I still keep having surprises: this last weekend a yoga “adept” told me that scriptures such as Bhagavad Gita are beliefs for which he has no interest at all, that what he cares for is only “practice”. Well!

Oh, my God!!, as the English say. And what do we do now?

I do not know where they take such ideas from. What do they read? Who tells them such nonsense? And what is most curious is to see what he considered as yoga “practice”…

Bhagavad Gītā’s teaching is not a philosophy
Unlike other speculative teachings, scripture teachings such as Bhagavad Gita, that are revealed, ṣrutiḥ, are not the product of a single human being’s brain and do not depend upon the philosopher’s vision or point of view. Nor they speak about anything exterior to us but about one self.

They are a methodology teaching and, especially, a teaching with a sampra̅daya, with an oral tradition that is still prevalent after centuries, by getting initiated with the Lord, or for those having faith or not, by starting with the first teacher and then our teachers’ teachers. read more »

This is a summary of what I understood in Dr. Geeta S.Iyengar’s opening speech held in London  on May Sunday 24th, 2009, where BKS Iyengar’s teachings were given imparted during five days.

Geetaji started speaking on the requirements and the needs of the students who attended the convention. Some of the attendants personally knew Geetaji and had attended other conventions or had taken classes with her. Likewise, Geetaji knew some of them but not many others.
In such a big convention (800 people were confirmed to attend it) there are always persons of different levels and comprehension capacities.

Three different type of yoga adepts

Patanjali himself spoke about the four types of students (sadhakas):
- Lukewarm (mrdu). Whoever has a hesitant, undefined practice and cannot get over difficulties or troubles.
- Medium (madhya). This student has a more methodical practice.
- Intense (adhimatra). This is the most determined, meaningful, scientific and conclusive sadhaka.
- Extremely intense (Tivra samvegim). He/she is intense in applying his/her intelligence in the practice (sadhana); there is religiousness and purity in the sadhana. read more »