‘Yoga-Samskrutham’ is a Unified Concept of Yoga Traditions from Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : The ancient sacred text of Yoga’s. Gita is a Yoga-Dialogue between Yogis on matters of Yoga’s for deciding right action in a context to achieve Total Wellness. The text is an analytical discourse on Yoga’s using Language: Samskrutham. The technical descriptive term for Samskrutham in Gita is ‘Veda, Chandas, Vāṅmayaṁ Tapaḥ’.
Yoga Resources are Continuum of Several Texts and Yoga-Masters Teaching’s over the last five millennia. .Majority of them comes primarily in Language: Samskrutham. Each resource delivers the message, utility, application and professional practice directives in unique ways. Each texts uses in a context sensitive way, one or more of the hundred plus meanings of the technical Samskruth term: yoga! Simply, the term yoga is untranslatable with any single equivalent in any language of world!
‘Therefore, Become and Be a Yogi’ – is the Yoga-Directive from Srimad Bhagavad-Gita (6-46). This is for ALL Citizens of ALL Nations at ALL PLACES who practice a diversity of PROFESSIONS, ENTERPRISES, PROVIDE SERVICES and COUNCELING, UNDERTAKE ENGAGEMENTS and GUARD AND LEAD NATION THROUGH GOOD GOVERNANCE. The goal is TOTAL WELLNESS. Yogi/ Yogini is a Practitioner of Yoga. The test of successful Yoga practice is Peaceful, mutually respectful and responsible Togetherness for productivity and prosperity.
All Yoga’s begin with ‘Yoga-Auxiliaries called ‘eight Yogaanga’s’. All Yogaangas begin with Life-Style regulation rules called ‘Yama – Niyama’.The culmination of Yoga’s is in ultimate Self- Realization called ‘Kaivalya’. Patanjali Yoga Sutra has organized this core Vedanta message in 700 slokas of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita in 200 cryptic formulae.Samskrutham happens to be common core language of Gita and Patanjali Yoga Sutras.
Yoga Standards for Education, Certification, Practice and Audit are provided in the resource works: Srimad Bhagavad-Gita, Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Yogopanishads, Ayurveda, Vedanga Jyotisha and Dharma Shastras. These works provide the criterion to assess the individual needs of Yoga’s for Total Wellness at the point of life where they are, the profession for livelihood, the potential and capability (yogyataa, adhikaara, saamarthya).Using all these guidelines, Yoga Counsellor needs to conduct appropriate Yoga-Diagnostics (yoga- pareekshaa) before advocating ( yoga-anushaasanam) appropriate (one or more combinations of) remedial measure (Yoga-Chikitsaa). The prescription should be compliant with yoga values, ethics and goals.
Applied Yoga’s are applications of Yoga’s in Profession for excellence of governance. The higher education in Applied Yoga’s contributed to develop Excellence of Human resources, Skills and Leadership. An accomplished applied yogi is a Total Wellness Professional. Depending upon their profession, they are called Raja-Yogi or Karma yogi.
Yoga is Engine of Total Wellness Economy. AYUR YOGA IS APPLIED YOGA: AN APPLICATION OF YOGAS FOR TOTAL WELLNESS.In every nation, Governments have a responsibility for upkeep of Public Health and Business Ethics.Corruption is distortion of bad ethics in economics and governance.Raja-Yogi’s and Karma – Yogi’s work diligently to resist and weed out unethical,unhealthy practices which affect Public health and business ethics;thus contributing to total wellness economy.
Samskrutham is the technical traditional language of Yoga’s.The Vedic ancient name for this language is Vak-Yoga.This term indicates the method and system of Linguistics of Samskrutham, studied as Yoga,for the goals of Yoga.Other names for Samskrutham are:Brahmi,Bhaarati,Vak,Mantra-Bhashaa, Deva-bhashaa, Yoga-Bhashaa.
Language: Samskrutham, needs to be studied like Yoga,for the same benefits as Yoga.Indeed Samskrutham is Yoga of Language; it is inseparable from Yogas.
Vak-Yoga is the Soul-Power of all World languages used in Prayers, Chants, Blessings and Scriptures. Prayer-Chants are special applications of languages based on the guidance provided in scriptures. All Religions consider the language of their scriptures as sacred, potent with power, capable of providing protection, power to communicate with God. Mediator's use prayers and chants for invoking blessings.‘Vak-Yoga’ is what provides the Soul-Power of ‘Prayers, Chants and Blessing's.The study of this aspect of world Prayer –Religion –Scripture languages is called Sacred Spiritual Linguistics. This is different from Social language linguistics,dealing with language usage in society,business,entertainment and mundane communications.
Search is Exploration of frontiers of Yoga's. It is called Swaadhyaya- Jnana Yoga. Research is Investigation of Applications of Yoga and grey areas of understanding. It is called Yoga-(Pranidhana - Vijnana - Tantra jnana -) Upayoga –Viniyoga.Outreach is Application of outcome of search and research for Utility - Applications of Total Wellness. (Purushartha- Phala -Yoga).
U.T.O.Y is an acronym for Yoga-Samskrutham University project for outreach of Applied Yogas.U.T.O.Y is short form for United Temples /Traditions of Yoga’s.Some nations reserve the use of the term ‘Temple' for specific religion denomination;so the expansion Traditions also taken. U.T.O.Y's are Physical ground anchored,Yoga-Services units,(i) Run by Applied Yoga entrepreneurs(ii)Made accessible to communities by membership-subscription(iii) Providing Applied Yoga’s for Total Wellness under one roof.U.T.O.Y's are Applied Yoga enterprise units, a franchise operation for Total Wellness from Yoga-Samskrutham University.
The Yoga-Samskruth terms for Applied Yoga Professions, Services and Vocations are as follows: 'Purohita', 'Amaatya' 'Vaidya', 'Bharata-(Nata)'- 'Vishwakarma','Acharya', 'Jyotishi'. There are many sub-professions and auxiliary professions that come under these broad headings.The modern division of Religion and Secular models of Education and Profession did not exist in the early centuries when Applied Yoga Professions and Vocations evolved to become a part of community and national history- heritage.
Yoga is NOT a proselytizing Tool. Applied Yogas accommodate a plethora of faiths and philosophies,for delivering the goal of wellness.Yoga guidance is flexible with several flavours of faiths and philosophies.Within India, Buddhism,Jainism as they stand diametrically opposite to the philosophies of Vedic schools,still adapt all the Yoga and 'Ashtaanga-Yogaangas'in their practice.Sikhism adapts applied Yogas without need to take recourse to any contentious issues.On a similar line, given the hundred plus meanings and diversity of practices associated with the term 'Yoga',faith and religion does not come in the way of choosing applied Yoga practices for Total Wellness.
Every Master of Religion, Every accomplished person in Nation deserves the title of 'Yogi' if their contribution (i) passes these four tests and (ii) has paved a path for'Religious / Applied Yoga Professions and Vocations for Total Wellness.The test criterion are drawn from four major definitions of Yoga from Srimad Bhagavad-Gita. Four TEST points: 1. Freedom from Stress and Suffering (Dukha-haa) 2. Fostering Skills Excellence (Kaushalam) 3. Promoting Harmony and Balance (Samatvam) 4. Guidance for Self and Supreme Divine Realization ( Atma -Paramatma Darshanam)
Local Gurukuls need to catch up and raise from their localized model to function as Global Universities to discharge their covenants with the Yoga-Masters: The education trends need to train and deliver a 'Yogi/ Yogini'as Total Wellness Professional, a Dharma Complaint Entrepreneur and Employee.The Masters of Applied Yogas Education need to strive to make Total Wellness Professions and Professionals to be Engines of Wellness Economy for Nations.
Yoga-Clean up is yoga-NEXT; It is a multi-level upgrade and a quantum leap. It is an upgrade from ‘Yoga practices as yogaanga’ to Yoga is 'Yoga-Samskrutham'.The current models of Yoga: Education, Research, Certification, Practices and Audit needs to get realigned to the standards set in Srimad Bhagavad-Gita and Patanjali Yoga Sutras. The benefit of this Clean up is: Higher Education in Applied Yoga’s serves as engines of Total Wellness Economy for Nations. It is Building a YOGA –World for Yogi Communities in Nations.
Vedanga Jyotisha (JYOTIR-YOGA::Total Wellness Diagnostics)
Yoga (CHITTA YOGA::Total Wellness Care of Chi,Chitta, Spirit)
Ayurveda (AYUR-YOGA: Total Wellness of Body, Life Energy and Psyche)
Purohita / Pandit ji (Vak-Yoga::Divine Sacred Solutions for Total Wellness)
Leaders- (Raja Yogis)::Total Wellness Governance)
Ethical Workforce – CEO’s,Entrepreneurs(Bhakti Yogis)
Executives, Educators-Researchers, Technologists(Karma Yogis/Jnana Yogis)
Religion Yogi’s shaping Faith- Belief-Culture, Spirituality (Dharma-Yogi's)
YOGA IS MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL,RESPONSIBLE,CULTURED TOGETHERNESS,FOR PEACEFUL PRODUCTIVITY AND PROSPERITY.
योगसहत्वं पुरुषार्थाय , योगक्षेमाय , शान्ति-समृद्धि-अमृतत्वाय, परस्परं भावयन्तः परं श्रेयमवाप्स्यथ
yōgasahatvaṁ puruṣārthāya , yōgakṣēmāya , śānti-samr̥ddhi- amr̥tatvāya, parasparaṁ bhāvayantaḥ paraṁ śrēyamavāpsyatha
Samskrutham is single name for a cluster of languages of Applied Yogas and language processes. There are many perspective names for this language :
ब्राह्मी, भारती, भाषा, गीः, वाक्, वाणी, सरस्वती, वेद-भाषा, देव-भाषा, मन्त्र-भाषा, छन्दस्, वाक्-योगः
brāhmī, bhāratī, bhāṣā, gīḥ, vāk, vāṇī, sarasvatī, vēda-bhāṣā, dēva-bhāṣā, mantra-bhāṣā , chandas , vāk-yōgaḥ
Each name uniquely indicates one mode of Langauge: Samskrutham application in Yogas.
Four corrections need to be introduced in current studies of Samskrutham:
(i) Errors of Language Modeling and Translation by simplistic translation of 'Samskrutham'- as 'Sanskrit' and positioning it as a social, historical, classical language. This has removed the sacredness and spirituality of Language.
(ii) Disconnect of Applied Yogas with Samskrutham. This has made practical deployment of Samskrutham in services to be infructuous.
(iii) Failure to use the 'Vedanga model of Samskrutham studies, combining the directives of Panini(Vyakarana- Pada /Shabda Shaastra), Patanjali( Yoga- Shaastra Trayee) and Yaska (Nirukta). This has caused inaccurate and inappropriate understanding of the traditional texts, resulting in poor translations and bad research and outreach.
(iv) Disconnect of Shikshaa Shaastra foundation for Study of Vedanga Vyakarana and post connection to Vedanga Jyotisha, Chandas and Kalpa. This has resulted in damaging the integriy of Yoga-Samskrutham traditions and miscarriage models in delivering Total Wellness- Culture to Nations-Citizens and Communities.
Applied Yoga’s of Languages helps to augment religion-scripture- traditional practices faith by providing pathways to experience the efficacy of Prayer- languages and benefits. It is an education-practice 'do it yourself'- answering the questions: Why and Why this way to practice prayers. Personal Experience of Prayer- benefits leads to a motivation to study, understand, practice religion according to scriptures, which authorize prayers as a part of life style routine.
The 'power and efficacy of prayers come from the embedded active ingredient of 'Applied Yoga’s of Language' in the prayer usage of languages. Personal experience of Prayers efficacy is also a way to understand the philosophical teachings and faith framework in the scriptures. The social language linguistics can not profane and undermine the sacredness of spiritual language linguistics. All this needs a guarding of the 'Sacred Spiritual Linguistics of Scriptural Prayer languages'. This connection of 'Applied Yogas of Language' with Religion and Prayers needs to be educated and outreached to members of religion communities. Techniques of Applied Yoga’s of Language to make Prayers efficacious for all world languages are available in Vak-Yoga: Samskrutham tradition.
This will help communities doing prayers and reading scriptures to get the Total Wellness benefit of Applied Yoga’s of Language from their native prayers and religion scriptures.
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