Here is a sample of our message of the day from Yogi Baba Prem: Within the 'Yoga Sutras of Patanjali', one of the niyamas is Svadhyaya. Sometimes this is translated as study. But in reality Svadhyaya is study of sacred texts, in particular the Vedas, chanting of the Vedas, and is sometimes used as a term to refer to the Vedas themselves. This view is even referenced much later in history in the Puranas which state that 'those learned call the recital of Vedic passages 'Shatarudriya/Pranava (Shatarudriya refers to Vedic hymns but more commonly to specific Vedic hymns. These Vedic mantras are a means of purification. Pranava is a reference to a sacred sound such as 'OM') etc. which purify the incarnated being. This is Svadhyaya.' G. Purana 1.238.9 Adhyaya literally means a lesson, chapter or reading. Sva can be a reference to heavenly, but can also mean 'handed down as a sacred tradition'. It is important for us to recognize that Patanjali was a Vedic ...