men. Why? This is attraction. And that attraction is what causes us to multiply. In that way, we are still here, and there are many, many creatures. But out of all this, one creature is the human. At that time, humans also had a small head, not a big one. But nowadays, we are all good; our brain is good, we have everything very good, we are happy, we are joyful. We have learned many things, and we are very good. We will continue to develop, and that is what we call science. That science has come from humans. We are going far, and we are going far, but in the end, we are gone. Yes. We have writings from someone who wrote very nicely and died about 200 years ago. We learn from his readings, we take knowledge from this. In that way, we brought about airplanes and many things, and we are going into space. But we are like a little flame of fire. When there is no more oil or fuel, the flame is gone. Where has the flame gone? How have we gone? How did fire come? We have gone to our humans, and we are learning more and more. The second part is yoga. Yoga is different. The science of yoga, yogic science, is different. For that, it is said that all we are doing... you have here the yogic religion; perhaps you have a church here. We go to church in the morning, in the evening, etc. Why? It does not matter if we have learned or not. But why? We call it God, but where is God? I have not seen God. But I know that it is in me, though I have not seen it still. We also cannot see anything. We see Jesus, or Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Śiva, etc., but physically. Where are they when they are not inside? Suddenly, where is that one? And which one will that be? Then we humans, we humans only, we see two things. Some say it is a ghost. The door is closed, no light, and we open the door and some sound comes. What is that? We make light, and there was a bird, a little bird inside. This is the one, the second. We see God, yes. And we go to church. Temples, Oṁ, are everywhere. We also go to God. But still, yes, we feel it is God, our God. And when we die, where is that? We worship. When we die, someone sends us to the funeral, etc. But it is said that when we die—any animals, birds, any animals, any human—everyone has a life. Life, even a tiny little animal, an ant. This ant has a life, and that life is God. Big humans, buffaloes, a cow, an elephant—they are big, but they also have God inside. There is no difference. Your physical body is bigger, but the tiny one and the bigger one are the same. We have a big fire here, and a tiny fire is also there. This tiny little flame of fire can burn this whole building. And with all of this, we can, with the fire, make it silence. Because we are one. For example, the ocean—a very big ocean. From the ocean, hot heat always rises. Or in winter, you say in your country there is fog. We cannot see it sometimes, but there is a tiny, tiny amount of water. This water is coming from the clouds. A very big cloud. The ocean is very heavy, but the cloud is also very heavy. When a very fine drop comes in the rain, a very little drop, that is also that water. Each and every drop comes, so much comes to the river, and it goes again into the ocean. So, the whole of the waters, what we call the hemifold, in all, and what is there? Now, the ocean. I have one drop in my hand here. I am standing in the ocean, and my palm has a little drop. The ocean is here, and the drop is here. If I drop it into the ocean, where is my water? Nothing. That drop is finished. All is the ocean. And all the big ocean can become one drop. Similarly, my dear all of you, humans, animals, creatures, any jīva. Jīva means life. That is a God. Jīva is on that side. Now, in this flower, there is life, and we took it away. After some time, in the grass, there is life, and then the earth—the whole earth, we call our mother earth. In that earth, there is life, and that life is that life. And from that ocean comes the water. Yes, that water. Jīvata, Bodha. Well, in this life, in me and in you, in this world, there is a pure life. This is not, but it will develop into different things. And therefore, that is the science that we are all the time teaching, everything, and the science of yoga. And that is different, and this is different. Science—two sciences. Science is now very great. I do not know where we will go after. But it is said, many you know, and many you do not know. There are some countries, places, or very few. What is now Kali Yuga? Kali means dark. Dark means going to die. So Śiva, Śiva is that from where it is coming, and then Satyugas, Dvāparayugas, Tretāyugas, and the fourth, Kali Yuga. It is how many thousands of years? Then something is changing differently. So, both sides we have to learn and respect. For example, my dear, someone said, "Oh, the doctors are not good. Hospitals are not good. Oh, we do not need doctors." And suddenly, you have an accident, and in an accident, you will die now. We come quickly. The ambulance is coming, and the doctor is coming to give some medicine. And it makes our life; it will be a life. After five days, one opens their eyes. "Doctor, thank you, my dear. I will never say that doctors are not good." Therefore, we should not do something which is not good. Everything is good. So, doctors are good, but do not always go for a little medicine. Yes. Coughing a little bit? Medicine. You feel that it is cold? Give medicine. The doctor will say no, because we said, "Please, please give me something." The doctor said, "Yes, of course, I will give it to you." But the doctor himself does not drink all the time or take the medicine. Yoga. In yoga, 90% we can make our body healthy. But every day we have to practice. If you have no time to practice yoga because you say, "I have no time," okay. But then do not eat anything. You have no time to eat? Not that I have time to eat. So then, you can do yoga, also a little bit. So, in this Kali Yuga, and now with the Corona disease, we made research, especially in our Yoga in Daily Life. So, Yoga in Daily Life, our yoga, in many, many countries, our Yoga in Daily Life. Others, I do not know. But our yoga people, they do not like alcohol, drugs, eating meat, or killing animals, and many things. We eat, we have to eat vegetables and this. This is also life, but it is like that. We can have one, but if we cut everything, then it is not good. So, where is it now? Now you know, I was about 52 years now in your countries. And there was not so much cancer. Why does so much cancer come? Not only because of this, I tell you, there are different things also. But since we have given chemicals inside, too much. And also, they are giving to the animals. In your country, you have beautiful farmers here. And you have some go-go roads, what do you call them? But where is it going? To the cows. And all chemicals, and these poor animals, and that goes to our body, and the cancer is dead. Now we do not know, but after some time, our energy in the body will not be enough, and what is coming? Different kinds of disease. And nowadays, why so much cancer? And everyone is going inside in our body. So please, we should eat organic. Organic. Then the milk of the cow will be best. Other than the goat, chickens, cows, and many other animals. This is going on in our body, and now we are suffering. And we say, "No, it is okay," and okay, but when comes the cancer? You know, my dear, what happens. So I said, "I do not think about God, okay, now." But your life, your life, your parents' life, your children's life—what are you eating? Come back, organic. Please come back, organic. And in that field where you spent so much time on chemicals, then, about 10 to 12 years, this earth will again take its cancer away. And that is so much going in the water too. I know that time when I came to your rivers, we went swimming, and we could drink the water a little bit. And people said, "What is chemical? What is chemical?" That time they said, "Why? What is a healthy and not healthy vegetable?" And now, what is it? So, God and no God, this is not them. Keep yourself healthy for your father, mother, your wife, your husband, your children, and live healthy. And when we suffer from the disease, of course we have to bring you to a doctor. And of course, the doctor will do something, but they know suffering, suffering, we are suffering. Just now, there was one man in South India. He was about the age of 105 years, and he was a Brahmin. He was lying in the bed, and he called his son, who was old also. Now, tell me, mantra means prayer, and he said, the father said, "Chant this mantra. I am going." And he is chanting, and he is chanting also, and when the word came nicely, he said, "I am gone." Why that, and why not this? Because he was never anything—never anything, drugs and alcohol and many things. I will give you two techniques. The first is from the navel. You know your navel. Your life, your soul is in the navel. That is the father; he gave the seed inside. And this is the seed. And roots down, and upper parts and body, so on and so forth. Be careful, please. Your navel should be healthy. Do not make your stomach too big. Do not eat and eat. Please, not too much alcohol. Alcohol is very good, but for the doctors, for you also, for some drops, but not one bottle and a second bottle, lying on the road, then we take some people. That is not good. So, keep your stomach and navel very healthy. You will be healthy all the time. No cancer will go anywhere. Here, here, here. Now, some people, of course, are very thin, and some are heavy. But do not go more. Let us go. And when we are going to the train, or the railway, or in the car, we cannot sit. The whole car is one back side. So we have to keep little, keep little. Eat until this stomach is full. But not too much meat, alcohol, too much bread, and so many things. In one week, do not eat two times. Monday, do not eat. Because Saturday and Sunday, all the times we were eating and this and that. So, on Monday, do not eat at all. Only Buddha, your body will relax and go out. And on Friday, do not eat anything. Because on Saturday and Sunday, you will eat too much. So these are the two days, please: Sunday and Friday. Otherwise, eat as much fruits and grains as you can, everything like this, salad. Eat first, a lot. And then you can eat your bread or something, but if your stomach is full, we should not eat that. You will see that after one year, in your body, there will be no cancer, no disease; you will be healthy. But if we are old, then of course we can do something, but we will be angry. So, eat good, healthy food, but not too much fat. Then your life is so good, you will be happy, joyful, everything. So, three times a day, I give you one very easy technique. You can sit on the chair as it is, but a little straight. Or you can sit like yoga people sitting. Or you can sit on the floor, like yoga people do. Do you call it pumpki? Pupok? Pupok. Here. And from here, you will get sound inside, till here. And from the nostrils, automatically, comes again back, same time, that energy going down, the roots, the trunk, and the leg, the fruits, everything, flower, fruits, like this. So, first, take a deep inhale and hold your hand like this. Do not press, only know that it is. And if you will not learn, it is gone. I will say it briefly. First, I will say it two times, okay? You just listen. Your sound should go from here. Whatever you speak, your language also, when it moves your stomach here. Or lips, or the tongue. So from here, and there will be no other movements, only from here, no tongue. But we have to speak the tongue. But in this technique, the tongue will relax. That is a very big technique, but now I have to go to another city. But I want to give you something. So, I will do it only twice; you just listen. There are many people here, young boys, good boys. They were not born that way. That is why you are good and healthy. So, here it is, okay? Vibration moves very nicely through this spinal column and going back. Five times. So I will do twice, yes? You feel it. Now, five times, you will do it. And tongue, do not move. Only through vibration, through the spine, the heart, everything. All there are differences. In the throat, everything. You should have your book, Yoga in Daily Life. Very good, we will give you this. Okay. Five times, please. Did you feel good? Or would you like to do it once more? Now you do not need to touch your wrist here, you can have your hand here. Normal breath. Put your whole stomach, relax. Feel very relaxed. And so, three times. You can do it once only, or three times: morning, midday, and evening. But before eating, when the stomach is full, then do not try. The second technique I want to give you, and this is very good, you will, old people, young people, everything. For our head, both hemispheres. And how is it going? And when we speak, that is said. Chantists are telling, there are only four or five languages which can speak with both hemispheres. But in your language, not. In what we call the Christian language, Latin. Or the first is the Sanskrit, and about three more; the others are not. Because that language, when you are sleeping, dreaming, speaking, singing, in these five points, both hemispheres are working together. That is the best, also in university or anywhere, learning the best. And how to clean and how to make? This, I will not tell you all, everything, but I will give you the beginning. What is the beginning? Now you have a little baby in your stomach, and slowly, slowly the baby grows. So, you will learn more. I am going to other cities, and tomorrow there is the same exercise I will give if you are coming there. It is not a distance. Two index fingers. Your nails should not be too sharp. And in your ear, but do not go in, no? But control inside, and both knees, and take the same end of the shoulder like this. And it is, we said, inhale deep from the navel, inhale. How do you feel in your brain? Relaxed? Yes. You will see how you will sleep very well. So it will be a technique; more is coming, very nice. Tomorrow, we will also teach something that is the same point inside. So, I am very happy to be here, to see you all. And all the best. God bless you.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

Email Notifications

You are welcome to subscribe to the Swamiji.tv Live Webcast announcements.

Contact Us

If you have any comments or technical problems with swamiji.tv website, please send us an email.

Download App

YouTube Channel