Discourse by

Prof K. Subramanyam,
Dean, Division of Yoga and Humanities,S-VYASA, Bangalore, India

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Abstract

1.Friends…..Purity and prayers are parents of yoga.
2.Purity is truthfulness, dutifulness, loyalty and stead fast devotion.
3.In Ramayana, Dashratha has dutifulness towards kingdom. His son Sri Rama was a Yogi.
4.If parents are pure and prayerful then children will be yogi.
5.Similarly, Sri Ramakrishna’s father Kudiram was truthful and his mother was devotee.
6.Yogi is self-confident, self-reliant and self-dedicated.
7.Yogi is embodiment of peace and happiness.
8.Yogi overcomes all animal instincts and fear.
9.Yoga is freedom from needs.
10.May we all be ever calm, quiet, cheerful, peaceful and useful. May we now meditate on smiling face of Lord Krishna.

Prof K. Subramanyam PhD
Dean, Division of Yoga and Humanities, has a specialization in English Literature (American and lndo-Anglian as optionals) and Philosophy (Gandhian Philosophy - optional). He is presently the Honorary Adviser, Vivekananda College, Tiruvekadam, Madurai District. He has been a Member, NAAC peer team. He has authored 14 books on various topics including books on Education. He has presented and published a large number of papers on socially relevant and spiritual topics. He is a prolific speaker with an ability to weave magic with his words, with a capacity to talk to people at all levels.