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About the Site, Connections

About the Site
Additions and Revisions to the site
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Comments from others about the site
How to use this Site
Bio of Swami Jnaneshvara
Contact Swami Jnaneshvara
Glossaries of terms
Links to other sites

Contact, Classes, Satsang and other Activities

Calendar of Activities
Email and Postal Mail
Facebook:
   Facebook - Personal page
   Facebook - Satsang and Discussion group page
   Facebook - SwamiJ.com page
   Facebook - Yoga Nidra Meditation CD page
   Facebook - Traditional Yoga page
   Facebook - Center for Nondualism Group Discussion page
   Facebook - Center for Nondualism Organization page
Newsletters:
   Newsletters - Descriptions of all three of my newsletters
   Newsletter - Yoga Meditation (Yahoo)
   Newsletter - Yoga Sutras (Yahoo)
   Newsletter - Abhyasa Ashram, Florida Activities (Yahoo)
   Newsletter - Center for Nondualism, Florida (Yahoo)
Twitter of Swami J
Blog through Blogger
Myspace personal page
Satsang and community in your city or country

Publications, Print, CDs, Videos

CDs by Swami Jnaneshvara - Yoga Nidra and Basic Meditation
Booklets by Swami Jnaneshvara through Lulu.com
PDF articles for download
SwamiJ.com en Español - Spanish translations of articles
Online discussion meetings
Podcasts - Audio through this site and iTunes
   Podcasts - Direct link to iTunes page
Video Broadcast and Live Satsang Information
   Direct Link to Broadcast on Ustream
YouTube videos by Swami Jnaneshvara
YouTube videos of Swami Rama (independent site)

Tradition

Tradition of the Himalayan Masters
Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
What is a Swami?
Sanatana Dharma
Personal Source of Inspiration
Swami Rama:
   About Swami Rama
   Index of Articles by Swami Rama
   Swami Rama Teachings Booklet (39-page PDF file)
   The Path of Swami Rama (49-page PDF file)

FEATURED ARTICLES, i.e., WHERE TO START
(Scroll down for complete list of articles in alphabetical order)

How the word "Yoga" is used on this website
Yoga - Meaning and Highlights

Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Meditation
   Summary Table of Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Meditation
Seven Skills to Cultivate for Yoga Meditation
Four Practices - Meditation, Contemplation, Prayer, Mantra
The Simplest Meditation

Attitudes Meditations and Mindfulness
Veiling and Projecting - Avidya and Adhyasa
Practice and Non-Attachment - Abhyasa and Vairagya
Five Efforts and Commitments
Mindfulness and Concentration in Yoga Meditation

Four Steps of Meditation
Training the Ten Senses or Indriyas
Breathing Practices
Diaphragmatic Breathing

Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Karma and the Sources of Actions, Speech and Thoughts
   Karma - Archery and the Art of Karma
Coordinating Four Functions of Mind: Manas, Chitta, Ahamkara, Buddhi

Thirteen Suggestions on Using Mantra
Seven Great Contemplations - Mahavakyas
Yoga Nidra - Yogic Conscious Deep Sleep

Understanding and Practicing the Teachings of Swami Rama - Booklet

Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
Shakti, Kundalini, and the River of Tantra Yoga
Bindu and the Three Streams of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
Self-Realization in the Himalayan Tradition
Modern Yoga versus Traditional Yoga

ARTICLES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
(Featured Articles are above)

108 Beads on a Mala

Abhyasa Ashram
About the website
Additions and Revisions to Articles
Advanced Meditation
Agni Sara
Ahamkara: Four Functions of Mind
Ahimsa, Non-harming
Amrita Gita
Antahkarana - Four Functions of Mind
Aparokshanubhuti - Shankara
Archery and the Art of Karma
Ashtavakra Gita
Ashrams: Four Ashrams (stages) of Life
Asim School
Atheism - Theism, Atheism, Yoga, and Fear
Atma Bodha - Shankara
Atma-Shatakam, Song of the Self - Shankara
Attitudes Meditations and Mindfulness
Avidya and Adhyasa - Veiling and Projecting

Balanced Mind Picture
Beach Photos at Fort Walton Beach
Beginning Meditation
Be Still and Know
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Meditation
   Summary Table of Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Meditation
Beyond the Gross and Subtle Realm
Bhaja Govindam - Shankara
Bhakti - Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Bhumikas, Seven - Varaha Upanishad
Bhuta Shuddhi Meditation
Bindu and the Three Streams of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
Bio - Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati
Black page
Blank page
Book Reviews by Swami Jnaneshvara
Breathing Practices
Breathing, Diaphragmatic
Broadcast and Live Video Satsang
Buddhi - Four Functions of Mind

Calendar of Activities with Swami Jnaneshvara
Canvas: Self Behind the Paint and the Canvas
CD: Basic Yoga Meditation
CD: Yoga Nidra
Center for Nondualism
Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces
Chakra Meditation
Challenge - An Inspiring Challenge from Swami Rama
Chariot - Who's Driving Your Chariot
Chicken and the Egg, Nondualism and Gods
Chitta - Four Functions of Mind
Christianity:
   Christian Yoga - Indirectly Promoting Traditional Yoga
   Christianity - Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity
   Christianity - Yoga and Christianity: Loving with All Your Parts
   See also "Religion" below
Clouded Mind
Comments on the SwamiJ.com website
Complementary Practices - Meditation, Contemplation, Prayer, Mantra
Computers and Consciousness
Concentration - Mindfulness and Concentration in Yoga Meditation
Consciousness and Cake
Construction of Religion
Contemplation - Meditation, Contemplation, Prayer, Mantra
Contemplations - Seven Mahavakyas, Great Contemplations
Conversion is an Act of Violence
Crest Jewel of Discrimination - Vivekachudamani (1)
Crest Jewel of Discrimination - Vivekachudamani (2)

Daily Internal Dialogues
Daily Goals
Danda Diksha of Swami Jnaneshvara
Dasnami - Ten names of the swami orders
Dattatreys - Twenty Four Gurus of Dattatreya
Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha: Four Aspects of Life
Dharma - What is Sanatana Dharma
Dharma - Sanatana Dharma and Hinduism
Dhatus - The Seven Tissues
Deities in the Himalayan Tradition
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Diet and Meditation
Donations
Downloads of PDF files
Dualism and Nondualism

Einstein Quotes
   Emotions - Swami Rama
   Emotions, Mind and Ego - Swami Rama
   Emotions and Karma
   Emotions - Two Faces of Emotions in Yoga Psychology
Enlightenment - Stages of Enlightenment
Entire Process of Meditation

Faces of Nondualism (pdf)
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Figures used on SwamiJ.com website
Five Efforts and Commitments
Five Stages of Meditation
Flexibility in the Practice Sequence
Flight Management - Meditation, Mind and the Flight Management Computer
Florida:
   Florida - Yoga Meditation in Florida
   Fort Walton Beach
   Fort Walton Beach Hotels
Four Aspects of Life: Purusharthas: Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha
Four Ashrams (Stages) of Life
Four Practices - Meditation, Contemplation, Prayer, Mantra
Four Functions of Mind - Coordinating Manas, Chitta, Ahamkara, Buddhi
Four Means and Six Virtues Sadhana Chatshtaya / Shatsampat
Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Four Stages (ashrams) of Life
Four Steps of Meditation
Frawley - Self Inquiry

Gazing, Trataka / Trataka (2) / Trataka (3) / Trataka Sohum
Gayatri Mantra
Glossaries
Goals of Life - Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha: Four Aspects of Life
God - What God Is
God - What god or gods do you believe in?
Gods - Gods and the Celestial World
Gods - Chicken and the Egg, Nondualism and Gods
Guru:
   Guru Chakra
   Guru Grace and Shaktipata
   Guru and the Light Within
   Guru is a Stream
   Guru and Divine Grace
   Guru - Twenty Four Gurus of Dattatreya

Handout - Witnessing
Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Health - Holistic Health - 9 Suggestions from Swami Rama
Himalayan Institute
Hinduism:
   Hinduism - Does it Teach that all Religions are the Same?
   Hinduism Today - Timeline
   Hinduism - Yoga and the Words Hindu and Hinduism
   Hindus - We Are All Hindus Now
History of Religion and Wars
History of Yoga - Georg Feuerstein
Holistic Health - 9 Suggestions from Swami Rama
Hotels - Fort Walton Beach Hotels
How to use the SwamiJ.com site
Human Rights - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Iceberg
Illusion
Illusion - Purple Dots
Indexes:
   Index - About
   Index - Basics
   Index - CDs
   Index - Connections
   Index - Fun and Miscellaneous
   Index - Icons
   Index - Interactive
   Index - Karma
   Index - Kundalini
   Index - Levels of Consciousness
   Index - Lifestyle
   Index - Mantra
   Index - Meditation
   Index - Mind
   Index - Philosophy
   Index - Practices
   Index - Tradition
   Index - Yoga
   Index - Yoga Sutras
Indian Philosophy - Six Schools of Indian Philosophy
Indic Contribution Towards Understanding the Word Religion
Indriyas - Training the Ten Senses or Indriyas
Inspiration
Inspiring Challenge from Swami Rama
Intermediate Meditation
Inviting Thoughts to Come
Is Yoga a Religion?
Ischial Tuberosity - Sitz Bones

Japa - Mantra, Japa and Ajapa Japa
Jnana - Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Jokes and Quotes

Kalimath
Karma:
   Karma and the Sources of Actions, Speech and Thoughts
   Karma - Archery and the Art of Karma
   Karma - Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Koshas
Kundalini:
   Kundalini Awakening Index
   Kundalini Awakening (several separate, linked pages)
      1) Prana usually flows in Ida or Pingala
      2) Prana is made to flow in Ida and Pingala
      3) Prana is made to flow in Sushumna
      4) Kundalini Energy is Awakened
      5) Kundalini Rising
      6) Kundalini rises to Sahasrara, Crown Chakra
   Kundalini - Shakti, Kundalini, and the River of Tantra Yoga

Lady Turning
Lead Me
   Loop of Lead Me
Levels and Dimensions of Consciousness
Lifestyle and Four Basic Urges
Links
Loops:
   Loop - Lead Me
   Loop - Mahatripurasundari
   Loop - Mahavakyas
   Loop - Meditation Today
   Loop - Purna
   Loop - Shiva and Shakti are One and the Same
   Loop - Yoga Sutras 1.1-1.5

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
   Mahamrityunjaya Mantra 108
Mahatripurasundari - Loop
Mahavakyas, Seven Great Contemplations
   Mahavakyas - Loop
Manas - Four Functions of Mind
Mandukya Upanishad
Mantra:
   Mantra, 13 Tips on Using Mantra
   Mantra, Brain and Words
   Mantra, Japa and Ajapa Japa
   Mantra, Gayatri
   Mantra, Mahamrityunjaya
   Mantra, Maranatha
   Mantra, Om Mantra and Seven Levels of Consciousness
   Mantra, Om Mantra and Seven Methods of Practice
   Mantra, Om Namah Shivaya (Panchakshara Mantra)
   Mantra - Soham Mantra
   Mantra - Soham Mantra 108 Repetitions
   Mantra - Soham Mantra and Breath
Maslow's Needs Hierarchy and Advanced Yoga Psychology
Meaning and Purpose of Yoga, Bhole Prabhu
Meditation:
   Meditation - 50+ Types of Meditation
   Meditation, Mind and the Flight Management Computer
   Meditation - Mindfulness and Concentration in Yoga Meditation
   Meditation - One Line Short-Course in Yoga Meditation
      World / Senses / Body / Breath / Mind / Silence
   Meditation - A Program for Progress in Meditation
   Meditation - Seven Skills to Cultivate for Yoga Meditation
   Meditation - Simplest Meditation
   Meditation - Steps in Yoga Meditation
   Meditation - Systematic Meditation
   Meditation - Time and Place for Yoga Meditation
   Meditation Today - In Your Meditation Today
   Meditation Today - In Your Meditation Today - 108 times
   Meditation - Vedantic Meditation
   Meditation - Who Benefits from Yoga Meditation
   Meditation - Who is the Witness?
   Meditation as a Whole or a Part?
   Meditation - Why Should I Meditate?
   Meditation - Witnessing / Witnessing Summary
   Meditation - Yoga Meditation described in 16 parts
Meetings Online
Mind Map
Mindfulness and Concentration in Yoga Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation
Modern Yoga versus Traditional Yoga
Money, Sex, Fame, Health, Self and Yoga
Mysticism, Yoga and Religion

Nirvana-Shatakam, Song of the Self - Shankara
Noah's Ark
Nondualism - Dualism and Nondualism
Now, Future, and the Phantom of Contradiction

Om:
   Om Mantra and the Seven Levels of Consciousness
   Om Mantra and Seven Methods of Practice
   Om Mantra - 125,000 Repetitions
   Om Namah Shivaya Mantra (Panchakshara Mantra)
One Line Short-Course in Yoga Meditation
   World / Senses / Body / Breath / Mind / Silence
Online discussion meetings
Our Tradition

Panchadasi
Panchikaranam - Shankara
PDF file downloads
Perspective of Gross to Subtle through Planets and Stars
Philosophy - Index of Articles
   Philosophy - Sankhya Yoga
   Philosophy - Six Schools of Indian Philosophy
Podcasts - Audio Recordings by Swami Jnaneshvara
   Podcasts - Direct link to iTunes page
Practices, Witnessing and Internal Dialogue
Prakriti - Sankhya Yoga
Preparation - Four Means and Six Virtues Sadhana Chatshtaya / Shatsampat
Primitive Fountains - Lifestyle and Four Basic Urges
Program for Progress in Meditation
Purusha - Sankhya Yoga
Purusharthas, Four Aspects of Life: Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha

Quotes - Jokes and Quotes

Raja - Four Paths of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Raja
Realization Beyond the Gross and Subtle Realm
Reflections of Swami Jnaneshvara
Relaxation Techniques
Religion:
   Religion - Christianity: See "Christianity" (above)
   Religion - History of Religion and Wars
   Religion - Indic Contribution Towards Understanding the Word Religion
   Religion - Is Yoga a Religion?
   Religion - Mysticism, Yoga and Religion
   Religion - Theism, Atheism, Yoga, and Fear
   Religion - World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity
   Religion - Yoga and Institutional Religion
Rotating Circles

Sadhana Panchakam - Shankara
Sanatana Dharma and Hinduism
Sanatana Dharma - What is Sanatana Dharma?
Sankhya Philosophy
Satya, Truthfulness
Saundaryalahari - Sri Vidya
Secret of Shiva and Shakti
Self-Inquiry, David Frawley
Self-Realization in the Himalayan Tradition
Self-Realization - Who Seeks Self-Realization
Seven Bhumikas - Varaha Upanishad
Seven Skills to Cultivate for Yoga Meditation
Seven Stages of Development - Varaha Upanishad
Shaktipata
Skaktipata Guru Grace
Shakti, Kundalini, and the River of Tantra Yoga
Shankara:
   Shankara Bio
   Shankara - Aparokshanubhuti
   Shankara - Atma Bodha
   Shankara - Atma-Shatakam, Song of the Self
   Shankara - Bhaja Govindam
   Shankara - Panchikaranam
   Shankara - Sadhana Panchakam
   Shankara - Siddhanta Tattva Vindu
   Shankara - Vakya Sudha, Bala Bodhani
   Shankara - Vakya Vritti
   Shankara - Vivekachudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination (1)
   Shankara - Vivekachudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination (2)
   Shankara - Siddhanta Tattva Vindu
Shiva and Shakti - Secret of Shiva and Shakti
Shiva Sutras
Shortcut to Self-Realization
Simplest Meditation
Sitz Bones - Ischial Tuberocity
Six Schools of Indian Philosophy
Six Virtues - Four Means and Six Virtues Sadhana Chatshtaya / Shatsampat
   Soham Mantra
   Soham Mantra 108 Repetitions
   Soham Mantra and Breath
   Soham Trataka - Gazing / Trataka (1), Gazing / Trataka (2) / Trataka (3)
Spanish Articles - SwamiJ.com en Español
Sri Vidya - Samaya Tantra
Sri Vidya - Saundaryalahari
Sri Vidya - Swami Rama Videos (external link)
Stages of Enlightenment
Stages of Life - Four Stages (ashrams) of Life
Stairway to Heaven
Start Where You Are
Steps in Meditation
Swami - What is a Swami?
SwamiJ.com - How to use SwamiJ.com
Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati Bio page
Swami Rama - 9 Suggestions on Holistic Health
Swami Rama - Gods and the Celestial World
Swami Rama - Index of Articles by Swami Rama
Swami Rama - Inspiring Challenge from Swami Rama
Swami Rama - Understanding Teachings and Practices Booklet
Swami Rama -Bio
Systematic Meditation

   Tantra
   Tantra - Bindu and the Three Streams
   Tantra - Mahatripurasundari - Loop
   Tantra - Shakti, Kundalini, and the River of Tantra Yoga
   Tantra - Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
   Tantra - See also Tripura (below) and Mahatripursundari (above)
Tarot - Swami Jnaneshvara
Theism, Atheism, Yoga, and Fear
Time and Place for Yoga Meditation
Timeline - Hinduism Today
Tradition of the Himalayan Masters
Tradition - Our Tradition
Traditional Yoga - Modern Yoga versus Traditional Yoga
Trataka, Gazing / Trataka (2) / Trataka (3) / Trataka Sohum
   Tripura
   Tripura - Bindu and the Three Streams
   Tripura - Bahvricha Upanishad
   Tripura - Tripura Upanishad
   Tripura Tapini Upanishad
Truth as the Highest "T"
Truthfulness, Satya
Twenty Four Gurus of Dattatreya

Understanding and Practicing the Teachings of Swami Rama - Booklet
Upanishads - Description and Index

Vakya Sudha, Bala Bodhani - Shankara
Vakya Vritti - Shankara
Vedanta - Bindu and the Three Streams
Vedanta - Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra
Vedantasara - by Sadananda
Vedantic Meditation - Frawley
Vivekachudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination (1)
Vivekachudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination (2)

Wake Up - Swami Venkatesananda
We Are All Hindus Now
What do I Want?
What god or gods do you believe in?
What is a Swami?
Who Benefits from Yoga Meditation
Who is the Witness?
Whole - Meditation as a Whole or a Part?
Who's Driving Your Chariot
Who Seeks Self-Realization?
Why Should I Meditate?
Wisdom to Live by and Share with Others
Witnessing
   Witnessing Summary
   Witnessing - Practices, Witnessing and Internal Dialogue
Witnessing Handout

Yoga - As Used on SwamiJ.com
Yoga - Meaning and Highlights
Yoga - Meaning and Purpose of Yoga, Bhole Prabhu
Yoga - Yoga Defined
Yoga and Christianity: Loving with All Your Parts
Yoga Day USA and the Distortion of Yoga in America
Yoga Day USA and Ten Reasons for Yoga
Yoga - History of Yoga
Yoga and Institutional Religion
   Construction of Religion
Yoga - Is Yoga a Religion?
Yoga - Meaning and Purpose of Yoga - Swami Rama
Yoga Meditation described in 16 parts
Yoga - Modern Yoga versus Traditional Yoga
Yoga Nidra:
   Yoga Nidra - Yogic Conscious Deep Sleep
   Yoga Nidra CD
   Yoga Nidra Methods
Yoga Sutras:
   Yoga Sutras - Index
   Yoga Sutras - Main Page
   Yoga Sutras - Introduction
   Yoga Sutras - Listed
   Yoga Sutras - Narrative
   Yoga Sutras - Patanjali
   Yoga Sutras - Questions and Answers
   Yoga Sutras - Seven Keys
   Yoga Sutras - Book Reviews by Swami Jnaneshvara
   Yoga Sutras - Swami Rama Explains Discipline of Yoga
   Yoga Sutras - Swami Rama Explains Yoga Darshana
Yoga Sutras Chapter 1
   Summary of Chapter 1: Concentration, Samadhi Pada 
   What is Yoga? (1.1-1.4)
   Witnessing and Uncoloring thoughts (1.5-1.11)
   Practice and non-attachment (1.12-1.16)
   Types of concentration (1.17-1.18)
   Efforts and commitment (1.19-1.22)
   Direct route through AUM (1.23-1.29)
   Obstacles and solutions (1.30-1.32)
   Stabilizing and clearing the mind (1.33-1.39)
   Results of stabilizing the mind (1.40-1.51)
Yoga Sutras Chapter 2
   Summary of Chapter 2: Practice, Sadhana Pada 
   Minimizing gross coloring (2.1-2.9)
   Dealing with subtle thoughts (2.10-2.11)
   Breaking the alliance of karma (2.12-2.25)
   The 8 rungs and discrimination (2.26-2.29)
   Yamas and Niyamas, rungs #1 and 2 of 8 (2.30-2.34)
   Benefits from Yamas and Niyamas (2.35-2.45)
   Asana, rung #3 of 8 (2.46-2.48)
   Pranayama, rung #4 of 8 (2.49-2.53)
   Pratyahara, rung #5 of 8 (2.54-2.55)
Yoga Sutras Chapter 3
   Summary of Chapter 3: Progressing, Vibhuti Pada 
   (Dharana, dhyana, and samadhi, rungs #6-8 of 8 (3.1-3.3)
   Samyama is the finer tool (3.4-3.6)
   Internal is seen to be external (3.7-3.8)
   Witnessing subtle transitions (3.9-3.16)
   Experiences from samyama (3.17-3.37)
   What to do with experiences (3.38)
   More from samyama (3.39-3.49)
   Renunciation and liberation (3.50-3.52)
   Higher discrimination (3.53-3.56)
Yoga Sutras Chapter 4
   Summary of Chapter 4: Liberation, Kaivalya Pada 
   Means of attaining experience (4.1-4.3)
   Emergence and mastery of mind (4.4-4.6)
   Actions and karma (4.7-4.8)
   Subconscious impressions (4.9-4.12)
   Objects and the three gunas (4.13-4.14)
   Mind perceiving objects (4.15-4.17)
   Illumination of the mind (4.18-4.21)
   Buddhi and liberation (4.22-4.26)
   Breaches in enlightenment (4.27-4.28)
   Perpetual enlightenment (4.29-4.30)
   Knowables become few (4.31)
   Gunas after liberation (4.32-4.34)
Yoga Psychology - Maslow's Needs Hierarchy and Yoga Psychology
Yoga Psychology - Two Faces of Emotions
Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra