The rule of the British in India, in a sense, was a boon for India. Their ulterior motive was initially of business, and then to conquer India, no doubt succeeded. But the subtle tactics of education to create an army of slaves and clerks in India so that the British could rule India for eternity did not work for long. The English-educated little genius Naren, with an innate urge to find God, powered by Gadadhara, the great Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, reversed the calculations of the British. The studentship of Sri Aurobindo in England only made him a master of English, Greek and Latin; training in Law helped Gandhi to give a concrete shape to the key features of Hindu religion, as a tool to organise the society to relieve Mother Bharata from the shackles of slavery. The backlog of identity crisis, selfishness and pettiness, tamas and corruption are reaching an end now after half a century of Independence, thanks to the mass organisation invoking the patriotic fervour of Hindu renaissance initiated and powered by many geniuses of different organisations, concretising the dream of Swami Vivekananda to bring the organisational skill of the West with which 'he fell in love' in USA for the reconstruction of India. The vision of Swamiji was to rebuild Mother Bharata in tune with her personality enshrined in yoga and spiritual lore. The genius of Eknathji Ranade located in the holistic concept of yoga; another name for spirituality in the words of Swami Vivekananda 'Each Soul is Potentially Divine.' He could see the vision of Sri Aurobindo enunciating Integral Yoga as furthering depth of Swamiji's thoughts on yoga. Eknathji trained in the organisational skills and powered by patriotic fervour with the holistic vision of Hindu nation enunciated by Swami Vivekananda, in tune with the emerging trends of popularity of yoga gave a direction to Yoga as the core of a new movement.

Swamiji said, 'Yoga is not only to be adopted as a tool of man-making but also for nation-building' . He also emphasised to use Jnana, Bhakti and Raja Yoga methods for all-round personality development at the physical, mental, emotional and intellectual levels. And also to translate the same into action through Karma Yoga - Tyaga, Seva and Atmabodha are the threefold dimensions of Karma Yoga. The first two, 'the twin ideals of our nation' are adequate tools for nationbuilding. Atmabodha the third, the Jnana dimension of Karma Yoga, is needed to bring the holistic vision of 'Reality' to practical life. Swamiji had said that Vedanta is not to be kept in books and scriptures, nor limited to scholars of reknown but should be brought down to everyday living - practical Vedanta for the masses, too.

To work in tune with Reality, action in relaxation, converting all problems, difficulties and challenges into opportunities for self- growth and nation-building by being in blissful awareness at all times, with a full understanding that our causal nature is Bliss itself - sat citananda svarupa, potential divinity in life, to lead a life of happiness, health and harmony. Thus, bring ecology in nature, peace, love and affection, cooperation in society, eliminating student unrest, drug and gun culture, divorces, psychosomatic ailments and psychiatric disorders, greed and speed at the base of a host of stress-triggered, aggravated and maintained problems in every nook and corner of our nation and, therefrom, all-over the globe.

Yoga is verifiable by scientific research as it is no dogma or blind faith. Eknathji, with a vision for future, inspired doctors to start a research wing of yoga which grew as VKYOGAS (now VYASA), 'One of the 4 premier yoga institutions in the country' in the words of the Secretary, University Grants Commission. Starting from Yoga Therapy Research, the Yoga Foundation has spread its wings to several dimensions of modern life. Quantum Physicists have started enlarging the scope of modern science by using consciousness-based approach, the essence of yoga, in contrast to the existing matter-based approach. The scientists are clear, that the existing paradigm which assumes that matter is primary and mind etc. are its offshoots, has led to increasing number of paradoxes in physics and unexplainable things as mind-body healing, rebirth, ESP, psycho-kinesis, the recorded activities in the haunted houses by the hardcore scientists themselves. 'Science within Yoga' is the theme of the book 'Self Awareness Universe' of Prof Amit Goswami - quantum physicist of renown. The effectiveness of yoga practices for treating ailments is getting support from research findings of medical researchers. Extensive research on Asthma, Diabetes, Hypertension, Anxiety Neurosis, Eye-related diseases, Mental retardation, Cancer etc., has been done over the last 2 decades with over 50 research papers published in leading national & international medical research journals. Nearly 75,000 patients of bronchial allergies, 1200 cases of Diabetes Mellitus, etc. have been treated very effectively by the integrated approach of yoga practices having its roots in Panca Kosa Viveka of Taittiriya Upanisat and Adhi-Vyadhi concept from Yoga Vasistha. Long-term follow-up is a feature of our clinical research studies, as all these ailments of the modern era are extremely sensitive to changes in food, atmosphere, place, treatment modalities, etc. Unless the course of the disease is studied with a long-range perspective, the total rehabilitation (cure) cannot be established.

Yoga has the ability to fill the vacuum in modern education which is essentially left brainoriented. As Swami Vivekananda had envisioned, we should not be satisfied with information-gathering and bread-earning education. He said, 'Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man'. To build an all-round (4-fold) personality - physical, mental, emotional and intellectual with a spiritual basis and 4-fold consciousness - civic sense, patriotism, service zeal and spiritual urge, should be the goal of education. To translate this vision to action, the Yoga Research wing has done extensive research. Research on yoga has shown that the right modules of yoga practices can develop the right brain, eyesight, hearing, speech, memory (audio, visual, audiovisual, short and long-range IQ), creativity and culturing the emotions which can develop, nation-building features in the students.

The fourth dimension of yoga research concerns itself with the problems of the corporate world. Target oriented, profit-motivated and highly competitive scenario have no doubt brought great achievements in the era of technology with air travel, television, computers, the latest internet and web have started translating the vision of a 'global village' to a reality. If 'Sanjaya' could see through his divine vision sitting in the palace what was developing in the war field, technology has made it possible for everyone sitting in their houses to see what is happening round the globe. Yet, the horrors of the massive technological stir with great speed, (as Samudra Manthana) has brought the Halahala (poison) in the form of STRESS, encompassing the whole world from top to bottom including modern little kids complaining of tension and boredom to their moms and papas. The multidimensional answer is yoga , eliminating the causes of stress as physical strain and traumas, mental restlessness, emotional upsurges and deep-rooted psychological (intellectual) conflicts. A simple module of SMET, conducted in various industries encompassing more than 25,000 executives, workers and women in the industrial atmosphere has very well-established the efficacy. A Holistic Systems Management adding dimensions of health, growth and contributions to society; all worked out systematically with data acquisition and its analysis, has given a whole new dimension, a spiritualistic approach, if you like, to the concept of the TQM way for quality products and services. Many research publications of VYASA have added strength to this application of yoga to the corporate world.

Yoga has proclaimed to help the slow learners, mentally retarded, blind, children in orphanages, remand homes, prisoners, etc. What about women and their problems? Yoga research findings have shown that even intrauterine growth retardation in babies can be very significantly reduced; promote normal deliveries of healthy babies by reducing the stress and tensions in the carrying mothers and mobilising the abdominal muscles for smooth and effortless deliveries; yoga can help in normal deliveries; yoga can help in eliminating menstrual disorders through very simple asanas and breathing practices; reduce the fatigue of work at homes and offices by providing deep rest to their organs and systems through asanas, pranayama and meditation. Use of bhajans as part of the Bhakti Yoga has helped large number of women to gain mastery over their emotions by eliminating emotional instabilities and upsurges occurring due to periodic hormonal changes. Understanding the science of emotions' culture, the secret of Bhakti Yoga, many families have been built with virtues of harmony and love, respect for elders, service of the guests, etc. The chanting of prayers, pujas and vratas have set their daily routine on the path of progress towards highest bliss, knowledge and power. Women are emerging as the nuclei of love and inspiration to set ideals of Tyaga and Seva. Patriotic songs have started replacing the bhoga-oriented selfishness-triggering filmy music. Women, through teaching of yoga to children, have started instilling the right samskaras for their total growth. Does yoga have an answer to addiction? Thousands of addicts have given up smoking, alcohol and drugs, thanks to the practice of kriyas, asanas, breathing practices and meditation. Their new life of restraint and self-governance has been a life of intense inner joy of great victory. As human beings of great achievements and pride, they participate in the nationbuilding process of VYASA and other organisations.

With bestsellers like Quantum Healing, Perfect Health, Ageless Body & Timeless Mind, etc. emerging from the pen of Dr Deepak Chopra, the most wanted man next to the President in USA, nearly a hundred hospitals are officially using yoga and yoga therapy for their patients; ten thousand teachers in UK, four major schools of yoga in Japan; large scale practice of yogasanas in Europe, Australia, etc, the global influence of yoga on Indian scene is no imagination. With nearly 3000 teachers in 8 states of India, trained for introducing yoga in schools by VYASA itself, 5 University Centres of VYASA starting certificate and diploma courses in yoga and 5 major schools of yoga in India joining hands and working in coordination with mutual respect, have started making a good impact of yoga in the whole country. The Dimensions of yoga research in a nutshell is encompassing almost all aspects of modem society as found through the research papers presented in the various (so far 15) International Conferences on 'Frontiers in Yoga Research and its' Applications' organised by VYASA at their Headquarters at Prasanti Kutiram, Bangalore. Regular seminars and convention bring the findings of yoga research to yoga enthusiasts, sadhakas, instructors and teachers all-over the country. The authoritative research findings from published research papers are published by VYASA in indexed journals.