By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: What we call as education is just an organised approach to the fundamental human longing to know, to be free from ignorance. What areas of knowledge open up in an individual’s life varies from person to person, but every human being essentially wants to be free from the…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation A person who grows on the spiritual path cannot ignore Gautama because his presence has become so dominant. In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks who went out to spread the spiritual process. In his own silent way, he changed the world forever. He has been one…

By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said, “The other is hell.” He said many stupid things all his life, but this was one devastating statement he made. Unless you are in yoga — yoga means everything has become one in you — unless you are like that, suffering is…

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…