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Douglas Crowther

· August 2, 2016

Like a teeny weeny little pond of half-baked ideas mashed up in a peculiar Libertarian soup. Adam Smith didn't espouse even half the views vomited by the numpt...ies on this page. He spent much of his professional life working for the government and spoke of the need to implement regulation in things like banking and fire codes in buildings. He said public works should be publicly funded. He wrote at length about morality. The simpletons and simple-mindedness on this page are unrepresentative of both Smith and his ideas. Smith and his ideas were more human, more complex and more nuanced. Though this audience would grasp none of that. See More

William Bates

· November 1, 2016

Looking forward to the 3rd December. It's great to see an organisation that is unafraid to stand up for Adam Smith's values of entrepreneurship , capitalism, an...d neoliberalism and defend the free market. The ASI, alongside the IEA , is one of the foremost organisations fighting for small, efficient government in the UK. See More

Philipp Rožipal

· June 28, 2016

"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people" - Adam Smith

The Adam Smith Institut...e fights big government, corporatism and centralization. It also offers much support material to climb the intellectual mountain of economics, it gives you the key to enlighten the polito-economic fog of corruption and state nepotism. The Adam Smith Institute is an opportunity to learn about free market economics, especially for normal people and not only intellectual elites. Five out of five.

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Ryan Baron

· June 20, 2016

Excellent Institution promoting the best free markets and the capitalist system have to offer. Much more practical and real world business oriented than most think tanks.

Khehla Mofokeng

· March 18, 2016

I think we still lack knowledge to reach the level that is in necessity to play such effective role like Adam Smith,Karl Max and John Maynard Keynes in the econ...omic world, if we did had that we would ve probably see the world of economy becomes a better place for trading conditions expressed globally..
Smith who wrote books like "The theory of moral sentiments and An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations" really his idea of capitalism and neoclassical school which is still active today have a bigger picture and a seeable impact on today's economic systems. See More

Brian Mullan

· November 22, 2016

Right libertarian propaganda outlet appropriating the name of Adam Smith to add a veneer of legitimacy.

Marcos Miguel Navarro

· April 6, 2016

I like it, it allows me to learn about libertarianism and free market, enterprises information, ideas about saving money.

Maurice Roche

· May 29, 2016

A good alternative to mainstream media. The articles are decent and informative.

Ellie Weston

· March 16, 2016

good lads with decent banter and a can-do libertarian attitude

Naba Kumar Sinha Roy

· June 24, 2015

The Sanskrit word yoga simply means ‘union’ — of the physical and spiritual. Union of body and mind for control of body by mind is Hatha Yoga, currently the mos...t popular form of yoga. In its spiritual aspect, yoga means union of Atman, soul, with Paramatman, the Cosmic Spirit, for permanent removal of suffering and attainment of moksha, infinite bliss. This union can be achieved through various methods: Bhakti Yoga involves prayer and devotion; Mantra Yoga is through chanting and incantations of seed sounds; Laya Yoga is dissolving of ego in the Infinite; Karma Yoga is performing selfless good actions, and Jnana Yoga is all about exercising discrimination.

Yet another form of yoga, Raja Yoga, is a synthesis of all forms of yoga. This is called Ashtanga Yoga or the eight-fold path of yoga as expounded by Sage Patanjali, that enumerates eight steps to union of soul with God: Yama, moral conduct; niyama, religious observances; asana, right posture; pranayama, control of prana, subtle life currents; pratyahara, withdrawal of senses from external objects; dharana, concentration; dhyana, meditation and samadhi, superconscious experience.

Although the science of yoga was conceptualised, developed, perfected, and practised in India over millennia, but the west became aware of it only in the late 19th century when Swami Vivekananda briefly visited the US and several European countries. Later, Paramhansa Yogananda taught scientific techniques of concentration and meditation to seekers in India and in the west. He founded the Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) at Ranchi, Jharkhand in 1917, and went to the US in 1920 to participate in an International Conference of Religious Liberals. In 1925, he established the Self-realisation Fellowship (SRF) in Los Angeles. He lived in the US for three decades, giving discourses and training monks and nuns, introducing to seekers a special form of Raja Yoga, called Kriya Yoga.

Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi introduced the world to Kriya Yoga. The book is acknowledged as a spiritual classic and has been translated into 12 Indian and 22 foreign languages. More than 60 years after he left his physical form, Yogananda’s autobiography continues to transform thousands of lives around the world. Hence he is known as ‘The Father of Yoga’ in the west. Kriya Yoga became widely known in modern India through Lahiri Mahasaya, guru of Paramhansa Yogananda’s guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. Lahiri Mahasaya received it in the year 1861 from his guru Mahavatar Babaji, who rediscovered and clarified the technique for the benefit of all.

Yukteswar Giri said Kriya Yoga is an instrument through which human evolution can be quickened. The Kriya yogi mentally directs his life energy to move and revolve upward and downward, around the six spinal centres, which correspond to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac. One-half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord of an individual equals one year of natural spiritual unfoldment.

Yogananda put together 182 Yogoda Satsanga lessons to enable the teaching and learning of Kriya Yoga. These lessons include the practice of four techniques:

1Energisation exercises for recharging the body with cosmic energy
2Hong-Sau technique for developing the power of concentration and shutting off the five sense telephones for avoiding distractions during meditation
3Aum technique to attune consciousness with the sounds of subtle vibrations emitted by each chakra in the spine
4The Kriya Yoga technique: Personal guidance in the right understanding and practice of these techniques is offered to truth seekers by authorised YSS sannyasis. See More

Hunter Georgeson

· March 16, 2016

Erudite and charismatic - the think tank world's Elon Musk

Cameron Smith

· March 20, 2016

Inventors of the poll tax, creators of the 1993 rail privatisation model.
Basically plague infested rats that should be put down at the earliest opportunity.