Basics of Life........................Sankya Yoga.

Basics of Life......Sankhya yoga.

Kapila explains the Sankhya Yoga to his mother Devhuthi. He speaks of 25 Tattavas. Kapila, an incarnation of Lord Narayana, says He created all the Tattvas and lists them. There is the Prakriti, the Universe. There are the Pancha Bhutas — Prithvi or earth, Apas or water, Tejas or fire, Vayu or air and Akasha or ether, all of which can be understood through our sense organs.

There are five Tanmatras :— .........................

Gandha (smell).

Sparsa (touch).

Rupa (colour, form, light).

Rasa (taste).

and

Sabdha (sound).

The sense organs are five:-...........................

Sense of........

Smell,

Taste,

Sight,

Touch

and

Sound.

They enable us to be receptive to the Pancha Bhutas and the Tanmatras. There are five organs that help us carry out various tasks:-..............

The hands that enable us to work,

Legs that help in locomotion,

The vocal organs that help us to talk,

The excretory organs that remove impurities from our body

and

The genital organs.

The next three to be considered are...... Manas, Ahankara and Mahat. Manas means mind, Ahankara is our ego and Mahat the intellect. Kapila says that having created these 24 Tattvas, he washed his hands and created the Atma. This Atma constitutes the 25th Tattva. The qualities of Satva, Rajas and Tamas are present in every one of us. The one with Rajasic qualities is prone to anger and haste. The one with Tamasic qualities is slow-witted and lazy. The one with Satvic qualities is free from anger, envy, haste, irreverence, and he has his mind under control.

The mind can be controlled through Ashtanga Yoga. The eight components of this yoga are:-

Yama (self-control) ,

Niyama (proper conduct),

Asana (proper posture),

Pranayama (breath control),

Pratyahara (not focusing on material objects),

Dharana (focusing on the Lord),

Dhyana (meditating on the Lord's beautiful form)

and

Samadhi (realising God).

If one practises this yoga, he begins to see God in everything. And once one sees God everywhere and in everything, one's mind has no other thoughts, but those of the Parabrahma — and that is the path to liberation.
..................................................And..................

"There is nothing you cannot be,There is nothing you cannot do,
And there is nothing you cannot achieve, All you have to have is “BELIEF IN YOU.”

J.K