III. Course
III . THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA
AND THE TEACHINGS OF KOMAJA
SUMMER SCHOOL 2027
25.07. – 08.08.2027
Lectures
An Introduction to the Yogi Patañjali and His Yoga Sūtras
1. Alignment with One’s True Nature
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Nirodha or Stilling of the Foggy Fluctuations of the mind
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Ishvara pranidhana or Devotion to the Supreme/the Absolute
2. KRIYA-YOGA[1] I PRAJNA[2]
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Avidya or Fundamental Ignorance (Non-Seeing)
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Yoganga (Limbs of Yoga) and Samadhi-Siddhi
3. SAMYAMA I IZUZETNE MOĆI
4. STATE OF FREEDOM
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The Path of Ultimate Salvation
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Ultimate Discriminative Insight (vivekakhyati)
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Dharma Megha[7] Samadhi
Exercises During the School
• Intensive Meditations Aimed at Expanding Consciousness;
Exercises for the Development of Psychic Abilities
Guidelines for Self-Practice Between Schools
• Longer Kundalini Meditations
• An active physical lifestyle (e.g., Komaja spiritual sport)
• Living in an existing ashram or establishing a new ashram
• Read Part III of the Recommended Literature.
[1] Yoga of action
[2] Supreme knowledge
[3] Maitrī (Sanskrit) – an attitude of unconditional benevolence and friendliness toward all beings.
[4] Siddhi (Sanskrit) – extraordinary abilities or powers that, according to yogic tradition, develop through spiritual practice.
[5] Samādhi (Sanskrit) – a state of deep meditative absorption and unity of the subject and object of consciousness.
[6] Liberation/isolation as a consequence of the purity of sattva and puruṣa
[7] Lit. “cloud of true form”: in yogic philosophy, the final state of samādhi, characterized by the complete dissolution of karmic impressions and a “rain of dharma,” that is, insight and liberation.
10 General instructions for Komaja meditation
GUIDED MEDITATIONS
