Description: Gurudeva said you can either use these tools, or hang them on the wall. The Yamas and Niyamas are two of these tools. When you get to these chapters in Living With Siva as you do the daily sadhanas, ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yamas and Niyamas pt 1
Description: The essence of our being is God. This is a beautiful teaching but it is also important to be grounded in other realities. ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Yamas and Niyamas part 2 Foundation
Description: Today many people interested in a spiritual path say "Forget the basics, let's just start with the end of the path." ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Yamas and Niyamas part 3 Ashtanga Yoga
Description: The Yamas are the first stage of the spiritual path. It is the first step in ashtanga yoga, followed by niyama. ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Yamas and Niyamas part 4 Reference List
Description: Here is a reference list as to how to self reflect on the yamas and niyamas. For most of the adults we are in contact with, the nonadhereance is going to be subtle. Each yama and niyama is listed ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Relation of noninjury to contentment
Description: Bodhinatha continues his talk on the yamas and niyamas, relating the yama noninjury to the niyama of contentment. ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Satya, or Truthfulness
Description: Bodhinatha talks about the second yama, truthfulness, satya, with regard to lying and betraying promises. Lying builds a layer of darkness in the subconscious that covers up the soul nature. The ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 1
Description: Bodhinatha continues today with the yamas, the Vedic restraints, with number three, nonstealing, neither stealing, ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 2
Description: Bodhinatha talks today on not coveting, an aspect of the yama asteya, nonstealing. Gurudeva described it as owning something mentally and emotionally without actually owning it physically. This easily ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 3
Description: Bodhinatha discusses how to harness desire and conquering the tendency to steal or covet by doing its opposite, giving, which is the niyama of dana. Giving brings true happiness, as opposed to the emptiness of hoarding. ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
Revealed Scriptures
Description: Bodhinatha speaks about Hinduism's revealed scriptures, the Vedas and Agamas. These are called sruti, "that which is heard." This ties into the 6th niyama, siddhanta sravana, which is literally ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Jivana Ritau Focuses
Description: Bodhinatha speaks a bit about the Jivana Ritau and its focus on looking at areas we are weak in and trying to upgrade. The yamas and niyamas are the ideals we are striving for, and it's alright ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
Yama #5 - Kshama, Patience
Description: Yama number 5 - kshama, patience. The youth group in Malaysia is focusing on the yamas and niyamas as the basics for successful temple worship. There are many opportunities to test our impatience. ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yama #6 - Dhriti, Steadfastness
Description: Yama number 6 - dhriti, steadfastness. Willpower has to be used to be steadfast. Overcoming fear, and perseverance, are steadfastness. Gurudeva said, "consistency is the key to the conquest of ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yama #7 - Daya, Compassion
Description: Yama number 7 - daya, compassion. Compassion is conquering cruelty. It is the outgrowth of love. Bodhinatha explains he difference beween ahimsa and daya. Part of compassion is the desire to help someone. ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yama #8 - Arjava, Honesty
Description: Yama number 8 - arjava, honesty. Part of the reason for these talks is that there is a high demand in Malaysia. We need to harness the tendency to be great through breaking the rules or laws. In ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yama #9 - Mitahara, Moderate Appetite
Description: Bodhinatha begins with a note about Mother's Day, Father's Day and Grandparent's Day. He offers the key that we should be openly appreciative of our elders, and the more specific we can be, the ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Yama #10 - Saucha, Purity
Description: Yama number 10, saucha, purity. Purity includes clean clothing, good character, physical surroundings and no foul language. Physical purity is important, especially washing clothes regularly, ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
The Niyama of Hri, Remorse and Modesty
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on hri, the niyama of remorse, which is needed to resolve problems. Niyamas focus on helping us to express our divine qualities. Criminals will repeat crimes unless they come to ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Dana, Giving
Description: After a short introduction on the progress of our children's course, of efforts to get Gurudeva's teachings to a broader region through classes and camps in various countries, Bodhinatha speaks on ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Astikya, Faith
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of astikya, faith. In Hinduism experience develops faith. Faith starts out as a belief in what we have not yet experienced. This leads to experience and deepens faith. Visions ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Ishvarapujana, Worship
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of Ishvarapujana, worship of the Gods. Cultivate devotion by having a home shrine so that God and the Gods live with you all day long. Worship is a sophisticated form ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Mati, Cognition
Description: Bodhinatha speaks about the niyama mati, cognition. He urges seekers to develop a spiritual will and intellect with their guru's guidance. Part of mati involves cultivating and awakening our intuition, ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Vrata, Vows
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on the eighth niyama, vrata, the practice of taking vows to ourselves, to the inner worlds and to family and community. Vows are a sacred trust. There are many kinds of ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Japa, Recitation
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of japa, the many dimensions of the sacred science of chanting a mantra, a holy syllable, word or sentence again and again. Often japa is done right after attending ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Niyama of Siddhanta Shravana
Description: The niyama of siddhanta shravana involves studying and listening to learned people, our primary scriptures, the Vedas, and other holy texts. This guides us to become more spiritual people. But listening, ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Yama of Brahmacharya, Yama #4
Description: Bodhinatha spoke on the yama of brahmacharya, purity and chastity, today. He described it as the harnessing of the instincts, including sexual desire, stressing the value of remaining celibate until marriage. ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
The Yama of Satya, Truthfulness
Description: Bodhinatha speaks on satya, the second yama. Truthfulness relates to what we say and honesty to what we do. People lie when they are fearful. People also lie to make others suffer. At the worst ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
