Category: Philosophy

Yoga is a system of physical and mental discipline which originated in India long ago. The word is linked to meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism. In the latter, it also refers to an orthodox school of philosophy. Yoga has many branches like Raja yoga, Karma yoga, jnana yoga, Bhakthi yoga, and Hatha yoga. But when most people talk of yoga in India or abroad, they usually mean Hatha yoga, which consists of certain exercises called ‘asanas’. It can also include ‘pranayama’, a set of breathing exercises. Yoga is an important system of complementary or alternative therapy. Yoga teachers prescribe specific asanas and breathing exercises for specific diseases. Yoga has beneficial results in treating many diseases like diabetes, asthma, hypertension, obesity, etc. Image Source : deeporigins-deeporiginsllc.netdna-ssl.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Yoga also…

This is a sample paragraph on The Happiest Day of My Life. We are thrown in this world without any rhyme or reason—A French philosopher Sartre based the whole philosophy of existentialism on this thought.People have always been probing into the query why we are in this world which is so full of ‘the weariness, the fever, and the fret’. But for me, it has been so good to be in this world that I consider 2nd August 1967, my birthday, the happiest day of my life. On this day with the waking yawn of the dawn, I moaned and signaled my arrival in this world. Of course, like many other babies, I was not happy to leave my mother’s protective womb. So I cried a lot. But thereafter I…

People believe in God; they believe in His mercy good that they do. But it would be very wrong to think that it is God who has given us birth in this world and it is He who should look after us. Such a thinking and philosophy is self-defeating and thoroughly ill-thought. God has given us birth and has equipped us with a body, a mind and a soul.These are like gifts given to us by God. If one has got wealth and one lock it up in the bank locker without putting it to any use or does not want to use it, what would be the result? Such a one shall have all in his shelf but would die of starvation. Who can help such a fool?Similarly, God…

In Jainism the relationship between ‘being’ (the animate) and the inanimate (Jad, Pudgal or the body matter) has been regarded as bondage. In Jainism the animate, ‘the being’ or ‘the Jiva’ has been accepted as the consciousness (Chetan).The animate epitomizes unlimited knowledge (Anant Gyan), unlimited vision (Anant Darshan), unlimited prowess (valour or Anant Virya), and unlimited enjoyment (bliss or Anant Anand) as a result of its deeds (Karma), ignorance (Agyanta), envelops the being (Jiva) and all these powers vanish and the ‘being’ (Jiva) is encircled into a bondage.If the Jiva (the being) acquires knowledge, he will recapture all these powers and obtain salvauon and his form will become full of lustres. Here a relevant question arises. How is the Jiva associated with Pudgal, the body or the matter (Ajiva)? Image…