Yog is the very basis and secret of sadhana

Shaddarshan is famous in India. It’s known to all that Yogsutra which is the very basis of Yogdarshan is the most ancient. As far as anadi veds are concerned, they are the mantra delivered by rishis full of eternal power. The mantra is interpretation of eternal. Therefore, they are listened and chanted through teacher tradition. Later, its nididhyasan is conducted. Nididhyasan is a process of yog. Therefore, it has been said in Brihadaranyak Upnishad—‘Atma va are drashtvyah shrotavyo mantavyo nididhyasitavyah I’ It is the soul which should be watched, listened, chanted and meditated. First of all, it is listened by acharya and scripture then it is chanted through logic and alchemy and at last, it is witnessed through meditation and yog. This is the process of knowledge. Therefore, path of yog is proposed through ved. Therefore, it’s yog which is fundamental strength and the ultimate strength. Yog is the fundamental basis and secret of all the sadhana. Without yog, the people can listen and chant only. They fail to get knowledge of element and truth. They also fail to acquire direct knowledge of soul. Therefore, the people can’t get authentic knowledge of fundamental form of bliss without yog. It’s yog which helps people witness the ultimate goal which has been said as the ultimate bliss in the Gita—

Yunjannevam sadatmanam yogi vigatakalmashah I
Sukhena brahmasansparshamatyantam sukhamashnute II

(The yogi devoid of all disorders feel the ultimate happiness and bliss by witnessing the brahma in the soul. Here soul means pure intellect. Because, soul itself is a part of brahma and people undergo all types of experiences in their intellect. This condition has been termed as dharmamegh samadhi in 29th sutra of Kaivalyapad in the Yogsutra. This intellect is the status of prestige. Dharmamegh samadhi is the direct experience of self-realization means the ultimate goal. It has been said eternal peace and ultimate bliss. Yamraj says to Nachiketa-

Yada sarve pramuchyante kama yeasya hridi shritah I
Atha martyo amrito bhavati, anna brahma samashnute II

(When the seeker has no desire in his heart, then he gets enlightened by witnessing the ultimate goal.)

In the next mantra, it has been said that when all the glands of the heart open, then the human being gets enlightened-

Yada sarve prabhidyante hridayasyeha granthayah I
Atha martyoamrito bhavatyetavaddhayanushasanam II

Therefore, it’s yog which is the fundamental basis and secret of all the sadhana. Therefore, it has been said in the Mahabharata—

‘Nasti sankhya samam gyanam, nasti yoga samam balam I’

It has been said in 320th chapter of Shantiparva of the Mahabharata that ancient period was an era of religion during which the people used to perform yog religion.

Atha dharmayuge tasmin, yogdharmamanushthita I
Mahimanuchacharaika sulabha nama bhikshuki II

Emperor Janak had said to Sulabha that his teacher Panchshikha had showed three types of moksha religion destination path like sankhyagyan, yogvidya and rajdharma. Emperor Janak had also said that neither poor nor rich attains the ultimate goal which is directly related to knowledge instead of property, poverty, physical status, prestige, disrespect, etc. Despite indulging in religion, money, sex and power, I am on the path of attaining the ultimate goal. This era of religion has been termed as satayug. In the era of religion, Maharshi Panchshikha assimilated discourses of Hiranyagarbha Lord Kapil and disseminated knowledge of Sankhya. In the Shwetashwar Upanishad, Kapil has been termed as self-knowledge and first proponent of yog knowledge. In fact, the Yogsutra has neither mentioned nor refuted other philosophical ideology. Some Europeans who lacked knowledge of language tradition have refuted Buddha and other ideologies but at the same time it was total ignorance. They were egoist and foolish towards great tradition of Sanskrit and scriptures. In fact, these are the sutra stated in favour of simple process of acquiring knowledge.

The 19th sutra of Kaivalyapad—‘Na tatsvabhasam drishyatvat’ I It means that soul doesn’t get lighted because it’s visible. Behavior of animals is seen through experience of soul. Therefore, it’s the recipient of these experience. It’s not lighted spontaneously. It’s visible instead of watcher. It’s watcher who gets lighted spontaneously. Soul is scene instead of watcher. Although, it’s soul which knows common longing, jealousness, desire, commitment, etc. In that meaning, soul and intellect are the ultimate forms. But the soul doesn’t know itself. It’s watched through self-realization. Therefore, soul is visible instead of watcher. But in this statement, ideology of no other cult gets refuted. It’s the serious depiction of soul.

Similarly, 16th sutra of Kaivalyapad- ‘Na chaikachittatantra vastu tad apramanakam tada kim syat’ I

It means that element is not the imaginary emotion or creation. Because, then the element doesn’t get deleted due to imagination of no soul-

The foolish say that this sutra is coined for refuting science of Buddhism. But some Euro-Christians who are jealous, mean, cleaver, etc have given logics to tarnish the image of the Hindu religion. They also say that Hindu religion has spread after Buddha religion. Some foolish Hindu disciples also agree with them over this issue. However, this sutra is mere a mirror for the seeker to get rid of misconceptions. It is directly related to 14th and 15th sutra. Soul is the very basis of sadhana of seeker. Therefore, this sutra has been said so that the seeker can’t remember the ultimate power because he is working only on the soul. Scientific Buddha had defined sky, universe, sun, moon, nakshatra, etc as an imaginary science in the soul. Therefore, this Yogsutra seeks to refute no foolishness. Because such foolishness is an example of getting disappeared in acme of logics. Yogi or yog seeker is highly skilled, intellect and aware person who can’t get entangled with psychosis. Therefore, the Yogsutra refutes no such psychiatric patients. The great scripture is the sutra of serious guidance for the seekers. Element and soul are stable. They are going with free intention. It would be ridiculous and hilarious that in the future, people will start to say that this Yogdarshan refutes materialism of Marx and on this basis after few centuries, the other generations will say that this sutra has been coined for rebuttal of Marxism. Yogdarshan has refuted neither Buddhism nor any cult. In fact, yog is not a logical and intellectual creation. It aims at boosting logical skills. It is the medium of attaining the ultimate truth. Reason behind acquiring knowledge in this process means mind, soul and its habits and various levels of intellect and its internal process must be watched and known. The Yogsutra guides people to know this. Therefore, there is no need of rebuttal here in the Yogsutra. It’s worth mentioning that those people who are limited only to logic term Sankhyadarshan as the subject of logic. He has nothing to do with this knowledge. Instead, this knowledge describes such people’s mean logical intellect. Similarly, they differentiate between philosophy of Advait Vedant and Science of Buddhism. It’s nothing but ridiculous. Vedant terms the world as truth. But at the same time, it doesn’t term the world as the ultimate goal. Because, the ultimate goal is only one. It remains the same in past, present and future. Its fundamental form remains unchanged. The world doesn’t look like such ultimate goal. It’s seen directly. If mind, intellect and inner consciousness of the nature themselves are the ultimate goal then it can’t be controlled by others. In such condition, seeker would be unable to do sadhana because his self-consciousness will commit and work separately. Mind, intellect and inner consciousness will work freely. Therefore, the nature has been termed as the truth instead of ultimate truth. In the Vedant Darshan, it has been said unthinkable. Its definition is an illusion. Now only foolish terms illusion as false and untrue. And, in the philosophy, there is no place for foolish. Therefore, no philosopher engages in debate with foolish. In such condition, the political groups which are jealous of Hindu religion and philosophy remain in the illusion of their own logics. The philosophers have nothing to do with it. It’s rajdharm to punish to those people who are jealous for the sanatan religion. Religion of philosophers neither punishes them nor engages in debate with them.

Main point is that yog is the fundamental basis and secret of sadhana. knowledge is an inherent part of it. At the same time, the purest form of bhakti is also samadhi. Concentration and agility remove all the alternatives. Their soul gets concentrated on the ultimate god. Consequently, as per the 9th sutra of Samadhipad, it has a glimpse of consciousness and the ultimate god. Therefore, yog is the very basis of bhakti. Bhakti without yog is nothing but a creation of mind itself. Therefore, it gets knowledge. In such condition, the true bhakti helps the people attain samadhi and self-realization and the god removes all the obstacles.

As far as knowledge is concerned, it’s impossible to acquire it without knowing elemental form of mind, intellect, ego and inner consciousness. In fact, knowing is a separate form of yogsadhana. Its natural serial and result hint at self-knowledge and ultimate knowledge. It has to be situated in its natural form as per the third sutra of Samadhipad.

In fact, yog is the fundamental basis and secret of all types of sadhana. But it’s also helpful regarding subjects of intellectual and soul status. Therefore, it’s wellbeing to know basic elements of yog in the practical life. For example, we have made the students understand in the class that when you imagine regarding your future, then it’s not based on your capacity, social condition and its rules and regulations. Then it’s nothing but either antithesis and alternative of shabdanupati vastushunya or subject based on false knowledge. Instead, when you take pledge after examining it on the basis of facts, then it’s evidence based. If the students are asked questions and provided any evidence, alternative, etc of their answers, they will understand it easily. They also get inspiration from it for the future.

Similarly, in the family life particularly in towns, the people devote less time on evidence and waste their precious time on antithesis and alternative. In such condition, yog can provide immense help for them. They can save their precious time and power for authentic works. Ultimately, they will get rid of alternative. In fact, in our drama scriptures, Bharatmuni sought to highlight evidence instead of alternative. Only then, original entertainment and rasgrahan and rasnishpatti are possible. In contrary, the majority of people are engaged in finding antithesis and alternative while watching films. It becomes the reason behind many disorders.

There are a number of antithesis and alternatives present in our public life due to lack of fundamental consciousness of yog for the last 100 years in our public life. For example, there are various misconceptions about self-knowledge. Difference between paravidya and aparavidya got extinct and aparavidya itself is filled with false knowledge. On the basis of unjustified compromise with India’s enemies on August 15, 1947, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and his coterie got power. Since then, they deviated entire people from their path through bad education and communications mediums. That’s why, a majority of Hindu community is suffering from misconceptions regarding their self-knowledge. Glorifying himself and condemning others are the parts of politics. But the people who indulge in politics in the name of Christianity and Islam presented this process as misconceptions. They termed it philosophy under which, they started to condemn Hindu religion and extol ridiculous ideology as philosophy. And, most of the educated Hindu fell prey to these misconceptions. Indian government ordered the universities to teach philosophy to the students as darshanshastra and all the newly educated people started to abide by it. consequently, they started to validate study of Islam or Christianity as a process of knowledge. Had yog education been popular, it would have been revealed that it is the reflection of alternative. It has nothing to do with any knowledge. It’s directly related to political objectives. Then in this reference, they would have focused on political steps and decisions instead of engaging in worthless and unwanted logics and debates. Because, knowledge is a subject for peaceful and serene people, while Islam and Christianity start with anger. Therefore, they have nothing to do with knowledge. They are directly related to political ambitions.

That’s why, in the Hindu community too, preachers were given due importance instead of various cults and groups. They think to strengthen society on the basis of preacher who is a political concept. He fails to disseminate knowledge. He does sadhana which is a process of how to know. It’s not the process of dissemination.

Knowledge is nothing but knowing materialistic power and soul unbiasedly. It’s  not the subject of dissemination. It’s the subject of sadhana. At the same time, dissemination aims at political ambition. But the Hindu society was brought under total control of state by Sri Nehru in line with Soviet Union. They are not allowed to take any political effort freely. Therefore, under the sheer leadership of Great Vir Nayak, hard working groups are waiting eagerly to prove their prowess. No such great Hindu group appeared in the last 75 years. In the field of political effort, today, various groups have fielded preachers to hide their violent acts and realize political ambitions. But at the same time, they fail to either gain political mileage or do social service due to unawareness and unwiseness. The people can attain religiousness through sadhana instead of dissemination. They can’t get knowledge on the basis of political institution like preacher. But preachers started dominating the public atmosphere lacking yog knowledge. Had we been aware of yog, we would have witnessed authentic work in both the fields. Antithesis and alternative would have disappeared. Therefore, knowledge of fundamental elements of yog is also essential for public and nation life. .