For the Love of Yoga with Nish the Fish

The world of Yoga is wide and varied. In this podcast, yogi Nish the Fish shares the deeper dimensions of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra, asking the big questions: why do we practice? What is meditation? What is the purpose of a human life? What is Beauty? What is Death? Nishanth Selvalingam studied various South Asian philosophies with his Shaivite grandfather in an ashram in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and moved to Los Angeles to study philosophy, teach yoga and play guitar in a rock band. Join him and special guests as they explore Yoga, in all its splendours. For more episodes and instruction, and to support this humble offering of the heart, visit me on Patreon: patreon.com/yogawithnish

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What is a Mantra?

July 15, 2023 • Nishanth Selvalingam • Season 7 • Episode 7

Today I feel quite inspired to talk about mantra and Deity yoga: what is a deity and in what way is a mantra connected to a deity? How does one properly chant a mantra? What should we visualize? (featuring a brief excursus on yantra, sacred geometry!) and why would we even want to do a mantra practice? etc.

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00:03:45 Discussion starts: The Non-Dual View
00:05:54 What is a Deity in the Non-Dual View?
00:09:30 What Bootsy Collins said to me
00:11:50 What is Consciousness? (A Direct Path Teaching)
00:22:40 Jungian Archetypes and Gods and Goddesses
00:26:30 What Does A Deity Look Like? (Mantra, Yantra, Murti)
00:49:33 Practice

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