VARUN!!!!

The interview mentions that in spite of YB being a charlatan, that students of his continued to experience benefits from the yoga. While this is/was true for many, there are/were also members of the cult who didn't have much of a yoga practice. The group was supposed to do 2 and 1/2 hours of yoga and meditation each morning, but there were plenty of people who struggled with that regime and slept through the whole group sadhana or did not show up at all. Most 3HO people could not perform the more strenuous Hatha Yoga practices and did not look like radiant examples of superior health. I encountered one person who referred to them as "the chubby people in white."

Wow thank you this is a game changer!!

I love the necklace you are wearing. Could you let me know what is it made of ?

I have nothing but respect for Daniella's work, because as a white lady and some knowledge of Hindi, she was bold enough to enter the world of sadhu's, many of whom can be cranky and disrespectful. Wonderful work Daniella!

Love these podcasts. Wish there was a scholarship or grant to take all the courses 😊

You had me at color photos!

Wonderful talk so interesting. Can’t wait to get the book . Thank you for all the important work you both do.

When was this recorded? I remember the olive tree report coming out..more than 5 years ago..just after the Dyson book?

thank you for sharing

Alu.geuning.ari.nomer.karu.abo.nomer.na.numana.masiteu.munyul.

I'm sooooo grateful for your knowledge and your will to share it. Thank you.

The Yoga Manifesto seems like a total bargain - just ordered! Thanks Dr Seth and Brian!

Great course!

Title is very confusing or was it meant to use that way. Indian mystics, philosophers, scriptures all have impacted sufisim and some may have met yoga gurus or seekers from Nath lineage as Sufis were interested in all Siddhis but Sufis didn’t contributed to yoga. Your title should be ancient India’s or yoga’s influence on Sufism

Professor Zoe you are fantastic! Zoe has been my Sanskrit teacher for three wonderful years. Her study method, which combines tradition with Western methodology, allows a deep and integrated understanding of Sanskrit, Projecting you in a magical and timeless atmosphere. Thank you Zoe you are in my heart! Elena Mexico

I was worried, because I never know from the description, that the courses are tought by a scholar, or by somebody, who is also a practitioner, so it was nice to hear the introduction including both. Im looking forward to the course :)

Well done. Best wishes from South Africa

Brahmins were the priests who were marked for transmitting the Vedas to next generations. They lived very austere lives so that the purity of purpose is maintained. Symbolically they used to wear a sacred thread ( to continue the unbroken thread of knowledge ) . But now brahmin is a bad word in India and their sacred thread is cut and mocked by other Hindus violently, as the latter are influenced by western thought which labels brahmin as ' opressor '

The real meaning of the Vedas will not be understood by a person who just picks it up as a book and tries various interpretations, but by a person who lives it through parampara

I think people should stop hijacking Sanskrit as European language. If it was so precious to you , then why did you demonise it before? It is the Indians who have protected and safe guarded it over millenia, isnt it ? Give them the credit

English would be classified as ' Paisacha ' language literally translated to ' Zombie ' language because it does not have structural integrity. Funny i am a zombie myself 🤣🤣

Varna system is actually not central to Hinduism but to all world pre religions ( check our medieval Europe, China, Korea, Japan etc ) . It's not something ' Evil ' as projected by media and ' scholars '. It just gives us an idea about the capacities in which one can excel with least resistance from tge universe. If a person tries to understand the system through this lens, they would appreciate the sheer genius of text unsurpassed anywhere

Amazing. Good to see you, Rajiv here.

Unfortunately you like tibetan buddhism but dislike Tibetans customs and call "uneducated monk" was not very intelligent.rather arrogant. The first ever westerner with geshema had completly different experience. Too bad. Too bad for your experience by the way I'm not a male but a self-confident and emancipated Tibetan woman from Europe. Good day.

47:00 Kunsang - thank you so much for your honesty!! such a gift. Deep gratitude for sharing your story, eye-opening. Wish every person who hosts "tantric" retreats in the west would hear what you said, and every person who thinks about joining there would understand how deep this practice is, and how much everyone need to learn and study before diving into the Tantric Practice. Also, I have a feeling a lot of people might be glorifying Tibetan practices, which often are outdated and misogynistic. Everything changes when you are a woman, and as you say: a western as well. Sending my love and admiration. What a journey! Looking forward to meet you one day. All the best! #PalianSHOW

45:51 How wonderful it is that you dawned this crucial place as a woman/westerner/nun. These judgements and discriminations against you is necessary to expose the world around you. 47:54 I can’t begin to imagine the hardships you went through in this lifetime, however I know you navigated through these hardships as best as you could 49:45. Thank you for opening my eyes by sharing your history 💚

Thank you! I'm looking forward with great anticipation to studying Tibetan with you!

I am very interested in the connection between the psychological treatment of trauma and psychedelics... I know that BVD kolk started some suds since the 85s..

Hello professor, me and my friend have stumbled upon this subject for a few years. We had no spiritual or yogic background but after the first psy experience, we really dived into it learning from Upanishads , especially non duality texts and philosophies. One of us live in Oregon and I see you are in Oregon as well. Can we meet up and explore and exchange our findings ? Hope to hear from you.

vedas are supposed to be chanted in the right rhythm and tune and tone. That is how vedas were handed down.

Sri Singh Slop was only making Cents from his scam

Absurd and banal. I have read most of the references to ashvamedha in the literature, and all of them have been translated by imbeciles.

That’s my Islamic studies professor as a teen. Amazingly brilliant w & yet so open minded-he was not a “dominating persona” as a professor . I remember he just quietly observed while we came to our own conclusions in our “open circle freshman seminar” That’s why I have such fond memories of his class -I learned so much & grew astronomically intellectually & it’s only because of his making sure his “Islamic curriculum “ had a wide variety of progressive Muslim thinkers . Thankful for Dr. Ernst coming into my life.

interesting

It sounds like a deep and thoroughly study. Just curious, are you practicing what Abhinava Gupta was teaching? 🙏🏼

why, when there is a program that romanizes devanagari instantly, why oh why do we westerners need to learn to read devanagari? Learning Sanscrit is hard enough without building gratuitous difficulties into the project. Romanize the texts. Do it! Kuru!

Why was there is concern of Baba Ramdev wanting to have a manuscript from his own country vs handing it over to someone else

very much , it is 'lakhoon ' uber 'lakin' itte / oh yass , and - - - - - - - - ---- . that is ,well polished

vrty intersting thank you

This is such a great conversation. Highly recommended! So, at one point Dr. Wildcroft mentions that a swami said that all of this formality in yoga was just an excuse for people who love the practice and philosophy to come just be together with each, but she couldn't remember the reference. I know of a particular reference like that, and I love it. It's from the book "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras" by Sri Swami Satchidananda in his commentary on Yoga Sutra 1.15. It's a long comment, but here is part of the relevant section: "I feel happy and they all feel happy being there, so they make me happy and I make them happy. We just spend a little happy time together, that’s all. We just talk about something or do something in the name of Yoga. Yes, that is the secret. There is a joy in being together, that’s all. [ . . . . ] What else do we want in this life? And that is Yoga." Satchidananda, Swami. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda (p. 50). Integral Yoga Publications. Kindle Edition.

Sanskrit sounds. Are the sounds of the laws of nature. Heard by the maharishis.

Sanskrit is NOT man made. Maharishi mahes yogy.

Already 48 mins in and nothing on the history, just tedious drivel.

A good interview but takes a long time for you to get into the "History". Odd that they're not into book learning when they have the Vedas and Upanishads which provide so much insight.

the 'chinks' are due to fact all beings are at a different level of soul realization. So many beings incarnate at different levels of Yoga for various purposes. A householder can be an advanced yogi. For example.

sh - kh transformation is extremely common in Indo-Iranian languages. Don't know what Mr.Smith was talking about. Even within the dialects of Odia, we have dishuchi and dekhuchi to mean see. In Pashto some dialects spell words with sh, others say with kh.

Thanks!

What a great talk! I was immediately fascinated as soon as YS advertised this one. Thanks for another excellent session 🙏

This is such an endlessly fascinating subject, thank you so much for this wonderful interview!