Gorakhpur, 21 June (IANS). Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that yoga is a unique gift of Indian Manisha. By making yoga the medium of public welfare, India paved the way for world welfare. This is the reason that today on the 11th International Yoga Day, not only India but about 190 countries of the world are getting proud by joining the legacy of Indian yoga.
CM Yogi was addressing yoga practitioners, trainees before performing yoga at Gorakhnath Temple on the 11th International Yoga Day on Saturday morning. The Chief Minister congratulated the people of International Yoga Day. In a program organized in Mahant Digvijaynath Smriti Auditorium, he said that yoga is such a mantra of the sage tradition of India which also provides a healthy mind with a healthy body.
Indian Manisha has informed the importance of yoga in a detailed manner since ancient times, saying, ‘Bodymadya Khalu Dharma means’. (The body is the means of following religion). CM Yogi said that the attainment of all the four efforts of human life, meaning, salvation is possible only from a healthy body. A healthy body is the medium of worldly flight and spiritual upgradation. Dhanoparjan earn public welfare, fulfill the desires or the path of liberation, a healthy body is the medium for all this.
He said that for making a means of rearing religion and keeping the body healthy for the attainment of all four efforts, yoga is done. Bharti made this yoga a medium of public welfare and then through it also paved the way for world welfare. The Chief Minister said that today different dimensions of yoga are seen. Indian Manisha informed the world about the high dimension of consciousness through yoga. From personality development to reveal the mysteries of the universe, the rich knowledge of yoga was presented in the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Smriti and Shastras as a legacy.
CM Yogi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is credited with the ancient Indian tradition of yoga to move forward in the modern era. In a period, when outsiders started patenting yoga asanas and India was being deprived of its heritage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the initiative in the United Nations to give yoga global recognition. With the efforts of PM Modi, it started celebrating International Yoga Day from 21 June 2015. Today, not only India, 190 countries of the world are associated with Yoga Day. The International Yoga Day is an attempt to gratitude to the sage tradition of India and to connect the coming generation with heritage.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that it is possible to get rid of diseases from yoga. It has also been said, ‘Neither tasya diseases nor death: Received yogagramayam bodamam’. (The body suffering from yoga practice is freed from disease, jara (old age) and death). The CM expressed confidence in the holy land of Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath on International Yoga Day, describing the opportunity for himself as good luck for himself that the enthusiasm of yoga will pave the way for public welfare, social welfare and nation welfare through a healthy body and brain.
On the 11th International Yoga Day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saw and heard the live address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the program organized at Digvijaynath Smriti Auditorium of Gorakhnath Temple. After this, he practiced various rugs, pranayama, meditation with yoga practitioners and trainees present in the auditorium. Yoga is an essential and unavoidable part of the regular routine of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, MP Ravi Kishan Shukla, Mayor Dr. Manglesh Srivastava, MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh, Mahendrapal Singh, Vipin Singh, Pradeep Shukla and many officers, yoga practitioners, trainees and public practices did yoga. In addition to the auditorium of Mahant Digvijaynath Smriti Bhavan, a collective yoga practice program was organized outside the building and in various parts of the temple complex.
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