The Role of Chela
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga Research & Therapy
Guru and Disciple
Dr. G. P. Agrawal, MB, BS, Athnair ...
CHELA - pupil, disciple
CHETAN - alive, living; conscious witness of all deeds and states
CHIDAKASHA - the space of consciousness, the mental screen; (see also "akasha")
- CHIDAKASHA DHARANA - a meditation technique ...
Chela: A pupil, as student who studies spirituality.
Chiti: The power of universal Consciousness; the creative aspect of God.
Guru-Chela
refers to the teacher-student relationship.
Gurukula ...
Chela - [Hindi] disciple
Chidanand - state of consciousness where sat-chit-ananda (being, consciousness, and bliss) shines ...
cela (Chela) [Hind.] disciple.
cestah the many kinds of effort. [Gita 18.14]
cetanah acetanesu conscious in the inconscient. [cf. the following] ...
While strange and bizarre events today are confusing the great beauty of this Guru/Chela relationship, and while sensational individuals who call themselves Gurus and Masters live in a hype similar to the Beatles' invasion of America, the tradition, ...
Attachment to family, children, money, disciples, Chelas or Ashram is the thorn. These are forms of Maya. They do not allow the aspirants to march further. They serve as the stumbling-blocks.
Combining all these he is following the chela path and is using all the forms of yoga in the proper way. Yet the chela will never obtain his objective if his practice of yoga is followed for his own individual advancement.
He did not speak much, and if anyone, any chela asked him, "Gurudev, please instruct us" he would say, "See what I do".
Modern medicine has devised a therapy called 'Chelation' to detoxify the body. It is performed by injecting the body with a chemical that isolates the free radicals in the body to prevent them from causing further damage to other cells.
The disciple of a guru is called a śiṣya or chela. Often a guru lives in an ashram or in a gurukula (the guru's household), together with his disciples.
CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.
CHAKRAS: Centres of energy in the human system.
CHANDOGYA: Name of an Upanishad.
CHELA: Disciple.
CHIRANJIVI: One who has gained eternal life.
CHITTA: Subconscious mind.
A 11: This is not known. Patanjali, who lived about 200 B.C., is called the Father of Yoga because he was the first to put into writing that had until that time been handed down only verbally from master or Guru, to pupil or Chela.
 See also: Guru, Spirit, Yoga, Ananda, Mind
  
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