The speaker starts with the story of Buddha and its inner meaning and significance. He draws the distinction between true renunciation, true vairagya which is impelled by a positive seeking, and a temporary state of disillusionment which is essentially a negative state without much force in it. Further in this talk Alok Pandey speaks about the need for balance and moderation on the path of yoga. Severe austerity is not the way of yoga here. He gives us various examples of tamas and rajas and sattwa, and explains the necessity of first bringing the tamoguna and rajoguna under the control of Sattwa. This prepares the nature for the next step. Being the master of nature, one can mobilize the whole being towards the divine.
This web talk takes up the three important elements of the yoga, the sadhana or the practice of yoga, the sangha or collective life,...
Video and audio recordings of a talk by Dr Alok Pandey at Van Niwas, Nainital in May 2018.This talk takes up the period after...
A talk by Dr Alok Pandey at the Fist National Sri Aurobindo Mahila Pathachakra Conference (Dec 2022).