Jai Ganesh, Namaste
Jai Shri Krishna!
What is a Yogi?
Today we see Yoga schools in various places and the number of interested ones has grown from day to day.
The West embraced this practice with open arms,
however Yoga is not just a set of positions of balance or gymnastics,
the benefits of Yoga go far beyond what we can imagine.
According to the Bhagavat Gita scripture interpreted by the famous Indian theologian Gurudev Bhaishri,
Yoga begins with the power of mind control. In the first place, we must act without expectation of return,
and then understand the whole process of our line of thought.
We must have the capacity to overcome our internal conflicts, only then will we be acting in our favor.
I can be my friend if you have a clean interior, but if I do not overcome myself,
if I do not have the ability to separate myself from my thinking I am being my own enemy.
In conclusion, my success or failure depends only on me and my ability to manage my thinking.
Now some pertinent questions arises: What is the recipe for a clean mind? How is thought overcome?
Through meditation, meditation is a task that sometimes people cannot do.
They feel incapable of stopping, they can not be silent, they actually feel attacked by their own thoughts.
In Chapter 6 of the Bhagavat Gita, Krishna explains to his friend Arjun
that Yoga means to destroy suffering by meditation.
The person must forget and abandon all their desires and desires and through the concentration of the mind,
control all their senses, pulling them inwards as the tortoise shrinks its limbs into its shell,
assuming the full control over your thoughts, in this way, he slowly manages to unite his mind to his own soul.
It is our union with our soul that unites us to the Divine entity, this means that God is within us,
nevertheless to feel his presence we will have to silence the thought, to forget the "I" and "mine",
purifying the our interior. Then all we see is Him, the whole Universe is Him, all people are a part of Him.
With this vision it will be impossible to harm our neighbor since God is in everything and everyone.
Krishna explains to Arjun, "See me in everyone, I live within everyone."
But is this possible? Is it possible to see good in everyone? Even within the people who hurt us?
There is no impossibility, nothing is impossible; first we have to want, then decide and then act.
If we fail we try again until we can.
The mind has immeasurable power, the problem is that most people do not use this force.
In conclusion, a Yogi is the goal, everyone wants to attain happiness and Krishna who represents God
teaches his friend Arjun, who represents the common human being,
that true happiness resides within and to feel we have to have an emotional balance,
so that we can always be neutral and capable of maintaining peace under all circumstances,
even in the least favorable.
Yoga classes are a great way to achieve the goal since through the positions of balance
and teachings techniques of meditation, concentration and breathing we gradually evolve.
On the third Saturday of each month we can enjoy a free Yoga class in the Hindu Community of Portugal,
everyone can take part thus giving the first step to become Yogis.
The temple is open to all and when visiting the Hindu Community you can also meet the canteen
that serves delicious vegetarian dishes daily.
All this explanation was based on chapter 6 of Bhagavat Gita, one of the most famous scriptures in the world,
teaching the human being to live.
This scripture is an interpretation of one of the most famous theologians of India, Gurudev Bhaishri,
whose main focus is the access to school of Indian children.
To acquire this scripture, just contact
All the income from the sale will be delivered to the institution in India and will serve to school children,
since education is the basis of the human being.
Thank you!
Namaste, Jai Shri Krishna
