Yoga Tradition

The great yogi Yoga Swami was very famous in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and India even during his life time. He was considered a wise man that reached the top of the spiritual illumination. His numerous disciples were sometimes exaggerating his realizations or his extraordinary spiritual powers. He was often considered the wisest man and…
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Singhalese by origin, (Ceylon – Sri Lanka), Susunaga Weeraperuma left his big native island to go in England for studying. He received his Bachelor of Sciences from the University of London. As an expert librarian, being hired by the British National Bibliography, he worked a long time in public, governmental and special libraries, as…
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The simple story of a meeting with a great wise yogi that reached the top of the spiritual illumination - by Susunaga Weeraperuma Translation by Gregorian Bivolaru This wonderful story does not only tell us about the fascinating tradition of the Indian world in often poetic but clear terms. It also evokes the vast and complex…
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1. To enter the state of the householder without means of sustenance produceth self- imposed trouble as doth an idiot eating aconite. 2. To live a throughly evil life and disregard the Doctrine produceth self- imposed trouble as doth an insane person jumping over a precipice. 3. To live…
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1. Our body being illusory and transitory, it is useless to give over-much attention to it. 2. Seeing that when we die we must depart empty- handed and on the morrow after our death our corpse is expelled from our own house, it is useless to labour and to suffer privations in order to make for oneself a home in this world. 3. Seeing…
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1. To have but little pride and envy is the sign of a superior man. 2. To have but few desires and satisfaction with simple things is the sign of a superior man. 3. To be lacking in hypocrisy and deceit is the sign of a superior man. 4. To regulate one’ s conduct in accordance with the law of cause and effect as carefully as one…
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1. It is indispensable to have an intellect endowed with the power of comprehending and applying the Doctrine to one’s  own needs. 2. At the very beginning it is indispensably necessary to have the most profound aversion for the interminable sequence of repeated deaths and births. 3. A guru capable of guiding thee on the Path of…
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1. A religious devotee showth weakness if he allow his mind to be obsessed with wordly thoughts while dwelling in solitude. 2. A religious devotee who is the head of a monastery showeth weakness if he seek his own interests . 3. A religious devotee showeth weakness if he be careful in the observance of moral discipline and lacking in…
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1. If, after having been born a human being, one give no heed to the Holy Doctrine, one resembleth a man who returneth empty- handed from a land rich in precious gems; and this is a grievous failure. 2. If, after having entered the door of the Holy Order, one return to the life of the householder, one resembleth a moth plunging into…
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1. In being free from attachement to all objects, and being ordained a bhik su(1) into the Holy Order, forsaking home and entering upon the homeless state, one doth not err. 2. In revering one’s spiritual preceptor one doth not err. 3. In thoroughly studying the Doctrine, hearing discourses thereon, and reflecting and meditating…
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