The path of yoga can be long and hard, filled with obstacles, pitfalls, and detours. Luckily, yogic philosophy provides a roadside assistance program to aid you when you become stuck. The yogis who have traveled the path before us have left us a troubleshooting guide called the 13 obstacles of yoga. The nine main obstacles of yoga are:1. Vyadhi - Illness, disease, physical or mental. It is difficult to do yoga if you are physically sick. Thus it is important to lead a healthy lifestyle for the prevention of illness and promotion of optimal health.2. Styana - Apathy, disinclination towards performing ones kartavya or duty. By procrastinating, we avoid our practice and create excuses for not being on the path and doing the work.3. Sanshaya - doubting ones capability or the result of yoga. We can only come to know Reality, declares the Brihad-Âranyaka-Upanishad (4.4.23), when we are free from doubt. It is important to cultivate faith in oneself as well as the yogic path.4. Pramada - Heedlessness, carelessness, a lack of persistence. Yoga is both a science and art and approaching it without skill, care, respect and devotion will create erratic and possible negative results.5. Alasya - Sloth, inertia of mind or body due to dominance of the tamasic element. Yoga requires discipline, zeal and tapas (will-power) to succeed on its path. Laziness will prevent you from attaining your highest potential.6. Avirati - Overindulgence, attachment to pleasurable things. We must learn to “let go” of our attachments to desire and physical objects if we are to make progress in yoga.7. Bhrantidarshan - False vision, a premature sense of certainty. The development of a false notion about the practice of yoga and its outcome can not only lead one off the path of yoga, but also create harm and disappointment.8. Alabdha-bhumikatva - Non-attainment of the next yogic stage or accomplishment. This happens due to faulty or poor practice and creates a feeling of being “stuck” and leads to discouragement.9. Anawasthitatwa - Instability, non-permanence of a yogic accomplishment or stage. Not able to maintain an attained stage can be a real drag. This again can be a result of faulty or poor practice.
When any of these primary obstacles are encountered, four minor obstacles may appear according to the circumstances:1. Duhkha - Pain or sorrow2. Daurmanasya - depression, pain caused by non-fulfilment of desires.3. Angamejayatwa - the shivering of parts of the body.4. Shvâsa-prashvâsa - disturbances in kumbhaka or breath retention causing the irregular breathing pattern that comes with mental agitation.
You will need to be able to remove all these obstacles at will to be successful in yoga. They may appear at any time, and if not conquered during their first appearance, they are most likely to return until you learn how to overcome them.
The key to the removal of any and all of the above obstacles is the cultivation of the one-pointedness of mind. These obstacles will naturally pass with time unless we allow ourselves to become entangled and bogged down in them. By focusing all of your attention on a single object the obstacles dissolve and begin to lose their importance and power.
Name: NAGARJUNA
Date Birth: 29th August 1959
Time of Birth: 0 Hour 27 Minutes
Place of Birth: Chennai
Father: Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Mother: Annapurna
First Marriage: 18/02/1984, Vijaya Sesh kalyana Mandapam, Chennai
First Son: Naga Chaitanya (born at 4:20 am on 23/11/1986 at Swapna Nursing Home, Hyderabad)
Second Marriage: 11/06/1992, Adayar, Chennai
First Son: Akhil (born at 1:58 am on 08/04/1994 at San Jose, USA)
Entrance into films: on 20/09/1985 at Annapurna Studios
Years Active: 1986 onwards
Number of films Acted in: 65
Nandi Awards won: 1
Date Birth: 29th August 1959
Time of Birth: 0 Hour 27 Minutes
Place of Birth: Chennai
Father: Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Mother: Annapurna
First Marriage: 18/02/1984, Vijaya Sesh kalyana Mandapam, Chennai
First Son: Naga Chaitanya (born at 4:20 am on 23/11/1986 at Swapna Nursing Home, Hyderabad)
Second Marriage: 11/06/1992, Adayar, Chennai
First Son: Akhil (born at 1:58 am on 08/04/1994 at San Jose, USA)
Entrance into films: on 20/09/1985 at Annapurna Studios
Years Active: 1986 onwards
Number of films Acted in: 65
Nandi Awards won: 1
Biography:
Nagarjuna, son of the Ever Green Hero Akkineni Negeswara Rao, needs no introduction. Nag's foray into films is an act of passion. Vikram(1986), his debutante film (a Telugu remake of Hindi Hero), made a splash at the hearts of youth. Being just 4 films old he proved that he can match his father's image as a tragedy king with a lovely film called 'Majnu'. He developed the strategy of inducting debutante directors to his films with Sankeerthana. Though this musical saga did not sustain at box-office, Nag has gone a step ahead as an actor.
He paired up with his legendry father Sr Akkineni to produce 'Collectorgari Abbai'. But it was the Midas touch of Aswini Dutt that proved Nag's Box-office credentials. For the first time he paired up with Sridevi, who has done innumerable films with Nag's father Nageswara Rao, in the film 'Akhari Poratam' that ran for 100 days in 12 centers.
It was 'Geetanjali' that has taken Nag's image as a romantic hero to new heights. Deft direction by Manirathnam and crafty camera work by PC Sriram added to necessary gloss to the romantic image of nag. If you think Geetanjali is a big hit. You are in a soup. Because the box-office magnitude of 'Geetanjali' appears minuscule compared to the stormy film that followed which has taken all the youth's heart away. 'Shiva' gave Nag much needed action Hero image and Nag made inroads into the hearts of students. Ultimate winner of 'Shiva' is none but Ram Gopal Varma, a raw director. It was the Nag's risky decision to employ a video operator as the director for his home production that did the trick. All the scorning critics who criticized Nag for his decision to choose Varma during the production of film are silenced by it's stupendous success.
Fueled by the success of Shiva, Nag made a grand entry into Hindi filmdom with the remake of 'Shiva'. If you think Nag is fond of Shiva just because it changed the pace of his cine career, you are mistaken. This film has also got him Amala, his soul mate.
After the storm of Shiva, there was a period lull for sometime. Again Nag stormed with 'President gari pellam' brough him the imageof mass hero. And his heavy box office romancing continued till Hello Brother. Hello Brother showed the stamina of Nag at box office by running in 28 centers. His comic antics are best exploited by the director EVV. With this film Nag's portfolio of acting is enriched with a rich ingredient called comedy.
Again the period of lull continued for few years till he spotted another creative director in making, Krishna Vamsi. Nag paired up with Vamsi to produce one of the biggest Telugu romantic blockbusters, 'Ninne Pelladatha'. After this film Nag faced the biggest challenge in his cine career. That is to act as Annamayya, the legendary singer/poet of Medieval times. And Nag came out flying colors. Talk about the result. It ran for 100 days in 42 centers. He has become a household demigod with his presence of 'Annamayya'.
Every good thing in life comes with a few sacrifices. He wanted to get rid of sacred 'Annamayya' image and wanted people to accept him as a romantic hero. He produced a string of romantic films later. All of them disappointed him at box-office and he went through the same kind of lull he had after 'Shiva' and 'Hello Brother'. All his fans waited in an unabated breathlessness for him to produce a film of Shiva magnitude. And Nag did not disappointed them. He came up with the blockbuster of the year, Nuvvu Vastavani. The super good film's caption for this film, 'We don't break records ... we create records', seems to be very appropriate for Nag. Nagarjuna then did a hattrick by coming up with an Azad action film with patriotic tinge followed by a cameo in 'Ninne Premista'. This hattrick gave way to another lean patch which was broken by the stupendous hit of Santosham.
Nag is called as the celluloid scientist. He is best talent spotter around. To his credit he blooded Geetha Krishna, Ram Gopal Varma, Uppalapati Narayana Rao, Praveen Gandhi, VR Pratap and Jonnalagadda srinivasa Rao, Dasarath. He offered 'Ninne Pelladatha' to a new comer Krishna Vamsi just by looking at a 5 minute rushes of 'Gulabi'. Nag will be known as the person who changed the mindset of industry with his creative thinking. He encouraged the new technology in his films. And others followed him. Nagarjuna is never after the number game and did not encourage the culture dragging movies for 50 days and 100 days for the sake of records and false prestige.
He delivered two consecutive hits in the form of Santosham and Manmadhudu in tha last year and he is coming up with 'Shivamani 98480 22338' in the year2006.
He paired up with his legendry father Sr Akkineni to produce 'Collectorgari Abbai'. But it was the Midas touch of Aswini Dutt that proved Nag's Box-office credentials. For the first time he paired up with Sridevi, who has done innumerable films with Nag's father Nageswara Rao, in the film 'Akhari Poratam' that ran for 100 days in 12 centers.
It was 'Geetanjali' that has taken Nag's image as a romantic hero to new heights. Deft direction by Manirathnam and crafty camera work by PC Sriram added to necessary gloss to the romantic image of nag. If you think Geetanjali is a big hit. You are in a soup. Because the box-office magnitude of 'Geetanjali' appears minuscule compared to the stormy film that followed which has taken all the youth's heart away. 'Shiva' gave Nag much needed action Hero image and Nag made inroads into the hearts of students. Ultimate winner of 'Shiva' is none but Ram Gopal Varma, a raw director. It was the Nag's risky decision to employ a video operator as the director for his home production that did the trick. All the scorning critics who criticized Nag for his decision to choose Varma during the production of film are silenced by it's stupendous success.
Fueled by the success of Shiva, Nag made a grand entry into Hindi filmdom with the remake of 'Shiva'. If you think Nag is fond of Shiva just because it changed the pace of his cine career, you are mistaken. This film has also got him Amala, his soul mate.
After the storm of Shiva, there was a period lull for sometime. Again Nag stormed with 'President gari pellam' brough him the imageof mass hero. And his heavy box office romancing continued till Hello Brother. Hello Brother showed the stamina of Nag at box office by running in 28 centers. His comic antics are best exploited by the director EVV. With this film Nag's portfolio of acting is enriched with a rich ingredient called comedy.
Again the period of lull continued for few years till he spotted another creative director in making, Krishna Vamsi. Nag paired up with Vamsi to produce one of the biggest Telugu romantic blockbusters, 'Ninne Pelladatha'. After this film Nag faced the biggest challenge in his cine career. That is to act as Annamayya, the legendary singer/poet of Medieval times. And Nag came out flying colors. Talk about the result. It ran for 100 days in 42 centers. He has become a household demigod with his presence of 'Annamayya'.
Every good thing in life comes with a few sacrifices. He wanted to get rid of sacred 'Annamayya' image and wanted people to accept him as a romantic hero. He produced a string of romantic films later. All of them disappointed him at box-office and he went through the same kind of lull he had after 'Shiva' and 'Hello Brother'. All his fans waited in an unabated breathlessness for him to produce a film of Shiva magnitude. And Nag did not disappointed them. He came up with the blockbuster of the year, Nuvvu Vastavani. The super good film's caption for this film, 'We don't break records ... we create records', seems to be very appropriate for Nag. Nagarjuna then did a hattrick by coming up with an Azad action film with patriotic tinge followed by a cameo in 'Ninne Premista'. This hattrick gave way to another lean patch which was broken by the stupendous hit of Santosham.
Nag is called as the celluloid scientist. He is best talent spotter around. To his credit he blooded Geetha Krishna, Ram Gopal Varma, Uppalapati Narayana Rao, Praveen Gandhi, VR Pratap and Jonnalagadda srinivasa Rao, Dasarath. He offered 'Ninne Pelladatha' to a new comer Krishna Vamsi just by looking at a 5 minute rushes of 'Gulabi'. Nag will be known as the person who changed the mindset of industry with his creative thinking. He encouraged the new technology in his films. And others followed him. Nagarjuna is never after the number game and did not encourage the culture dragging movies for 50 days and 100 days for the sake of records and false prestige.
He delivered two consecutive hits in the form of Santosham and Manmadhudu in tha last year and he is coming up with 'Shivamani 98480 22338' in the year2006.
Meeting up with him, why, even chatting with NAGARJUNA over the phone, is an experience far removed from the usual one of film star vs. journalist. Nag is always unfailingly polite arid warm..... you get an instant sense of welcome as you just pick off where you left off never mind if that was a few months ago! Truly, the Last of the Gentlemen! Unfortunately, such is the BO roulette wheel, that he seems to have hit a low patch of late, but I surely speak for all his well-wishers when I pray that the sun sets soon on this phase. Nag on Nagarjuna...
Q. So what’s responsible for the current low ebb in your career?
Answer : (laughs heartily) Is there a low ebb in my career? It happens. Up and down, up and down. It’s not the first time. I like to take a little risk, which is not always accepted by the people. But its the choice I make. Sometimes -when it pays off! - people say, ‘path breaking movies’ - Ofcourse, the price we pay is heavy. If the movie is a flop, career goes down, money doesn’t come in. But it is exciting in a way.....to take risks, do things others haven’t done. Right from the beginning, I started off like this.
Q. Why is it that the Telugu film industry doesn’t really take any gambles with their scripts, unlike say, Malayalam films?
Answer : See, the Malayalam film industry, their films are very different from the rest of the country. Almost every family in Kerala is educated, trained in some art form. Its their culture, so you can’t really compare. If we can’ t make their kind of films, they can’t really make our kind of films either. Here, a movie like Shiva or Geetanjali - that kind of script hasn’t come again.
Q. Do you think having a huge image can be detrimental in its own way?
Answer : It is a major problem - when the image is bigger than the star. From the producers and the distributors point of view, I have to consider the image thing too. They also expect certain things. I don’t have complete freedom as an artiste. Definitely. Knowing the pulse of the audience is the most difficult thing. You just can’t dictate that. Not here, not in Hollywood, not anywhere. We call it ‘organized chaos’! It falls into place - sometimes. We all make mistakes.
Q. So is the ‘camp’ system prevalent in the Telugu film industry?
Answer : Not really. Camp system was there, but quite a while back. It’s a very healthy attitude today, Maybe the producers are comfortable with us, or whatever, but there are others who’ve worked with Chiranjeevi, Venky, Balakrishna, me, There are very few roles that an actor can talk about in his lifetime. How many scripts are there, the same six songs, family sentiments. I have done roles like Chiranjeevi and Venky, and vice versa. At the most, I can change my hairstyle or my clothes!
Q. What if You weren’t an actor...
Answer : I have no idea. That’s the reason I got into films! I am a Mechanical Engineer, I tried pursuing that as a profession when I was in America, but things just didn’t work out. I guess its called Destiny. Today, if I find something more interesting, I’ll quit films.
Q. How do you handle the gossip that is the necessary baggage of a high profile person
Answer : A long time ago, it used to bother me. Especially when someone gets hurt. See, what happens is.....you and me are good friends. Someone twists it, and somewhere along, you and me start feeling awkward. A barrier builds up. Yes, the Bombay Press has written more, and the Deccan Chronicle lifts it off from there. Its fine, Deccan Chronicle has to survive too - it’s either me or Chandrababu Naidu they write about!
Q. Is it easier then, to be married to someone from the same profession?
Answer : I think any intelligent, secure person should understand. If they don’t have trust, if they’re not happy, then all these problems come up. I’ve seen lots of families who are very happy, where the husband is an actor or director, or the wife is from films, Even if they’re not from films, any other profession - they find a balance somewhere, they are secure in their relationship. Emotions never mature. They remain the same.
Answer : (laughs heartily) Is there a low ebb in my career? It happens. Up and down, up and down. It’s not the first time. I like to take a little risk, which is not always accepted by the people. But its the choice I make. Sometimes -when it pays off! - people say, ‘path breaking movies’ - Ofcourse, the price we pay is heavy. If the movie is a flop, career goes down, money doesn’t come in. But it is exciting in a way.....to take risks, do things others haven’t done. Right from the beginning, I started off like this.
Answer : See, the Malayalam film industry, their films are very different from the rest of the country. Almost every family in Kerala is educated, trained in some art form. Its their culture, so you can’t really compare. If we can’ t make their kind of films, they can’t really make our kind of films either. Here, a movie like Shiva or Geetanjali - that kind of script hasn’t come again.
Answer : It is a major problem - when the image is bigger than the star. From the producers and the distributors point of view, I have to consider the image thing too. They also expect certain things. I don’t have complete freedom as an artiste. Definitely. Knowing the pulse of the audience is the most difficult thing. You just can’t dictate that. Not here, not in Hollywood, not anywhere. We call it ‘organized chaos’! It falls into place - sometimes. We all make mistakes.
Answer : Not really. Camp system was there, but quite a while back. It’s a very healthy attitude today, Maybe the producers are comfortable with us, or whatever, but there are others who’ve worked with Chiranjeevi, Venky, Balakrishna, me, There are very few roles that an actor can talk about in his lifetime. How many scripts are there, the same six songs, family sentiments. I have done roles like Chiranjeevi and Venky, and vice versa. At the most, I can change my hairstyle or my clothes!
Answer : I have no idea. That’s the reason I got into films! I am a Mechanical Engineer, I tried pursuing that as a profession when I was in America, but things just didn’t work out. I guess its called Destiny. Today, if I find something more interesting, I’ll quit films.
Answer : A long time ago, it used to bother me. Especially when someone gets hurt. See, what happens is.....you and me are good friends. Someone twists it, and somewhere along, you and me start feeling awkward. A barrier builds up. Yes, the Bombay Press has written more, and the Deccan Chronicle lifts it off from there. Its fine, Deccan Chronicle has to survive too - it’s either me or Chandrababu Naidu they write about!
Answer : I think any intelligent, secure person should understand. If they don’t have trust, if they’re not happy, then all these problems come up. I’ve seen lots of families who are very happy, where the husband is an actor or director, or the wife is from films, Even if they’re not from films, any other profession - they find a balance somewhere, they are secure in their relationship. Emotions never mature. They remain the same.
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