Baba Hari Dass (Devanagari: ????????); born March 26, 1923 in Almora near Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand, India, is a yoga teacher, a silent monk, and a commentator from the Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha. He trained classically in Ashtanga Yoga - King of Yoga from Patanjali (Yoga of Eight Body Members), as well as Kriya Yoga, Ayurveda, Samkhya, Tantra Yoga, Vedanta, and Sansekerta.
Born in the 13th generation of the Brahmin family Katuroni Karnatak, in the lunar month of Chaitra, at Shukla Paksha (Rama Navami), he is also a writer, playwright, martial arts teacher, sculptor and temple builder. Upon arriving in the US in early 1971, he and his teachings inspired the creation of several yoga centers and retreat programs in California and in Canada. The extensive literary output includes biblical commentaries for the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya Karika, and Vedanta, a collection of wisdom words of wisdom about meaning and purpose of life, essays, dramas, short stories, children's stories, kirtan mantra , and in -build instructional yoga that forms the basis of yoga certification training programs.
He was an early advocate of Ayurveda in the United States, the health and healing system of ancient India. In India's annual Indian Ramayana show, he teaches performing arts, choreography and costume making. With an emphasis on selfless service (karma yoga) that guides his life and actions that benefit the world, he devotes himself to helping others and in 1987 he opened the Sri Ram Orphanage in Haridwar for homeless children in India. Although he does not speak, he is fluent in several languages ​​in writing.
For the local people of Nainital and Almora, Baba Hari Dass is also known as Haridas ( lit "Lord Hari's servant"), as Haridas Baba, as Chota Maharaji ( literally " small "), or as Harda Baba. Baba Hari Dass from Nainital is a different person from Swami Haridas who is a spiritual poet and classical musician from the era of Bhakti movement. In addition, Haridas (1594 - 1691 AD) is a saint of the clan (Dagar) from Delhi whose temple is in the village of Jharoda Kalan, in Najafgarh.
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Kehidupan awal dan jalan spiritual (1923-1963)
Baba Hari Dass grows in the lower Himalayan area of ​​Kumaon, including Dunagiri (also called Dronagiri), known as the birthplace of modern Kriya Yoga, and Shakti temples or Mother Goddess. Rich in ancient knowledge, known during the Mahabharata War, the region is also known as Kurmachala and includes Almora, Nainital, Bageshwar, Champawat, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar. At the beginning of his life he listened to the stories narrated by the old people about Siddari Baba Maharaj, Gudari Baba, Suri Baba, Khaki Baba, Aughar Baba, Hariakhan Baba Maharaj (Babaji Mahavatar) and some other saints of the region. In 1929, on his way to Haldwani, during the winter, he received his first darshana by sombari Sombari Baba Maharaj, also known as Paramanandji Maharaj in the village of Kakarighat, on the banks of the Koshi river, where the Sombari Baba Maharaj lived under the big Banyan. trees in small huts are built to the roots.
Darshana is seen as experiencing the presence of a highly respected person, who can evoke latent potential for spiritual growth, or intellectual understanding. An American poet, Gary Snyder, immersed in the Zen Buddhist tradition, explains its significance: "It is a present, it is like there is a moment in which it is ready to let you see it, in India it is called darshan. "
After Sombari Baba Maharaj's experience at the age of six his father died a year later. He made several conversations with his mother about God, soul and peace and he decided to seek spiritual freedom (Sanskrit: ????? mok? A). He formed the worldview as a retaining box made of the earth as the lower part and the sky as the top. The box, which created feelings of separation and sadness, also encouraged her to cry. He decided that it should be revoked. He stated that his belief in his mother asked him to free him from this "earth and sky box" cage. For that he said, "I can not", he replied, "I'm leaving."
He had left home at the age of eight and joined the ashram for yoga renunciates young in the Kumaon forest, where he was initiated into Brahmacharya. At that young age he practiced and became proficient in Hatha Yoga, King of Yoga, Shatkarma, Mudras and Sanskrit. "When I was about 14 years old... I visited a different village in the Himalayas." In that experience he met some Westerners who studied yoga practices and remembered them as "truth seekers". It shapes his attitude toward the inclusive way of teaching yoga in the future.
He was initiated with Sannyasa diksha at the age of 19, in 1942, into the order of Vairagi-Tyagi Vaishnava Ramanandi Sampradaya (follower of Saint Ramananda dating from the 15th century). His teacher, Baba Raghubar Dassji Maharaj, a closed sadhu, a highly respected and Sanskrit scholar, is known for his minimal verbal communication and has no great followers. He meets his students only once in every two-three years to convey yoga? Dhan? instructions for advanced followers. He is quoted as saying: "First, find unity within, in your thoughts, words, and actions, and outer unity will follow you." [2]
In 1952-1953, while living at a funeral called Ghati, Baba Hari Dass described the experience of a legendary Kumogan yogi Hariakhan Baba while living in a cave in a cold winter. While sitting on the fire side, he collapsed and his left hand fell into the fire: "I saw Hariakhan Maharaj come into my room and bend over me..., I saw it clearly, took my left hand from the fire pit. it is known that I am in touch with Harijaan Maharaj. "
Silent oaths and tapas
Silence is the only Voice of Our God - Herman Melville ( Pierre: or, Ambiguities, XIV, ch.1, 1852,)
In 1952, Baba Hari Dass took an oath constantly about the silence called mauna (or maunavrata). In a tradition similar to the Buddhist method of Vipasana, silence is used "as a process of self purification by introspection."
In 1964, Bhagavan Das (yogi) met Baba Hari Dass near a temple called Hanuman Girdi, in Nainital, and later wrote: "Sadhu is a muni, a yogi whose austerity practices include total silence For the previous twelve years , whenever he wants to communicate, he will write his thoughts briefly on a small blackboard. "Similarly, in 1967, Ram Dass:" He was a sadhu forest. "He went to the forest when he was 8 years old. ) She has mauna for 15 years, she writes with a blackboard. "
Even when continuous silence will appear as a radical but also uncomfortable form of communication, some Western authors recognize the social value of silence. Among them are Jacques Derrida and SÃÆ'¸ren Kierkegaard. In their view, silence will serve as a precursor to a clearer and more substantive understanding. Michael Strawser (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida), commenting on Jacques Derrida's view of the meaningful silence of Soren Kierkegaard, writes, "All it takes is Kierkegaard's call to be silent in order to recognize each other's responsibilities." Silence is also appreciated by Perkey Avot, in the Sage's Jewish guide for life, and serves as a "security fence for wisdom".
In yoga, mauna is maintained with the aim of achieving uninterrupted concentration (ekagrata, Sanskrit: ????????). Side effects of such practices include curbing emotions that come out of the mind, such as anger, exaggerated arguments, etc. In Ashtanga Yoga, mauna will be part of larger practices called tapas (Sanskrit: ????). Overall, mauna as a tapas practice will not be seen as penance but "as a mental exercise to develop willpower".
At the beginning of his training he encountered obstacles, "For twelve years I faced many difficulties... for two or three years you have to fight with anger." Since not speaking is not considered a silence of yoga, keeping a quiet mind is, "The mind can not be stopped by just closing the mouth."
In 1983, David C. Fuess (author for The Wall Street Journal), observed Baba Hari Dass: "Babaji did not speak for twenty-nine years and communicate using small chalk boards." In 2008, Melissa Weaver, a Santa Cruz Sentinel correspondent, wrote: "During the class, she sits in a wooden backed chair, her students... sit patiently as she writes her thoughts on the lap-off board, which is read aloud, hard by a volunteer. "
Karma yogi builder
Early in his life Haridas Baba was influenced by the Bhagavad Gita teachings, which regarded karma yoga as selfless service, and the easiest path to progress in the spiritual life. He studied the temple mason from local brick-layers and used his skills in building temples, ashrams, god statues, and stone walls. On more than one project he has a major role. In 1950-1964 with the help of local followers and volunteers, adults and children, he built Hanumangarh and then Kainchi Ashram in Nainital. The Divine Reality , a publication by Sri Kainchi Hanuman Mandir & amp; Ashram, stated: "Haridas Baba usually comes to Kainchi from Hanumangarh to supervise the construction work of Kainchi Ashram." In 1962, after Hanumangarh, and Kenchi (Kainchi) Ashram, he began building an ashram at Kakharighat where Sombari Maharaj lived, which was then settled on a contract basis.
In the United States and Canada, it continues to use considerable design, planning, and construction skills. In February 1982, after a devastating fire that set fire to a recently constructed program building (Mount Madonna Center, Watsonville, CA), he considered it a new opportunity to begin building larger structures with greater capacity. His example inspired many volunteers to help the karmic yoga efforts. In 1983, author of Yoga Journal, Virginia Lee, said "Baba Day Dass swung his hammer with others". The same publication was added in 2002, at the Karma Yoga Awards , Saving Young Lives , that Baba Dass Day started with 1986 began to donate proceeds from the publication of his book to the Sri Ram Foundation governing to help poor children in India. From these funds, and other donations, Shri Ram Ashram was created near Haridwar, in India.
Local teacher leader
At the end of the 1930s several meetings with Western seekers in India began to shape his attitude toward possible choices of teaching yoga in the future. He becomes aware of the greater likelihood of a greater learner, which will create the need to preserve the original yogic tradition that he grew up with for worthy students. "When I was about 14 years old... I saw a lot of Westerners... Some have taken sannyasa... it's pretty clear that they are truth seekers" In India, yoga exercises are tested for thousands of years and it becomes known how each method affect the body, mind, and consciousness. By adopting the famous Ashtanga Yoga method of Patanjali, Yamas and Niyamas, as its main practice, it aims to shorten the time it takes to master an important routine. Otherwise, if new experiments are needed "when the method is changed, they are again tested."
Some of his early students were Europeans and followers of back-to-basics philosophy who traveled to India and were followed by beatniks, such as Allen Ginsburg and others. In one of the waves of subsequent interest in Indian spirituality and yoga, in the early 1960s, some newcomers in the Nainital district were directed to Haridas Baba to receive instruction in hatha yoga, meditation, and yoga life. "A young Englishman named Lawrie... was allowed to live in the ashram, study with Haridas Baba".
He has established local followers and is regarded as an advanced teacher, leader and builder in several karmic yoga construction and construction projects in Hanuman Ghari and Nainital Ashram temples. Dada Mukerjee (Sri Sudhir Mukerjee), recounted the events that wrote: "Haridas is also very active in building Kainchin temples and buying materials for them", and "Haridas... is very clever in puja and rituals, as well as in pranayam and meditation, and experienced hatha practitioners... he also keeps the worshipers who come there... Ram Dass stayed there in 1967 and Lawrie in 1964, among others. "
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Western Conference (1964-1971)
Bhagavan Das and episode of Lucknow hospital
Several influential writers from the Generation of Beat visited India in the early sixties. In 1962-3 Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Gary Snyder spread the word of spiritual practice. In 1964, Ron Zimardi (Ravi Dass), who knew Ginsberg and collaborated on a poetry project met with Kermit Michael Riggs aka Bhagavan Das (yogi) in Greece and both traveled to India.
Bhagavan Das was introduced to Baba Hari Dass in Nainital, Hanuman Garhi (Hanuman Fortress, Google Maps ..
In 1968, in meditation, Bhagavan Das, according to his own records, was able to recognize Baba Hari Dass in danger, who was under anesthesia for medical reasons not disclosed at a hospital in Lucknow. Bhagavan Das drove from Nainital overnight and removed it from the life-threatening condition. After several days Baba Hari Dass wrote, "You saved my life". Explaining the episode, Bhagavan Das interpreted the event hesitantly, "being subjected to Western medical techniques is the death penalty?" He did not offer Baba Hari Dass's views on his medical care and abandoned the reason why and by whom he was included in the condition was missed.
Ram Dass - learn yoga
In 1967, a former Harvard professor, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) traveled to India and was taken to Kainchi - the Nainital region by Bhagavan Dass. By that time Baba Hari Dass had become a masterful yoga teacher and had many followers. On the recommendation of his teacher (Neem Karoli Baba), Ram Dass accepts Ashtanga Yoga: "Baba Hari Dass is my teacher I was taught by this guy on the blackboard in the most emphatic way."
Baba Hari Dass trains Ram Dass at Raja Yoga (also known as Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali), asanas, pranayama, mantras, mudra, ahimsa (non-violent) and focused meditation. "Dass Baba Day, who became my sadhana teacher when I lived in Kainchi Every morning around 11:30 Dass Baba Day will come from Hanuman Garh sixteen kilometers away to give me a yoga lesson." The purpose of yoga-sadhana training and practice is for Ram Dass to become an adept practitioner and classic Ashtanga Yoga teacher in the US and to increase interest in yoga and spirituality in general. Building yoga centers in India or the US and publishing yoga books written by Baba Hari Dass are also discussed.
The training continued for several months in a series of letters between Baba Hari Dass and Ram Dass in the period 1967-69. "He trained me to be a hermit, though I never really became a hermit." The practice and observation of Ashtanga Yoga was later included in Be Here Now (book) and became a reference for starting yoga learners in the 1970s until Baba Hari Dass wrote comprehensive and detailed Ashtanga Yoga Primer (1977).
Some of the benefits of the experience of studying in India last a long time, "Aphasia has introduced silence into my conversation... I have been practicing for this kind of thing when I was with Baba Hari Dass in India I used to be mauna, " or , "The silence makes me very clear, as Dass Day wrote, 'Nothing better than anything.' "
Apart from Neem Karoli
In 1968, Haridas, "who was very active in building Kainichi temples and buying materials for them" in Nainital, stopped involvement with Neem Karoli, also known as Neem Karoli Baba, Neeb Karori, or by the name of his house as Lakshmi Narayan Sharma. The association lasted from the mid-1950s when "Haridas with his enthusiastic and active group of colleagues, manages the affairs of the temple and ashram in Hanumanghar".
Since his childhood Haridas Baba has received a life of discipline as an important thing in spiritual progress. He became a monk and adopted silence as a way of seeking inner peace. For health reasons, and to get rid of the digestive problems he has with his heart, he chooses to drink a glass of milk once or twice a day rather than taking solid food. From the early days of his relationship with Neem Karoli, he encountered some obstacles in his obedience to silence, or eating habits. During one Kumbha Mela, he was obliged by Neem Karoli to violate these monastic rules by reason of following the house rules as a higher but bizarre priority ("What is this rule? For what purpose was it made?").
When he became a teacher in the 1950s, Baba Hari Dass sought a situation conducive to his teaching environment to benefit learners; "He wants to build a small community of his own people". Some of the disturbances and conflicts that occurred in Kainchi's ashram where he became a resident, teacher and supervisor, were not fit for that purpose. The Kainchi ashram is a difficult place with the economic claims imposed between locals and newcomers who are seen as outsiders and who by displacing local members do not recognize their share of efforts in building and maintaining an ashram. Recognizing that context, devotees Neem Karoli, (Sudhir) Dada Mukerjee wrote, "the case has caused many misunderstandings and burning the heart among some people, and remains a puzzle for others."
Cases, which lead to violations, Mukerjee is interpreted as necessary for the gift of his teacher to materialize, so that others, including "Bhabania and Haridas", can benefit from, and that "we can understand the reasons for harsh treatment." In that context, the authors do not explain how controversial situations will justify and override racially abusive actions.
After the event, in 1970, some Westerners were familiar with Baba Hari Dass's teaching style, traveled to India, Haridwar, and convinced him to come to the US to continue his silent teaching.
A question of whether Baba Hari Dass is a student of Neem Karoli leads to a proposition that there is no teacher-student relationship in the sense of teacher-shishya (or chela), although the relationship was extended for several years (1954-1968) and includes selfless service, tutor-seva or karma-yoga conducted by Baba Hari Dass. There is no continuing acceptance of the teachings (parampara), continuation of the association that will take place ( rinu-bandha ), or establishing a branch of doctrine ( jivanvrati ) based on the orientation of Neem Karoli. The contents of what Baba Hari Dass taught in the Ashtanga Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda or Samkhya classes to his students in India, in the US, or Canada, came from sources before meeting Neem Karoli and from conducting independent research on his own. Acknowledging that, while in the US, for the question "How many teachers do you have", Baba Hari Dass replied, "Myself."
Ma Renu-Horsting
In 1969-1970, before the book Be Here Now of Ram Dass was published in the US in October 1971, Ruth Johnson-Horsting (Ma Renu) is a professor of Art at the University of California at Davis. He "taught a statue in Davis from 1959 to 70s" and was contacted in 1970 by his students Bondana and Mahendra Mark Jungerman, who then sought an advanced yoga teacher in India and found Baba Hari Dass in Haridwar. Another person who contacted him was Paul C. Adams (Prem Das).
On that occasion, the prospect of inviting Baba Hari Dass to the US was raised. "They stayed with me and asked me to go to the US I said I could go anywhere I was ready to move to higher mountains".
In 1970, on the recommendation of his students, Baba Hari Dass was invited to the United States, and Ma Renu sponsored his stay for the purpose of teaching yoga. Ma Renu describes his first meeting Baba Hari Dass: "I feel there is no time to lose, I have given permission to sponsor his stay in America, but what is meant to be a short visit, turned into 29 years of darshan and blessing."
The relationship has for years become a fulfilling fulfillment of the goal of selfless service when several organization projects and service missions are established in the US, Canada and India. In 1976, Baba Hari Dass directed him in forming the Sri Rama Foundation to support Sri Ram Ashram for poor children located in Shyampur, near Haridwar. Ma Renu edited some of the writings published by Baba Hari Dass.
Anand Dass
Jerry Tabachnick (Anand Dass) became one of the first students to recognize the need to learn yoga with a living teacher. He became a highly respected student and commentator. In 1970, he traveled to India to study with Baba Hari Dass and to gain a deeper understanding of yoga. He was also active in organizing Vancouver Satsang in Canada and became a Yoga Sutra commentator and teacher and co-authored Dharma Sara's publications on yoga and yoga subjects (1974-76).
Jeannine Parvati Baker and Prenatal Yoga
Baba Hari Dass agrees to guide his pregnant student, Jeannine Parvati, through a prenatal yoga course. During that time he continued to practice asanas and wrote Prenatal Yoga & amp; Natural Birth, published in 1974. As the daughter of a First Nations father (Ute tribe) and as an old disciple of Baba Hari Dass, Jeannine Parvati Baker's midwifery philosophy is one of the earth-based values ​​and harmless principles..
After "Prenatal Yoga" became more popular, Baba Hari Dass explained the supportive yoga practices to include pranatal asanas, pranayama, meditation, Ayurveda, and attention-giving techniques for delivery that form the basis of Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training. [3] Emphasis is placed on the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, discomfort in pregnancy, and how to support the mother through every stage of pregnancy and postpartum.
Impact of Be Here Now and Chota Maharaji
How Swamis Came to America, written by Richard Leviton , at Yoga Journal , Mar/Apr 1990, proposed an influential yoga teacher time line. in America. The description includes 100 years of (1890-1990) multicultural developments in the influence of yoga with a focus on teaching a larger audience. Among them, Baba Hari Dass's early yoga teaching in the US was seen as started in 1971. Prior to that, "Baba Day Dass's reputation preceded his arrival in America about two years", confirming his teaching engagement back to at least 1969 also established in India. An earlier credible account existed (Bhagavan Das and Ram Dass) asserting that in 1963-64 he was a teacher who was skilled enough in teaching others.
In early 1971 Baba Hari Dass was teaching in the US when later in the same year Be Here Now (edition 1, Oct. 1971) by Ram Dass was published by the Old Foundation, in New Mexico. The book, seen as a further contribution to public knowledge in the US and Canada on yoga and Baba Hari Dass as a yogi teacher, was re-edited after "eighty thousand copies" had been distributed. Richard Leviton used the first edition of Be Here Now. He noted that Ram Dass called Baba Hari Dass "this great companion" as one of his teachers. Ram Dass uses several affirmative statements about Baba Hari Dass, also known as Chota Maharaji in his original Nainital-Almora regime, which was later removed from the first edition.
In Be Love Now, published in 2010, an explanation was given for content deletion in the dialogue between Ram Dass and his teacher Neem Karoli which took place in 1971. "I have mixed up Dass and Maharaji Days when I hear stories from Dass Day. "" Story, "repeated with some changes in another autobiographical book Polishing the Mirror: The Way of Living from Your Spiritual Heirloom, is about who left home at the age of eight. Some sources indicate that Neem Karoli (Lakshmi Narayan Sharma) left his home at the age of 11-12 years, "After marriage, the groom leaves the house and wanders into the country". For Baba Day Dass, leaving the house occurred at a younger age when he was eight years old. With the necessary spiritual liberation and the discussion he had with his mother, "Take me out of this earth and sky box," Baba Day Dass left home and was not bound by the customary marriage of a customary child in India at the time. , before it was declared illegal in 1929, or by the obligation of a family promise that such marriage would be enforced.
Teaching to study (1971 - present)
In the US, in early 1971, at Sea Ranch in Sonoma County, and in Santa Rosa, California, he began teaching the core yoga practice of becoming a hatha aerobic fitness regener of Fitness Asanas aimed at improving the physical endurance of supporting meditation. Then, kirtan, mudras, fire ceremony (yajna), and satsang were introduced to complete the busy schedule. In 1972, when the flowers grew, several events were held that included demonstrations of asana yoga, shatkarma, and mudra (Lama Foundation in New Mexico, Coconut Grove in Florida, and Santa Cruz in California) [4] [5]. He also went to Canada to build Dharmasara community in Toronto, Salt Spring Yoga Center, in Salt Spring Island BC, and Dharma Sara Satsang, in Vancouver, BC.
In 1974, the Old Foundation published his first book, Yellow Book, a collection of pearl words that included a brief statement but revealed ("all babies are yogis"), or a longer question format on the topic life. In 1975 the second book, "a compilation of a story about one of the greatest and most mysterious of Indian saints", Hariakhan Baba - Known, Unknown, was released by the Sri Rama Foundation. In 1977 came another collection of well-received question and answer discussions at Silence Speaks, which characterized his silent teaching style with a few words written in the next publication by Sri Rama Publishing. [6]
His experience in building and managing kainchi and Hanumanghar ashram in Nainital, India, took on a new form when the Hanuman Fellowship was created in 1974 in Santa Cruz, California. He advised his followers to write letters to their friends, associates, etc., to find a large open space, outside the city. After a long search, in 1976, a response came from Lois Bateson (daughter of the late anthropologist Gregory Bateson) who found a ranger who manages a large property in the Santa Cruz Mountains that will be sold on condition that new buyers will preserve it. natural state. It leads to the establishment in 1978 Madonna Creative Arts Center in Watsonville. The vast spaces in the mountains are perfect for physical labor with many volunteers working as karma yogis.
On February 23, 1982, the main program building was finished, when the candlelight from the puja table started the fire that burned the building. In the summer of the same year, "the response to the disaster was remarkable", and a new plan was implemented to build a larger program building that could host multi-user activities. Baba Hari Dass develops a three-tiered yoga teaching schedule for beginner, intermediate and advanced practitioners. Regular classes at Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Satsangs events, Ramayana dramas, martial arts, sports events with annual Hanuman Olympics and retreats provide a rich holistic background in learning.
Baba Hari Dass emphasizes the physical work and volunteer service of karma yoga. The goal of such an approach is that social contact and interaction when working together will be translated into other areas and will support a coherent multi-purpose function "where a spiritual candidate can come to learn yoga and find peace." Around similar project ideas were made at the Salt Spring Center of yoga (1974) in Canada, in Vancouver, BC, and at the Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz, California (1989).
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US temple, and religious symbol
The emphasis on the devotional yoga derived from the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana teachings inspired some of his disciples to travel to India in 2001 to look for a Hanuman murti. When the statue arrived, Baba Hari Dass wrote "Need a temple." He walks to the ceremony and marks the location for the Temple with his feet. The Prana pratishta ceremony, "breath building" in the sacred image, was performed in 2003. Sankat Mochan Hanuman, Ganesha temple, Nandi-Shiva lingam waterfall, and several god statues built on the site of Mount Madonna Center. Created as an alternative to yoga tract, this site serves locals and can accommodate visitors from the wider community of the San Francisco Bay Area on daily visits.
Contribution of Human Psychology
In Transpersonal Western psychology it becomes a rich and productive field in psychology, anthropology and psychiatry. Practices and theories of yoga are added to that impact while the researchers focus on the subtle body energy that in terms of yoga relates to SukShma sharira. Some writers praised Baba Hari Dass for his contributions and his adept views. Steven Simon Bentheim PhD commented on a "spiritual" marriage made and fall apart regardless of the blessing of his teacher, writes: "Baba Hari Dass soon realizes that the abstinence ideal as a tool for spiritual development - whether it is diet or sexual is a problem in the West."
Bonnie Greenwell, while working on a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology ( Energy Transformation - A Guide to Kundalini Processes ) was allowed to study "unpublished manuscripts of the Jnana Baba Hari Dass yoga teacher" (p.
Stuart Sovatsky PhD, commenting on Ken Wilber, Ram Dass, and others whose work focuses on "[solo] spiritual heroes" unwittingly entering Western life, traveling without family "sadhu journeys", writes that Baba Hari Dass warns all Western seekers to not to mix Western lifestyles and strict sadhu requirements. Commenting on that he wrote, "For the Brahmacharya West is almost impossible because the relationship between the sexes is so free, do not mix the sadhu journey in this case" ( Silence Speaks, p.Ã, 107).
Ayurveda
Baba Hari Dass was one of the early supporters who helped bring Ayurveda to the US in the early 1970s, the ancient Indian healing and health system. He teaches joint classes in Ashtanga Yoga, Samkhya, and Ayurveda as "sister sciences". As the flower grows, the theory of three-dosha, pulse, and ayurvedic medicine comes from the classical scriptures of Sushruta Samhita and Charaka Sa? Hit? , was introduced which led to the formation of the Mount Madonna Institute, the College of Ayurveda, Ayurveda World, and the Ayurvedic pharmacy. He invited some of the leading Ayurvedic teachers, Dr. Vasant Lad, Sarita Shrestha, M.D., Professor Ram Harsh Singh, Ph.D, and others. Michael Tierra, an Ayurvedic medicine practitioner, wrote: "The history of Ayurveda in North America will always owe to Baba Hari Dass's unconditional contribution" ( Herbal Ayurvedic Way , Lotus Press, 2008, p.Ã, XIV).
Teacher Training Yoga
Following the tradition of non-sectarian teachings of Ashtanga Yoga, with roots in practical Hatha yoga and Samkhya's metaphysics, Baba Hari Dass inspires and oversees several programs with a focus on training future yoga instructors. He first began teaching yoga in India according to an existing account by Bhagavan Das in 1964, and by Ram Dass in 1965-1966. With several other accounts, his teaching involvement occurred already in 1958 when he trained some former mystical George mystical novels known as George Gurdjieff (1866-1949).
In the US and Canada, beginning in the mid-1970s, he created a comprehensive teaching program that incorporated eight Ashtanga Yoga branches from Patanjali. It is based on the scriptural tradition of the Hatha yoga system at Hatha Yoga Pradipika , Siva Samhita , and Gherand Samita , Yoga Vashishta With an emphasis on strength and flexibility, it develops Asanas Fitness to improve physical endurance. Pranayama, stable control and energy expansion, is given excellence in focused meditation support. Kirtan, mudra, Samkhya's weapon theory and subtle body, or SukShma sharira from Tantra and Vedanta's philosophy are also included. Regular and continuous practice (sadhana and abhyasa) adds scripture references and emphasizes experience through routine routines.
In addition to the core practice of Ashtanga Yoga, some less general teachings were given during the establishment of Yoga Teacher Training at Mount Madonna Center, Watsonville, CA. For example, Tantric Bhairav? Sadhana Chakra and The Vairag? The ritual is a circular yoga s? Dhana is performed with the same number of men and women who employ yantras to invoke the various Devi forms, or Durga as Supreme in the tradition of Shaktisme. Practices like Shut Chakra Bedhana (piercing chakra) and Yoni Mudra Japa included. Sadhana is used as Vair? G? Vai ?? avas practice has no sexual component.
For yoga practitioners and teachers, who tend to be in advanced practice, week-long exile practice and silence are offered which can focus on worshiping gods, reading scriptures, puja and mantra recitations.
For years, moderation, inclusiveness, and an emphasis on the routine practice of yogic teachings led to the creation of a wider range of yoga programs and retreats followed in several centers, at Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, at the Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz; Salt Spring Yoga Center, in Salt Spring Island BC., And at Dharma Sara Satsang, in Vancouver, BC., Canada.
Sri Ram Ashram
Baba Hari Dass on his way through India found many abandoned children in need of a home and a caring place. As a young man Baba Hari Dass watched the child abuse in the orphanage he visited with his friend. Prompted by the experience and using the results of his generous yoga books and donations, "he set up a loving home for needy children." One of his students, Ma Renu, inspired by the teachings of selfless service (karma yoga) traveled to India for launch in 1984 Sri Ram Ashram, a children's orphanage, school, and medical clinic in a rural location of Uttaranchal state in the north.
Ashram, now located near Haridwar (Shyampur village) was established in 1987. From the beginning, the focus is to support orphans and poor children. Some children find their way to Sri Ram Ashram by being taken and abandoned at the entrance gates, or by being found abandoned in city streets, or rural places. After medical evaluation, the children are brought to a new environment with loving concern and care. In 1987, Sri Ram Vidya Mandir became an accredited national school, which educates children, Breeding through the 12th grade standard, from both orphanages and nearby villages.
Focus of the scriptures
The goal is
Achievement of a higher state of concentration according to Ashtanga Yoga (classical yoga Patanjali) is rooted in the development of the physical body (Hatha Yoga). "The body is a boat carrying souls in the world's oceans, if it is not strong, or if it has a hole, it can not cross the ocean, so the first task is to repair a boat." With an increasingly powerful physical body and guided by a disciplined life, an advanced person can receive finer instruction and teachings, called sadhana. The ordinary sadhana, according to Baba Hari Dass, is a key element of yoga practice, and no matter what method sadhana adopts an ever-reliable anchor.
Baba Hari Dass, himself a bhikkhu throughout his life, considers married people to be able to live yoga life. Because of their daily care for children, the usual sadhana would take the form of Grihasta Yoga (yoga housekeeper), "This is the unity of two people where they sacrifice their personal desire to be one."
Yoga Dattatreya and Patanjali traditions
Some authors have argued that Dattatreya ("Datta Anak Atri", also known as Datta Guru), to whom the Advahuta-Gita is thought to have originated (fourth century AD), was the first to derive from the tradition of Ashtanga Yoga ( astha-anga-yoga ), or R? ja yoga (eightfold Yoga path). Dattatreya is also credited with the authorship of Jivan-Mukti-Gita (Song of Lving Liberation) that outperformed the released creatures while still in the body, as well as
Yoga, as a spiritual practice, was most likely developed before the sixth and fifth centuries BC, in the same ascetic circle with the early sramana movement. Some Upanishads (Ranade, RD, from 1200 - 600 BC), have special relevance to the teachings of yoga ( Katha , Prasna , Mundaka , < i> Chandogya , Brihadaranyaka , or Shvetasvtara ). The writings precede the Buddhist tradition of the more formal yoga exercises described in the Nikaya Buddha. Some authors, evaluating various opinions about the origin of Yoga, state that "It is certain that the germ of thought yogic can be found in the embryo form in the Vedic literature itself, the Aranyakas and Brahmana Text" (possibly great between the years 1500-1200 BC).
Ensuring sources, Baba Hari Dass, compiled his own deep commentary for The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that explains the difficult theoretical concepts with years of experience and knowledge of yoga practices. Some authors state that Patajali Yoga Suras and the practice of Yoga in general "was almost forgotten for the better part of seven hundred years" until it was rehabilitated at the end of the nineteenth century by Swami Vivekananda. However, scriptural research may have to be evaluated in addition to the local Yoga tradition that relies on the transfer of yogic knowledge from mouth to mouth and centuries longer in duration than indicated by theoretical speculation.
Built on the Himalayan Kumoan tradition of the development of the century-old yoga, Baba Hari Dass started the weekly Patanjali Silk Yoga Class at the University of California, in Santa Cruz, CA in 1975. Some classical commentaries and yoga are referred to, such as: Yoga Vashishta , Hatha Yoga Pradipika , Siwa Samhita , Goraksha Samhita , Yoga Bhashya linked to Veda Vyasa (probably the fifth CE); ?? varakrishna Samkhyakarika (4th century or 5th century); V? Caspati Mi? Ra's Tattvavai ?? rad? (the ninth century C.E.); Yogavartika from Vijnanabhiksu (sixteenth century) ; Swami Hariharananda Aranya (1869-1947) Philosophy of Patanjali Yoga , and Pandit Usharbudh Arya (1986) comment. In his exposition of the principles of yoga, continuing through 2012, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Ashtanga Yoga play a fundamental and formative role in educating yoga seekers.
According to Baba Hari Dass, " Yogah means samadhi, or circumstances that occur when mental modification is controlled by constant and senseless practice." Yoga Sutras Patanjali defines the meaning of yoga as "Control mind waves in the mind" (I: 2), or as nirodha (mental control), "whereby unity (the goal of yoga) is achieved." Nirodha is the process, while the resultant niruddha is a state of perfection. The path that considers dualistic individuality to be a non-dual state "is characterized by the absence of individuality." In that sense, the purpose of yoga can be described as "eternal peace, pure love, self-realization, or liberation," or as a "recipe for liberation from the cycle of suffering."
Samadhi In (volume I), is the exposition of the effort , the primary means of yoga, together with the more advanced subject of the efficiency of the practice of abhyasa and displeasure ( vairagya >). Sadhana On (Volume II) presents a practical method for yogis who aspire to a higher state of concentration and need to eliminate mental disorders ( viksipta ). These practical methods form Kriya Yoga and make the mind ready for one-point concentration ( ekagra-dhyana ), which results in the stability of concentration, or samahita chitta . In Vibhuti On (volume III), the pratyahara subsequently developed into concentration ( dharana ), meditation ( dhyana ), and into absorption state samadhi . Those countries, when controlled in a row are the foundations of samyama ; " samyama is the perfect control of mental concentration" (p.77); and "The samyama are incomplete unless there is a combination of these three processes of concentration"; it should also be noted that the perfection of samyama is "three feet of internal concentration". Furthermore, Baba Hari Dass describes different aspects of samadhi and samyama and their achievements in relation to viveka khyati, or discriminating faculty. Vol IV, Kaivalya On ; comments for the last volume of Yoga Sutra Patanjali published in 2017.
Ramayana , Bhagavat Gita , and other posts
Among several versions of the Ramayana, colorful music scene performances by students trained by Baba Hari Dass, is the biggest annual, Western version of the epic featured on stage. Ramayana in India is a stage show in all villages and towns. Young actors and participants take on different roles every year so as to play several characters over the years. In the United States, Baba Hari Dass trains students at Madonna Mountain School in Watsonville, California, to continue the annual musical tradition in June (first show in 1974); "This drama has evolved into a much anticipated annual school event in the year in which all schools participated." He has taught acting art, costume design, mask making and choreography to revive the characters of Sri Ram, Sita, Hanuman, Lakshmana, Shiva and Parvati, Vibhishan, Jatayu, Sugriva, Surpanakha, Ravana and his Rakshanya court, Meghnaad, Kumbhakarna and soldiers monkeys and demons. "Though preceding Star Wars by several thousand years 'Ramayana' invites comparisons with George Lukas's films both in the plot and in the underlying themes."
Bhagavat Gita - commentary for Chapters 1-6 (Vol I, pub. 2013); Bhagavad Gita uses the battle metaphor to convey the meaning of the inner struggle to achieve knowledge of the human condition. The struggle is between positive and negative tendencies. In this volume the meaning of the three main types of articulated yoga: Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga. Emphasis is given to the view that "action is superior to inaction" (p.a, 300). "Acts committed without self-interest and for the good of all are called sacrifices (yajna)" (p. 302), and they will not result in slavery.
Samkhya Karika and Vedanta: A commentary for the existence of Samvya Krishna (Samkharikarika) Samkhya's principle of the 24 tattva system culminating in the full confession of the Self, the confession which brings about the separation of Purusha, the conscious principle of Prakriti, the unconscious material principle. In the stages of editing: a commentary for the classical Panchadsi Vedanta of Swami Vidyaranya, the commentary included the discussion of several Vedantic schools: Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita. Fifteen chapters discuss the discrimination aspects of Sat, Citt, and Ananda of the Truth.
Events October 2013
On October 16, 2013, after a physical examination, it was announced by his medical team that Baba Hari Dass "has a dramatic neurological change that has affected mobility, stamina, and expression", and "his doctor has performed all the appropriate tests and has found no cause that could treated. "At that time he stopped the routine activities of teaching Vedanta classes, Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, or attending ceremonial events. Even when his condition "remains stable, comfortable, and vibrant," he does not continue his teaching schedule.
Comments and literary works
- Yellow Book: The Sayings of Baba Hari Dass, 1974, The Old Foundation; First edition; ASINÃ, B001U2T24W
- Hariakhan Baba: Unknown, Unknown, 1975, Yayasan Sri Rama, (ISBN 0-918100-00-3)
- The Magic Gem - Coloring Book Story; 1976, Sri Rama Foundation; (Library of Congress 76-10032)
- Silence Speaks: The Pearl Word From Baba Boards Day Dass, Sri Rama Foundation, 1977, (ISBN: 0-918100-19-4)
- Ashtanga Yoga Primer, Illustrated Practical Guide, Sri Rama Publishing, 1977, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-04-6)
- Yoga Children's Park, Sri Rama Publishing, 1980, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-02-X)
- Sweeper to Saint: Stories of Sacred India, A collection of short stories; Sri Rama Publishing, July 1980, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-03-8)
- Cats and Sparrow, Yayasan Sri Rama, 1982, Santa Cruz, CA; (ISBN: 0-918100-06-2)
- Mystic Monkey, Sri Rama Publisher, Sri Rama Publishing, 1984, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-05-4)
- Fuelless Fire: The Pearls of Baba Day Dass, Sri Rama Publishing, 1986, (ISBN: 0-918100-08-9)
- Essays on Peace Search in Everyday Life, 1. Tying the Mind & amp; Liberation, Sri Rama Publishing, 1992, (ISBN: 0-918100-14-3)
- Essays on Peace Search in Everyday Life, 2. Mind is Our World, Sri Rama Publishing, 1992, (ISBN: 0-918100-14-3)
- Essays on Peace Search in Everyday Life, 3. Unconditional Service, Karma Yoga Spirit, Sri Rama Publishing, 1995, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-17-8)
- Vinaya Chalisa: Prayer of the Forty, Sri Rama Publishing, 1994, (ISBN 978-091810-01-6)
- The Road to Enlightenment Is Not the Highway, Sri Rama Publishing, 1996, (ISBN: 0-918100-15-1)
- The Yoga Sutra from Patanjali: A Study Guide and Commentary for Book I Samadhi On, Sri Rama Publishing, 1999, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-20-8)
- Surya Namaskara, Sun Respectation Series, Ashtanga Yoga Fitness Asana Series, vol. 1, Sri Rama Publishing, 2000, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-22-4)
- Everyday Peace: Letters for Life, Sri Rama Publishing, 2000, (ISBNÃ, 0-918100-21-6)
- The Yoga Sutras from Patanjali: Study Guide and Commentary for Book II Sadhana On, Sri Rama Publishing, 2008, (ISBNÃ, 978-0-918100-23-8)
- Kshama Prarthana Pranam, Frigiveness Asana Series, Sri Rama Publishing, June 1, 2008
- Pigeon Throne, 2010, Sri Rama Publishing, (ISBNÃ, 978-0918100269)
- Bronze Buddha, A Collection of three short stories, 2011, Sri Rama Publishing, (ISBN 978-0-918100-27-6)
- Hand Mudras Pamphlet, 2011, Sri Rama Publishing, (ISBN 978-0-918100-3-20)
- Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Chapter I-VI, Study Guide and Commentary, Sri Rama Publishing, 2013, (ISBNÃ, 978-0918100283)
- The Yoga Sutras from Patanjali: Study Guide and Commentary for Book III Vibhuti On, Sri Rama Publishing, 2013, (ISBN 978-0-918100-24-5)
- Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Chapter VII-XII, Study Guide and Commentary, Sri Rama Publishing, 2014, (ISBN 978-0-918100-30-6)
- Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Chapter XIII-XVIII, Study Guide and Commentary, Sri Rama Publishing, November 2015, (ISBN 978-0-918100-29-0)
- The Yoga Sutras from Patanjali: Study Guide and Comments for Book IV Kaivalya On, Sri Rama Publishing, 2017, (ISBN 978-0-918100-25-2)
Video
- Dass Baba's Day Doing a Joke Mudra
- The Story of The Day of Dass and Mt Madonna (Dallas Cyr)
- Holy Hand Mudra (David Fuess)
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External links
- Quotes at: Silent Speak
- Speaking With Babaji
- Sankat Mochan Hanuman
- Updates from Hanuman Fellowship
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