Pranam
Mircea Eliade, a Romanian philologist, wrote several editions of his
treatise on Yoga originallywritten in 1958 and they form the foundation of
studies on Yoga in the West. In his writings, he said that, “All Indian
philosophy has been and still is existentialist” and expresses appreciation
for the wisdom of Yoga:
“It is impossible…to disregard one of India’s greatest discoveries: that of
consciousness as witness, of consciousness freed from
its psychophysiological structures and their temporal conditioning, the
consciousness of the liberated man…and therefore knows the true,
inexpressible freedom. (Eliade, 2009 [1958])”
Eliade, M. (2009). Yoga: Immortality and Freedom, translated from
French by Willard R. Trask.Bollingen Series LVI. Princeton: Princeton
University Press. p. xxxiv) Adhyatma Vidya or Inner Science, originating
in Hindu philosophy and metaphysics, hasprovided the foundation of the mode
rn “mind sciences” in west. (available in the library of USA)
Adhyatma-vidya is the disciplined and systematic knowledge of the
self andthe environment attained through precise observation and critical
reasoning.
This is the scientific importance of yoga, meditation, kundalini,
tantra and other dharmic systems for achieving higher states of
consciousness and more evolved states of body. These states serve as clean
cognitive instruments for discovering the deeper layers of reality: Over
the past three millennia, the Indic traditions have developed rigorous
methods for refining the attention, and then applying that attention to
exploring the origins, nature, and role of consciousness in the natural
world. These contemplative scientists (rishis, yogis and buddhas) were
living human laboratories pursing the methods and techniques needed to
refine and develop the inner scientist’s capabilities. The great rishi,
Patanjali, compiled the famous Yoga Sutras as a system to help humans
attain their potential for higher states of consciousness.
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