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hierarchy: Beyond Birth and Death
hierarchy: Chapter 2
Beyond birth and death 2
There are different kinds of transcendentalists who are called yogīs – haṭha-yogīs, jñāna-yogīs, dhyāna-yogīs, and bhakti-yogīs – and all of …
Beyond birth and death 2
At the time of death we have to finish that process of perfection. During our lifetime we have to practice …
Beyond birth and death 2
“One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself …
Beyond birth and death 2
Just as a student studies a subject for four or five years and then takes his examination and receives a …
Beyond birth and death 2
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” (Gītā 8.6)
Beyond birth and death 2
There is a Bengali proverb that says that whatever one does for perfection will be tested at the time of …
Beyond birth and death 2
“Persons learned in the Vedas, who utter oṁ-kāra and who are great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. …
Beyond birth and death 2
In the yoga system this process is called pratyāhāra, which means “just the opposite.” Although during life the eyes are …
Beyond birth and death 2
“After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable oṁ, the supreme combination of letters, if one …
Beyond birth and death 2
In this way, all the senses have to be stopped in their external activities and concentrated on the form of …
Beyond birth and death 2
At this point the yogī determines where he is to go. In the material universe there are innumerable planets, and …
Beyond birth and death 2
The generally accepted method for transferral to higher planets is the practice of the meditational yoga system, or jñāna system. …