அத்தனைக்கும் ஆசைப்படு (Athanaikkum Aasaippadu)

I began this post about our visit to the Dhyanalinga. But, when I browsed through some sites, I found a lot of videos about Isha Yoga. So, I decided to write about Jaggi Vasudev and then post about my experiences at the Dhyanalinga.

In this post, I have collated 30 videos and all are worth watching.

Shekhar Gupta, the Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express and the presenter of Walk the Talk calls Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev as the Monk in a LandRover. Within a few minutes, you would realize Sadhguru's wit and sense of humor. From this interview, I understood the exact meaning of a Mystic. He remained a sceptic and says he hasn't read the Vedas, the Upanishads and even the Bhagavad Gita. He learnt Yoga at an young age of 11 and explains how he attained Realization in the Chamundi Hills.

The discussion then moves on to the Dhyanalinga and Sadhguru says this temple is not meant for worship or ritual and is meant only for meditation. The buildings were designed by Sadhguru himself and were constructed using Bricks, Lime, Stones and Mud. Cement and Steel were not used. When questioned about the difference between ancient wisdom and contemporary wisdom, he explains with a good example of the superstitious belief in a Cat crossing the street. Now, the relaxing sound of cascading water becomes much more audible and the interview ends in the Theerthakund.

The special guest in this week's Koffee with Anu is Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Sadhguru describes his childhood days: why he hated learning in school, how he was amazed by seeing a Gutter, bunking classes and resting on tree tops and how he meditated unknowingly.

After completing PUC, Sadhguru didn't go to College. He educated himself by studying throughout the day for a year in the University Library. He had done the maximum reading only during this period and after that he didn't get much time. He explains the significance of snakes in temple and Kundalini and how it brought life through Adam and Eve. From the book, Autobiography of a Yogi, I got a different perspective about the Tree of Life.

Sadhguru learnt yoga from Malladihalli and kept practicing it. According to him "Any human being who is not doing what he can do is a criminal in some way." The reason for the largest number of volunteers in his own words: Every human being, if he's given an opportunity to find expression to his potential, he always wants to do it.

The On TV Segment features friends and family sharing their thoughts about the guest. His Dad, Grand-dad, Sister-in-law, S.A. Chandrasekar and Sudha Ragunathan express their views and praise the goodness in him.

In the Album Segment, you can find some rare photos (which you won't find in Google) and Sadhguru comments about them. From one of the photos, I came to know that he is married and has a daughter.

In the Rapid Fire round, questions are fired in quick succession at the guest. Sadhguru answers them graciously. In the Koffee Award segment, the guest would select a person who will be given a coffee cup autographed by him. And do watch the video to find the lucky person.

A few years back, Vijay TV had broadcast an excellent program Athanaikkum Aasaippadu.  I could recall those days when Spiritualism meant only praying to God and would occasionally watch this program. The signature tune for this show is available in one of my posts, my experience during  a meditation. The guests in the program were:

Crazy Mohan is a popular Tamil comedy actor and writer. In this interview, he questions about Dharma Dharisanam and the Special Dharisanam. An artist among the audience beautifully sketches Sadhguru. He also asks about the offerings to god in Hundi.

Sadhguru assures that anyone can achieve Spiritualism, if they have involvement and says going to temple and praying doesn't mean spiritualism.

Crazy Mohan's next question is about people's interest in miracles and wonders. The interview ends with Sadhguru's thoughts.

Thirumavalavan, the current President of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (Liberation Panthers Party) asks Sadhguru whether being a Dalit will have any negative impact for learning his teachings. Sadhguru affirms that his teachings is not meant for any specific community or religion  but is meant for all human beings.

Parthiban looks like an obedient student listening to his teacher. The interview happens near the Theerthakund. Please watch this video carefully to have a clear look of the solidified, Mercury Lingam. The view is superb and even you won't get such a view if you visit the place. Sadhguru answers Parthiban as to why people don't meditate blaming lack of time.

Parthiban's next question is about the difference between Karma and Destiny. This is one of the most interesting questions, I had seen so far.  The discussion is a bit confusing and I had to watch the video more than once. 

        Karma is the result of our actions we do knowingly or unknowingly. 

        Destiny is the cooked-up story we create.

He also explains the Cause and Effect and asks us not to give importance about the Outcome. This  reminds me of one of the lines from Bhagavad Gita: You should do your duty and should not expect any result of your labour.

Parthiban shares his personal experience about Black Magic. As I browsed for Black Magic, I found this interesting site. Now, I understand the penetration of Web 2.0.

Vivek, a leading comedian in the Tamil cinema is amazed by the humility and modesty of the volunteers of Isha Yoga Foundation. Sadhguru gives a good, pragmatic explanation.

The next discussion is about the significance of Moon.

The discussion about Female Infanticide and Euthanasia(Mercy Killing) is equally interesting. His explanation with a short story will remove the fear of death.

How can one control one's mind? is the question from Cheran, reputed for directing and producing culturally strong films like Autograph, Thavamai Thavamirundhu etc.

The authors Suresh and Balakrishnan have written a lot of novels, jointly under the pen name Suba. Their question is whether eating Non-vegetarian is good or bad. Sadhguru says killing a plant or killing an animal for food is both Himsa. By nature's law, to sustain life, one should take another. Scientifically speaking, our body is not meant for eating non-vegetarian; but it will accept whatever we take.

The next interesting question is about the pleasure derived from smoking and drinking. To this, Sadhguru explains the difference between happiness and divine happiness.

Sadhguru wonders why we give more importance to other's view on us.

Suresh questions about the recent trend in Love marriage and Divorce. Sadhguru's answer is really interesting and humorous.

How to avoid Procrastination? is the question from Bala. To this Sadhguru says "As the life is very short, don't postpone any good action; but do have a postponing attitude for all your bad habits."

Sudha Ragunathan, Vivek and Sadhguru discuss about the Indian Culture and tradition. This interview happens in front of the monolithic structure containing the 3 faces of Shiva

This video is not complete and I guess the initial discussion is about love at adolescent age. When Sudha questions about Time management, Sadhguru asks us not to focus on quantity of time but on the quality of time spent.

The discussion happens near the entrance to the Dhyanalinga and you can get a good glimpse of the Lingam and they discuss about natural disasters and Global Warming.

Now, they discuss about the various versions of Yoga and their impacts on the common man.

Nanjil Nadan (open in IE), a famous writer asks about the authors (involved in art and literature) who are very much profit-oriented these days. To this Sadhguru says a person living with a selfless attitude for the benefit of others will definitely lead a very good life. On hearing this, I remember watching a program recently on CNN IBN about the Real Heroes and was very much moved by it.

Now, we have reached the concluding part and all those who took part in the discussion thank Sadhguru and Isha Yoga Foundation.

I wish Vijay TV to re-broadcast all the programs.