Bindu - Gateway to Himalayan Wisdom
This website is for people who hunger for a real connection with the core of life, who want more joy and less stress and are ready to be the conscious designer of their destiny rather than victim of circumstances.
In this website you’ll find:
- The wisdom, philosophy, lifestyle and practices of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition;
- A calendar listing opportunities to connect with teachers in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition;
- News from the Tradition.
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Ecuador Yoga Retreats with Swami Veda Bharati
H.H. Swami Veda Bharati and teachers Swami Ritavan Bharati, Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati and Dr. Stephen (Stoma) Parker will be sharing a Himalayan Yoga Experience at the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador mainland in August at a Galapagos Yoga Retreat and at the Sadhana Yoga Conference.
Sadhana Yoga Conference in Guayaquil-Ecuador
Sri Swami Veda and teachers will be part of the Sadhana Yoga Conference in Guayaquil-Ecuador 2-5 of August 2012.
This program will also include the participation of great scholars and teachers as Ramiro Calle from Spain, Andrei Ram from Colombia and Baptiste Marceau from France.
Sadhana Yoga Conference is an opportunity to share with Swami Veda and other teachers of Authentic Yoga Traditions. (English and Spanish)
Sri Swami Veda Bharati will be entering a 5 years vow of silence in early 2013 and this will be a great chance to have direct instructions from him.
Ahymsin April 2012 Newsletter
Swami Veda will start traveling soon, and these will be his last public speaking appearances in these places before he takes a 5 - 7 year vow of silence on 10th March 2013. He will be in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy in June, the United States in July, Ecuador in August, and Burkina Faso in September. We invite you to take advantage of these opportunities. Please see the Upcoming Events for more information.
"Something Swamiji Said" honors Swami Veda's many years of teaching us. If you have enjoyed this column and have heard Something Swamiji Said that made an impression on your life, please write to us at https://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Contact-Us/AHYMSIN-Office.html. We cannot continue this column without your input.
We've changed the table of contents slightly. We've omitted all author names, both as an experiment (tell us what you think via the contact form) and because the titles this month tended to be longer than usual.
There are many photos, thanks to Michelle Kinsey, Carolyn Hodges, and others.
Please click here to view your Ahymsin April 2012 Newsletter:
https://www.ahymsin.org/docs2/News/1204Apr/index.html
April 2012 article index:
Himalayan Yoga Teacher's Training in Chile
Manu is happy to share with you the great news that Swami Veda, Swami Ritavan, and the TTP administrative staff, among others, have welcomed the creation of a bilingual English-Spanish 200-hr yoga teachers' training program in Chile, which will hold Level One retreats every second and third week of January, starting this January 12-25 January, 2013.
The program will be a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance, so students can apply for the 200-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) status if they wish, after completing all requirements. Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of their Spanish fluency, as all classes will be taught both in English and Spanish.
More infomation here: https://hytchile.org/ttp1
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Meditation, The Unifying Stream In Religions
Na nirodho na chotpattir na baddho na cha saadhakah
Na mumukShur na vai mukta ity eShaa paramaarthataa.
Neither cessation/termination,
No one in bondage, nor aspirant practitioner (saadhaka),
No one seeking liberation, nor liberated ---
This is Transcendence and supreme purpose.
--Gaudapada's Karikas on MaaNDookya Upanishad
Vaitathya-prakaraNa(2).32
a-nirodham an-utpaadam an-ucchedam ashaashvatam
an-ekaartham a-naanaartham anaagamam a-nir-gamam
yah prateetya-samutpaadam pra-panchopashamam shivam.
Deshayaamaasa sambuddhas tam vande vadataam varam
Without cessation
Without birth/beginning
Without termination
Nor yet perennial
Not one-purposeful
Not multi-purposeful
Not arriving/entering
Not departing/exiting
Dependent origination that
Pacifies all confusing networks of the universe
Benevolent, peaceful (shiva) -
He who, fully awakened/enlightened (sambuddha)
taught this, unto that highest of teacher
I bow in homage.
---Nagarjuna's Moola-madhyama-kaarikaa
(pratyaya-pareekShaa naama prathamam prakaraNam)1.1
Swami Veda's classic course "Lectures on Mantra"
This series of lectures on mantra sets the standard as Swami Veda elucidates the subtle complexities of the secret science of mantra which few have mastered so well.
Mantras can change your karma and fine tune the directions of your life. Swami Veda understands the challenges of modern life and shows how mantras are the means to living the life that is the birthright of every human being.
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Speaking with a depth of meditative experience rarely found outside the caves of the Himalayas, Swami Veda leads us through guided practice and clear explanations of the origin of mantra, how to use mantra to deepen meditation, and serve as a personal guide
Published by Ahymsa Publishers a subsidiary of the Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies - Americas
Himalayan Yoga Teachers Training in Chile
Manu is happy to share with you the great news that Swami Veda, Swami Ritavan, and the TTP administrative staff, among others, have welcomed the creation of a bilingual English-Spanish 200-hr yoga teachers' training program in Chile, which will hold Level One retreats every second and third week of January, starting this January 12-25 January, 2013.
The program will be a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance, so students can apply for the 200-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) status if they wish, after completing all requirements. Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of their Spanish fluency, as all classes will be taught both in English and Spanish.
We are expecting to bring international teachers from the Himalayan Tradition who possess the Yoga Alliance RYT status and there also will be a local teacher and translator who has the RYT status.