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In this profound and clarifying class on Dhyāna Yoga, Acharya Tadany centered the teaching on the essential practice of withdrawing the mind from anātmā (non-self), which he defined as three interconnected layers the external universe (all phenomena),  the physical body (sensations and form),  and the mind itself (thoughts, emotions, mental formations) With the ultimate goal of achieving cittaṁ viniyataṁ: a …

This place belongs only to you.You may enter it at any time In a world surrounded by noise, wars, disharmony, and anger,To hold a firm resolution to remain rooted in inner peaceIs an inspiring and courageous goal. To cultivate this, you may create and preserveA chamber of silence and peace within yourselfA sacred inner spaceWhere worries, anger, revenge, conflict, sadness, …

In this clear and progressive class on Dhyāna Yoga, Acharya Tadany provided a detailed, step-by-step explanation of the three inner stages of meditation (antaraṅga sādhana) as taught in Patañjali’s Ashtaṅga Yoga and reflected in the Bhagavad Gītā:  dhāraṇā (concentration) — the foundational effort to fix the mind on a single chosen object (iṣṭa deity or spiritual concept), requiring repeated redirection …

Even so, something remains.Something that is perfectly satisfied.Perfectly complete.Perfectly at peace. Every night, life offers us a free preview of essential human fullness.And it happens not through effort.Not through achievement.Not by becoming something new.It happens simply by falling asleep.For when we wake up, we say:“I slept so deeply…Nothing passed through my cognition…I lacked nothing…I worried about nothing…It was in a …

More and more, people no longer pause to critically review what is being generated in their names. People are unquestioningly accepting what machines produce as if semantically correct sentences were the same as wisdom or creativity, as if speed were a substitute for imagining, creating and understanding Acharya Tadany.Meditation on Technology. Pune, 18 Jan 2026. We live in an age …

Some days are like a desert.Vast and void, boundless and bitter, heavy and hollow. Some days are like a desert.Vast and void, boundless and bitter, heavy and hollow. Perhaps they aren’t even days at all, Truth be told, we should call them nights. For though a world remains visible to the eyes,The darkness within cannot name the shapes without. These …

To seek shelter in these moments is to recognize the limits of control and to respect the intelligence of time itself. There are moments when wisdom does not demand action, but restraint. For example, in the presence of a violent storm, the most intelligent response is often withdrawal, and it is not as an act of fear, but of discernment. …

The world is not something outside of us.It appears according to the mind that perceives it. The world is not something outside of us.It appears according to the mind that perceives it. For example, when we wake up irritated, the traffic feels hostile, people seem rude, and the day feels heavy. Yet, when we wake up serene, the same traffic …

There are countless possible approaches, but a simple and deeply illuminating analogy can help us. The leftovers thrown into the trash yesterday are not used to prepare today’s meal. This is an obvious, everyday fact, yet it carries a powerful lesson. By Acharya Tadany Cargnin dos Santos. Published in Diário de Santa Maria, January 1, 2026. The past is, in essence, …

Wandering the pathways of the mind,I entered forests of quiet creation,Marshlands of unreal depths,And gardens ripened by time. There were fields where ideas took root,Streams where emotions whispered and flowed,Fears clustered like a restless hive,And a lone thought, stubborn, heavy, and slow. I beheld volcanoes of anxietySpilling fire across the plains of patience,While mountains of steady sobrietyFed the deep valleys …