On the occasion of International World Yoga Day, yoga becomes a symbol of celebration all over the world. Yogasanas are performed at every important place in the world. Pictures of yoga practice also come from water, land and sky. In short, every corner of the earth becomes yogic. World Yoga Day was celebrated for the first time on 21 June 2015. With each passing year this event is becoming grander and grander. Although the world’s attraction and attachment towards World Yoga Day is not surprising. Actually people have felt the miracle of yoga in their body and thoughts.
Since the occasion of World Yoga Day has come again, it is necessary to discuss some points. In fact, yoga has been considered only as a sequence of various asanas and actions. But the truth is that the inclusion of yoga is very wide in the universe. Yoga is not just a method of physical posture, but it is a process of purifying the inner self. It is knowledge that enlivens our mind. It is the knowledge that explains the difference between the soul and the Supreme Soul. The expansion of yoga is huge and we are making the mistake of considering it only asanas. If people’s awareness about this aspect increases, then the organization of World Yoga Day will be considered more successful and meaningful.
Yoga is not only a means to make the body healthy, but when one gets the company of Sadguru, then the yogi conquers time and death. There is a clear description in the Goraksha Samhita that
etdvimuktisopanmetatkalasya khanchanam.
Yadvyavrittam mano bhogadasaktam paramatmani..
That is, when the mind gets away from the sensual pleasures through the practice of yoga and engages in the divine, then the yogi conquers time and death. This is the ladder of Karma-Moksha and this is also the deprivation of time.
The meaning of quoting this verse is only that it should be understood that Yoga is an easy medium to understand the relationship between the worldly and the other world. However, to understand them, it is necessary to create an interest to look at the subject in depth.
If we go into the meaning of the above verse of Goraksha Samhita, then it is clearly visible that by increasing the practice of yoga, the mind becomes engrossed in God and then man actually becomes capable of writing his life on the skull of Kaal. But the extent of expansion does not end here. If you want to live a good life, you have to avoid vices. Who will save you from those faults? Yoga is also the answer.
Look at this sutra of Yoga philosophy written by Maharishi Patanjali.
Tajjayatpragyaloka:
That is, the yogi conquers self-control by means and meditation. He becomes so determined that in whatever subject he wants to exercise restraint, he gets it immediately. In this state the yogi or the practitioner of yoga gets the light of wisdom.
In the present time, the cause of people’s sorrow, anxiety, depression and all mental diseases is enjoyment. Some want some facility, some want some thing, some want some position, some want money. It means that the whole race of human life is to get material facilities and life is being spent in that.
With the promotion and practice of yoga, people have started to realize that yoga is necessary for the health of body and mind. But the realization remains that in reality our mental diseases, which we have considered as the yardstick of our success, can also be treated with yoga.
If we move beyond birth-death, old age-disease, then in the Gita knowledge of Yogeshwar Krishna, we see different forms and definitions of yoga. In the Gita, we get the teachings of Karma Yoga, Gyan Yoga, Dhyan Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Purushottam Yoga.
If India really wants to become a world guru, then the time has come to go beyond yogasanas and start increasing our concentration on the things of mind and chitta shuddhi. It is necessary that now it is a matter of peace of external instincts. Let it be a matter of awareness of the awakening of the subtlest form of nature. Going beyond this birth, the path should be paved to know and rectify the sanskars that are going on from previous births or births.
There is another topic to be considered here. In the present times, as the attraction towards yoga has increased, there has been a flood of experiments in compound activities and asanas. Now there is a great need to understand and know whether we are doing asanas of the Indian Yoga which has been there or in the era of competition some such asana has been created which has no head and legs of its own.
In such a situation, it is also necessary to understand that the practice of yoga is also successful only when it is done according to the rules and regulations. If duration is included in it, then there will be loss instead of profit. The meaning is that only yoga done according to the rule mentioned in the Yoga Shastras will prove to be beneficial, not fabricated asanas. Very clear explanation in this regard is found in Goraksha Samhita.
Niratanke Niralambe Niradhare Niramaye.
योगी योग्विधानेन पर बह्मणी लीयते..
That is, the Yogi Purush becomes fearless, without support, baseless and immersed in the pure Brahman when his practice is proved by the law of Yoga. But its condition is also clearly written in the verse. That condition is ‘Yogvidhanen’, meaning by the method that is prescribed in the Vidhi Shastras.
Yoga is a very big subject. Its expansion is just as good as its benefits. There is a need to better understand and explain this bridge of cosmic and transcendental relations to the people.
On the occasion of World Yoga Day, to give a meaningful form to the expansion about which we are discussing, we have to pay attention to the verses said by Lord Krishna in the Gita.
Buddhiyukto Jahatih Ubhe Sukrit Dushkrite.
Tasmadhyogaya Yujyasva Yoga: Karmasu Kaushalam..
Yogeshwar Krishna is saying that one who has united his intellect with God, he abandons both auspicious and inauspicious deeds in this world of duality. That’s why strive for equanimity in the form of intellect, yoga in the form of equanimity is the skill of action.
The meaning of this whole thing is that the skill lies in the practice of Karmayoga without any attachment. In this practice, equality should be maintained between good and bad results, that is, man should be free from this duality.
It is in this spirit that the initiative has to be taken to spread the meaning of Yoga on the world stage, people have to be connected, only then the celebration of World Yoga Day can prove to be meaningful.
Even if we go to the formation of the word Yoga, it is derived from the Sanskrit root Yuj and Yuj means to join. So, this time on World Yoga Day, we have to take an oath that we will connect with every aspect of yoga and also connect people. This will be possible only when serious efforts are made for this at the government level as well. We have to understand as well as explain that the expansion of yoga is till taking the whole universe in itself. Limiting this to only asanas would be injustice to oneself as well as to yoga.
Let us all together take an oath that from this Yoga Day, along with the asanas, we will also work on the breath, mind, mind and thoughts. Yoga will be done by the classical method.
[नोट- उपरोक्त दिए गए विचार लेखक के व्यक्तिगत विचार हैं. ये जरूरी नहीं कि एबीपी न्यूज़ ग्रुप इससे सहमत हो. इस लेख से जुड़े सभी दावे या आपत्ति के लिए सिर्फ लेखक ही जिम्मेदार है.]
