Contents:
   1. Prayer to Sage Patanjali
   2. An Introduction to the
      Yoga Sutras
   3. First Meaning of the
       Word ‘Yoga’
   4. Second Meaning of the Word 'Yoga'
   5. Third Meaning of the Word ‘Yoga’
   6. Fourth Meaning of the Word ‘Yoga’
   7. Fifth Meaning of the Word ‘Yoga’
   8. Sixth Meaning of the Word ‘Yoga’

Contents:
    1. The Tradition of Yoga
   2. Awareness: The Goal
       of Yoga
   3. Practice-Detachment:
       Two Wings of Yoga
   4. With Faith Starts the Path of Yoga

English Audio CD - 72 min.

Contents:
   1. Kriya Yoga: The First Step
       Towards Enlightenment
   2. Tapas: Voluntary Hardship
       in Life
   3. Svadhyaya: Self-Study
   4. Ishvara-pranidhana:
       Surrender to the Supreme Lord

English Audio CD - 68 min.

Lord Patanjali declares, "Unexcelled happiness in gained through contentment. Deep meditation is accompanied by supreme Bliss." Constant and everlasting happiness is to be found within, where surges the infinite ocean of bliss. This transcendental bliss is the goal of all spiritual practices. All spiritual scriptures allude to it through various similes and describe various paths to reach it, yet it cannot be described in words. Being thankful in every circumstance is the first secret to reach it.

Ignorance, ego, attachment, aversion and fear, these are the Five Afflictions or causes of suffering. Ignorance is the cause of the other four; hence it is the fundamental cause of all sufferings. Lord Patanjali's deep insight and investigation into the matter helps us in comprehending these causes, which enables us to eradicate them and achieve the highest abode of Divine Bliss and Transcendental Wisdom.

Lord Patanjali introduces a spiritual wisdom, which is known all over the world as Yoga, an ancient tradition that came down to Him, through His mother Yogini Gonika, from Lord Kapila, the first master of Yoga. The path of Yoga leads an ardent practitioner to the highest goal of Divine Solitude and Spiritual Consciousness through cultivating divine virtues, viz. non-violence, friendliness, compassion, truthfulness etc. and through the practice of
Asanas and Pranayama.

In the present CD, Shri Siddhartha Krishna discusses some historical facts about this ancient Saint, and at the same time attempts to understand the spiritual significance of the mythological representation of this Great Master
of Yoga.

"OM, this imperishable letter is all this. An exposition of this: All that existed, exists and will exist, is verily OM. And what-ever transcends the three periods of time is also verily OM. Indeed, all this is Brahman (The Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient Supreme). This Self is Brahman. The Self, such as It is, is possessed of four quarters."
(Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 1-2)

"The first quarter is Vaishvanara (Leader of all beings) whose sphere (of action) is the waking state, whose consciousness relates to objects external, who is possessed of seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who enjoys gross objects. The second quarter is Taijasa (Luminous) whose sphere (of action) is the dream state, whose consciousness relates to objects internal, who is possessed of seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who enjoys subtle objects."
(Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 3-4)

"That is deep sleep where the sleeper does not desire any enjoyable object and does not see any dream. The third quarter is Prajna who has the state of deep sleep as his sphere, in whom everything is undifferentiated, who is a mass of pure consciousness, who, indeed, abounds in bliss and is an enjoyer of bliss, and who is the doorway to the (objective) experience (of the dream and waking states)."  (Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 5)

"This one is the Lord of all; this one is Omniscient; this one is the inner Director (of all); this one is the Source (of all); indeed, this one is the place of origin and dissolution of all beings. They consider the Fourth to be that whose consciousness does not relate to objects internal, neither to objects external, nor to both; who is not a mass of consciousness, nor conscious, nor unconscious; which is unseen, beyond empirical dealings, beyond grasp, uninferable, unthinkable, indescribable; whose valid proof is the single idea of the Self; in which all phenomena cease; and which is unchanging, auspicious and non-dual. That is the Self, and That is to be known."
(Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 6-7)

"This very Self, from the standpoint of the syllable, is OM. From the standpoint of the letters the quarters are the letters, and the letters are the quarters : a, u, m.
Vaishvanara, whose sphere is the waking state, is the first letter a, because of pervasiveness or being the first. He who knows thus, does verily attain all desirable things, and becomes the foremost.
Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream state, is the second letter u, because of excellence and intermediateness. How who knows thus increases the current of knowledge and becomes equal. None is born in his lineage who is not a knower of Brahman (the Supreme).
Prajna, whose sphere is the sleep state, is the third letter m, because of measuring or absorption. Anyone who knows thus measures all this, and becomes the place of absorption.
Turiya (fourth) is the partless OM – beyond empirical dealings, the culmination of phenomenal existence, the auspicious, and the non-dual. Indeed, Om is thus the Self. He who knows thus enters the Self through his self."
(Mandukya Upanishad, Verse 8-12)

Meditation on
The Celestial Sound
Talks on the Mandukya Upanishad
Set of 5 CDs

In these CDs Shri Siddhartha Krishna talks about the Divine Monosyllable “OM” according to the Great Upanishad, The Mandukya Upanishad.