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No Pain or Gain 
I live a life where there is 
No pain or gain 
Even the butterfly or the bird 
Cannot imagine to soar 
As I do upon wind and rain 
Or just the emptiness of the sky 
As I am what I breathe 
touch and cannot touch 
I courted the Boundless 
Ended up with the blessed Emptiness 
I am for all and all is for me 
I have no pain or gain 
Grace & Blessings
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Editorial 
Dear Readers, 
In this month’s Lead Article, Sadhguru encourages us to laugh at our own stupidity. But not only 
out of the blue and at random – he gives us “Three Things to Remember,” which turns a healthful 
exercise into a life-changing one. 
Even for those who do not have the necessary awareness, inclination, or opportunity to actively 
work towards their spiritual growth, Sadhguru has created ways for them to passively benefit. In 
our article “Tools to Touch Lives,” he speaks on the power and impact of rituals – provided that 
certain parameters are maintained by those who perform them. 
In “The Greatest Thing in Life,” Sadhguru responds to a meditator’s question on how to make 
one’s Guru proud. Be prepared for a surprising Guru Dakshina. His answer is touchingly sweet, 
and our short article “Ultimate Sweetness” picks up this theme of turning whatever we touch into 
sweetness. 
And there we are at this month’s subject of our Isha Hata Yoga series: “Honey.” Learn some little 
known facts about how this naturally sweet substance impacts your system. But still – consume in 
moderation. This leads us to a new edition and a new dialog partner in our In Conversation with 
the Mystic series. Ad Guru Piyush Pandey heretically questions the very basis that his industry 
furthers and thrives on. With the article “Spirituality and Consumerism – Irreconcilable Opposites?” 
we bring you the first part of a stimulating exchange. 
The concern as to what is right and justified in terms of consumption is certainly a legitimate one. 
In our Leela article, “Dharma, by All Means,” a participant asks Sadhguru how Krishna, who all 
his life talked about dharma, used deceit to kill many of the opposing warriors. Sadhguru not only 
has the answer, but spices it up with vividly narrated incidents from the battlefield. 
Recapitulating some of the event highlights in the month of January, we have Sadhguru and 
a living legend in this field playing golf to make a rural child’s life, the Master conducting the 
biggest program so far in South East Asia, and him back at the ashram, taking over 10,000 Tamil 
meditators into his lap. Enjoy the read, munching on “Crunchy Ragi Pakodas,” if you please. 
The Editorial Team 
ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
CONTENTS 
Lead Article 
Three Things to Remember 
A Life-Changing Exercise 4 
Musings 
Tools to Touch Lives 
Sadhguru on Uncorrupted Rituals 6 
The Greatest Thing in Life 
Sadhguru on the Best You Can Do for Yourself and Your Guru 9 
Ultimate Sweetness 
Sadhguru on the Compassion of Creation 10 
Isha Hata Yoga 
Sadhguru on How to Enhance Your Sadhana 
Part 3: Honey 11 
In Conversation with the Mystic 
Spirituality and Consumerism – Irreconcilable Opposites? 
Sadhguru in Conversation with Ad Guru Piyush Pandey 13 
Leela Series 
The path of the playful – part LIII: 
Dharma, by All Means 15 
News & Happenings 
‘Make a Life’ Golf Jaunt with Sadhguru 
Wipro Chennai Marathon 2013 / Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2013 18 
Sadhguru Conducts ‘Mystic Eye’ in Singapore 19 
Over 10,000 Participants Attend Guruvin Madiyil with Sadhguru 19 
Upcoming Programs and Events 
Isha Yoga – Program Highlights 20 
Isha Recipes 
This Month: Crispy Ragi Pakodas 21 
Zen Speaks 
Not Changing to Meet the Changes 22 
March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 3
Three Things to Remember 
A Life-Changing Exercise 
The following is an excerpt from a darshan with 
Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, 
Tamil Nadu, India, on 29 January 2014. 
Questioner: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I am training 
to become an Ishanga teacher. What does it mean 
to be an Ishanga, and what do you expect from us? 
Sadhguru: The word Isha means “that which 
is the basis of everything.” Nothingness is the 
basis of everything. If you look at the world as 
various reverberations, then silence is the basis of 
everything. If you look at the world as various forms, 
then the formless is the basis. If you look at the 
world in terms of measurements, then the limitless 
is the basis. If you look at the world as something 
or everything, then nothing is the basis. Isha is that 
formless basis of creation or formless divinity. Anga 
means to become a limb of that. 
Anyway, you are a limb of that which is the basis 
of existence – you are just not aware of it. Human 
ignorance is such that each person becomes a world 
by himself or herself. Every simple transaction 
becomes complex just because every human being 
is a creation by himself or herself. And not only 
that – they consider themselves as bigger than 
creation. Because they are so big, whichever way 
they move, they clash with something. Their 
everyday walking through life becomes a hazard. 
What we want to do in the form of programs is to 
ease this hazard – if not to absolutely remove it – 
so that people can naturally find expression to their 
ultimate possibility. 
Wherever you go in the world, there are politics – 
even here. I do not believe in putting anything 
down. If people got a lot of rubbish, why should 
I remove it? My intention is to make it into good 
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SADHGURU 
March 2014
manure so that they can grow. For some time, they 
will stink – I cannot help it. Where there are people, 
definitely things occur. If you think they should not 
happen, you are ignorant of human nature. If you 
are married, you will know – even if just two people 
are there, it is best to either live outdoors or at least 
have two bedrooms, because it needs space. It once 
happened – a psychiatrist who was doing a survey on 
happiness in marriage came and visited Shankaran 
Pillai. He asked, “Are you married?” Shankaran 
Pillai said, “Yes.” He asked, “Are you happily 
married?” Shankaran Pillai said, “Yes.” Then the 
psychiatrist asked, “I mean, both of you are really 
happy with your marriage?” Shankaran Pillai said, 
“We are not only happy – after 15 years, we are 
still romantic. Every week, we have a romantic 
candlelight dinner in a restaurant. She does it on 
Fridays – I do it on Tuesdays.” 
It does not matter what happens as long as at the 
end of the day, you can look back on your stupidity 
and laugh at yourself – not at the other. This is a 
simple exercise everyone must do. At the end of the 
day, sit in your bed and look back at the whole day 
from the moment you got up, how you have been. 
You will see, at least 90% of the time, you are quite 
stupid. If you are just given a little responsibility, 
suddenly, you become so important. Look at how 
many times you became bigger than the universe. 
You will see, most of the time, you are bloated. Look 
at how many times you became immortal, that is, 
you were not conscious of your mortality. Look at 
how many times you looked at people and things 
around you without any sense of involvement. If 
you just watch these three things, you will see you 
will have to laugh through the night. Do not start 
crying. If you learn to laugh at your stupidity, all the 
rubbish you carry will turn into manure very fast, 
and manure is very good for growth. 
Being an Ishanga means understanding the reality 
of your existence. You are just a small limb of this 
large universe. You are just a small limb of this large 
nothingness. And there is another dimension to it. 
When we call you “Ishanga,” you are a limb of Isha 
Foundation, or in other words, an extended arm of 
me. When you stand there as an Isha teacher, people 
will not see you as a person – they will see you as a 
projection of Sadhguru. I do not make a long face. I 
do not sneer at people. People do all kinds of things 
to me too, but I am going through life smiling and 
laughing. Not because everything is fantastic around 
me. It is just that I am fantastic within me. Since I 
am fantastic, the world is okay. 
This is a simple exercise everyone 
must do. At the end of the day, sit 
in your bed and look back at the 
whole day. 
Look at how many times you 
became bigger than the universe. 
Look at how many times you were 
not conscious of your mortality. 
Look at how many times you 
looked at people and things 
around you without any sense of 
involvement. 
People see you as an extended limb of me – you 
must live up to it. The most important thing is not 
to look at people with two eyes that support the 
duality. “She is nice – she is not nice. She is good – 
she is not good. She is okay – she is not okay. 
She is rich – she is poor. This is all right – that is 
not all right.” All this rubbish. You must learn to 
see only with one eye, that everyone is the same. 
Once there are people in front of you, your life is 
no more about you. If you just bring this into you, 
I will take care of the rest for you. If you learn to 
keep yourself aside, if you learn to keep your likes 
and dislikes, your wants and your judgments aside, 
if you simply stand there as an extended limb of 
me, I will take care of every aspect of your life. 
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The following is an excerpt from the “In Lap of 
the Master” sathsang with Sadhguru at the Isha 
Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, on 
8 September 2013. 
Mysticism means exploring dimensions that are not 
yet in your understanding or perception. To explore 
those dimensions together, there are various types 
of rituals, which are beautiful, but if not conducted 
with absolute integrity, they can easily become 
exploitative. Ritual means not just doing pooja. This 
used to be a land with complex and phenomenal 
rituals, but due to lack of integrity and misuse, these 
rituals largely got wiped out. 
For example, Kashi is the oldest living city on the 
planet. Mark Twain said, “Benares is older than 
history, older than tradition, older even than legend, 
and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” 
Even Shiva, the Adiyogi, got so enamored with this 
city that he did not want to leave it anymore. Earlier, 
he used to live at Kailash and the surrounding region, 
but then he married a princess. She needed better 
accommodation. So he came down to Badrinath, 
and built a small home there. But after some time, 
he was dispossessed of his home. 
Shiva and Parvati had settled in Badrinath because 
of its hot spring. Their small dwelling was at about 
10,800 feet above mean sea level, so the climate was 
cold. One day, they went to have bath in the hot 
spring. When they came back, there was a beautiful 
looking infant outside their doorstep. Parvati always 
had a problem with the fact that she could not have 
children because Shiva did not have human seeds, 
and she being human could not contain his seed. Out 
of her desperation, she created Ganapati, and from 
what was left of six children, she made Karthikeya. 
When she saw this wonderful baby at their doorstep, 
her maternal instincts took over and she went to 
pick up the child. Shiva said, ‘”Wait. Don’t touch 
this baby. An infant that lands up at nearly 11,000 
feet MSL all by himself is not a good infant. There is 
nobody around; no footprints of the parents in the 
snow. Why does this fellow land up at our doorstep 
by himself? Just throw him away.” Parvati said, 
“How can you say this? This is the most beautiful 
baby I have ever seen!” And she took the baby into 
the house. The next day, after coming back from 
their bath, the baby had bolted the door from inside 
and did not let these two people in. Parvati said, 
Tools to Touch Lives 
Sadhguru on Uncorrupted Rituals 
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“How can the baby bolt the door?” If a baby can land 
up at 11,000 feet, the damn baby can do anything. 
Shiva said, “Well, we will have to vacate the place. 
Let’s move on.” Parvati said, “But this is our house.” 
“It may have been our house, but since we let the 
wrong people in, it is not ours anymore. Let’s go.” 
They moved to Kantisarovar, which is at 12,700 feet. 
This baby who locked himself inside and 
dispossessed Shiva of his home was Vishnu, who 
thought, “What does it matter for an ascetic yogi if 
he is here or there? It is all the same for Shiva, but 
for me it matters. I want to be here.” Shiva knew 
that, and that is why they moved to Kantisarovar, 
close to Kedar. Later on, one winter got bad, even at 
Kantisarovar. From Kailash, he had come down to 
Manasarovar, then moved to Badrinath, and later on 
to Kedarnath – still the princess complained of the 
cold and the desolation of the place. 
Shiva decided that in winter, they would move to 
Kashi. Who would have thought someone could 
plan such a fabulous city 12,000–15,000 years ago. 
It was a most fantastic plan – layers and layers of 
urban development. The highest level of talent 
in spirituality, science, mathematics, music, and 
astronomy all gathered in one place. It became 
the city of learning and of dispensing knowledge. 
Shiva enjoyed the intellectual vigor, the music, 
the company of people, and the way the city was 
designed. He fell in love with Kashi and did not 
want to leave anymore. 
There is a story of how, when Shiva was about to 
come to Kashi, king Diyo Dutta did not want him to 
enter the city because he knew if Shiva was there, 
he would not be the single point of focus anymore. 
He said, “A king can rule the city only if everyone 
looks up to him only. If you want me to rule the city, 
Shiva should not come. If he comes, I will leave.” 
Shiva sent two ganas to the city to see how to get 
rid of this king. However, they fell so much in love 
with Kashi that they established themselves just 
outside the city and never went back. They did 
not have the guts to go to Shiva and say, “We love 
the city too much.” Shiva sent two more – they 
never came back either. Today, at the four corners 
of Kashi, there are four gana sthanas, where these 
four guys settled. Then he sent Ganapati – he never 
came back either. Afterwards, he sent Kubera – he 
never came back. Finally, he decided to go himself, 
and he did not want to go back either. All this is 
being said to tell you how beautiful this city was. 
When Agastya Muni was asked to leave Kashi and 
go south, he cried and wrote a heartrending poem, 
running into hundreds of stanzas, about the beauty 
of the city and the pain of leaving. 
There is a whole lot of science behind how they 
established certain aspects of the city. But Kashi is 
not what it used to be anymore. It has become quite 
a decadent place – filthy as can be. And above all, 
the superstructure of the city has been broken. The 
center of Kashi was a powerful energy form, which 
created a tower of light. So many sages and saints 
have talked about the tower of light, and about the 
actual Kashi being an energy form above the city. 
Even today, that part is intact, but the base and the 
main temple have been broken. 
Even if you don’t go to Kashi yourself, just take 
a look at its old plan. It was such a complex and 
geometrically perfect design. Today all that is 
broken. There are no words to describe what a 
bad state the temple is in and how it is managed. 
One thing is, there is a lot of armed police around 
who are screening and searching everyone because 
half or three-fourth of the temple have become a 
mosque, and there is constant tension. Once you 
have gone through that and you enter the temple, 
the priests will get you. Whether you sit or stand 
there, they will be shouting for money like in the 
old stock markets. Everything that can be wrong 
about a temple is wrong there. But one aspect, you 
must witness if you have the opportunity – in the 
evening around 7:30, there is one particular ritual, 
which is called Sapta Rishi Aarti. 
After Shiva had transmitted yoga to the Sapta Rishis 
and they all had become fully enlightened, he sent 
them to different parts of the world to spread this 
knowledge. Before they left, they expressed their 
anguish, “Now if we go away, probably we will 
never get to set our eyes upon you again, physically. 
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How can we have you with us when we want you?” 
Shiva taught them a simple process, which lives on 
to this day as Sapta Rishi Aarti, conducted by these 
priests who may not know the science behind it, but 
they stick to the process. I witnessed how they built 
stacks and stacks of energy, just like that. 
We could do this here, but this takes a different 
kind of skill. These priests neither have the skill 
nor the energy, but they have a method – that is 
what a ritual is. Even if it is conducted by someone 
who is absolutely ignorant, if it is done right, it will 
work, because it is a technology. For priests who 
have no sadhana and no such energies of their own, 
what they build up in this temple in this one hour is 
phenomenal. There are yogis who do such things – 
that is a different matter – but I have never seen 
anything like that anywhere conducted by priests. 
After this visit to Kashi, I have some respect for 
priests – at least they maintained the process. They 
did not keep themselves well, but they kept well 
what is of some sanctity to them, and it still works 
fantastically. And at night, there is the Shayan Aarti, 
which is cute. If you get to witness it, you will know 
how loudly you have to put Shiva to sleep. 
This is the power of the ritual – you can conduct 
it for any number of people, even if they are 
ignorant of it. In contrast, doing anything spiritual, 
meditative, is in a way safer and cleaner, but you 
have to prepare the person. A ritual does not need 
preparation – you can do it for the whole town. 
It may be a million ignorant people – still, if they 
just sit there, we can make them benefit. But unless 
the person who performs the ritual has a certain 
integrity, rituals become a tool for exploitation. 
The best way to approach dimensions of the beyond 
is through internal methods and processes, but it 
needs a lot of preparation. If you want a quicker 
dissemination, there are external technologies and 
processes – I would rather call them processes than 
rituals. We can make this happen to large groups 
of people. But it needs absolute integrity. Only in 
the last three years, we brought in rituals at the Isha 
Yoga Center, because we have created people of 
such integrity that no matter what is given to them, 
the focus of their lives will not change. 
Whatever external activity you do in your life, it 
is meaningful only if it touches people’s lives. If 
you can maintain integrity no matter what, we can 
offer you wonderful tools through which you can 
touch people’s lives in a way that you have never 
imagined possible. Once you have such access to 
another human being, your hands must be super 
clean. If you are sweeping outside, no one will ask 
you, “Did you wash your hands?” It is okay if your 
hands are not so clean. Suppose you are serving 
food, people would like to know if you washed your 
hands. Suppose you are inside the temple, we would 
like to know if you had a shower. Suppose you have 
to conduct a surgery, we definitely want to know if 
your hands are cleaned and disinfected. 
The more access you have to another human being, 
the cleaner you have to be. If “What about me?” is 
the biggest question in your mind, you should not 
have access to anyone. If this one question does 
not arise in your mind, you are free to touch any 
being, and you should. Millions of people need this, 
because nothing has truly touched them. Without 
being touched, the being will not be a being – the 
being will just be a body. 
Upcoming Episodes: 
1 Mar 2014 Tarun Tahiliani 
8 Mar 2014 Siddharth 
15 Mar 2014 Shekhar Kapur 
22 Mar 2014 Dr. Prathap Reddy 
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The Greatest Thing in Life 
Sadhguru on the Best You Can Do for Yourself and Your Guru 
The following is an excerpt from a darshan with 
Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, 
Tamil Nadu, India, on 21 January 2014. 
Questioner: Sadhguru, pranam. I just wanted to 
know, how should we conduct ourselves in the 
outer and inner world so that our Guru takes pride 
in us? 
Sadhguru: Your inner world – if you want to call 
it that – should only be a reflection of what is around 
you. If you see something other than what is there, 
it means you are contaminating the world with your 
opinions and prejudices. Seeing everything just the 
way it is – that is the way to be within. This may 
be diametrically opposite to some moral theories 
that say the outer and the inner should not touch 
each other, otherwise you would immediately get 
corrupted by everything around you. That is not 
true. You get corrupted by what is around you only 
when you have opinions about everything. 
You look at one thing as good, something else as 
bad. You get attached to what you consider as good. 
You desperately try to avoid what you consider as 
bad, and of course that will rule you from inside. 
This is not the way to be. Creation is made so that 
you see it the way it is, not to make it the way you 
want to make it. This is an obscenity that humanity 
is committing upon the Creator’s creation. Such a 
magnificent creation – what is there for you to do? 
Absorb it, if you can – nothing more – and even 
that is not simple because creation is phenomenally 
multi-tiered. There are not just things; so many 
phenomena are happening right here – one inside 
the other, all in one space, all in one time. 
Everything that you think is past, everything 
that you think will be future is right here. If you 
see everything the way it is, if the whole creation 
reflects within you, if you can contain creation the 
way it is within you, you become the very source of 
creation. That is the way to be, inside and outside. 
But being in the world, we have to play some game. 
Let us play a game that is of maximum usefulness 
and meaning to everyone around us. If you reflect 
creation just the way it is, there is no personal need 
to play a game and no compulsion to be a part of any 
game. Whether you withdraw into a cave or plunge 
into the marketplace, it is still a game. The only way 
to not be part of any game is to dissolve. That is a 
great thing to do, but when human beings attain 
to a certain clarity within themselves, they are of 
immense value to everyone around, so it is good if 
they hang around for a while and bring a little more 
clarity to others. 
Either you exist here as a piece of creation, 
which is pretty good, or you become like the 
very source of creation, which is fantastic. But 
being a psychological case is not a good thing. 
To be just a psychological case, you need not 
have put your mother through the trouble of 
delivering you. She could have delivered a file, 
and someone could have studied the case. It is not 
worth being a psychological case. If you consider 
only your thoughts and emotions as your life and 
there is nothing beyond that for you, you are a 
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psychological case. You must become a vibrant, 
full-fledged life – that is the most important thing. 
What we do is determined by what is needed. 
These days, wherever I go, people recognize me as 
someone who planted so many trees, educating so 
many children, built so many hospitals, and so on. I 
squirm at the thought that this is what I am known 
for. It is most unfortunate that most people cannot 
think beyond food, education, and things like that. 
Suppose the country or the world was doing really 
well – everyone had enough to eat, everyone was 
well educated, everything was happening well – 
what meaning would it have to start an Isha Vidhya 
school and to give a midday meal? Right now, when 
the children have not eaten properly, the midday 
meal seems like a great blessing. It is a blessing only 
because of the cruelty of poverty. It is not a true 
blessing. Only because we created human beings 
without having the necessary food for them, serving 
them a meal feels like a great thing. I don’t think it 
is. It is unfortunate that such things are still needed 
in the world. 
Even if everyone had eaten well and they had 
everything they wanted, enhancing the experience 
of life to its ultimate possibility would still always 
be relevant. Ultimately, this is the purpose of all 
life – to blossom to its fullest potential. Whether it 
is a little plant, a tree, an elephant, an ant, a man, 
or a woman – the ultimate goal is to become a full-fledged 
life. You should not die as a psychological 
case – a bundle of thoughts, emotions, opinions, and 
prejudices – though this is what most people define 
themselves through. 
Touching the ultimate, rather than defining yourself 
through patterns of thoughts and emotions, is the 
greatest thing you can do. If you do that, it means 
I am successful. You should strive to become an 
absolutely full-fledged life. A full-fledged life does 
not mean going out and doing all kinds of exploits 
in the world. It means allowing yourself to grow 
to full depth and dimension. Every human being 
should do this. 
The best thing that you can do for your Guru is 
what is ultimately best for yourself. That is the 
only purpose. 
Ultimate Sweetness 
Sadhguru on the Compassion of Creation 
The chant Jananam Sukhadam, Maranam Karunam 
essentially means, the beginning of life is sweetness – 
death is compassion. Immortality would be a curse 
that would be most difficult to live with. Imagine 
we could not die and had to live here for 10 million 
years! We want to live a full life, but still, the 
great compassion of life is that it will end one day. 
The greatest compassion is if one transcends the 
limitations of time and space within oneself. It is the 
burden of time what makes life into a grinding mill. 
The most compassionate way to exist is to be here 
and be above time. 
Once you enjoy the compassion of creation, you 
yourself will be compassionate. Knowingly or 
unknowingly, it is the want of human beings to 
share their present experience with everyone 
around them. If you are miserable, you try to share 
your misery. If you are angry, you will share your 
anger. If you are hateful, you will share your hate. If 
you are loving, you will share your love. If you are 
compassionate, you will share your compassion. One 
way or the other, we exude whatever is our present 
state to all life around us. The most important thing 
is to bring ourselves to ultimate sweetness within 
us, so that whatever we touch turns into sweetness. 
And that is the only thing a human being can do. 
10 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
Isha Hata Yoga 
Sadhguru on How to Enhance Your Sadhana 
In this series, Sadhguru discusses various aspects through which you can take your yogic 
practice to a whole new level. 
Part 3: Honey 
Honey is a substance whose chemical composition 
is very close to that of human blood. Especially 
for people who are doing yogic practices, it is 
good to consume honey. Depending on whether 
you consume it raw, with cold water, or in warm 
water, honey has a different impact on the system. 
We want to consume it in warm water because we 
want the system to open up. You should never put 
honey in boiling water or cook it, because some part 
of honey will turn poisonous if it crosses a certain 
temperature. Therefore, the water in which you put 
it should be warm, not boiling hot. Honey should 
not be given to children under the age of one. 
Honey is good against anemia. Iron deficiency in the 
blood is one of the causes of anemia. You will feel 
exhausted because when there is not enough iron in 
the blood, the ability to carry oxygen through the 
body will be reduced. If you do not have enough 
oxygen, your heart, your brain, everything in your 
whole body will function on a lower level. 
Building up oxygen in the blood is extremely 
important. How healthy the body is, how easily 
it rejuvenates itself, depends on a high level of 
oxygen in the blood. Particularly women have to 
be careful about this because of their menstrual 
cycles. Since they lose a certain amount of blood 
every month, they tend to become anemic much 
more easily than men. When the hemoglobin 
content goes down, the ability to carry oxygen in 
the blood will be reduced, which will make you 
feel exhausted and dumb. If there is not enough 
oxygen in the brain, both body and brain do not 
function the way they need to function. 
If you consume a little bit of honey in warm water 
on a daily basis, you will see, slowly the red blood 
cell count will go up. Once there is more oxygen in 
the blood, you will feel a burst of energy. Suddenly, 
everything will be more active – rejuvenation and 
cell renewal will go up, and the level of inertia 
in your body and mind will go down. One of 
the reasons why women tend to get more easily 
depressed than men is, they have a lower level of 
oxygen in the blood stream. If the oxygen level is 
too low, depression easily sets in. 
Nature intends men to do more work, so they have 
more muscle. More muscle means more oxygen 
is required. The red blood cell count of women is 
lower than that of men because women have less 
muscle mass than men, and consequently need less 
oxygen. Therefore, women can survive without 
oxygen a little longer than men, even though the 
oxygen content in their blood is lower. Yoga is about 
becoming conscious of all these wonderful nuances 
of the body. The more nuances you become aware 
of, the finer your life will become. Otherwise, it is a 
gross existence – simply eat, sleep, die. 
If you have low blood pressure, and you get up 
quickly from sitting down, you will feel dizzy. Low 
blood pressure means not enough blood, but most 
importantly, not enough oxygen reaches the brain. 
If you feel dizzy when you put your head down, 
it is because you have high blood pressure. Either 
because of high blood pressure or due to lack of 
oxygen you feel dizzy. 
Consuming honey evens out these imbalances. 
Pressure builds up depending upon the requirement 
of the body. People think hypertension is a disease, 
which it is not – it is an adjustment that the body 
makes. If for some reason, the body needs more 
oxygen and other nutrients than it normally does, or 
the blood is not of the quality that it should be, the 
pumping system is trying to pump more. As quicker 
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circulation or more frequent servicing of the organs 
is required, it is pumping harder and pressure is 
building up. Causes for low blood pressure could be 
that the system adjusted itself to pump low, or it could 
be congenital, that the system is not strong enough 
to pump as it is needed, or there is some other issue 
with the circulatory process or the chemistry of the 
blood. Often, a combination of factors contributes 
to this condition. Similarly with hypertension – it 
creates a secondary layer of consequences, but the 
first layer of consequence is hypertension itself – it 
is a consequence, not a cause. 
For a yoga practitioner, who is pushing the body in 
certain ways, keeping the circulatory system and 
the blood chemistry in balance is essential. Regular 
consumption of honey brings that balance and 
makes you more vibrant. 
Excerpted from talks by Sadhguru at the Isha 
Hata School of Yoga. 
Isha Hata Yoga 
21-day Residential Program at the Isha Yoga Center 
Bilingual (English/Tamil) Date: 4 to 25 May 2014 Place: Isha Yoga Center 
The 21-day Isha Hata Yoga program is an opportunity to learn various ancient and powerful 
ways to transform body and mind. 
Program Contents: 
Upayoga 
A simple yet powerful set of 10 practices that activate the joints, 
muscles, and energy system, bringing ease to the whole system. 
Angamardhana 
A series of 30 processes to invigorate the body, and reach peak 
physical fitness and mental health. 
Suryakriya 
An ancient and potent 21-step yogic practice, designed as a 
holistic process for health and inner wellbeing. 
Yogasanas 
A set of powerful postures through which one can elevate one’s 
consciousness and enhance one’s energies. 
Bhuta Shuddhi 
Literally “purification of the elements” – a process of purifying 
the five elements within the human system. 
For more information and to register for the program, 
send an email to hatayoga21day@ishayoga.org 
www.ishahatayoga.com 
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Spirituality and Consumerism – 
Irreconcilable Opposites? 
Sadhguru in Conversation with Ad Guru Piyush Pandey 
In another edition of the “In Conversation with the Mystic” series, Sadhguru met with 
ad guru Piyush Pandey for a session under the theme “Spirituality & Consumerism” on 
6 January 2014 in Mumbai. Piyush Pandey has been named the most influential man in 
Indian Advertising eight years in a row by The Economic Times. The following is the 
first excerpt of their conversation. 
Piyush: Pranam. Lots of you must be wondering 
what the hell I am doing here. When I was asked to 
be in this conversation, I said, “I will do it, but what 
are you calling this session? “Sadhu Aur Shaitan” 
[The Ascetic and the Devil]?” [Laughter] 
This is a great opportunity for all of us to learn. I am 
going to try and see if we can get the maximum out 
of Sadhguru. I don’t know when he is going to be 
with us again. 
Now, “Spirituality & Consumerism.” Is it versus 
or with each other? The first thing that I want 
to ask you – is consumerism actually driven by 
paranoia? People buy six saris because they are 
afraid that when they go to a party, someone else 
there is wearing the same sari. People buy a new 
mobile phone every three months because someone 
else also got a new mobile phone. When it comes 
to children’s products, I think the paranoia is at a 
phenomenal level. 
When I was young, no one stopped me from 
climbing trees, no one gave me extra supplements 
with my food, and people allowed me to do things 
that I wanted to do. Today, we are feeding our 
children all kinds of things, which is paranoia to me. 
The next stage of paranoia could be that mothers 
will say to their sons, “Become a batsman; I want 
you to be a Tendulkar, but I don’t want you to be a 
bowler.” Why not a bowler? Have you seen Muttiah 
Muralitharan? He puts his fingers into his mouth, 
bowls – the leather ball travels all over the ground 
before it comes back to him again, and again he 
licks it. The little guy says, “But Muralitharan is still 
living – he has not died of any germs.” She says, “But 
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I am scared of one more thing. Malinga is rubbing 
that ball on his crotch – I am paranoid that this is 
an act that falls under Article 377 1.” [Laughter] So 
how can spirituality and consumerism co-exist? Is 
consumerism driven by paranoia? One would love 
to hear your views. 
Sadhguru: Whether it is consumerism or 
something else – any kind of “ism” will lead to 
a certain mindlessness. Mindless consumerism 
is definitely not towards human wellbeing. 
Consumption2 used to be a disease, you know? 
Even now, it is a kind of ailment. That is, we 
do not do what is needed in our lives – we do 
what is expected by others. People who expect 
whatever they expect out of you, they themselves 
do not know a thing about their lives. If you live 
to fulfil their expectations, obviously, your life will 
go off the track. Therefore, I feel the advertising 
industry should focus on creating a more conscious 
consumer rather than mindless consumerism. 
Mindlessness means simply doing something. Once 
mindlessness sets in, society will go in cycles, not 
really getting anywhere. There will be nothing 
profound in that society. Everything will become 
profane. Right now, we are rapidly going in that 
direction. This used to be a culture where every 
aspect of life had a deeper rooting and meaning. Even 
simple things – how to sit, how to stand, how to eat – 
always had a deeper connotation. Because of this, no 
matter what kind of rigors outside situations offered 
us in the form of invasions, famines, or whatever 
came, the spirit of India lived on undisturbed. 
If you take away this deeper rooting in human 
beings and make them live out of a mall, they 
will get shattered easily. Until about 20 years ago, 
the number of people who were psychologically 
deranged in this country was extremely low. You 
could say this is because it was not recorded, which 
is a fact, but still, for one billion people, the number 
of those who were psychologically deranged was 
extremely small because of this deeper rooting, 
that every simple thing had a deeper meaning and 
a deeper possibility. If you look at the percentage 
of the U.S. population who are on antidepressants, 
that is not a healthy society, which in many ways is 
a result of mindless consumerism. If we do not learn 
from that, we are for sure mindless too. 
It is very important that human societies function 
out of their intelligence, not just out of external 
tendencies, which come and go. Pushing the 
majority of society into that kind of a mode clearly 
shows we are not interested in the wellbeing of 
human beings – we just want to sell something at any 
cost. And above all, if the over 7 billion people on 
the planet consume at the same level as an average 
American citizen, statistics say, we will need four-and- 
a-half planets. But we only have half a planet 
left. This means you have to keep half of the world 
population in abject poverty so that others can go on 
a consumerism binge. 
I think a more sensible way of living is possible. This 
does not mean you should not enjoy your life, or that 
you should not have things. Everyone should have 
what they need. But digging up the planet just for the 
sake of satisfying someone else’s opinion is simply 
mindless. I am not trying to render an ecological 
message. My concern is about human beings. This is 
like the proverbial story of a man cutting the branch 
that he is sitting on. If he succeeds, he will fall. In 
many ways, this is already happening. Especially in 
the Western world, the most successful people have 
really tensed and agitated faces. This does not mean 
success is suffering. It is mindless consumerism that 
leads to suffering. 
To be continued. 
1 Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, introduced during the British rule of India, that criminalizes 
sexual activities “against the order of nature” 
2 Archaic name for pulmonary tuberculosis 
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The path of the playful – 
Dharma, by All Means 
Leela Series 
Part LIII 
The following is an excerpt from Leela, the path of the playful, a unique exploration with Sadhguru 
into the mystical realm of Krishna, which took place at the Isha Yoga Center in September 2005. 
Questioner: Krishna always talked about dharma 
and adharma, but during the Kurukshetra war, he 
used deceit to kill most of the great warriors, such 
as Bhishma and Dronacharya. Did he not practice 
what he taught? 
Sadhguru: What Krishna did in the battlefield was 
not just deceit – it was absolute treachery. 
There were intricate strategic formations in which 
the warriors fought. One such formation, called 
chakravyuha, was almost impossible to penetrate, 
unless you knew its intricacies. Arjuna used to be 
the only one who had this knowledge. When his 
wife Subhadra was pregnant with Abhimanyu, 
Arjuna spoke in the presence of his unborn son 
about how to penetrate a chakravyuha, and even 
in his mother’s womb, Abhimanyu grasped it. 
But Arjuna did not talk about how to come out 
of the chakravyuha. Many years later, when the 
Kaurava army formed itself into a chakravyuha and 
was about to slaughter the whole Pandava army, 
Abhimanyu, by then 17 years of age but already a 
great hero, broke like a furious arrow through the 
chakravyuha, because he knew how to penetrate it. 
Bhima and Yudhisthira tried to follow him to save 
him, but when Abhimanyu went into the center, 
immediately, the chakravyuha closed again. In 
the middle of the chakravyuha, with no one else 
to support him, he killed many key people of the 
Kaurava army. Then his chariot went down. All 
his weapons were broken. You are not supposed 
to kill an unarmed person, but Jayadrada thought, 
“Even if he is just 17 years of age, he causes too 
much devastation.” He felt he must put an end 
to Abhimanyu and attacked him. Abhimanyu 
picked up a chariot wheel and fought with that. 
Jayadrada alone could not kill him, so he called 
for support. Many of the Kaurava heroes gathered 
around Abhimanyu, which was totally against the 
laws of the battle. They all surrounded the boy 
and killed him. 
It was a rule of the war that when the sun sets, they 
must stop fighting. In the evening, when Arjuna 
came back to his camp, he saw his people mourning 
and realized that Abhimanyu had been killed in such 
a way. In straight battle, only very few men could 
have defeated Abhimanyu. Someone described how 
they had surrounded him from all sides and slain 
him. Arjuna took a vow: “By tomorrow sundown, 
I will have killed Jayadrada. Otherwise, I will kill 
myself.” Hearing this, Dhuryodhana was overjoyed. 
He thought all they have to do was to completely 
protect Jayadrada, and Arjuna would die that night 
by his own hand, because he would stick to his 
word. Jayadrada was terrified. He wanted to quit 
the battle and go home. Dhuryodhana told him 
that this would not be good for their reputation. He 
said to Jayadrada, “Don’t worry. We will deploy all 
our forces to protect you.” Next day, they formed a 
huge protection for Jayadrada so that he would not 
get killed. But from the first moment of the battle, 
Arjuna started penetrating through the opposing 
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army towards Jayadrada, because if he did not kill 
Jayadrada, Arjuna would have to kill himself. 
At the same time, Satyaki and Burishwara got into a 
fight. Satyaki, a close friend of Krishna and Arjuna, had 
an old feud to settle with Burishwara, who was over 
70 years of age but still a great warrior. Satyaki was 
supposed to protect King Yudhisthira. But overcome 
by personal emotions, he left Yudhisthira’s side and 
went towards Burishwara to attack him. When 
Arjuna saw that the king was left unprotected, he 
got concerned. But he could not divert his attention, 
since his own life was at stake. He continued to go 
towards Jayadrada. Satyaki attacked Burishwara, 
but after some time, Burishwara knocked down 
Satyaki from his chariot. Satyaki lost all his arms 
and almost fainted. Burishwara descended from his 
chariot and put his foot on Satyaki’s chest. Krishna 
saw this. Satyaki had been a staunch and a reliable 
lieutenant to him for many years. Krishna knew 
his abilities and limitations, and that Satyaki could 
not defeat Burishwara. 
Krishna told Arjuna, “Burishwara is going to kill 
Satyaki. You must get Burishwara first before he 
kills Satyaki.” Arjuna said, “How can I do that? 
Burishwara is fighting with Satyaki; I shooting 
him now would be against the Kshatriya dharma.” 
Krishna told him, “Satyaki has come here only to 
fight for you. How can you let someone kill him 
now? Save him.” Arjuna said, “No. It is against 
the law.” Then Burishwara pulled out his sword 
in order to decapitate Satyaki. Again Krishna said, 
“Your friend, who put his life at stake for you, 
will be slaughtered now if you don’t reach out to 
him. Will you let him die like this? What kind of 
dharma is this?” All this time, Arjuna’s arrow was 
aimed at Jayadrada. When Burishwara was about 
to decapitate Satyaki, Arjuna turned and shot the 
arrow at Burishwara. Burishwara’s right hand got 
severed. He looked around and said to Arjuna, 
“How could you do this? While I was fighting with 
another man, you shot me from behind and severed 
my hand? Anyone who has Kshatriya blood in 
him wouldn’t do such a dastardly act. I know you 
wouldn’t have done this by yourself. This cowherd 
with whom you are must have influenced you.” 
Arjuna’s anger flared up, and he said, “Yesterday, 
when you, a great warrior, joined many others to 
surround my son, a 17-year-old boy, and stab him 
from behind, where was your dharma? What are 
you talking about now?” Ashamed of the act that 
he had committed the day before, Burishwara put 
his head down. He went next to his chariot and sat 
down in lotus posture. 
Satyaki became conscious again and looked around, 
completely bewildered. He did not know what had 
happened. When he saw Burishwara sitting there, 
his old emotions and rage took over. Burishwara’s 
severed hand, still holding his sword, was lying there 
on the ground. Satyaki threw the hand away, picked 
up the sword, and went towards Burishwara. Both 
Krishna and Arjuna were screaming, “Stop! Don’t 
do this, Satyaki!” But Satyaki loped off Burishwara’s 
head, while the latter was sitting with eyes closed. 
Krishna put his head down; he had not wanted this 
to happen. Arjuna was totally aghast about what 
Satyaki had done. But Satyaki was exalted, because 
he had been able to take revenge at last. 
Day by day, as the war went on, all dharma was 
broken. First day, they fought by the law. Second 
day, they started breaking the law, and by the 14th, 
15th day, all law was broken. People did what they 
wanted and killed each other at will. 
Arjuna continued to penetrate towards Jayadrada, 
but it looked like Jayadrada was out of reach for 
him. The whole Kaurava army had rallied around 
Jayadrada to protect him. When Krishna saw that 
there was no way for Arjuna to defeat Jayadrada in 
this situation, he used his magic and made a huge 
cloud appear, so that it looked like it was sunset. 
Seeing this, Jayadrada was absolutely thrilled and 
relieved, because he thought the battle was over for 
the day, and he had survived, which meant Arjuna 
would die that day. The whole Kaurava army was 
exalted and shouted slogans of victory. Everyone 
had put their arms down. But the sun came back, 
and Arjuna shot an arrow through Jayadrada’s heart, 
and Jayadrada fell. One more deception. 
As if that was not enough, when Karna and Arjuna 
came to fight, Krishna interfered again. Karna and 
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Arjuna were evenly matched in their martial arts. 
For everything that Arjuna did, Karna had an 
answer. But Karna had one special weapon, the astra, 
for which Arjuna had no answer. Karna aimed it at 
Arjuna’s forehead, and was about to shoot and kill 
him. When Krishna saw this, once again using his 
magic, he made Arjuna’s chariot sink a few inches 
into the earth. The weapon knocked off Arjuna’s 
crown and made him faint for some time, but it 
did not enter his head as intended. Many times, 
Krishna did such things. This was much more than 
just deception. 
What is the justification? It is not that his dharma 
is higher and someone else’s is lower. What they 
were facing in the war was colossal evil. The level of 
injustice that Dhuryodhana, Shakuni, Karna, and all 
the others created from day one was too high, from 
the time they tried to murder Bhima by poisoning 
him, and by tying him up and putting him in the river. 
Then the game of dice, which was total cheating, and 
the disgrace of trying to disrobe Draupadi in public. 
Then trying to burn the Pandavas in the palace 
that was built of lac and sulfur, and again cheating 
them out of their kingdom. There was an endless 
number of events that led to this war. Everywhere, 
they used deceit without any qualms. When they 
were at an advantage, there was no dharma for 
them. When they were at a disadvantage, they were 
talking dharma as a tool to benefit from. But the 
next moment, they were the same again. 
Krishna said, “What they are doing is adharma; 
what we are doing is also adharma, but we are 
doing it with an intention of establishing dharma. 
They are doing it with the intention of establishing 
adharma.” It is not a question of right and wrong. It 
is a question of purpose, and of whether you would 
be successful within the limitations of the law or 
not. He did not say what he was doing was right – 
he knew it was wrong. But what he was trying to 
achieve was right. That is why he did all this. 
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‘Make a Life’ Golf Jaunt with Sadhguru 
The “Make a Life” – Isha Vidhya Golf Jaunt has 
been conceived to increase awareness and to 
raise funds for the education of children in rural 
India. After the great success of the first edition 
in December 2012 in Delhi, Sadhguru teed off the 
second “Make a Life” golf jaunt on 4 January 2014 at 
the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai. Apart 
from the healthy competition, contributing towards 
education and making a difference in the lives of 
rural children was the ultimate goal of this game. 
The entourage consisted of 88 business leaders. 
Among the notable figures who participated in 
this friendly get-together of passionate golfers 
were Akshay Kilachand of Kilachand Group, 
Rahul Divan, CEO of Rahul Gautam Divan & 
Associate, Ashish Chemburkar and Rajen Gandhi 
of the Bombay Presidency Golf Club. One of the 
highlights was that Amit Luthra, one of India’s 
finest golfers, and gold medalist at the 1982 Asian 
Games, joined the event. 
Here is Sadhguru’s message about the plight and 
possibility that rural India represents today: 
“I have known the pain of seeing bright, star-like 
eyes of little children in our villages turn into dull 
hopelessness within a few years because of the 
unsaid fact that there is no way out of the hopeless 
social and economic pit. The innate intelligence in 
these bright, starry eyes can be harnessed towards 
the making of the nation and of a better world, 
or it will find expression in the form of violence, 
addiction, crime, or terror. 
This is the plight and possibility. 
Make at least one life.” 
The Isha Vidhya volunteers made this a day to 
cherish for the golfers. Apart from the beautiful 
decorations and live music during breakfast and 
lunch, volunteers at the course ensured that this golf 
outing was an informative one for the golfers. Their 
placards carried information about Isha Vidhya’s 
many initiatives, so that the golfers learnt more 
about the cause they are supporting. 
Sadhguru wrapped up the golf jaunt with the 
following words: “Seventy percent of India lives 
in the villages, and unfortunately, a large number 
of our rural children are not fed properly. Even 
their skeletal system has not developed fully. We 
certainly do not want to have an India of such 
unskilled, uneducated youth. We as a nation have 
elbow room of 15 to 20 years to turn around many 
things, and if we fail to do it in this period, it will 
be very difficult to do it later. If we inspire our rural 
children, India has a bright future.” 
Isha Vidhya would like to thank Harishankaran 
(Vice-Chairman, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial 
Services Limited) and family who generously 
donated two classrooms for Isha Vidhya. Isha Vidhya 
also extends a special thank you to Sanjay Jain 
from Yatra Foundation, Australia, who sponsored 
scholarships for 170 children. 
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Sadhguru Conducts ‘Mystic Eye’ in Singapore 
With over 2000 participants, the one-day “Mystic 
Eye” event is the largest program conducted 
by Sadhguru in Singapore to date. Here is how 
volunteers and participants described their 
phenomenal experience. 
It was a wave of pure blissfulness. The participants 
were blown away as Sadhguru enlightened them 
on what life could truly be for them if only they 
are willing. He taught them yoga and meditation 
practices that they could practice on their own at 
home. At the end, Sadhguru blessed them with such 
compassion that no heart left the hall untouched. 
A volunteer who headed the online promotion for 
the event shared: “An Executive Director came 
looking for me at the end and just hugged me before 
he shared his feelings. Another friend said that 
she was speechless and thanked us for the divine 
and wonderful experience. Yet another said it was 
beyond expectations and that he is now asking 
himself, ‘Who am I?’ One more expressed he was 
very happy I convinced him to change his travel 
plans to join the event. A younger colleague shared, 
‘I am wide awake and laughing. Sadhguru’s oration 
is classy and his jokes too funny. What he says is 
simple to understand. I am glad I came.’” 
This feedback cut across age groups and professional 
backgrounds, and the appreciation for what was 
offered at the event was unanimous, making it such 
a joyful experience – something the participants 
would have never expected to experience in such 
a large crowd. 
Eyes were teary, faces were lit. Every soul soaked 
in Joy. 
– Jean, Isha volunteer, Singapore 
Over 10,000 Participants Attend Guruvin Madiyil with Sadhguru 
Throughout the third week of January, the Isha Yoga 
Center was abuzz with devotees and meditators 
who had thronged here for a number of events. 
The 15th of January marked the first Pournami of 
Uttarayana and saw the initiation of close to 4,000 
participants into the Shivanga sadhana for men. 
Two days later, on Thaipusam, 6142 women came 
to Linga Bhairavi for a moving culmination of their 
own 21-day Shivanga sadhana. The 18th and 19th of 
January saw 10,092 people attending the two-day 
program “Guruvin Madiyil,” the Tamil equivalent 
of “In the Lap of the Master,” with Sadhguru. The 
program included group meditations, discourses by 
Sadhguru, and a wide variety of cultural displays, 
from the daring Kalaripayattu performances by Isha 
Samskriti children to the vibrant and upbeat songs 
of Sounds of Isha. 
In his opening talk, Sadhguru explained the very 
purpose of the program – to offer spiritual seekers 
an opportunity to grow in the lap of Grace. He also 
discussed the impact of sound, and in particular 
of our speech, on our surroundings and on our 
own systems, and how maintaining vak shuddhi, 
i.e., uttering the right sounds, can create the right 
atmosphere within us for the spiritual possibility 
to blossom. Sadhguru also took questions by 
participants, for example about the role of a Guru, 
who, as he explained, is not a person who gives a 
teaching or a philosophy, but one who dispels the 
darkness of ignorance within us. 
On the second day, Sadhguru spoke about 
establishing a love affair with Shiva. Though it 
may begin as imagination, over a period of time, 
it becomes a reality. In a love affair of this nature, 
there is no question of failure. Sadhguru also called 
attention to the immense need to make spiritual 
process accessible to all by creating Adiyogi spaces 
in various parts of India and the United States. 
He went on to explain that unless such powerful 
places come up where people can sit to meditate, 
and unless a culture of devotion gets established, 
an irreversible downtrend in society will set in 
within 20 years. 
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Program Highlights 
Date Program Place Contact 
2–5 Mar 2014 
Bhava Spandana 
(Gents/English) 
Residential Program 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
0422-2515300 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
Begumpet, 
Hyderabad – India 
94408 54389 
hyderabad@ishayoga.org 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
Basaveshwaranagar, 
Bangalore – India 
99014 68789 
bangalore@ishayoga.org 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
Jayanagar, 
Bangalore – India 
96201 90104 
bangalore@ishayoga.org 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
Thane West, 
Mumbai – India 
99676 51283 
mumbai@ishayoga.org 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
New Delhi, Delhi – 
India 
99101 39202 
delhi@ishayoga.org 
5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering 
Dahisar East, 
Mumbai – India 
90229 78995 
mumbai@ishayoga.org 
6–9 Mar 2014 
Inner Engineering 
Retreat 
Residential Program 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
0422-2515421 
ieretreat@ishafoundation.org 
16–18 Mar 2014 Hata Yoga 
Residential Program 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
0422-2515300 
25–28 Mar 2014 Guru Pooja Training 
Residential Program 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
0422-2515300 
27–30 Mar 2014 
Inner Engineering 
Retreat 
Residential Program 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
0422-2515421 
ieretreat@ishafoundation.org 
27–30 Nov 2014 
INSIGHT: The DNA of 
Success 
with Sadhguru 
Isha Yoga Center, 
Coimbatore – India 
83000 84888 
leadership@ishainsight.org 
These programs are conducted in English, unless indicated otherwise. Current at the time of print, however subject 
to change. For full program schedules and updates, please visit our website: www.ishafoundation.org. 
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Isha Recipes For Healthy Living 
Crispy Ragi Pakodas (Finger Millet Fritters) 
Ingredients 
2 cups Ragi (finger millet) flour 
1/2 cup Besan (roasted gram/chickpea flour) 
2 cups Cabbage (shredded) 
1/2 cup Capsicum (chopped small) 
1 tablespoon Curry leaves 
1/4 cup Coriander leaves 
1 inch piece Ginger 
1/2 cup Cashew pieces 
1 tablespoon White sesame seeds 
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder (or chili powder) 
Salt to taste 
Cold-pressed coconut oil for frying 
1/2 teaspoon Chaat masala 
Preparation Method 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
Peel and mince the ginger. Coarsely chop the coriander and curry leaves. Mix the veggies 
and herbs – cabbage, capsicum, ginger, coriander and curry leaves – in a bowl. 
Mix the dry ingredients – ragi flour, besan, cashew pieces, sesame seeds, salt, and black 
pepper powder/chili powder – in a large mixing bowl. 
Heat the oil for frying. Add 2 tablespoons of this hot oil to the dry mix. Now add the 
vegetables to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add just enough water to form a dough. 
Fry bite-size portions of this dough in hot oil. 
Sprinkle with chaat masala before serving. 
The health benefits and nutrition offered by ragi are immense. Ragi is a remarkable source of 
protein and minerals and contains important amino acids. It has a high amount of calcium and 
potassium and is a great source of iron. Ragi contains tryptophan, an amino acid that reduces 
appetite. Ragi is known to relax the body naturally, and is thus beneficial in conditions of anxiety, 
depression, and insomnia. 
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Isha forest flower mar 2014

  • 1. Volume - 2 / Issue - 3 `15 Annual Subscription `180 March 2014 No Pain or Gain I live a life where there is No pain or gain Even the butterfly or the bird Cannot imagine to soar As I do upon wind and rain Or just the emptiness of the sky As I am what I breathe touch and cannot touch I courted the Boundless Ended up with the blessed Emptiness I am for all and all is for me I have no pain or gain Grace & Blessings
  • 2. Isha Forest Flower – ONLINE! To receive free downloadable PDF versions of Isha Forest Flower along with your print subscription,please submit your subscription number and email address at www.ishafoundation.org/Online-Community/forest-flower-subscribers.isa For subscription inquiries, please contact our Subscription Office: (044) 45011137, 96770 16700 – subscriptions.FF@ishafoundation.org To change your mailing address online, visit: www.ishafoundation.org/ForestFlower Editorial Team: Isha Forest Flower c/o Isha Yoga Center, Semmedu P.O., Velliangiri Foothills, Coimbatore – 641114 forestflower@ishafoundation.org 2 Editorial Dear Readers, In this month’s Lead Article, Sadhguru encourages us to laugh at our own stupidity. But not only out of the blue and at random – he gives us “Three Things to Remember,” which turns a healthful exercise into a life-changing one. Even for those who do not have the necessary awareness, inclination, or opportunity to actively work towards their spiritual growth, Sadhguru has created ways for them to passively benefit. In our article “Tools to Touch Lives,” he speaks on the power and impact of rituals – provided that certain parameters are maintained by those who perform them. In “The Greatest Thing in Life,” Sadhguru responds to a meditator’s question on how to make one’s Guru proud. Be prepared for a surprising Guru Dakshina. His answer is touchingly sweet, and our short article “Ultimate Sweetness” picks up this theme of turning whatever we touch into sweetness. And there we are at this month’s subject of our Isha Hata Yoga series: “Honey.” Learn some little known facts about how this naturally sweet substance impacts your system. But still – consume in moderation. This leads us to a new edition and a new dialog partner in our In Conversation with the Mystic series. Ad Guru Piyush Pandey heretically questions the very basis that his industry furthers and thrives on. With the article “Spirituality and Consumerism – Irreconcilable Opposites?” we bring you the first part of a stimulating exchange. The concern as to what is right and justified in terms of consumption is certainly a legitimate one. In our Leela article, “Dharma, by All Means,” a participant asks Sadhguru how Krishna, who all his life talked about dharma, used deceit to kill many of the opposing warriors. Sadhguru not only has the answer, but spices it up with vividly narrated incidents from the battlefield. Recapitulating some of the event highlights in the month of January, we have Sadhguru and a living legend in this field playing golf to make a rural child’s life, the Master conducting the biggest program so far in South East Asia, and him back at the ashram, taking over 10,000 Tamil meditators into his lap. Enjoy the read, munching on “Crunchy Ragi Pakodas,” if you please. The Editorial Team ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 3. CONTENTS Lead Article Three Things to Remember A Life-Changing Exercise 4 Musings Tools to Touch Lives Sadhguru on Uncorrupted Rituals 6 The Greatest Thing in Life Sadhguru on the Best You Can Do for Yourself and Your Guru 9 Ultimate Sweetness Sadhguru on the Compassion of Creation 10 Isha Hata Yoga Sadhguru on How to Enhance Your Sadhana Part 3: Honey 11 In Conversation with the Mystic Spirituality and Consumerism – Irreconcilable Opposites? Sadhguru in Conversation with Ad Guru Piyush Pandey 13 Leela Series The path of the playful – part LIII: Dharma, by All Means 15 News & Happenings ‘Make a Life’ Golf Jaunt with Sadhguru Wipro Chennai Marathon 2013 / Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2013 18 Sadhguru Conducts ‘Mystic Eye’ in Singapore 19 Over 10,000 Participants Attend Guruvin Madiyil with Sadhguru 19 Upcoming Programs and Events Isha Yoga – Program Highlights 20 Isha Recipes This Month: Crispy Ragi Pakodas 21 Zen Speaks Not Changing to Meet the Changes 22 March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 3
  • 4. Three Things to Remember A Life-Changing Exercise The following is an excerpt from a darshan with Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, on 29 January 2014. Questioner: Namaskaram Sadhguru. I am training to become an Ishanga teacher. What does it mean to be an Ishanga, and what do you expect from us? Sadhguru: The word Isha means “that which is the basis of everything.” Nothingness is the basis of everything. If you look at the world as various reverberations, then silence is the basis of everything. If you look at the world as various forms, then the formless is the basis. If you look at the world in terms of measurements, then the limitless is the basis. If you look at the world as something or everything, then nothing is the basis. Isha is that formless basis of creation or formless divinity. Anga means to become a limb of that. Anyway, you are a limb of that which is the basis of existence – you are just not aware of it. Human ignorance is such that each person becomes a world by himself or herself. Every simple transaction becomes complex just because every human being is a creation by himself or herself. And not only that – they consider themselves as bigger than creation. Because they are so big, whichever way they move, they clash with something. Their everyday walking through life becomes a hazard. What we want to do in the form of programs is to ease this hazard – if not to absolutely remove it – so that people can naturally find expression to their ultimate possibility. Wherever you go in the world, there are politics – even here. I do not believe in putting anything down. If people got a lot of rubbish, why should I remove it? My intention is to make it into good 4 ISHA FOREST FLOWER SADHGURU March 2014
  • 5. manure so that they can grow. For some time, they will stink – I cannot help it. Where there are people, definitely things occur. If you think they should not happen, you are ignorant of human nature. If you are married, you will know – even if just two people are there, it is best to either live outdoors or at least have two bedrooms, because it needs space. It once happened – a psychiatrist who was doing a survey on happiness in marriage came and visited Shankaran Pillai. He asked, “Are you married?” Shankaran Pillai said, “Yes.” He asked, “Are you happily married?” Shankaran Pillai said, “Yes.” Then the psychiatrist asked, “I mean, both of you are really happy with your marriage?” Shankaran Pillai said, “We are not only happy – after 15 years, we are still romantic. Every week, we have a romantic candlelight dinner in a restaurant. She does it on Fridays – I do it on Tuesdays.” It does not matter what happens as long as at the end of the day, you can look back on your stupidity and laugh at yourself – not at the other. This is a simple exercise everyone must do. At the end of the day, sit in your bed and look back at the whole day from the moment you got up, how you have been. You will see, at least 90% of the time, you are quite stupid. If you are just given a little responsibility, suddenly, you become so important. Look at how many times you became bigger than the universe. You will see, most of the time, you are bloated. Look at how many times you became immortal, that is, you were not conscious of your mortality. Look at how many times you looked at people and things around you without any sense of involvement. If you just watch these three things, you will see you will have to laugh through the night. Do not start crying. If you learn to laugh at your stupidity, all the rubbish you carry will turn into manure very fast, and manure is very good for growth. Being an Ishanga means understanding the reality of your existence. You are just a small limb of this large universe. You are just a small limb of this large nothingness. And there is another dimension to it. When we call you “Ishanga,” you are a limb of Isha Foundation, or in other words, an extended arm of me. When you stand there as an Isha teacher, people will not see you as a person – they will see you as a projection of Sadhguru. I do not make a long face. I do not sneer at people. People do all kinds of things to me too, but I am going through life smiling and laughing. Not because everything is fantastic around me. It is just that I am fantastic within me. Since I am fantastic, the world is okay. This is a simple exercise everyone must do. At the end of the day, sit in your bed and look back at the whole day. Look at how many times you became bigger than the universe. Look at how many times you were not conscious of your mortality. Look at how many times you looked at people and things around you without any sense of involvement. People see you as an extended limb of me – you must live up to it. The most important thing is not to look at people with two eyes that support the duality. “She is nice – she is not nice. She is good – she is not good. She is okay – she is not okay. She is rich – she is poor. This is all right – that is not all right.” All this rubbish. You must learn to see only with one eye, that everyone is the same. Once there are people in front of you, your life is no more about you. If you just bring this into you, I will take care of the rest for you. If you learn to keep yourself aside, if you learn to keep your likes and dislikes, your wants and your judgments aside, if you simply stand there as an extended limb of me, I will take care of every aspect of your life. March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 5
  • 6. The following is an excerpt from the “In Lap of the Master” sathsang with Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, on 8 September 2013. Mysticism means exploring dimensions that are not yet in your understanding or perception. To explore those dimensions together, there are various types of rituals, which are beautiful, but if not conducted with absolute integrity, they can easily become exploitative. Ritual means not just doing pooja. This used to be a land with complex and phenomenal rituals, but due to lack of integrity and misuse, these rituals largely got wiped out. For example, Kashi is the oldest living city on the planet. Mark Twain said, “Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Even Shiva, the Adiyogi, got so enamored with this city that he did not want to leave it anymore. Earlier, he used to live at Kailash and the surrounding region, but then he married a princess. She needed better accommodation. So he came down to Badrinath, and built a small home there. But after some time, he was dispossessed of his home. Shiva and Parvati had settled in Badrinath because of its hot spring. Their small dwelling was at about 10,800 feet above mean sea level, so the climate was cold. One day, they went to have bath in the hot spring. When they came back, there was a beautiful looking infant outside their doorstep. Parvati always had a problem with the fact that she could not have children because Shiva did not have human seeds, and she being human could not contain his seed. Out of her desperation, she created Ganapati, and from what was left of six children, she made Karthikeya. When she saw this wonderful baby at their doorstep, her maternal instincts took over and she went to pick up the child. Shiva said, ‘”Wait. Don’t touch this baby. An infant that lands up at nearly 11,000 feet MSL all by himself is not a good infant. There is nobody around; no footprints of the parents in the snow. Why does this fellow land up at our doorstep by himself? Just throw him away.” Parvati said, “How can you say this? This is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen!” And she took the baby into the house. The next day, after coming back from their bath, the baby had bolted the door from inside and did not let these two people in. Parvati said, Tools to Touch Lives Sadhguru on Uncorrupted Rituals 6 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 7. “How can the baby bolt the door?” If a baby can land up at 11,000 feet, the damn baby can do anything. Shiva said, “Well, we will have to vacate the place. Let’s move on.” Parvati said, “But this is our house.” “It may have been our house, but since we let the wrong people in, it is not ours anymore. Let’s go.” They moved to Kantisarovar, which is at 12,700 feet. This baby who locked himself inside and dispossessed Shiva of his home was Vishnu, who thought, “What does it matter for an ascetic yogi if he is here or there? It is all the same for Shiva, but for me it matters. I want to be here.” Shiva knew that, and that is why they moved to Kantisarovar, close to Kedar. Later on, one winter got bad, even at Kantisarovar. From Kailash, he had come down to Manasarovar, then moved to Badrinath, and later on to Kedarnath – still the princess complained of the cold and the desolation of the place. Shiva decided that in winter, they would move to Kashi. Who would have thought someone could plan such a fabulous city 12,000–15,000 years ago. It was a most fantastic plan – layers and layers of urban development. The highest level of talent in spirituality, science, mathematics, music, and astronomy all gathered in one place. It became the city of learning and of dispensing knowledge. Shiva enjoyed the intellectual vigor, the music, the company of people, and the way the city was designed. He fell in love with Kashi and did not want to leave anymore. There is a story of how, when Shiva was about to come to Kashi, king Diyo Dutta did not want him to enter the city because he knew if Shiva was there, he would not be the single point of focus anymore. He said, “A king can rule the city only if everyone looks up to him only. If you want me to rule the city, Shiva should not come. If he comes, I will leave.” Shiva sent two ganas to the city to see how to get rid of this king. However, they fell so much in love with Kashi that they established themselves just outside the city and never went back. They did not have the guts to go to Shiva and say, “We love the city too much.” Shiva sent two more – they never came back either. Today, at the four corners of Kashi, there are four gana sthanas, where these four guys settled. Then he sent Ganapati – he never came back either. Afterwards, he sent Kubera – he never came back. Finally, he decided to go himself, and he did not want to go back either. All this is being said to tell you how beautiful this city was. When Agastya Muni was asked to leave Kashi and go south, he cried and wrote a heartrending poem, running into hundreds of stanzas, about the beauty of the city and the pain of leaving. There is a whole lot of science behind how they established certain aspects of the city. But Kashi is not what it used to be anymore. It has become quite a decadent place – filthy as can be. And above all, the superstructure of the city has been broken. The center of Kashi was a powerful energy form, which created a tower of light. So many sages and saints have talked about the tower of light, and about the actual Kashi being an energy form above the city. Even today, that part is intact, but the base and the main temple have been broken. Even if you don’t go to Kashi yourself, just take a look at its old plan. It was such a complex and geometrically perfect design. Today all that is broken. There are no words to describe what a bad state the temple is in and how it is managed. One thing is, there is a lot of armed police around who are screening and searching everyone because half or three-fourth of the temple have become a mosque, and there is constant tension. Once you have gone through that and you enter the temple, the priests will get you. Whether you sit or stand there, they will be shouting for money like in the old stock markets. Everything that can be wrong about a temple is wrong there. But one aspect, you must witness if you have the opportunity – in the evening around 7:30, there is one particular ritual, which is called Sapta Rishi Aarti. After Shiva had transmitted yoga to the Sapta Rishis and they all had become fully enlightened, he sent them to different parts of the world to spread this knowledge. Before they left, they expressed their anguish, “Now if we go away, probably we will never get to set our eyes upon you again, physically. March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 7
  • 8. How can we have you with us when we want you?” Shiva taught them a simple process, which lives on to this day as Sapta Rishi Aarti, conducted by these priests who may not know the science behind it, but they stick to the process. I witnessed how they built stacks and stacks of energy, just like that. We could do this here, but this takes a different kind of skill. These priests neither have the skill nor the energy, but they have a method – that is what a ritual is. Even if it is conducted by someone who is absolutely ignorant, if it is done right, it will work, because it is a technology. For priests who have no sadhana and no such energies of their own, what they build up in this temple in this one hour is phenomenal. There are yogis who do such things – that is a different matter – but I have never seen anything like that anywhere conducted by priests. After this visit to Kashi, I have some respect for priests – at least they maintained the process. They did not keep themselves well, but they kept well what is of some sanctity to them, and it still works fantastically. And at night, there is the Shayan Aarti, which is cute. If you get to witness it, you will know how loudly you have to put Shiva to sleep. This is the power of the ritual – you can conduct it for any number of people, even if they are ignorant of it. In contrast, doing anything spiritual, meditative, is in a way safer and cleaner, but you have to prepare the person. A ritual does not need preparation – you can do it for the whole town. It may be a million ignorant people – still, if they just sit there, we can make them benefit. But unless the person who performs the ritual has a certain integrity, rituals become a tool for exploitation. The best way to approach dimensions of the beyond is through internal methods and processes, but it needs a lot of preparation. If you want a quicker dissemination, there are external technologies and processes – I would rather call them processes than rituals. We can make this happen to large groups of people. But it needs absolute integrity. Only in the last three years, we brought in rituals at the Isha Yoga Center, because we have created people of such integrity that no matter what is given to them, the focus of their lives will not change. Whatever external activity you do in your life, it is meaningful only if it touches people’s lives. If you can maintain integrity no matter what, we can offer you wonderful tools through which you can touch people’s lives in a way that you have never imagined possible. Once you have such access to another human being, your hands must be super clean. If you are sweeping outside, no one will ask you, “Did you wash your hands?” It is okay if your hands are not so clean. Suppose you are serving food, people would like to know if you washed your hands. Suppose you are inside the temple, we would like to know if you had a shower. Suppose you have to conduct a surgery, we definitely want to know if your hands are cleaned and disinfected. The more access you have to another human being, the cleaner you have to be. If “What about me?” is the biggest question in your mind, you should not have access to anyone. If this one question does not arise in your mind, you are free to touch any being, and you should. Millions of people need this, because nothing has truly touched them. Without being touched, the being will not be a being – the being will just be a body. Upcoming Episodes: 1 Mar 2014 Tarun Tahiliani 8 Mar 2014 Siddharth 15 Mar 2014 Shekhar Kapur 22 Mar 2014 Dr. Prathap Reddy 8 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 9. The Greatest Thing in Life Sadhguru on the Best You Can Do for Yourself and Your Guru The following is an excerpt from a darshan with Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, on 21 January 2014. Questioner: Sadhguru, pranam. I just wanted to know, how should we conduct ourselves in the outer and inner world so that our Guru takes pride in us? Sadhguru: Your inner world – if you want to call it that – should only be a reflection of what is around you. If you see something other than what is there, it means you are contaminating the world with your opinions and prejudices. Seeing everything just the way it is – that is the way to be within. This may be diametrically opposite to some moral theories that say the outer and the inner should not touch each other, otherwise you would immediately get corrupted by everything around you. That is not true. You get corrupted by what is around you only when you have opinions about everything. You look at one thing as good, something else as bad. You get attached to what you consider as good. You desperately try to avoid what you consider as bad, and of course that will rule you from inside. This is not the way to be. Creation is made so that you see it the way it is, not to make it the way you want to make it. This is an obscenity that humanity is committing upon the Creator’s creation. Such a magnificent creation – what is there for you to do? Absorb it, if you can – nothing more – and even that is not simple because creation is phenomenally multi-tiered. There are not just things; so many phenomena are happening right here – one inside the other, all in one space, all in one time. Everything that you think is past, everything that you think will be future is right here. If you see everything the way it is, if the whole creation reflects within you, if you can contain creation the way it is within you, you become the very source of creation. That is the way to be, inside and outside. But being in the world, we have to play some game. Let us play a game that is of maximum usefulness and meaning to everyone around us. If you reflect creation just the way it is, there is no personal need to play a game and no compulsion to be a part of any game. Whether you withdraw into a cave or plunge into the marketplace, it is still a game. The only way to not be part of any game is to dissolve. That is a great thing to do, but when human beings attain to a certain clarity within themselves, they are of immense value to everyone around, so it is good if they hang around for a while and bring a little more clarity to others. Either you exist here as a piece of creation, which is pretty good, or you become like the very source of creation, which is fantastic. But being a psychological case is not a good thing. To be just a psychological case, you need not have put your mother through the trouble of delivering you. She could have delivered a file, and someone could have studied the case. It is not worth being a psychological case. If you consider only your thoughts and emotions as your life and there is nothing beyond that for you, you are a March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 9
  • 10. psychological case. You must become a vibrant, full-fledged life – that is the most important thing. What we do is determined by what is needed. These days, wherever I go, people recognize me as someone who planted so many trees, educating so many children, built so many hospitals, and so on. I squirm at the thought that this is what I am known for. It is most unfortunate that most people cannot think beyond food, education, and things like that. Suppose the country or the world was doing really well – everyone had enough to eat, everyone was well educated, everything was happening well – what meaning would it have to start an Isha Vidhya school and to give a midday meal? Right now, when the children have not eaten properly, the midday meal seems like a great blessing. It is a blessing only because of the cruelty of poverty. It is not a true blessing. Only because we created human beings without having the necessary food for them, serving them a meal feels like a great thing. I don’t think it is. It is unfortunate that such things are still needed in the world. Even if everyone had eaten well and they had everything they wanted, enhancing the experience of life to its ultimate possibility would still always be relevant. Ultimately, this is the purpose of all life – to blossom to its fullest potential. Whether it is a little plant, a tree, an elephant, an ant, a man, or a woman – the ultimate goal is to become a full-fledged life. You should not die as a psychological case – a bundle of thoughts, emotions, opinions, and prejudices – though this is what most people define themselves through. Touching the ultimate, rather than defining yourself through patterns of thoughts and emotions, is the greatest thing you can do. If you do that, it means I am successful. You should strive to become an absolutely full-fledged life. A full-fledged life does not mean going out and doing all kinds of exploits in the world. It means allowing yourself to grow to full depth and dimension. Every human being should do this. The best thing that you can do for your Guru is what is ultimately best for yourself. That is the only purpose. Ultimate Sweetness Sadhguru on the Compassion of Creation The chant Jananam Sukhadam, Maranam Karunam essentially means, the beginning of life is sweetness – death is compassion. Immortality would be a curse that would be most difficult to live with. Imagine we could not die and had to live here for 10 million years! We want to live a full life, but still, the great compassion of life is that it will end one day. The greatest compassion is if one transcends the limitations of time and space within oneself. It is the burden of time what makes life into a grinding mill. The most compassionate way to exist is to be here and be above time. Once you enjoy the compassion of creation, you yourself will be compassionate. Knowingly or unknowingly, it is the want of human beings to share their present experience with everyone around them. If you are miserable, you try to share your misery. If you are angry, you will share your anger. If you are hateful, you will share your hate. If you are loving, you will share your love. If you are compassionate, you will share your compassion. One way or the other, we exude whatever is our present state to all life around us. The most important thing is to bring ourselves to ultimate sweetness within us, so that whatever we touch turns into sweetness. And that is the only thing a human being can do. 10 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 11. Isha Hata Yoga Sadhguru on How to Enhance Your Sadhana In this series, Sadhguru discusses various aspects through which you can take your yogic practice to a whole new level. Part 3: Honey Honey is a substance whose chemical composition is very close to that of human blood. Especially for people who are doing yogic practices, it is good to consume honey. Depending on whether you consume it raw, with cold water, or in warm water, honey has a different impact on the system. We want to consume it in warm water because we want the system to open up. You should never put honey in boiling water or cook it, because some part of honey will turn poisonous if it crosses a certain temperature. Therefore, the water in which you put it should be warm, not boiling hot. Honey should not be given to children under the age of one. Honey is good against anemia. Iron deficiency in the blood is one of the causes of anemia. You will feel exhausted because when there is not enough iron in the blood, the ability to carry oxygen through the body will be reduced. If you do not have enough oxygen, your heart, your brain, everything in your whole body will function on a lower level. Building up oxygen in the blood is extremely important. How healthy the body is, how easily it rejuvenates itself, depends on a high level of oxygen in the blood. Particularly women have to be careful about this because of their menstrual cycles. Since they lose a certain amount of blood every month, they tend to become anemic much more easily than men. When the hemoglobin content goes down, the ability to carry oxygen in the blood will be reduced, which will make you feel exhausted and dumb. If there is not enough oxygen in the brain, both body and brain do not function the way they need to function. If you consume a little bit of honey in warm water on a daily basis, you will see, slowly the red blood cell count will go up. Once there is more oxygen in the blood, you will feel a burst of energy. Suddenly, everything will be more active – rejuvenation and cell renewal will go up, and the level of inertia in your body and mind will go down. One of the reasons why women tend to get more easily depressed than men is, they have a lower level of oxygen in the blood stream. If the oxygen level is too low, depression easily sets in. Nature intends men to do more work, so they have more muscle. More muscle means more oxygen is required. The red blood cell count of women is lower than that of men because women have less muscle mass than men, and consequently need less oxygen. Therefore, women can survive without oxygen a little longer than men, even though the oxygen content in their blood is lower. Yoga is about becoming conscious of all these wonderful nuances of the body. The more nuances you become aware of, the finer your life will become. Otherwise, it is a gross existence – simply eat, sleep, die. If you have low blood pressure, and you get up quickly from sitting down, you will feel dizzy. Low blood pressure means not enough blood, but most importantly, not enough oxygen reaches the brain. If you feel dizzy when you put your head down, it is because you have high blood pressure. Either because of high blood pressure or due to lack of oxygen you feel dizzy. Consuming honey evens out these imbalances. Pressure builds up depending upon the requirement of the body. People think hypertension is a disease, which it is not – it is an adjustment that the body makes. If for some reason, the body needs more oxygen and other nutrients than it normally does, or the blood is not of the quality that it should be, the pumping system is trying to pump more. As quicker March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 11
  • 12. circulation or more frequent servicing of the organs is required, it is pumping harder and pressure is building up. Causes for low blood pressure could be that the system adjusted itself to pump low, or it could be congenital, that the system is not strong enough to pump as it is needed, or there is some other issue with the circulatory process or the chemistry of the blood. Often, a combination of factors contributes to this condition. Similarly with hypertension – it creates a secondary layer of consequences, but the first layer of consequence is hypertension itself – it is a consequence, not a cause. For a yoga practitioner, who is pushing the body in certain ways, keeping the circulatory system and the blood chemistry in balance is essential. Regular consumption of honey brings that balance and makes you more vibrant. Excerpted from talks by Sadhguru at the Isha Hata School of Yoga. Isha Hata Yoga 21-day Residential Program at the Isha Yoga Center Bilingual (English/Tamil) Date: 4 to 25 May 2014 Place: Isha Yoga Center The 21-day Isha Hata Yoga program is an opportunity to learn various ancient and powerful ways to transform body and mind. Program Contents: Upayoga A simple yet powerful set of 10 practices that activate the joints, muscles, and energy system, bringing ease to the whole system. Angamardhana A series of 30 processes to invigorate the body, and reach peak physical fitness and mental health. Suryakriya An ancient and potent 21-step yogic practice, designed as a holistic process for health and inner wellbeing. Yogasanas A set of powerful postures through which one can elevate one’s consciousness and enhance one’s energies. Bhuta Shuddhi Literally “purification of the elements” – a process of purifying the five elements within the human system. For more information and to register for the program, send an email to hatayoga21day@ishayoga.org www.ishahatayoga.com 12 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 13. Spirituality and Consumerism – Irreconcilable Opposites? Sadhguru in Conversation with Ad Guru Piyush Pandey In another edition of the “In Conversation with the Mystic” series, Sadhguru met with ad guru Piyush Pandey for a session under the theme “Spirituality & Consumerism” on 6 January 2014 in Mumbai. Piyush Pandey has been named the most influential man in Indian Advertising eight years in a row by The Economic Times. The following is the first excerpt of their conversation. Piyush: Pranam. Lots of you must be wondering what the hell I am doing here. When I was asked to be in this conversation, I said, “I will do it, but what are you calling this session? “Sadhu Aur Shaitan” [The Ascetic and the Devil]?” [Laughter] This is a great opportunity for all of us to learn. I am going to try and see if we can get the maximum out of Sadhguru. I don’t know when he is going to be with us again. Now, “Spirituality & Consumerism.” Is it versus or with each other? The first thing that I want to ask you – is consumerism actually driven by paranoia? People buy six saris because they are afraid that when they go to a party, someone else there is wearing the same sari. People buy a new mobile phone every three months because someone else also got a new mobile phone. When it comes to children’s products, I think the paranoia is at a phenomenal level. When I was young, no one stopped me from climbing trees, no one gave me extra supplements with my food, and people allowed me to do things that I wanted to do. Today, we are feeding our children all kinds of things, which is paranoia to me. The next stage of paranoia could be that mothers will say to their sons, “Become a batsman; I want you to be a Tendulkar, but I don’t want you to be a bowler.” Why not a bowler? Have you seen Muttiah Muralitharan? He puts his fingers into his mouth, bowls – the leather ball travels all over the ground before it comes back to him again, and again he licks it. The little guy says, “But Muralitharan is still living – he has not died of any germs.” She says, “But March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 13
  • 14. I am scared of one more thing. Malinga is rubbing that ball on his crotch – I am paranoid that this is an act that falls under Article 377 1.” [Laughter] So how can spirituality and consumerism co-exist? Is consumerism driven by paranoia? One would love to hear your views. Sadhguru: Whether it is consumerism or something else – any kind of “ism” will lead to a certain mindlessness. Mindless consumerism is definitely not towards human wellbeing. Consumption2 used to be a disease, you know? Even now, it is a kind of ailment. That is, we do not do what is needed in our lives – we do what is expected by others. People who expect whatever they expect out of you, they themselves do not know a thing about their lives. If you live to fulfil their expectations, obviously, your life will go off the track. Therefore, I feel the advertising industry should focus on creating a more conscious consumer rather than mindless consumerism. Mindlessness means simply doing something. Once mindlessness sets in, society will go in cycles, not really getting anywhere. There will be nothing profound in that society. Everything will become profane. Right now, we are rapidly going in that direction. This used to be a culture where every aspect of life had a deeper rooting and meaning. Even simple things – how to sit, how to stand, how to eat – always had a deeper connotation. Because of this, no matter what kind of rigors outside situations offered us in the form of invasions, famines, or whatever came, the spirit of India lived on undisturbed. If you take away this deeper rooting in human beings and make them live out of a mall, they will get shattered easily. Until about 20 years ago, the number of people who were psychologically deranged in this country was extremely low. You could say this is because it was not recorded, which is a fact, but still, for one billion people, the number of those who were psychologically deranged was extremely small because of this deeper rooting, that every simple thing had a deeper meaning and a deeper possibility. If you look at the percentage of the U.S. population who are on antidepressants, that is not a healthy society, which in many ways is a result of mindless consumerism. If we do not learn from that, we are for sure mindless too. It is very important that human societies function out of their intelligence, not just out of external tendencies, which come and go. Pushing the majority of society into that kind of a mode clearly shows we are not interested in the wellbeing of human beings – we just want to sell something at any cost. And above all, if the over 7 billion people on the planet consume at the same level as an average American citizen, statistics say, we will need four-and- a-half planets. But we only have half a planet left. This means you have to keep half of the world population in abject poverty so that others can go on a consumerism binge. I think a more sensible way of living is possible. This does not mean you should not enjoy your life, or that you should not have things. Everyone should have what they need. But digging up the planet just for the sake of satisfying someone else’s opinion is simply mindless. I am not trying to render an ecological message. My concern is about human beings. This is like the proverbial story of a man cutting the branch that he is sitting on. If he succeeds, he will fall. In many ways, this is already happening. Especially in the Western world, the most successful people have really tensed and agitated faces. This does not mean success is suffering. It is mindless consumerism that leads to suffering. To be continued. 1 Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, introduced during the British rule of India, that criminalizes sexual activities “against the order of nature” 2 Archaic name for pulmonary tuberculosis 14 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 15. The path of the playful – Dharma, by All Means Leela Series Part LIII The following is an excerpt from Leela, the path of the playful, a unique exploration with Sadhguru into the mystical realm of Krishna, which took place at the Isha Yoga Center in September 2005. Questioner: Krishna always talked about dharma and adharma, but during the Kurukshetra war, he used deceit to kill most of the great warriors, such as Bhishma and Dronacharya. Did he not practice what he taught? Sadhguru: What Krishna did in the battlefield was not just deceit – it was absolute treachery. There were intricate strategic formations in which the warriors fought. One such formation, called chakravyuha, was almost impossible to penetrate, unless you knew its intricacies. Arjuna used to be the only one who had this knowledge. When his wife Subhadra was pregnant with Abhimanyu, Arjuna spoke in the presence of his unborn son about how to penetrate a chakravyuha, and even in his mother’s womb, Abhimanyu grasped it. But Arjuna did not talk about how to come out of the chakravyuha. Many years later, when the Kaurava army formed itself into a chakravyuha and was about to slaughter the whole Pandava army, Abhimanyu, by then 17 years of age but already a great hero, broke like a furious arrow through the chakravyuha, because he knew how to penetrate it. Bhima and Yudhisthira tried to follow him to save him, but when Abhimanyu went into the center, immediately, the chakravyuha closed again. In the middle of the chakravyuha, with no one else to support him, he killed many key people of the Kaurava army. Then his chariot went down. All his weapons were broken. You are not supposed to kill an unarmed person, but Jayadrada thought, “Even if he is just 17 years of age, he causes too much devastation.” He felt he must put an end to Abhimanyu and attacked him. Abhimanyu picked up a chariot wheel and fought with that. Jayadrada alone could not kill him, so he called for support. Many of the Kaurava heroes gathered around Abhimanyu, which was totally against the laws of the battle. They all surrounded the boy and killed him. It was a rule of the war that when the sun sets, they must stop fighting. In the evening, when Arjuna came back to his camp, he saw his people mourning and realized that Abhimanyu had been killed in such a way. In straight battle, only very few men could have defeated Abhimanyu. Someone described how they had surrounded him from all sides and slain him. Arjuna took a vow: “By tomorrow sundown, I will have killed Jayadrada. Otherwise, I will kill myself.” Hearing this, Dhuryodhana was overjoyed. He thought all they have to do was to completely protect Jayadrada, and Arjuna would die that night by his own hand, because he would stick to his word. Jayadrada was terrified. He wanted to quit the battle and go home. Dhuryodhana told him that this would not be good for their reputation. He said to Jayadrada, “Don’t worry. We will deploy all our forces to protect you.” Next day, they formed a huge protection for Jayadrada so that he would not get killed. But from the first moment of the battle, Arjuna started penetrating through the opposing March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 15
  • 16. army towards Jayadrada, because if he did not kill Jayadrada, Arjuna would have to kill himself. At the same time, Satyaki and Burishwara got into a fight. Satyaki, a close friend of Krishna and Arjuna, had an old feud to settle with Burishwara, who was over 70 years of age but still a great warrior. Satyaki was supposed to protect King Yudhisthira. But overcome by personal emotions, he left Yudhisthira’s side and went towards Burishwara to attack him. When Arjuna saw that the king was left unprotected, he got concerned. But he could not divert his attention, since his own life was at stake. He continued to go towards Jayadrada. Satyaki attacked Burishwara, but after some time, Burishwara knocked down Satyaki from his chariot. Satyaki lost all his arms and almost fainted. Burishwara descended from his chariot and put his foot on Satyaki’s chest. Krishna saw this. Satyaki had been a staunch and a reliable lieutenant to him for many years. Krishna knew his abilities and limitations, and that Satyaki could not defeat Burishwara. Krishna told Arjuna, “Burishwara is going to kill Satyaki. You must get Burishwara first before he kills Satyaki.” Arjuna said, “How can I do that? Burishwara is fighting with Satyaki; I shooting him now would be against the Kshatriya dharma.” Krishna told him, “Satyaki has come here only to fight for you. How can you let someone kill him now? Save him.” Arjuna said, “No. It is against the law.” Then Burishwara pulled out his sword in order to decapitate Satyaki. Again Krishna said, “Your friend, who put his life at stake for you, will be slaughtered now if you don’t reach out to him. Will you let him die like this? What kind of dharma is this?” All this time, Arjuna’s arrow was aimed at Jayadrada. When Burishwara was about to decapitate Satyaki, Arjuna turned and shot the arrow at Burishwara. Burishwara’s right hand got severed. He looked around and said to Arjuna, “How could you do this? While I was fighting with another man, you shot me from behind and severed my hand? Anyone who has Kshatriya blood in him wouldn’t do such a dastardly act. I know you wouldn’t have done this by yourself. This cowherd with whom you are must have influenced you.” Arjuna’s anger flared up, and he said, “Yesterday, when you, a great warrior, joined many others to surround my son, a 17-year-old boy, and stab him from behind, where was your dharma? What are you talking about now?” Ashamed of the act that he had committed the day before, Burishwara put his head down. He went next to his chariot and sat down in lotus posture. Satyaki became conscious again and looked around, completely bewildered. He did not know what had happened. When he saw Burishwara sitting there, his old emotions and rage took over. Burishwara’s severed hand, still holding his sword, was lying there on the ground. Satyaki threw the hand away, picked up the sword, and went towards Burishwara. Both Krishna and Arjuna were screaming, “Stop! Don’t do this, Satyaki!” But Satyaki loped off Burishwara’s head, while the latter was sitting with eyes closed. Krishna put his head down; he had not wanted this to happen. Arjuna was totally aghast about what Satyaki had done. But Satyaki was exalted, because he had been able to take revenge at last. Day by day, as the war went on, all dharma was broken. First day, they fought by the law. Second day, they started breaking the law, and by the 14th, 15th day, all law was broken. People did what they wanted and killed each other at will. Arjuna continued to penetrate towards Jayadrada, but it looked like Jayadrada was out of reach for him. The whole Kaurava army had rallied around Jayadrada to protect him. When Krishna saw that there was no way for Arjuna to defeat Jayadrada in this situation, he used his magic and made a huge cloud appear, so that it looked like it was sunset. Seeing this, Jayadrada was absolutely thrilled and relieved, because he thought the battle was over for the day, and he had survived, which meant Arjuna would die that day. The whole Kaurava army was exalted and shouted slogans of victory. Everyone had put their arms down. But the sun came back, and Arjuna shot an arrow through Jayadrada’s heart, and Jayadrada fell. One more deception. As if that was not enough, when Karna and Arjuna came to fight, Krishna interfered again. Karna and 16 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 17. Arjuna were evenly matched in their martial arts. For everything that Arjuna did, Karna had an answer. But Karna had one special weapon, the astra, for which Arjuna had no answer. Karna aimed it at Arjuna’s forehead, and was about to shoot and kill him. When Krishna saw this, once again using his magic, he made Arjuna’s chariot sink a few inches into the earth. The weapon knocked off Arjuna’s crown and made him faint for some time, but it did not enter his head as intended. Many times, Krishna did such things. This was much more than just deception. What is the justification? It is not that his dharma is higher and someone else’s is lower. What they were facing in the war was colossal evil. The level of injustice that Dhuryodhana, Shakuni, Karna, and all the others created from day one was too high, from the time they tried to murder Bhima by poisoning him, and by tying him up and putting him in the river. Then the game of dice, which was total cheating, and the disgrace of trying to disrobe Draupadi in public. Then trying to burn the Pandavas in the palace that was built of lac and sulfur, and again cheating them out of their kingdom. There was an endless number of events that led to this war. Everywhere, they used deceit without any qualms. When they were at an advantage, there was no dharma for them. When they were at a disadvantage, they were talking dharma as a tool to benefit from. But the next moment, they were the same again. Krishna said, “What they are doing is adharma; what we are doing is also adharma, but we are doing it with an intention of establishing dharma. They are doing it with the intention of establishing adharma.” It is not a question of right and wrong. It is a question of purpose, and of whether you would be successful within the limitations of the law or not. He did not say what he was doing was right – he knew it was wrong. But what he was trying to achieve was right. That is why he did all this. March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 17
  • 18. ‘Make a Life’ Golf Jaunt with Sadhguru The “Make a Life” – Isha Vidhya Golf Jaunt has been conceived to increase awareness and to raise funds for the education of children in rural India. After the great success of the first edition in December 2012 in Delhi, Sadhguru teed off the second “Make a Life” golf jaunt on 4 January 2014 at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai. Apart from the healthy competition, contributing towards education and making a difference in the lives of rural children was the ultimate goal of this game. The entourage consisted of 88 business leaders. Among the notable figures who participated in this friendly get-together of passionate golfers were Akshay Kilachand of Kilachand Group, Rahul Divan, CEO of Rahul Gautam Divan & Associate, Ashish Chemburkar and Rajen Gandhi of the Bombay Presidency Golf Club. One of the highlights was that Amit Luthra, one of India’s finest golfers, and gold medalist at the 1982 Asian Games, joined the event. Here is Sadhguru’s message about the plight and possibility that rural India represents today: “I have known the pain of seeing bright, star-like eyes of little children in our villages turn into dull hopelessness within a few years because of the unsaid fact that there is no way out of the hopeless social and economic pit. The innate intelligence in these bright, starry eyes can be harnessed towards the making of the nation and of a better world, or it will find expression in the form of violence, addiction, crime, or terror. This is the plight and possibility. Make at least one life.” The Isha Vidhya volunteers made this a day to cherish for the golfers. Apart from the beautiful decorations and live music during breakfast and lunch, volunteers at the course ensured that this golf outing was an informative one for the golfers. Their placards carried information about Isha Vidhya’s many initiatives, so that the golfers learnt more about the cause they are supporting. Sadhguru wrapped up the golf jaunt with the following words: “Seventy percent of India lives in the villages, and unfortunately, a large number of our rural children are not fed properly. Even their skeletal system has not developed fully. We certainly do not want to have an India of such unskilled, uneducated youth. We as a nation have elbow room of 15 to 20 years to turn around many things, and if we fail to do it in this period, it will be very difficult to do it later. If we inspire our rural children, India has a bright future.” Isha Vidhya would like to thank Harishankaran (Vice-Chairman, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited) and family who generously donated two classrooms for Isha Vidhya. Isha Vidhya also extends a special thank you to Sanjay Jain from Yatra Foundation, Australia, who sponsored scholarships for 170 children. 18 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 19. Sadhguru Conducts ‘Mystic Eye’ in Singapore With over 2000 participants, the one-day “Mystic Eye” event is the largest program conducted by Sadhguru in Singapore to date. Here is how volunteers and participants described their phenomenal experience. It was a wave of pure blissfulness. The participants were blown away as Sadhguru enlightened them on what life could truly be for them if only they are willing. He taught them yoga and meditation practices that they could practice on their own at home. At the end, Sadhguru blessed them with such compassion that no heart left the hall untouched. A volunteer who headed the online promotion for the event shared: “An Executive Director came looking for me at the end and just hugged me before he shared his feelings. Another friend said that she was speechless and thanked us for the divine and wonderful experience. Yet another said it was beyond expectations and that he is now asking himself, ‘Who am I?’ One more expressed he was very happy I convinced him to change his travel plans to join the event. A younger colleague shared, ‘I am wide awake and laughing. Sadhguru’s oration is classy and his jokes too funny. What he says is simple to understand. I am glad I came.’” This feedback cut across age groups and professional backgrounds, and the appreciation for what was offered at the event was unanimous, making it such a joyful experience – something the participants would have never expected to experience in such a large crowd. Eyes were teary, faces were lit. Every soul soaked in Joy. – Jean, Isha volunteer, Singapore Over 10,000 Participants Attend Guruvin Madiyil with Sadhguru Throughout the third week of January, the Isha Yoga Center was abuzz with devotees and meditators who had thronged here for a number of events. The 15th of January marked the first Pournami of Uttarayana and saw the initiation of close to 4,000 participants into the Shivanga sadhana for men. Two days later, on Thaipusam, 6142 women came to Linga Bhairavi for a moving culmination of their own 21-day Shivanga sadhana. The 18th and 19th of January saw 10,092 people attending the two-day program “Guruvin Madiyil,” the Tamil equivalent of “In the Lap of the Master,” with Sadhguru. The program included group meditations, discourses by Sadhguru, and a wide variety of cultural displays, from the daring Kalaripayattu performances by Isha Samskriti children to the vibrant and upbeat songs of Sounds of Isha. In his opening talk, Sadhguru explained the very purpose of the program – to offer spiritual seekers an opportunity to grow in the lap of Grace. He also discussed the impact of sound, and in particular of our speech, on our surroundings and on our own systems, and how maintaining vak shuddhi, i.e., uttering the right sounds, can create the right atmosphere within us for the spiritual possibility to blossom. Sadhguru also took questions by participants, for example about the role of a Guru, who, as he explained, is not a person who gives a teaching or a philosophy, but one who dispels the darkness of ignorance within us. On the second day, Sadhguru spoke about establishing a love affair with Shiva. Though it may begin as imagination, over a period of time, it becomes a reality. In a love affair of this nature, there is no question of failure. Sadhguru also called attention to the immense need to make spiritual process accessible to all by creating Adiyogi spaces in various parts of India and the United States. He went on to explain that unless such powerful places come up where people can sit to meditate, and unless a culture of devotion gets established, an irreversible downtrend in society will set in within 20 years. March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 19
  • 20. Program Highlights Date Program Place Contact 2–5 Mar 2014 Bhava Spandana (Gents/English) Residential Program Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 0422-2515300 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Begumpet, Hyderabad – India 94408 54389 hyderabad@ishayoga.org 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore – India 99014 68789 bangalore@ishayoga.org 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Jayanagar, Bangalore – India 96201 90104 bangalore@ishayoga.org 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Thane West, Mumbai – India 99676 51283 mumbai@ishayoga.org 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering New Delhi, Delhi – India 99101 39202 delhi@ishayoga.org 5–11 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Dahisar East, Mumbai – India 90229 78995 mumbai@ishayoga.org 6–9 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Retreat Residential Program Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 0422-2515421 ieretreat@ishafoundation.org 16–18 Mar 2014 Hata Yoga Residential Program Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 0422-2515300 25–28 Mar 2014 Guru Pooja Training Residential Program Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 0422-2515300 27–30 Mar 2014 Inner Engineering Retreat Residential Program Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 0422-2515421 ieretreat@ishafoundation.org 27–30 Nov 2014 INSIGHT: The DNA of Success with Sadhguru Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore – India 83000 84888 leadership@ishainsight.org These programs are conducted in English, unless indicated otherwise. Current at the time of print, however subject to change. For full program schedules and updates, please visit our website: www.ishafoundation.org. 20 ISHA FOREST FLOWER March 2014
  • 21. Isha Recipes For Healthy Living Crispy Ragi Pakodas (Finger Millet Fritters) Ingredients 2 cups Ragi (finger millet) flour 1/2 cup Besan (roasted gram/chickpea flour) 2 cups Cabbage (shredded) 1/2 cup Capsicum (chopped small) 1 tablespoon Curry leaves 1/4 cup Coriander leaves 1 inch piece Ginger 1/2 cup Cashew pieces 1 tablespoon White sesame seeds 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder (or chili powder) Salt to taste Cold-pressed coconut oil for frying 1/2 teaspoon Chaat masala Preparation Method 1. 2. 3. 4. Peel and mince the ginger. Coarsely chop the coriander and curry leaves. Mix the veggies and herbs – cabbage, capsicum, ginger, coriander and curry leaves – in a bowl. Mix the dry ingredients – ragi flour, besan, cashew pieces, sesame seeds, salt, and black pepper powder/chili powder – in a large mixing bowl. Heat the oil for frying. Add 2 tablespoons of this hot oil to the dry mix. Now add the vegetables to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add just enough water to form a dough. Fry bite-size portions of this dough in hot oil. Sprinkle with chaat masala before serving. The health benefits and nutrition offered by ragi are immense. Ragi is a remarkable source of protein and minerals and contains important amino acids. It has a high amount of calcium and potassium and is a great source of iron. Ragi contains tryptophan, an amino acid that reduces appetite. Ragi is known to relax the body naturally, and is thus beneficial in conditions of anxiety, depression, and insomnia. March 2014 ISHA FOREST FLOWER 21
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