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Breaking Bonds
Even the Umbilical Cord
has to be broken for life
to thrive. From then on
the nature of Human Life
makes many a bond and breaks
quite a few. Like the Seed
that sprouts has to break its
bond with the shell that
sheltered it, to make a
larger bond with the
Earth and the Sky.
Bonds of love, companionship,
nourishment and blood
all shall be broken for
one who longs to grow
and touch the Divine.

Grace & Blessings

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 EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,
Beauty, success, fame and fortune –
some seem to have it all. Kangana
Ranaut is undoubtedly one of them.
The consummate artist is at the
height of her career as an actress and
film director. Still, even the greatest
success doesn’t necessarily bring
fulfillment – quite the opposite, as
Kangana recently revealed to us. In
this issue, read her honest personal
account about her journey as a
seeker, and learn what the key was to
“Finding the Missing Piece.” Spoiler
alert: It might have something to do
with Sadhguru.
In her upcoming movie, Mental Hai
Kya, the indomitable actress gives
center stage to one of the most
burning topics in modern life. Mental
health issues, particularly anxiety,
have been skyrocketing in the past
decade. In the article “Alignment
against Anxiety,” Sadhguru offers a
surprisingly simple remedy which, if
practiced consistently, can make a
veritable difference.
The way human beings live has
changed drastically in recent times,
which begs the question, “Is the
Sanatana Dharma Still Valid Today?”
It depends, Sadhguru says, and clears
any ambiguity in this month’s Lead
Article. Find out how he differentiates
between the eternal and the
changeable. In our Mahabharat series,
Sadhguru throws light on the central
characters of this epic, Krishna and
Arjuna, and a possible connection, if
not an identity, with the mythical pair
Nara–Narayana.
What’s more: With the second
sharing in our On the Path of the
Divine series, let us introduce Maa
Gambhiri to you. Be inspired by her
unconventional journey from a young
aspiring pilot to an Isha sanyasi. The
noteworthy events we recap in this
issue span from Samyama, Youth and
Truth in UK, to Inner Engineering in
L.A., a Lieutenant Governor at a rural
Isha Vidhya School, and much more.
Last but not least, if you are looking
for light, healthy recipe ideas to beat
the summer heat, our “Quinoa Crunch
Salad” is a must-try. Enjoy!
The Editorial Team

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CONTENTS

LEAD ARTICLE MAHABHARAT

Part 54: Who Are Krishna and

Is the Sanatana Dharma Still Valid Today? 06 Arjuna Really? 11
SHARING EXPERIENCES ON THE PATH OF THE DIVINE
Finding the Missing Piece Maa Gambhiri 17
Kangana Ranaut Shares Her Samyama Experience 4 Absolutely Balanced and Dignified

UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

LEAD ARTICLE
Isha – Program & Event Highlights 20
Is the Sanatana Dharma Still Valid Today?
In Sadhguru’s Words 6
ISHA RECIPES
MUSINGS Quinoa Crunch Salad 21
Alignment against Anxiety 9
Why Proper Posture Makes a Difference
ZEN SPEAKS
Something Valuable 23
MAHABHARAT
Part 54: Who Are Krishna and Arjuna Really? 11

NEWS & EVENTS

Eight Days of Silence with Sadhguru 13
Samyama 2019 at the Isha Yoga Center

Youth and Truth Enters the UK 14

Sadhguru at the London School of Economics

Bliss in the City of Angels 14

Inner Engineering with Sadhguru in L.A.

Mechanics of Mysticism 15
Influential US Rabbi in Conversation with Sadhguru

Kiran Bedi Visits Isha Vidhya School 15

Puducherry’s Lt. Governor Meets Rural Students

Adiyogi Divya Darshanam 16

A Spectacular Sound and Light Show

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Finding the Missing Piece SHARING
EXPERIENCES
Kangana Ranaut Shares Her Samyama Experience

In this excerpt from an interview, Kangana Ranaut opens up on how, at the peak of her career as an actress, she
hit rock bottom as an individual. Find out how she first met Sadhguru, and how she has experienced her journey
with Isha so far, up to the recent Samyama program that she participated in.

Kangana Ranaut: My journey with Isha started a
year ago, and that was the time where I was at a
dead end in my life.
From the Himalayas to Bollywood
When I look back now, I think I’ve had a very
dramatic journey – as a child as well. When I was six,
something happened. It was a disturbing incidence,
which made me feel like a part of me has been
violently pulled out of me. From that day onwards,
the world seemed a bit unreal to me. Something in
me changed, and I remember doing things which
are bizarre for any reasonable person, things which
are completely against my survival. You know like at
the age of fifteen, I left home. I was homeless. I was
sleeping on roads.
People usually think that I wanted to be an actress,
but mountain people1 are not very ambitious.
When I stumbled upon acting, that’s when I felt
that everyone was talking about making a career or
wanting validation. Being successful became very
important to me. I became hugely successful. The
kind of box office success and critical acclaim I’ve
seen, no one had seen so far, and that was where
things got really bad for me. I was not interested
in any relationship. I was not interested in success.
Even today, people say, “How come you are so
fearless? Why do you always do things which are
going against your career?” It’s easy to see I really do
1   Kangana Ranaut was born and grew up in a small town
in Himachal Pradesh

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not care, because it means nothing to me; it did not
do anything to me. I started to feel lost. It came to
a point where my life became very dark, and I could
see no hope. I was at the peak of my career, but I
had to live with that sort of emptiness I had in me.
A Book as if Written by God
Fortunately, I stumbled upon Sadhguru’s book – it
was Inner Engineering. My sister was expecting; she
had loads of time and was going through a lot of
good books. She was like, “I found this book and this
is what you need.” I said, “I don’t read ‘guru books’
and all that.” She just left it with me. I saw his picture
and it was like I was struck by lightning. I had read
a lot of Vedanta, books on quantum physics, karma
yoga, Gita, Osho, everything possible on spirituality.
When I read his [Sadhguru’s] book, it seems like God
has written it. Like a first-hand experience of what
it is like to be Shiv, that boundless limitlessness. I
said, “This is very different, and I would like to meet
this person.”
“No, you do it.” Then I started to do other levels of
meditations like Shoonya and Shakti Chalana, and
all of that.
Samyama: Shiva in Me
When I started Samyama, I was very scared
because it’s a very subtle process and Sadhguru
says it may happen or it may not happen to you.
And then suddenly, I think on the fifth or sixth day,
it just opened up, and it happened to me. I’m so
grateful that I did this. It’s very difficult to express
these experiences in words. Before this, Shiva as
a dimension was something that I could mentally
understand. But after Samyama, he unleashed
Shiva in me; he has become my breath. I could tell
that this is what was missing for me.

Shambhavi: Becoming Light

He was in the US and that urge was so strong, I
took the next flight to meet him. He was initiating
people into Shambhavi, and he initiated me into
it. In my first personal meeting with him after
initiation, he looked at me and he said, “You should
do Samyama.” Samyama is actually, literally PhD
of Isha; it’s the highest available course. I’m like,
“I don’t need to go that fast. I’m very happy with
Shambhavi,” and I was. It gave me a lot of things
back like my exuberance, and Shambhavi can give I have found what I had lost, and now everything
you very high energy levels. makes sense. I feel for the first time in my life that
something has happened so profound to me. No
amount of success, awards, money, relationships
have ever touched me, other than this experience.
I’m just so fortunate to be in this world, at this time
when Sadhguru is there. He literally held my hand
and took me through this. When he met me, he
knew what I was lacking. That’s the most important
thing, because I don’t think I would have made it
without him identifying what is missing in my life.
I’m going to be always grateful to him.

Something in you unlocks, and you just become very

light as a person. So I said, “Sadhguru, I don’t think
I need Samyama right now.” And he kept saying,

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Is the Sanatana Dharma Still Valid Today?
Is the Sanatana Dharma eternal and unchangeable? That depends, according to Sadhguru. Find out which
parts are universal and for always and what can and should be subject to revision over time.
Questioner: What does the Hindu Sanatana
Dharma actually mean? And is it diluted today?
Sadhguru: There is no such thing as Hindu Sanatana
Dharma. It is simply Sanatana Dharma. Sanatana
means eternal. Something that is eternal is always
true. If you had come here a hundred years ago,
you would be dressed differently, and you would be
doing something else. If you had come a thousand
years ago, again you would be doing something
different. Maybe you would be a farmer or
a fisherman.
What we are doing, how we are dressed, how we
speak, how we act today is a generational thing.
It is of the times. It keeps changing. How the next
generation will act, how they will dress, what they
will do, will be totally different from the way we do
it right now. This is one dimension of life – we call
it smriti. Smriti literally translates as “from memory.”
What you have learnt by memory is smriti. But there
is shruti, which can be interpreted in many different
ways. One dimension of it is, it is the tune of life. The
tune is not set by you – it is creation.
Only if you understand the shruti of life, can you
find the rhythm. This is what Bharata means. Bha
means bhava or the experience of life. Ra means
raga, which is the shruti of life. Ta means tala. Bhava
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LEAD ARTICLE
is what happens to you – it is an experience. But the
raga or the shruti is already set. Now it is for you
to find the right rhythm for it, so that life happens
beautifully, like a wonderful music.
If you do not find the rhythm, the same shruti that
facilitates life will crush you. Sanatana Dharma is
the dimension of life which does not change, which
is the basis of our existence. How you dress, what
your profession is, how you deal with your family,
your relationships, and society, is different from
generation to generation, from person to person.
But the laws that govern my life also govern your
life and every other life.
These laws are not an imposition but the
foundation of existence.
Whether it is a worm, an insect, a bird, an animal, or
a plant, all of them are ruled by Sanatana Dharma,
the fundamental laws that govern existence. This is
not a penal code imposed by human beings upon
each other, for control and some semblance of
sanity in society. Transactional laws have to change
from generation to generation. That is a different
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matter. Sanatana Dharma is not a transactional
dharma – it is an existential dharma.
First of all, let us understand the word “dharma.”
Dharma means “the law.” Dharma does not mean
religion. In this culture, we do not know what religion
is. We are only looking at what the underlying laws
are for your life to happen in the best possible way.
Because we understand unless you stick to these
laws, your life cannot happen well. These laws are
not an imposition but the foundation of existence.
If you figure this out well, if you know the laws,
and you are in tune with the laws, then your life
happens effortlessly. If you do not know, you will
simply suffer for no reason.
Does Sanatana Dharma belong to a Hindu or an
Indian person or some other person? –That is not
the point. These are the laws that govern existence.
No other culture has looked at it with such
profoundness. Because of that pride, we may say,
“This is Hindu Sanatana Dharma.” But we are limiting
the possibility of Sanatana Dharma by adding the
word “Hindu” to it. Hindu is a geographical identity.
The land that lies between the Himalayas and Indu
Sagara is Hindu.
Sanatana Dharma applies to every life, wherever
they may be born. It even applies to unborn life and
the life that is dead. Sanatana Dharma talks about
how to handle the unborn, the born, the grown-up,
the dead, different stages of life, and all dimensions
of life. But smriti is something that every generation
should reinvent or amend. Social transactions have
to evolve. Evolution does not necessarily mean to
do something better than the previous generation.
It is just that because situations are changing, we
are evolving to fit into those situations.
Situational transactions always have to change and
evolve. We can debate and say that how people
ate a hundred years ago is not the way we want to
eat today, because our work habits have changed.
When you were plowing the land, what you ate and
how much was different. How you do things must
be constantly amended. Even in the constitution,
there are fundamental rights that are absolutely
sacrosanct – you cannot touch them. Everything
else is available for amendments, improvements,
and knockdown.
Sanatana Dharma applies to every life,
wherever they may be born.
This is a very profound way of seeing life. Wherever
you are, whether you are Indian, Hindu, non-Hindu,
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whatever you are, Sanatana Dharma applies to
everyone, because these are the laws which guide
the fundamental process of life. Smritis are different.
Your smriti and my smriti are different. What is
true in Andhra Pradesh is not true in Tamil Nadu.
What is true in western Tamil Nadu is not true in
southern Tamil Nadu.
Either we are doing the same thing that our
parents, our culture did, or, in reaction, we are
doing the opposite thing. But this is a constantly
changing process. Not only from generation to
generation, in our own life, every few years, our
smritis are changing. From our memory, we are
changing many aspects of our life. But shruti does
not change, because it is not set by you – it is set by
creation. Sanatana Dharma means to understand
what governs your life. Once you understand that,
you live a profound and beautiful life.
In this culture, no one is talking about morality,
commandments, what you should do, what you
should not do, “If you do this, you will go to heaven.
If you do that, you will go to hell.” All this is not there
because we inculcated this dimension: If you are in
tune with the laws, you do not need punishment.
You do not need reward. If you understand the
traffic rules and you are driving accordingly, you do
not need a policeman.
Sanatana Dharma is what is governing the laws
of nature. When we say laws of nature, right now
they say there are over 1 trillion life forms on this
planet, but I think there are many more that you
have not even seen. From a micro-organism to a
human being and everything in between, they all
have come from the same soil. From the same soil,
a tree or a creeper are growing. From the same
soil, you have eaten, and you have this kind of
body. From the same soil, I have eaten, and I have
that kind of body.
Essentially, the entire system of yoga
is about being in tune with the rest of
existence, so that your life happens joyfully,
exuberantly, to its fullest capacity.
You cannot become a tree, a dog, a cat, a cow, an
elephant, or a tiger – do what you want. The source
is the same, but look at the manifold expression.
So obviously, there is a law governing it, no matter
what. It is fixed like a railway track, and you are
going on it. The only question is, how fast and how
far will you go? How profoundly do we perceive the
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law, and how much are we in tune with it? If you
understand the fundamental law that is governing
all this and you are in tune with it, you will live
effortlessly. If you do not understand it, every step,
you will struggle.
Essentially, the entire system of yoga is about being
in tune with the rest of existence, so that your life
happens joyfully, exuberantly, to its fullest capacity.
The only thing that can go wrong with your life is
this: do you find full expression to your life or not?
What can go wrong with a tree? The only question
is, will it grow into its full capacity, or will it die as a
half-grown tree?
The same is true with the human being. If you are
in tune with the laws, you will grow to your full
possibility. If you are not, you will become stunted in
some way. Fundamentally, this is our only concern,
even if people are not aware of it. All their desires,
ambitions, and longings are about becoming a full-
fledged life. If you want to become a full-fledged
life, understanding the laws on whose basis this
life is happening, is very important. The Sanatana
Dharma does not belong to you or me – it is laid
down by creation. It is for you and me to be in tune
with it.
If you are in tune with the laws, you will
grow to your full possibility.
Here, we understood and codified it, and put it
together in a certain way. This does not mean that
in the rest of the world, no one knows about it. Many
individual people know about it. They may not have
written it down as shruti and smriti. But a whole
lot of human beings around the world have been
in tune with it, because everywhere, human beings
have blossomed and lived well. But no culture has
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put it together in organized way, because this level
of understanding has not been there.
This has happened to us because we had about six to
eight thousand years of uninterrupted culture. This
is why we call ourselves Hindu – this uninterrupted
growth and flourishing of this culture happened
because of two main geographical features. The
Himalayas protected us in the north; people did not
cross easily. In the south, the Indian Ocean was the
barrier. Once the invaders learnt how to cross the
Himalayas and how to navigate the Indian Ocean,
we were done. That is what happened to us in the
last one thousand years.
So is Sanatana Dharma diluted today? It is not even
in our hands to dilute it. Individual understanding
may be diluted. From person to person, there may
be different dimensions of understanding. But you
cannot dilute Sanatana Dharma, because it is the
basis of existence. You cannot dilute it, because you
did not create it. In every age, people think there
is something wrong with the younger generation.
There is a quote which says, “The children now
love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders….” Who
said this? Socrates said it.
Even in those times, he thought the same thing.
Now, parents are thinking the same thing, and our
parents thought the same thing about us. I do not
think like that about the younger generation. I see
that there is a possibility. The question is what kind
of footprint the previous generation leaves – that
decides what kind of footprint the next generation
will leave. To leave a responsible footprint means
inspiration and cultivation, not imposition.
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Alignment against Anxiety
MUSINGS
Why Proper Posture Makes a Difference

In response to a student’s question at Bennett University, Greater Noida, Sadhguru suggests a little
known practice to alleviate anxiety. Want to know how it works? Sadhguru explains its mechanics and
effectiveness on the level of the human system as well as the cosmos.

Questioner: Sadhguru, I suffer from anxiety. Why is created from within. If an invasion happens
does it happen, and how can I control it? from outside in the form of an infection, that is
a different matter.
Sadhguru: Mental health is a sensitive thing… When
it comes to physical health, unless you have some
kind of infection that comes from outside, the rest
of the ailments are all coming from within us. What Health is created from within.
is coming from within you, is it your responsibility?
If your body is creating an ailment from within, is it
your responsibility to fix it? When it comes to mental health, it is far more
sensitive to say this, but still – if what happens to
Is it not true that any number of people who lie in
your body is your responsibility, is what happens
bed like a potato till noon time are suffering from
to your mind not your responsibility? There may be
many ailments? They thought others are idiots who
many contributing factors. Even physical ill health
get up at 05:00 o’ clock in the morning and run,
may be caused due to many factors. The same may
swim, play, or do something else. They thought they
be true with mental health too. But we need to
were really enjoying life, just eating and sleeping.
separate sadness from psychological illnesses. You
But after some time, it takes a toll on the system.
cannot go to your doctor and fix your sadness; he
Then they think it is someone’s fortune to have
may also be sad.
good health, while they have ill health. No! Health

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If you are medically ill, they can fix you to some extent
with medication, which is a continuous manipulation
of chemistry. But the most sophisticated chemical
factory is right here [in the human body]. Suppose
your chemistry was in your hands, would you cause
anxiety or ecstasy? Definitely, your choice would be
ecstasy, the highest level of pleasantness.
The problem is just this – your chemistry is out of
control, for whatever reason. There may be genetic
patterns, there may be pathological reasons, there
may be outside stimuli, many things. But still, is it not
your fundamental responsibility to take charge of
your physical and mental health? The moment you
think it is not yours, stalemate – it is completely out
of your hands. If you see that it is your responsibility,
everything may not be fixed tomorrow morning,
but you can start moving towards well-being.
The problem is just this – your chemistry is
out of control, for whatever reason.
This is very important – the responsibility of who you
are, what you are, what you are not, must move to
you. This is my fundamental mission: from religion
to responsibility. Religion means responsibility is up
there in heaven for everything that goes wrong in
your life. The problem is you are on a round planet
and the damn thing is spinning. Nowhere in the
cosmos is it marked “This side up.” If you don’t even
know which way is up, inevitably, you are looking
up in the wrong direction.
How come something “up there” is responsible for
what you are? It is time we take this responsibility –
then we can do the best we can do. Will everyone
on the planet be of the same level of physical and
mental health? No, that will never happen. But are
we doing the best we can about ourselves? That is
most important. What we can do, must happen.
If we do not do what we cannot do, there is no
problem. But if we do not do what we can do, we
are a disaster.
…are we doing the best we can about
ourselves? That is most important.
There are simple ways to bring balance to the
system. There is chemistry; there are various
glandular functions happening in the body. The
simplest thing is you just learn to sit properly. Sit
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in such a way that the body does not need your
muscular support, that it is so well balanced that
if it sits, it simply sits. Just do this for a few hours
a day, and you will see – you will feel much better.
There are other more complex processes that you
can do to come out of this problem. But at least try
this much – geometrically, keep yourself in such a
way that there is no stress in the system.
The simplest thing is you just
learn to sit properly.
Initially, it looks like there is an effort, but once you
sit like this, you see that without effort, without
stressing any particular part, the body just stays
there. Geometry is most important. This is true of
anything physical in the universe – how efficiently
something functions depends on how well-
structured it is, geometrically. Let’s say an engine, for
example. If you call something a really good engine,
it means it is geometrically well-aligned; there is
no friction. If you call a building well-designed, it
means it is well-structured, geometrically.
It is similar with this body and with the entire cosmos.
Right now, the planets are going around the Sun.
Are they handled with steel cables or something? It
is just the geometry. If the solar system goes off its
geometric alignment, it is finished. Only because of
perfection of geometry, it is working. Similarly with
your body: On one level, the whole system of yoga is
about getting your physical geometry aligned with
the cosmic geometry, so that being here becomes
absolutely effortless.
Where there is geometrical perfection,
there is no effort; there is no friction.
Whether you name it stress, anxiety, or whatever
else – essentially, there is friction in the system. So
it is important that first, the system is geometrically
well-aligned, and next, it must be properly
lubricated. There are ways to do this. Where there
is geometrical perfection, there is no effort; there is
no friction. That is what you have to bring into your
system. Do not allow these small things to take
over your life. One little anxiety bothering you all
the time can limit and destroy the process of your
life. This must be fixed as early as possible.
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 MAHABHARAT
SERIES
PART 54
Mahabharat
Who Are Krishna
and Arjuna Really?
In this excerpt from the one-of-a-kind Mahabharat program, Sadhguru answers a question on parallels
between Arjuna/Krishna and Nara/Narayana – or are they one and the same? Find out about the dynamics
of these duos, and how their different responsibilities complement each other.
Questioner: Sadhguru, you have likened Arjuna and
Krishna’s relationship to that of Nara/Narayana.
Can you tell us more about that?
Sadhguru: This theme of Nara/Narayana manifests
in many different ways. The significance of this is,
even if God comes down to man’s world, he needs
man’s assistance. Even if God lives in your home,
he needs your assistance – otherwise it does not
work. You may have divine presence with you, but
without your assistance, still it will not be fruitful.
That is the message.
Different Names, One Concept
Nara/Narayana, in this combination, acted many
times. Are Arjuna/Krishna the same people? Arjuna,
we can say, is the same being. To some extent,
the memory carries him and gives him a certain
bone density which we call destiny. We will look
at Krishna later because there is no such thing as
Krishna. Krishna is like a wisp. That which is the basis
of everything is manifesting itself in a certain way;
it could dismantle itself anytime. In other words,
Nara means the same source manifested in a more
compulsive manner – Narayana means the same
source manifested in a more conscious manner.
Because of the burden of consciousness, [Narayana’s
own] action gets limited. He chooses someone
[Nara] who is a little more compulsive for action.
The same theme reflects in other cultures – God
and his Son acting in tandem. Nara/Narayana
means just this – the same source manifesting on
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one level much more or absolutely consciously, on
another level more compulsively. A compulsive life
is capable of more action; a conscious life should
not be very active. That is the symbolism.
Krishna comes as a charioteer; he does not fight; he
is not in the action. When you commit the “crime”
of being both conscious and action-bound, in many
ways, you cripple yourself and limit the duration
and scope of your life. So they acted in tandem. If
Krishna himself chose to be action, then the scope
and duration of who he is would come down. But in
this life, the duration does not matter for him; he is
only looking at the scope.
Action – Yes, Fruit – No
Only the human mind and the human body are
individual. So here, the “something more” [which
is beyond body and mind, is universal and] comes
in the form of Krishna/Narayana. That “something
more” always travels with Arjuna/Nara. Krishna
says, “O Arjuna, I am bound to you. I will be with
you every moment of your life, in everything you do.
Leave it to me. Don’t hesitate, just act.” You need
to understand the intelligence behind such words.
The normal understanding would be, “Oh, Krishna
said, ‘Leave it to me,’ so I will leave it and sleep.” If I
tell someone, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care,” the idiots
won’t do anything.
When Krishna says, “Leave it to me and act,” he is
only saying, “Leave the results to me. Don’t leave
the action to me. The action is still yours. If you
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were to leave the action to me, you wouldn’t exist.
I would act myself – why would I need you? Leave
the fruit of action to me – you keep the action.” It
is very important that you understand this and are
conscious of it every moment of your life – that the
action is yours, but the fruit of action is not yours.
There are many forces beyond your understanding,
perception, and imagination. In this galaxy, the solar
system, and the Earth as a planet are just specks.
Pure Action versus Consciousness
The forces that are acting upon this planet right now
are not in your perception. Some force in this galaxy
may do something – you may disappear, the planet
may disappear, the solar system may disappear,
the very galaxy may disappear. Even the galaxy
is a small happening in the cosmos. That is why
when the yaksha asked, “What is the most amazing
thing?” Yudhishthira said, “The most amazing thing
is, though humans are mortal, they think they
are forever and they are everything.” Ignorance
is the most amazing thing. People manage to
remain ignorant, no matter how many times you
remind them.
So Arjuna is pure action. Krishna is consciousness.
Krishna goes on reminding his “action tool” [Arjuna]
that this is the way, but the action tool begins to
think it is by itself. You popped out of this planet
from nowhere, and you will go back one day, but you
think you are a complete world by yourself. In your
perception, the cosmos cannot exist without you.
When you sleep, hasn’t the cosmos evaporated?
The Only Way Out
Right now, you exist, and you are in this chakravyuha,
a wheel trap. You don’t know how you got into it;
for sure you don’t know how to get out of it. But
if you cease to exist, you are out. Suppose you are
sitting in a hall; all doors are locked; you do not
know how to get out. But if you just evaporated,
you are out. You are neither inside nor outside, but
you are out. So we divined how to cease to exist.
That is why whatever action is fine, but when they
want to go beyond that, everyone looks at Shiva.
Krishna did not start a single day of his life without
worshiping his personal linga that he carried with
him always. No matter what, no matter where
he was, even in the eighteen days of the battle,
though everyone sees him as God, Krishna always
worshipped the linga before he started his day.
Because the only way out is to cease to exist. Shiva
means that which is not. That which is not is the
only thing that can be free from everything. That
which is, is bound to be in some kind of a trap.
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That which is not is the only thing that can
be free from everything.
That which is, is bound to be in some kind of a
wheel, some chakkar, some kind of spin is going
on all the time. No matter what you do, you spin
out of one chakkar and spin into another chakkar,
endlessly. Whether you like it or not, you are a part
of it. For example, if dirty politics are going on in
the country, whether you like it or not, you are a
part of it. If it spins out of control, it will suck you
in. “We are sitting at the Velliangiri Hills; we are not
concerned about all the nonsense that happens
outside” – that is not true. If it spins out of control,
it will suck you in. Anyway you are part of some
chakkar, consciously or unconsciously. Better to be
there consciously. The only way to come out of all
chakkars is to cease to exist.
A Living Formula
Every day, even Krishna reminds himself that Shiva
is the way. To cease to exist is the way. The kaya
(body) will anyway die; it will anyway cease to
exist; the earth will absorb it. Whether you are a
Yudhishthira, a Duryodhana, or a Krishna – the
earth will absorb you. The kaya is not the problem;
the other aspect of who you are is the problem. To
make that cease to exist is the whole game. That is
the fundamental formula that Krishna is trying to
give out. It is not like a teaching. He is making his
life into a formula, to make that which is beyond the
body cease to exist, because that is the only way
you can be free.
To be continued.
The Mahabharat series is based on Sadhguru’s talks
during the one-time Mahabharat program that took
place in February 2012 at the Isha Yoga Center.
Through the lives and stories of the varied characters,
Sadhguru takes us on a mystical exploration into the
wisdom of this immortal saga.
May 2019
Samyama 2019 at the Isha Yoga Center
Isha Yoga Center, 8–15 Mar 2019:
What is Samyama? “Samyama is a state where you
become fully aware that you are not the body, you
are not the mind, you are not the world around,” is
how Sadhguru defines the experience.
Samyama, that is also an advanced program:
eight days of intense meditation under Sadhguru’s
May 2019
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guidance. Sadhguru himself summed up the
program in this tweet: “Over 3500 intense seekers
plunge into high voltage spiritual sadhana of total
silence and the grace of #Samyama. Rare are such
beings in today’s world.”
Participant Dr. Urvi Chauhan shared, “I have been
one of the privileged 3500 odd participants who
were initiated into Samyama. There are no words
to express the profoundness of this offering and gift
of a lifetime…a virulent seed was sowed; left on us
to nurture and fathom.”
Giving a glimpse of what it takes to facilitate such a
program, Ishanga (teacher) Manjari said, “We were
just 300 volunteers catering to 3,500 participants
spread across two halls. None of us had even a
moment of rest. I could clearly feel Sadhguru’s
presence and grace lifted all of us up, and made it
possible.”
Another participant, actress Kangana Ranaut,
describes her Samyama experience on p. 4–5.
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Sadhguru at the London School of Economics

London, 27 Mar 2019: With the

launch event of Youth and Truth in the
UK, Sadhguru created a stir among
the students of the prestigious
London School of Economics and
beyond. From existential questions
about life and death to current
political affairs, to social issues of
abuse and gender discrimination,
no question was off-limits in this
sparkling conversation. When the
discussion came to the ongoing
conflict between Pakistan and India,
which has been unresolved since the
partition in 1947, Sadhguru offered
a practical solution: an economic
union in South Asia, bringing
together the nations by creating
economic ties and growth. The
simple rationale being that if you
want to be well, everyone around
you has to be well too.

Bliss in the City of Angels

Inner Engineering with Sadhguru in L.A.

Los Angeles, 30–31 Mar 2019: The sprawling

city of L.A., famed for its film industry and
hedonism, may not be the most obvious
destination to explore deeper dimensions of
life. But perhaps exactly the realization that
fulfillment cannot be found on the outside,
motivated many of the over 3000 participants
to attend the Inner Engineering Program
with Sadhguru and engineer their own life
from inside. It was springtime in the city, as
a blossoming of a different kind unfolded at
the Convention Center in the heart of vibrant
Downtown L.A. A participant shared, “There
are no words to express how deeply this has
moved me. It has been a journey for me of
joy, tears, pain, bliss all encompassed into
one and has left me so incredibly fulfilled. Life
finally makes sense and nothing can replace
this completeness that I feel within myself. I
will be forever grateful to all the volunteers
for their loving dedication and to Sadhguru
for being a beacon of light in my life.”

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Mechanics of Mysticism
Influential US Rabbi in Conversation with Sadhguru

Beverley Hills, 3 Apr 2019: On a

warm California evening, Rabbi
David Wolpe, named the most
influential Rabbi in America by
Newsweek magazine, spoke with
Sadhguru on the “Mechanics of
Mysticism.” Crossing religious, ethnic,
and cultural borders, the event
featuring a Rabbi in conversation
with a Mystic from India was hosted
by the Persian American Women’s
Conference. In their lively exchange,
they touched upon subjects
spanning from the cyclical nature of
existence, to raising children, human
empowerment, and looking at life
just the way it is. Sadhguru’s zinger
that if you look at life without any
prejudice, you can’t help laughing at
it, sent a ripple of laughter through
the Writers Guild Theater and had
the audience in splits.

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Sandegoundenpalayam
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the students and staff of
the Isha Vidhya School in
Sandegoundenpalayam, a
few kilometers away from
the Isha Yoga Center, when
Puducherry’s Lieutenant
Governor Dr. Kiran Bedi
visited their school. Dr. Kiran
Bedi not only showed great
interest in the Isha Vidhya
methodology, but seemed
to be visibly touched by the
interactions with students,
teachers, administrators, and
the central academic team
of Isha Vidhya. She even sat
down on the floor for lunch
with the students.

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 ON THE PATH
OF THE DIVINE

Maa Gambhiri
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In this series, each month, one of our Isha Brahmacharis or Sanyasis shares their individual background,
observations, and experiences of what it means for them to walk this sacred “Path of the Divine.”
Here, Maa Gambhiri candidly recounts her transformation from a young aspiring pilot to a devoted sanyasi,
Sadhguru’s metamorphosis from a yoga teacher to a Guru, how the Dhyanalinga consecration impacted
Sadhguru’s body in front of their eyes, and other landmark experiences from the early days until now.

“Sorry, this parking space is reserved for Jaggi,” the
volunteer told me politely. “How unfair,” I grumbled
as I drove from one lane to the next, trying to find
another parking spot. I had come essentially for my
sister who wanted to attend this yoga class, hoping
it would help her asthma condition. I somehow
landed up with the responsibility of dropping
and picking her up, hence I also landed up in the
class. As an active girl just out of my teens training
to be a pilot, the yoga class was certainly not
something I fancied.
So here I was, sitting grumpily in the class, expecting
someone like a gym trainer to walk in and show us
some yoga poses. To my utter disappointment, a
few minutes later, a bearded man entered the class
in his white kurta and dhoti, walking very gently.
Though I found Sadhguru’s voice very arresting,
I didn’t pay much attention. In fact, the next day,
I drove in early and stole his parking spot! Feeling
very satisfied, I sat in the class. Third day, his parking
spot was available, but I chose not to take it. That
day, I sat in attention, listening to every word with
absolute focus. To my surprise, he came up to me
after the class and casually talked to me about my
flying experience. That night I did not sleep.
I had no clue about what a spiritual path is, what
enlightenment is, or what a Guru is. And I didn’t
know who Sadhguru is, but I felt I had known him
forever. There was an utter clarity within me that
day that this path, whatever it was, would be my
life, but I had no idea how. From then on, I started to
actively volunteer. Since I was so young, my parents
were worried whether I really understood what it
meant to walk this path. So they met Sadhguru to
understand what was happening.
After the meeting, Sadhguru advised me to take a

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three-month break and see if this was what I really
wanted. My parents packed me off to UK, but of
course, my clarity was for real and I came back just
in time for the 90-day Wholeness program. I am
grateful to my parents who respected my decision
and blessed my journey ahead.
From Yoga Teacher to Guru
What I saw of Sadhguru during the 90-day
Wholeness program matured my relationship with
him in so many ways. Every day, he would come
looking very different, and exuding totally different
energy. For the first 30 days, each day he would
conduct a new yet explosive meditation. Many
of us had visions of life beyond our normal sense
perception. At the end of the 90 days, I felt as we
moved from being friends to disciples to devotees,
so too, Sadhguru’s persona morphed from being a
yoga teacher, to a mystic, to a Guru. I simply stayed
on as a fulltime resident after the Wholeness – it
was not a matter of choice anymore.
Finding My Balance
After the Wholeness, my energies opened up in
such a way that I was facing peaks of joy and peaks
of hell within me on a daily basis. For a 20-year-
old girl, it was too much to bear sometimes. A
day came when I felt I had hit the pit within, and
I called up Sadhguru for help. “I have given you all
the tools that can bring you out of this,” was all he
said and put the phone down. I thought about it
and made my own sadhana schedule. For the next
48 days, from morning 10:30 to evening 5:30, I sat
on a stone under a neem tree, and did three hours
of AUM chanting and three hours of Sukha Kriya
followed by Samyama meditation. This brought me
an inner balance that till today carries me through
situations in so many ways. This was a turning point
in life that grounded me to the path. I was initiated
into brahmacharya in 1996.
Vijji Akka
We were just five people at the ashram in the
beginning. Our beloved Patti would cook for us
over the fire wood stove. A small security shed
doubled up as kitchen cum dining. I used to assist
Patti in her work. Sadhguru would join us in cutting
vegetables whenever he was in the ashram. Vijji
and I connected very well with each other from the
very beginning. Whenever she was in the ashram,
we used to do our practices together. On the day
she left her body, actually I was with her through
the day.
On 23 January 1997, a full moon day, Sadhguru
called and asked me to be with Vijji. She was on a
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certain sadhana, so I sat with her either meditating
or assisting her in cooking for the brahmacharis.
She used to serve us a meal on full moon days.
However, after our first meditation session, she
walked straight to Sadhguru’s desk, picked up a
diary, and handed it to me saying, “Henceforth, you
write all Jaggi’s appointments in this and send it to
him” – I protested mildly. But she insisted. I took
it thinking that I was not going to do it anyways.
Never knew her grand plans of leaving her body the
very same evening.
I have the diary with me till date. Not just as a
souvenir from her but a huge reminder of the
possibility that exists here. In my moments of
despair and frustration, it has kept me going.
The Cost of Consecration
Meanwhile, Sadhguru had started working on
the energy processes related to Dhyanalinga
consecration and we had no idea what it meant.
Sadhguru had been preparing us for the event that
he might leave his body after the consecration – he
had, in fact, already built his samadhi beforehand.
We were in turmoil within ourselves; while we
wanted Dhyanalinga to be consecrated, Sadhguru’s
life was too precious for us. Not knowing how to
help the situation, we brahmacharis decided to do
whatever we could to ease his life.
We were all very young, so first we decided that
we would not fight amongst ourselves and that we
would sort our differences among ourselves instead
of bothering him. Second, we started doing the Chit
Shakti meditation to wish a long life for him.
Sadhguru wouldn’t give us a date for the final
consecration as he wanted his system to be fully
ready. We were living at the edge of our lives
waiting for that day. On 23 June 1999, Sadhguru
said that the consecration would happen the next
day. He told me to invite only a few very disciplined
volunteers who would not disturb him in the final
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phase of this process. So we had about 150 –200
people sitting in the dome.
During this process, the invited meditators sat
with their backs to the Linga and brahmacharis sat
facing the Linga. Sadhguru was on the avudaiyar.
Towards the end of a certain process, he said
“Agna.” We followed the instructions he had given
us earlier and went along with the process. Then
he said “Vishuddhi,” then “Anahata.” When he said
“Manipuraka,” he bent forward as if in pain. Then he
said, “Swadhishthana,” and he looked unstable on
his feet. Finally, we heard him say, “Muladhara,” and
next we saw him fall down. I instinctively ran and
put my hand under his head before it would hit the
avudaiyar stone. By then the other brahmacharis
also came and gathered around.
We carried him out to a vehicle and to his house
and did not see him for three days after that,
except for a brief appearance for the gathering
of volunteers. Even then he had to be supported
by the brahmacharis. I was restless, hoping for a
reassuring word about his health. Three days later, I
got the message to come and meet Sadhguru, and
there he was sitting on his easy chair, smiling and
looking glorious. I held on to him and wept. He was
in tears too. Everything felt perfect in that moment.
He was there, alive... with us.
With the consecration finished, the activities
multiplied and we were all multitasking. From
housekeeping to kitchen to ashram administration,
my own activities kept growing.
An Unexpected Revelation
Later in the years when lsha Yatra became my
primary responsibility, Sadhguru asked me to
explore if we could take meditators to Kailash
Manasarovar in Tibet. So in 2006, we took the first
160 meditators on this sacred yatra. I was busy with
organizing work and never once thought of Kailash
and Manasarovar in a spiritual context. It was an
activity which had to be done well.
When Sadhguru’s jeep stopped at one point and I
saw him getting out, I too got out of my vehicle.
There was a large lake in the distance straight
ahead. Something shifted within me as I looked at
it. My eyes welled up. I turned towards Sadhguru,
and he was in tears too. Since then, organizing
Kailash Manasarovar yatra each year has become
an integral part of my life. Though it means
insurmountable jugglery to safely send hundreds
of meditators from different countries to a barren
high-altitude region in China, I unreservedly feel
fortunate and blessed to be given this responsibility.
May 2019
The Bliss of the Pain
Something very different happened to me during
the yatra in 2009. While going up to Kailash, I had
an accident where I suffered multiple fractures in
my wrist. The pain was unbearable. They gave
me several injections and painkillers, but nothing
worked. At some point, I found myself chanting
“Shambho” within myself, and soon enough, I was
chanting “Sadhguru” in the same way. Slowly, I
realized there was a distance between the pain and
me. The excruciating pain was still very much there,
and yet, I was not in pain.
When I returned from Kailash that year, I knew
something fundamental had changed within me.
I realized that for as long as I have known, since
childhood, no matter how joyful I was, I always
had an inexplicable pain within me – that pain was
gone!
Another time, when I was feeling low, I went on
my usual evening walk towards Shivapadam. As
I walked, feeling the gentle breeze on me, I felt a
calmness overtaking me. I slowed, and looked at the
mountain. I felt a feeling of allinclusiveness creeping
up on me. The sky, the mountains, the breeze, the
trees, and all the life around felt as one within me.
The feeling lasted for a while. For many days after
that, I walked barefoot as I felt very connected to the
touch of the earth, and I felt a sense of deep silence
within. My most wonderful and transformative
moments happened when I least expected them.
Envy of the Gods
In the initial years, from the humble beginning on
a small piece of land, we would dream of a time
when the world would recognize Sadhguru for who
he is. It is extremely heartwarming to finally see
that happening. From accompanying Sadhguru in
his search for this ashram land till today, it is my
privilege to be on this journey end to end. Sadhguru
had once said that we must create a space that
even the Gods would envy. Well, I live with the One
who makes them.
This is an excerpt of Maa’s sharing. Read the full
article on the Isha Blog.
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Quinoa Crunch Salad
ISHA RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

1 cup uncooked Quinoa (or

Samo/Mordhan/Saamai rice)
1 Pomegranate
1 cup chopped Italian
(flat-leaf) Parsley or freshly
chopped Coriander
½ cup Almonds
½ Lime
2 small Oranges (sweet)
3 tsps. Olive oil
½ tsp. Salt; more to taste
¼ tsp. black cracked Pepper
½ tsp. Cumin powder
1–2 chopped Avocados
(or Guava)

METHOD

How to cook the quinoa: How to prepare the salad:

1. Pour the quinoa into a mesh colander and rinse
under running water. Drain well.
2. Combine the rinsed 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups
of water in a saucepan.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.
Then decrease the heat to maintain a gentle
simmer. Cook until the quinoa has absorbed all
of the water (in about 10 to 20 minutes).
4. Remove the pot from heat, cover, and let the
quinoa sit for 5 minutes. In this step, the quinoa
will pop open and become nice and fluffy.
Remove the lid and fluff the quinoa with a fork.
Add salt to taste. (Optionally, stir a drizzle of
olive oil into warm quinoa for extra flavor.)
1. Slice and gently toast the almonds; set aside.
2. Deseed the pomegranate and place the seeds in
a bowl. Add to it a cup of chopped coriander.
3. For the dressing, in a separate bowl, add the
juice of two small oranges, half a squeezed
lemon, three teaspoons of olive oil, salt and
pepper as per taste, and half a teaspoon of
cumin powder. Beat the ingredients together
with a spoon to blend it.
4. Mix the quinoa with the pomegranate seeds
and coriander and add the dressing.
5. Cut the avocado or guava into thin strips.
6. Adjust the salt to taste. Gently fold in the
avocado or guava right before serving.

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