Word: yoga
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Margaret was less positive about other subjects, especially politicians. After Trudeau's liberal caucus canceled plans for group yoga because of fears of adverse publicity, Margaret commented, "It would probably have cleared some dust out of their heads...
...worldwide following now numbers over six million, with the bulk of it concentrated in India, followed in Western countries by Great Britain and the United States. The religion is, in Chadwick's words, "chameleonlike" in nature. In communist countries, the Divine Light mission operates as the "Raj-Yoga Academy"; in Third World and European countries it acts as a church; and in the United States it is a corporation, the "Divine United Organization...
...byways usually avoided by otherworldly Indian religious sects. Sarkar, 52, a Bengali who is called Anandamurti (Bliss Personified) by his followers, was variously a newspaperman and railway clerk before he began raising disciples in 1955. Shocked by graft and corruption then, he now preaches self-liberation, not only through yoga but also through sweeping social reforms. Among them: absolute morality in government, and a guaranteed standard of living...
...mention the Ananda Marga Yoga Society, which teaches just the balance of spiritual and worldly life called for in the article...
...back and be incorporated within its framework." The eminent German physicist-philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker believes that such a unity already exists. At his in stitute outside Munich, he is attempting to show the essential convergence between Eastern mysticism and Western science. Gopi Krishna, an exponent of Kundalini Yoga, was his guest there for six months. From their discussions, Weizsacker has become increasingly convinced that "mysticism is one of the great discov eries of mankind." He adds: "It may turn out to be far more important than our time is inclined to believe...