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Dhyanayoga in Bhagavadgita
and
Its relevance to modern society
-Prof.K.Pratap
The Bhagavadgita, a portion of Bhismaparvan of the
Mahabharata has been a perennial source for spiritual matters
right from the beginning. The basic wisdom it propounds relating
to the creation of the universe and its creator led it to be a
constituent of the prasthanatraya.
To any founder of new
Vedanta school it has become a mandatory to interpret that his
ideology is in consonance with the essence of the prasthanatraya
{viz Brahmasutras, Bhagavadgita and Upanisads}. This tradition
continued in the later centuries. Even the spiritual masters of
twentieth century, who have attempted to rejuvenate and
inculcate the ancient philosophical ideas to the modern man and
the spiritual institutions like the Theosophical Society, the Divine
life society, the Gayatripariwar, the YogadaSatsang, the Iskcon,
the Art of living, the Isha yoga etc., have been quoting and
referring one way or other the Bhagavadgita time to time. The
Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement is one of the recent spiritual
organizations thriving for a harmonious existence of humanity
with both material happiness and spiritual bliss by following a
golden middle path (madhyemarga) borrows the concepts of the
Bhagavadgita in verbatum like
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The Dhyana(meditation) and Ahimsa (vegetarianism) are
considered to be the two eyes of the PSS Movement. Therefore, a
through brahmarandhra.
This cosmic
nadimandala and activates the third eye.
energy
cleanses