Benares
A holy pilgrimage centre of Hindus, now called Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bhagavad Gita ("Lord's Song") ...
Udupa of Benares Hindu University has shown that it is possible to lower blood cholesterol in normal subjects using asanas and pranayama, especially sarvangasana, halasana and matsyasana.
After leaving the Benares, in 1909 he returned to Mysore and studied vedānta with the new pontiff of Parakāla Maṭha, H. H. Sri Krishna Brahmatantra.
Sri Trilinga Swami of Benares, born in Andhra Desa, lived some fifty years ago. He lived for 280 years. He made his Tapas in Manasarovar (Tibet). Once Ramakrishna Paramahamsa also saw him at Benares.
know dear disciple, that Benares stands;
in your heart is the confluence
of the Ganges and the Yamuna;
lastly, Kamalalaya
is to be found in the muladhara.
To prefer 'real' tirthas
to those concealed in your body,
is to prefer common potsherds ...
 See also: Body, Swami, India, Spirit, Ananda
  
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