Sadhguru tells the story of the boy Vemana who became a great saint through his single-pointed persistence By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru tells the story of a young boy called Vemana who became a great saint through his single-pointed persistence, illustrating the meaning of Adi Shankara’s words: “Nishchalatattve jeevanmukti.” Sadhguru: There was a…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Gnana does not mean to philosophise, gnana means “to know.” Unfortunately, philosophy is mostly passing off as gnana yoga today. Fundamentally, if you want to pursue gnana, you need a very alert, sharp intellect. Every day and every moment you must slowly sharpen your intellect to a point where…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation What does it mean to be spiritual? It does not mean you go to the temple and pray. That is not spirituality — that is highly materialistic. If the gods come down and openly tell you that they are not willing to meet any of your materialistic needs, most…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Indian spirituality has always been a rich mixture of men and women reaching the heights of their consciousness. A woman is as capable as a man when it comes to inner nature. It is only the peel, the body, which you call as a man or a woman. What…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation To seek the Divine, should you withdraw from worldly affairs? How can you withdraw from worldly affairs anyway? It all depends on what it is that you call worldly affairs. Is cooking your food a worldly affair? Yes. Is washing your clothes a worldly affair? Yes. You have to…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Generally, in most parts of the world, anything that people refer to as divine is always referred to as good. But if you read through the Shiva Purana, you cannot identify Shiva as a good person or a bad person. He is Sundaramurthy, but he is also the ugliest….

Sadhguru on the mechanics of an intoxicating emotion By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation There is a lot of emotion attached to the subject of love and lots of fanciful things have been said about it, but I would like to bring it down to the mechanics of love. For example, people are saying, “God…