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'''Isha Foundation''' is a [[non-profit]], [[Spirituality|spiritual]] organization founded in 1992 near [[Coimbatore]], [[India]], by Sadhguru [[Jaggi Vasudev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84 |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128080021/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |archivedate=28 January 2011 }}</ref> It operates from the Isha Yoga Center, which offers [[yoga]] programs under the name of Isha Yoga. The foundation is run entirely by volunteers and it has over 9 million volunteers.<ref name="guin">[http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm Award for Project Green Hands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521084525/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |date=2011-05-21 }}, ''[[The Hindu]]'', 8 June 2010, retrieved on 8 June 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |title='Special Consultative Status' for Isha Foundation |date=12 September 2007 |accessdate=23 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108180106/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |archivedate=8 November 2012 }}</ref>{{not in source|date=October 2018}}
'''Isha Foundation''' is a [[non-profit]] organization founded in 1992 near [[Coimbatore]], [[India]], by Sadhguru [[Jaggi Vasudev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84 |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128080021/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |archivedate=28 January 2011 }}</ref> It is involved in various activities in the field of spirituality, education, and environment. The foundation is listed as having consultative status by the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://esango.un.org/paperless/reports/E2010INF4.pdf|title=List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2010|publisher=United Nations Economic and Social Council|year=2010|isbn=|location=|pages=46}}</ref> and as accredited by the [[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knowledge.unccd.int/cso/isha-foundation|title=United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Knowledge hub|last=|first=|date=|website=United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> It is run entirely by volunteers and it has over 9 million volunteers.<ref name="guin">[http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm Award for Project Green Hands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521084525/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |date=2011-05-21 }}, ''[[The Hindu]]'', 8 June 2010, retrieved on 8 June 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |title='Special Consultative Status' for Isha Foundation |date=12 September 2007 |accessdate=23 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108180106/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |archivedate=8 November 2012 }}</ref>{{not in source|date=October 2018}} and operates from the Isha Yoga Center in India.


The word ''isha'' means "the formless divine".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr.P.K.Aiyasamy|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=24iEDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT54&ots=a2PGAuc3gX&dq=isha%20formless%20divine&pg=PT54#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Science of Yoga – A Comprehensive Approach|date=2019-01-21|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-68466-531-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=goutham>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-pursuit-of-peace-of-mind_1496488 |title=In pursuit of peace of mind |first= Shruti|last= Goutham | place=Bangalore |date=20 January 2011 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330224117/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-pursuit-of-peace-of-mind_1496488 |archivedate=30 March 2012 }}</ref>
The word ''isha'' means "the formless divine".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr.P.K.Aiyasamy|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=24iEDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT54&ots=a2PGAuc3gX&dq=isha%20formless%20divine&pg=PT54#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Science of Yoga – A Comprehensive Approach|date=2019-01-21|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-68466-531-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=goutham>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-pursuit-of-peace-of-mind_1496488 |title=In pursuit of peace of mind |first= Shruti|last= Goutham | place=Bangalore |date=20 January 2011 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330224117/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-pursuit-of-peace-of-mind_1496488 |archivedate=30 March 2012 }}</ref>

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Vorlage:Multiple issues Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Use Indian English Vorlage:Infobox organization Isha Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 near Coimbatore, India, by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.[1] It is involved in various activities in the field of spirituality, education, and environment. The foundation is listed as having consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council[2] and as accredited by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.[3] It is run entirely by volunteers and it has over 9 million volunteers.[4][5]Vorlage:Not in source and operates from the Isha Yoga Center in India.

The word isha means "the formless divine".[6][7]

Isha Yoga

Sadhguru conducting an Inner Engineering class at BSE Mumbai.

The foundation offers yoga programmes under the name Isha Yoga. This customized system of yoga[7] combines postural yoga with chanting, breathing (prāṇāyāma)[7], and meditation.[8] Isha Yoga does not belong to a lineage (paramparā), and its practitioners believe it to be based on the founding guru's unique insight.[8]

The foundation also conducts programmes for the Indian Armed Forces[9], including sessions at the Siachen Base Camp[10] and Andaman Naval Command.[11] A session has also been conducted at the United Nations on the International Day of Yoga in 2016.[12]

Yoga classes conducted for business leaders are intended to "introduce a sense of compassion and inclusiveness" to economics.[13][14]

A yoga course for the Indian national hockey team was conducted in 1996.[15] Isha Foundation began conducting yoga programs in the United States in 1997[16][17] and, in 1998, yoga classes for life-term prisoners in Tamil Nadu prisons were initiated.[18]

Activities

The foundation regularly organises gatherings (sathsangs) with Sadhguru in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where he delivers discourses, leads meditations, and conducts question-answer sessions with the attendees.[19] It also organises annual pilgrimages (yatras) to Mount Kailash and the Himalayas. The Kailash pilgrimage led by Sadhguru is among the largest groups to visit Kailash, with 514 pilgrims making the journey in 2010.[20][21]

The centre also hosts an annual, seven-day-long music and dance festival which culminates in the all-night celebration of Maha Shivaratri, a major Hindu festival honouring Shiva.[22]

Social and environmental initiatives

Project GreenHands

Saplings being readied for transportation at a PGH nursery.

Project GreenHands (PGH) was established in 2004 as an environmental organization. Its activity is largely focused on Tamil Nadu. The organization received the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, the Government of India's environmental award in 2010.[4] The organisation's activities include agroforestry, plant nurseries in schools,[23] and tree-planting in urban centers such as Tiruchirappalli[24] and Tiruppur.[25]

Action for Rural Rejuvenation

Action for Rural Rejuvenation (ARR) is a health and community-oriented program focusing on rural Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2003, and as of 2010, operated in 4,200 villages with a population of seven million.[26][27]

Isha Vidhya

Isha Vidhya, an education initiative, aims to raise the level of education and literacy in rural India by providing quality English-language-based, computer-aided education for rural children. There are seven Isha Vidhya Schools in operation which educate around 3000 students.[28]

Isha Home School premises.

Rally for Rivers

Rally for Rivers is a campaign launched by Isha Foundation in 2017 to tackle the scarcity of water across rivers in India and instill awareness about protecting rivers.[29]Vorlage:Unreliable source? Sadhguru launched the campaign on 3 September from Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore.[30] The campaign included a month-long, nationwide campaign.[31] On 3 October, a river revitalization draft proposal was presented by Sadhguru to Narendra Modi.[32] Six states signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Isha Foundation to plant trees along river banks. These states are Karnataka, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat.[33][34][35][36][37][38]Vorlage:Unreliable source? The Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Water Resources have constituted committees to study the draft policy proposal.[37][39]. Under the flag name of Rally for rivers, Cauvery calling campaign is being organised which would last for over a decade. this project mainly focouses on river Kaveri. In November, at a conference in Germany, the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program, Erik Solheim discussed Rally for Rivers with Sadhguru, and how environmental programs around the world can emulate its success.[40]

Rally for Rivers has been criticized by environmentalist who allege that it was trying to solve a complex problem with a "shallow solution".[41]

Cauvery Calling

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The Cauvery Calling project aims to support farmers in planting an estimated 2.4 billion trees through agroforestry, thereby covering one third of Cauvery basin with trees, as a means of conserving it.

The project has received acclaim from politicians and members of the movie industry, yet environmentalists and public intellectuals have alleged that the program presents a simplistic view of river conservation, sidestepping social issues and ignoring the potential harm to tributaries and wildlife habitats.[42][43][44]

A Public Interest litigation has also been filed in the Karnataka High Court questioning the legality of the fundraising practices for the initiative, and the usage of government owned land for a private purpose without supporting study.[45][46][47][48] In January 2020, the High Court ruled that the Foundation needed to disclose details of its fundraising practices relating to the initiative.[49]

Adiyogi Shiva statue

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Adiyogi Shiva statue, which Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev said, the statue is for inspiring and promoting yoga, and is named Adiyogi, which means "the first yogi", because Shiva is known as the originator of yoga.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev designed the 112-foot Adiyogi Shiva statue, which is located at the Isha Yoga Center. It was inaugurated on Mahashivaratri, 24 February 2017, by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.[50] The Adiyogi statue depicts Shiva as the first yogi or Adiyogi, and first Guru or Adi Guru, who offered yoga to humanity. The statue was built by the Isha Foundation using 20,000 individual iron plates supplied by the Steel Authority of India[51] and weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons). The Adiyogi Shiva Statue has been recognized as the "Largest Bust Sculpture" by Guinness World Records.[52] A consecrated Shivalinga called "Yogeshwar Linga" is placed in front of the Adiyogi Shiva statue.[53]

Controversies and reception

The foundation's construction activities at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore are alleged to have violated rules and regulations on several occasions.[54][55][56][57][58]

In 2016, several allegations were made that Isha Yoga Center is capturing people in the center. Retired professor from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University had petitioned to the collector about his both daughters held captive at the center.[59] Also, another woman alleged that her 32 year old son was being held captive at Isha Yoga Center.[60][61][59] Isha foundation has denied the allegations of holding people captive. The Foundation also released a letter signed by the two women which stated it was their free will to stay at Isha, and that the accusations were an attempt by their father to make them leave the center.[62]

See also

References

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Bibliography


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  1. ↑ The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84. Indian Express, 9. März 2009, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2011.
  2. ↑ List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2010. United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2010, S. 46 (un.org [PDF]).
  3. ↑ United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Knowledge hub. In: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
  4. ↑ a b Award for Project Green Hands web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'., The Hindu, 8 June 2010, retrieved on 8 June 2010
  5. ↑ 'Special Consultative Status' for Isha Foundation In: The Hindu, 12 September 2007. Abgerufen im 23 January 2011 
  6. ↑ Dr.P.K.Aiyasamy: Science of Yoga – A Comprehensive Approach. Notion Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-68466-531-0 (englisch, google.co.in).
  7. ↑ a b c Shruti Goutham: In pursuit of peace of mind In: Daily News and Analysis, 20 January 2011. Abgerufen im 25 January 2011 
  8. ↑ a b Vorlage:Harvnb
  9. ↑ Sadhguru leads yoga session at Indian Navy Floating Dock In: Press Trust of India, 21. Juni 2019 
  10. ↑ PTI | Jun 21, 2018, 18:05 Ist: Armymen mark Yoga Day with Sadhguru at Siachen | India News - Times of India. In: The Times of India. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2020 (englisch).
  11. ↑ Yoga day, the Navy way: From Sadhguru to submarine to aircraft carrier. In: The Week. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2020 (englisch).
  12. ↑ Jaggi Vasudev to lead yoga session at UN on Yoga Day. In: The Hindu Business Line. 28. Mai 2016, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2020 (englisch).
  13. ↑ The route to 'dharmacracy'. Business Today, 27. November 2008, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2011.
  14. ↑ Inclusive Economics: Enabling the World'. Huffington Post, 17. Mai 2010, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2011.
  15. ↑ Morale-Booster says Bhaskaran. Indian Express, 26. November 1996;.
  16. ↑ Jay Hamburg: Yoga guru touts peace, not religion In: The Tennessean, 15 October 1997, S. 1B–2B 
  17. ↑ It doesn't take a guru to know which way the stress flows. Dayton Daily News, 17. März 1998;.
  18. ↑ Yoga Brings 'Freedom' to Prisoners In: The Hindu, 16 February 1999 
  19. ↑ Isha's Green Salem goes on stream. The Hindu, 14. Dezember 2010, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2011.
  20. ↑ Isha shows the way In: Indian Express, 29 June 2009. Abgerufen im 25 February 2020 
  21. ↑ Mansarovar is beyond words. Daily News and Analysis, 1. September 2010, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2011.
  22. ↑ Vorlage:Harvnb
  23. ↑ Isha's Green School Movement kicks-off in Kanchi dist In: The New Indian Express. Abgerufen am 15. August 2018 
  24. ↑ Staff Reporter: Green Tiruchi Movement seeks to rectify ailing environment In: The Hindu, 4. Oktober 2010. Abgerufen am 15. August 2018 (indisches Englisch). 
  25. ↑ Stalin inaugurates Green Tirupur Movement In: The Hindu, 25. August 2009. Abgerufen am 15. August 2018 (indisches Englisch). 
  26. ↑ Isha Foundation launches Centre-funded project. The Hindu, 13. Oktober 2010, abgerufen am 30. Oktober 2010.
  27. ↑ Jaggi Vasudev in city on May 7. The Times of India, 21. April 2010, abgerufen am 30. Oktober 2010.
  28. ↑ LIC gives grant to Isha. The Hindu, 7. April 2010, abgerufen am 2. Februar 2010.
  29. ↑ Rally for Rivers (Memento des Originals vom 5 October 2017 im Internet Archive) In: Addieu, 8. September 2017. Abgerufen am 11. September 2017 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  30. ↑ Vorlage:Cite website
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  32. ↑ Indian economy not ready for a startup epidemic: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Live Mint, 28. November 2017, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  33. ↑ Karnataka, Isha Foundation join hands to plant 25 crore saplings along riverbeds. Times of India, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  34. ↑ River conservation: Maharashtra to organize tree plantation conclave for awareness. Times of India, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  35. ↑ People, govt should join hands to save dying rivers, says Sadhguru. Tribune India, 29. September 2017, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  36. ↑ Bikash Singh: Assam government inks MOU with Isha Foundation In: Economic Times, 18. Dezember 2017. Abgerufen im 4 January 2018 
  37. ↑ a b Niti Aayog CEO-led group to study Isha Foundation's proposals. Times of India, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  38. ↑ It is our responsibility to hold rainfall and allow it to flow 365 days: Sadhguru. The Hitavada, archiviert vom Original am 22. Dezember 2017; abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  39. ↑ PMO asks NITI Aayog to examine Isha Foundation's river revival plan. DNA India, 12. Dezember 2017, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  40. ↑ Rally for Rivers discussed at Global Landscapes Forum. Outlook India, abgerufen am 4. Januar 2018.
  41. ↑ Indians are incapable of being fanatics In: gulfnews.com. Abgerufen im 26 July 2019 (englisch). 
  42. ↑ Cauvery Calling: NGOs urge Leonardo DiCaprio to withdraw support In: The Hindu, 25. September 2019. Abgerufen am 7. Oktober 2019 (indisches Englisch). 
  43. ↑ Civil Society Groups Ask Leonardo DiCaprio to Revoke Support for 'Cauvery Calling'. In: The Wire. Abgerufen am 14. Oktober 2019.
  44. ↑ N Ram questions Jaggi Vasudev's Cauvery Calling, asks why it shifts goal posts In: The News Minute. Abgerufen am 2. Januar 2020 
  45. ↑ Mustafa Plumber: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Fund Collection For 'Cauvery Calling' Project. In: www.livelaw.in. 18. September 2019, abgerufen am 7. Oktober 2019 (englisch).
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  47. ↑ PIL to cap cash collection for 'Cauvery Calling' project. In: The New Indian Express. Abgerufen am 7. Oktober 2019.
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