The Yoga That Leads To Love

By Rajasekhara

In ancient India, yoga was the primary medium for achieving communion with God, but today, yoga is mostly considered to be some form of physical exercise to improve ones bodily health, well-being and peace of mind, and connected to Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine. This perception has been created by the glut of ‘new-age’ yoga guru’s, who are cashing in on the new age of spiritual awareness sweeping the world in the wake of the Golden Avatara’s Shri Chaitanya’s incarnation on Earth. This wave of spiritualism, with its roots in India, which first appeared in the west during the 60’s 'Hippie counter-culture, is now very visible all over the world, from east to west, and from north to south. Everywhere one looks today, the new age culture of yoga and meditation, belonging to the worlds oldest known tradition, has now metamorphosed into the most dynamic new form of spiritualism that the world has ever seen. Yoga and meditation has been the central theme in the life of every Indian since recorded history began during the Rig Vedic period almost ten thousand years ago. The great devotional revolution that occurred in Indian religion 500 years ago, after the advent of the Golden Avatara Shri Chaitanya, has now moved outside the borders of India and has encompassed the entire world in just 50 short years. The central pillar of this spiritual revolution is the sankirtan movement started by Shri Chaitanya, who traveled on foot throughout the Indian subcontinent chanting the holy names of God and encouraging everyone to take part in the bhakti yoga process, by joining in the congregational singing of the Maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare - Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rajasekhara
• Release date: Jun 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310392849

Rajasekhara

ABOUT THE AUTHORRajasekhara was born in England in 1948. From the age of seven he began his inquiry into the meaning of life, after realizing that although death seemed inevitable for everyone, it also appeared completely illogical, as the life-force and will to exist appeared far too dynamic to simply cease to exist at the point of death. As he grew-up, he became disenchanted with what he saw was a world full of cruelty and suffering. His ambition was to discover the answers to life, and not wishing to be involved in the mundane affairs of material existence or raising a family, he began to study philosophy and religion. In 1970 at the age of 21, he became a vegetarian and a follower of Buddhism, and began to practice hatha-yoga and kundalini meditation. In 1972, Rajasekhara adopted Krishna consciousness and bhakti-yoga as the best means for self-realization, and in November that year, he joined the Hare Krishna Movement. In May 1973, he received initiation from Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Hare Krishna founder, at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, the Tudor manor near Watford, donated by George Harrison of the Beatles, where he served as the manor’s first temple commander. The name 'Rajasekhara', given by Swami Prabhupada at the time of initiation, means 'king of kings' and is pronounced as 'raaja-sheykhaara'.In January 1975, desiring to make further advancement in spiritual life, Rajasekhara moved to India and the holy city of Vrindavana, where he became a temple priest at the Krishna-Balarama Mandira. Since 1975, Rajasekhara has lived in India, where he has continued his practice of yoga while studying Vedic philosophy and metaphysics. During his long sojourn in India, Rajasekhara has visited all the important holy places of pilgrimage in the sub-continent from Kashmir to Kanya Kumari, including such famous places as Badrinatha, Yamunotri, Haridwara, Rishikesha, Dwaraka, Tirupati, Rangapatnam, Tiruvanantapuram, Madurai, Kumbhakonam, Tanjore, Navadwipa and Jagannatha Puri, to name just a few. Due to his extensive travelling, he has gained a treasure-trove of knowledge while imbibing the very essence of India’s ancient Vedic culture. His understanding of Vedic philosophy has been acknowledged by all those who have read his books and heard him speak on Vedanta philosophy and Gaudiya Vaishnava siddhanta.Rajasekhara is presently considered to be one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of Vrindavana Dhama and its holy places, his numerous books about Vrindavana are read the world over by those interested in understanding the deeper mysteries of Lord Krishna’s spiritual abode, where the Lord performed His transcendental pastimes on Earth over 5,000 years ago. Rajasekhara is also known for his exquisite photography of Vrindavana Dhama, featured throughout his books and which perfectly capture the transcendental atmosphere of Lord Krishna’s transcendental land. His personal experience and spiritual realizations, after having lived in India and the holy land of Vrindavana for so many years – is adequately conveyed through his writings, and those who read his books find themselves immediately transported to the transcendental spiritual platform.In 1991, on reaching the age of 42, Rajasekhara, established Vedanta Vision Publications, for the purpose of writing and self-publishing transcendental literature that propagate the glorification of Vrindavana Dhama, the holy land connected to Lord Krishna transcendental pastimes. In 2001, on reaching the age of 52, Rajasekhara, inaugurated the Vedic Heritage Foundation, to expand the awareness of Vedic culture, philosophy and traditions, and to continue his research into the Vedic scriptures.Amongst his upcoming publications, Rajasekhara is working on the highly anticipated Bhu-mandala Tattva-darshan – a five part summary study based on the 5th canto of the Vedic classic Shrimad Bhagavatam – which deals with the subject of Vedic cosmology, the fabled Mount Meru and the island of Jambhudwipa, the kingdom of demigod’s, the heavenly and hellish worlds, and the position of the planets in the solar system as revealed in the Vedas.Another important book now being prepared, concerns the hidden facts regarding the death in 1977, of the Hare Krishna founder, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, which Rajasekhara personally witnessed, and the deviations that took place in the Krishna movement after the demise of its founder who was regarded as the world's foremost Vedic acharya.In 2015, in his 66th year, Rajasekhara released a truly dynamic and forthright presentation based Vedic sex education entitled ‘Kama Sutra-Dharma Sutra - The Yoga of Pure Sex’, for those who wish to understand the true essence of yoga practice, that enables one to cross over the great ocean of material suffering and achieve liberation from the shackles of sex-desire that is the root cause of the living beings reincarnation and repeated birth and death in the material world.

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ref_TOCTHE YOGA

THAT LEADS

TO LOVE

By

Rajasekhara

Adapted from

‘Kama Sutra Dharma Sutra –

The Yoga of Pure Sex’

A complete explanation of the yoga sytem from the beginning to the end –

From Hatha Yoga to Bhakti and Ultimately Divine Love

This book is dedicated to

our beloved spiritual master

His Divine Grace

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhuada

The Vaishnava Saint Who Revealed Vrindavana

To the whole world

THE YOGA THAT LEADS TO LOVE

Copyright: Rajasekhara 2015

Published by Rajasekhara at Smashwords

ISBN: 9781310392849

Front Cover painting: Krishna decorates Radha’s hair at Shringara-vata

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE Yoga - the Process of Self-realization

HATHA YOGA – THE PRELIMINARY STAGE

ASHTANGA– THE MYSTIC YOGA SYSTEM

MYSTIC POWERS ACHIEVED THROUGH YOGA

YOGA AWAKENS THE CHAKRAS

SAMADHI MEANS PARAMATAMA-YOGA

THE LORD WITHIN THE HEART

COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY GHOST

PART TWO Bhakti - the Topmost Yoga System

BHAKTI - THE TRANSCENDENTAL ART OF DOING WORK

DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

SANKIRTAN YAJNA – THE SACRIFICE FOR KALI-YUGA

NAMA KIRTAN – THE YOGA OF THE MODERN AGE

GOD IS PRESENT IN HIS HOLY NAME

ENGAGING IN SANKIRTAN YOGA

SECRET MEANING OF THE HOLY NAMES

THE SECRET MEANING OF SANKIRTAN

SECRET IDENTITY OF THE GOLDEN AVATARA

THE SHIKSHASTAKAM

APPENDIX

The New-Age Yoga Guru’s

Yoga Without ‘Yama And Niyama’ Is Of No Value

Ashram Means "A Place Of Spiritual Culture’

The Demonic Sex Gurus

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOLOGY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

PREFACE

In ancient India, yoga was the primary medium for achieving communion with God, but today, yoga is mostly considered to be some form of physical exercise to improve ones bodily health, well-being and peace of mind, and connected to Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine. This perception has been created by the glut of ‘new-age’ yoga guru’s, who are cashing in on the new age of spiritual awareness sweeping the world in the wake of the Golden Avatara, Shri Chaitanya’s incarnation on Earth. This wave of spiritualism, with its roots in India, which first appeared in the west during the 60’s 'Hippie counter-culture, is now very visible all over the world, from east to west, and from north to south. Everywhere one looks today, the new age culture of yoga and meditation, belonging to the worlds oldest known tradition, has now metamorphosed into the most dynamic new form of spiritualism that the world has ever seen. Yoga and meditation has been the central theme in the life of every Indian since recorded history began during the Rig Vedic period almost ten thousand years ago. The great devotional revolution that occurred in Indian religion 500 years ago, after the advent of the Golden Avatara Shri Chaitanya, has now moved outside the borders of India and has encompassed the entire world in just 50 short years. The central pillar of this spiritual revolution is the sankirtan movement started by Shri Chaitanya, who traveled on foot throughout the Indian subcontinent chanting the holy names of God and encouraging everyone to take part in the bhakti yoga process, by joining in the congregational singing of the Maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare - Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

To Contents

INTRODUCTION

"Therefore, O Arjuna,

in all circumstances be a yogi" (Bg.7.46)

The Sanskrit word ‘yoga’ means to ‘link-up’ or to ‘join together’ in union with the Supreme Godhead. The English word ‘yoke’ is derived from the word ‘yoga’ and the Oxford Dictionary describes ‘yoga’ as – the Hindu system of meditation and asceticism designed to effect reunion with the universal spirit. Yoga therefore means to reunite, or to rekindle, ones forgotten relationship with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that has been dormant for many lifetimes. Through the process of yoga one can achieve cognizance of the Supreme Lord’s transcendental form and characteristics. In the mystical ashtanga-yoga system, the yogi achieves union with the Supersoul, also referred to as Paramatma. Every activity which is performed specifically for the purpose of spiritual realization is called yoga. Consequently, there are many different kinds of yoga practices that lead to the realization of God and liberation from the suffering associated with life in this material world. The Vedas describe many different types of yoga, such as karma-yoga, jnana-yoga, hatha-yoga, ashtanga-yoga, raja-yoga, dhyana-yoga, and bhakti-yoga, which have been practiced in India by the Aryans for thousands of years. The Bhagavad-gita says. A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi. (Bg.7.46)

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PART ONE

Yoga - the Process of Self-realization

Yoga has three sub-divisions which are karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga. For an ordinary person in material life beginning the process of yoga, the first step is to adopt the practices of karma-yoga, which refers to fruitive activities like ones