SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
- By: Rajat Pillai (Author)
- Binding : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 336 pages
- Size : 12.9 x 1.2 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-13: 978-9386867582
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AD 379.
The Gupta dynasty is stepping into its golden age
But the past holds many dark secrets...
After long and bloody wars, Samrat Samudragupta sits on the pinnacle of an empire. yet, close to his throne are hearts filled with revenge, scheming to bring him down.
Into this gathering storm arrives Chandragupta, the king’s long-lost son. As he settles into his new life devastating family secrets surface, old wounds are reopened and Chandra can no longer trust anyone – least of all those closest to him. Bizarre and sinister incidents abound as palace conspiracies unravel plunging Rajgriha into a pit of chaos.
Will the son pay for the sins of his father?
Yoddha: The Dynasty of Samudragupta unfolds the murky loves and lies of one of the most illustrious clans in history.
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- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Shri R. S. Bhogal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 170
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 818948561X
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485610
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Yoga and Cardiovascular Management is a compilation of the discussions between Swamiji and a group of French medical experts, physicians and yoga teachers who shared their views on yoga and the medical management of cardiovscular disease. The discussions shed light on the yogic approach to managing the whole range of heart and vascular diseases in relation to the medical view point. Both yoga and Medicine are sciences in their own right and while they complement each other in managing disease, yoga is shown to embrace the whole individual nature in getting to the root and cause of the disease.
In addition to cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer are also included, giving the yogic explanation and management techniques with scientific back up. The research data was correlated by an Australian Doctor, and the scientific disposition and language make the Book ideal for both medical scientists and lay people alike
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- Publisher : Yoga Publications Trust
- Edition : December 1, 2001
- Pages : 135
- Weight : 210g.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches inches
- Cover : Paperback
- Auther : Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Language : English
- ISBN : 978-8185787268, 8185787263
Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Shri. R. S. Bhogal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2012
- Pages : 136
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485652
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485658
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Shri. R. S. Bhogal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2011
- Pages : 56
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485644
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485641
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SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Theosophical Publishing House Adyar, Chennai
- By : Ravi Ravindra
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 390
- Weight : 650 gm.
- Size : 21.8 x 13.8 x 2.3
- ISBN-10: 8170593174
- ISBN-13: 978-8170593171
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This is a compilation of some of the essays which Ravi Ravindra, a scientist-philosopher, has written over more than a quarter of a century. These essays have been published in a variety of journals and magazines, some of which are not not easily accessible. Brief excerpts from some of his books, Whispers from the Other Shore, Science and Spirit, The Yoga of he Christ, and Krishnamurti: Two Birds on one Tree, are also included in the collection.Each of the selections here is influenced by yoga and the teaching of Krishna; all of them speak of and are related to the wisdom of the spiritual traditions of India. They range from an exploration of Rta in the Rig Veda and its relation to yagna and dharma in the subsequent tradition to a reflection upon the influence of the Indian tradition
on contemporary spiritual masters such as J.Krishnamurti and C.I.Gurdieff. Some of the essays deal exclusively with the great texts of India, such as the Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita, while some deal with the parallels which can be found with texts from other traditions, such as The Enneads of Plotinus and The Godspel according to Saint John.
Other essays discuss the interaction of modern science and the spiritual traditions of Indian and their impact on the life of humanity. Ravindra is at home in the East and in the West; he understands hymns in Vedic Sanskrit and nuances of relativistic cosmology, ad he brings insights from both sources. He shares his passionate inquiry about the meaning and purpose of human life and of the cosmos that we might discover if we could hear more subtly and seem ore deeply. In this, he exhibits a remarkable impartiality which searches for and delights in truth and wisdom where ever they can be found, without an argument for or an exclusive interest in any sect, religion or tradition.
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Yoga is the steadiness of the mind, with the annihilation of the mental states, into a particular type of graduated state leading to self-realization. The earliest exponent of this system called Rajayoga, the highest of all yoga's as distinguished from Hathayoga and Mantrayoga was Patanjali who wrote Aphorisms on Yoga in 150 B.C. The present treatise relates to the system of Rajayoga as enunciated by Patanjali and explained by his commentators Vyasa, Vacaspati, Vijnanabhiksu and others. It deals with the foundation of the yoga practices their philosophical, psychological, cosmological, ethical and religious doctrines. It compares the essential features of the yoga system with other systems of philosophical thought and establishes, in particular, its affinity to the system of Samkhya. The work consists of fifteen chapters divided into two parts bound in one volume. Part I (Chapters I-VII) deals with Yoga Metaphysics, delineating mainly the characteristics and functions of Prakrti and Purusa, the reality of the external world and the process of Evolution. Part II (Chapters VIII-XV) expounds Yoga Ethics and Practice with emphasis on Yoga method stages of Samadhi and kindred topics. This study is documented with a preface giving an outline of the topic, an appendix on Sphota, the relation of words with their ideas and things and a general index. Contents is Book I. Yoga Metaphysics, Prakrti, Purusha, Thereality of the external world,the process of evolution, the evolution of the categories, evolution and change of qualities, evolution and God, Book II. Yoga ethics and practice, mind and moral states, the theory of karma, the ethical problem, yoga practice, the yogangas, stages of samadhi, God in yoga, matter and mind, Appendix, Index.
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- Product Code: BK11578
- Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
- Edition : February 5, 2007
- Pages : 200
- Weight : 250 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
- Cover : Paperback
- Auther : Surendra Nath Dasgupta
- Language : English
- ISBN: 8120802187, 978-8120802186
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Divine Life Society
- By : Swami Sivananda
- Cover : Papaerback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2004
- Pages : 164
- Weight : 450 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8170520088
- ISBN-13: 978-8170520085
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Yoga Asanas have acquired an importance which has a twofold character. They are not only a set of all-round physical exercises but a preparatory stage for the practice of Yoga. A profusely illustrated handbook on important Asanas for beginners, with a section devoted for Pranayama practice.Both the Hatha Yoga and the Raja Yoga prescribe these techniques of Asanas for the purification of the body and the setting of it in tune with the nervous equilibrium that is necessary for engaging oneself in the higher concentration. Yoga Asanas thus form the very foundation of Yoga proper. Well illustrated the book will help the beginner to a great extent.
About the Author
No saint or sage in the history of the world has such a prolific literary output to his credit,in addition to the building up of a world-wide organization.Even dynamic political leaders have confessed often that the exigencies of administration keep them away from literary pursuits.It is only Swami Sivananda,who has been able to keep a continuous flow of spiritual literature,in spite of being busily engaged in the administration of the Divine Life Society. The secret,according to him,lies in being able to switch his mind on,at will,from one task to another,without the least difficulty and with great advantage.
Sri Swami Sivanandas writings are characteristic in being free from the rigid technical nomenclature and the austere logic usually met with in texts dealing with super-mundane matters and in thus being acfessible even to the most non-intellectual type of aspirants.
A medico by profession,Swami Sivananda moved towards spirituality and established the Sivananda Ashram at Rishikesh in the year 1934.
His lucid teachings and writings atracted many and the Ashram became one of the most revered spirituality centres.
Many of his disciples established their Ashrams decvoting themselves to the propogation of the teachings of their master.
One such,Swami Satyananda Saraswati,established the internationally famous Bihar School of Yoga and produced many master peices on the subject like asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha and other titles,best sellers on amazon.com
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From the Back of the Book:
Yoga Chudamani Upanishad is a manual of higher sadhana for advanced and initated aspirants. It delineates the ancient path of kundalini awakening in its original and pure form before the proliferation of modern yogic literature. The text elucidates a unique combination of kundalini yoga and vedantic upasana. It discusses the nadis, prana vayus, chakras and kundalini Shakti, and also provides detailed descriptions of ajapa gayatri and pranava, which are older vedic and upanishadic meditative disciplines.
The text includes the original Sanskrit verses, along with transliteration, anvay, translation and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati under the guidance of Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. For students of Indian philosophy, it provides a valuable study of the compatibility of Yoga and Vedanta, or the tantric and vedic systems of philosophy and practice.
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The Yoga Upanishads represent an important cultural merging of the vedantic and tantric traditions, which were earlier conceived as opposed to one another, but are here shown to be complementary systems. Yoga has its ancient origins in Tantra, and the yogic practices and physiology are all based in this tradition. The Yoga Upanishads deal with the major yogic aspects of Tantra, such as: kundalini, laya, nada, mantra and hatha. These texts further detail and describe how the yogic practices culminate in the vedantic realization of the Self as Atma/Brahman, or one with the absolute reality.
The Yoga Upanishads were composed after the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and form an important part of the classical yoga literature. Their number varies between twenty and twenty-two. The following texts are generally listed among this group: 1. Advayataraka, 2. Amritanada, 3. Amritabindu, 4. Brahmavidya, 5. Darshana, 6. Dhyanabindu, 7. Hamsa, 8. Kshurika, 9. Maha Vakya, 10. Mandalabrahmana, 11. Nadabindu, 12. Pashupatabrahmana, 13. Shandilya, 14. Tejobindu, 15. Trjshjkhjbrahmana, 16. Va ra ha, 17. Yoga Chudamani, 18. Yogakundali, 19. Yogaraja, 20. Yogashikha, 21. Yogatattwa.
An exact time line for the upanishadic body of yogic literature is difficult to assign. The earliest Upanishads are certainly pre-Patanjali and were probably composed between the completion of the vedic hymns around 1000 BC and the Classical Yoga period which arose around 300 BC. There is no doubt that the Yoga Upanishads were composed later and belong to the post-Patanjali era because of the term ashtanga yoga, which is used in all of these texts. However, no references to Patanjali or his Yoga Sutras are found in any of these Upanishads. In the early Upanishads, like Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya, different vidyas or meditative disciplines are described, but nowhere were they codified as in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Therefore, when inter-rivalries arose between the different philosophical systems, including the Classical Yoga system, the Vedantic thinkers must have felt the need to reveal these secret yogic doctrines in book form. This marks the emergence of the Yoga Upanishads. Although the time of compilation of these Upanishads is post-Patanjali, the vidyas or meditative disciplines contained within them are pre-Patanjali. The Yoga Upanishads were written by Vedantic scholars in order to show that these vidyas and related practices were not borrowed from Patanjali but were known and practiced from the ancient period.
Yoga Chudamani is the ‘Crown jewel of Yoga’. Chudamani is comprised of two words: chuda and mani. The word chuda means ‘crown’ and also refers to the tuft of hair which is worn at the top back of the head by the Brahmin priests. The word mani means jewel’. Yoga Chudamani is a unique and concise text comprised of one hundred and twenty-one mantras which deal with the practices of kundalini yoga as a means to attain the heights of Vedanta philosophy. The author and origins of this text are unknown, but it is connected with Sama Veda and probably dates back to the period between 700 and 1000 AD, when the ancient tantric tradition had regained popularity and was undergoing a period of revival. Yoga Chudamani is an ancient text in which no clear demarcation between the early systems of hatha yoga and kundalini yoga is found. Some scholars have, therefore, related the practical contents of this text with hatha yoga, whereas in context these practices are actually part of kundalini yoga, as they deal directly with the awakening of the pranas, nadis, chakras and kundalini. In early times, when the seers of the Upanishads were exposed to tantric theories and practice, kundalini yoga comprised all the practices of hatha yoga, except for the original six purifying practices, which were known as Shatkarma.
Hatha yoga was regarded as a physical and pranic purification system, whereas kundalini yoga was an esoteric system which involved the awakening of latent psychic energies only known and practiced by adepts. Gradually, over time, all the asana, pranayama, mudra and bandha components of kundalini yoga were absorbed into the system of hatha yoga, because of their physical nature. The relationship between hatha and kundalini yoga was often not recognized by later scholars and, therefore, the pranic and psychic emphasis of the practices was gradually lost. The Yoga Chudamani is, therefore, an important source of yogic literature which reminds us of the esoteric purpose of many kundalini yoga practices that have come to be regarded as hatha yoga.
The text begins with the six limbs of yoga: asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi, and then goes on to describe the six chakras, sixteen adharas (bases), three lakshyas (aims) and five vyomas (spaces) of yoga. This part of the text has a strong affinity with the science of Tantra and deals in depth with the lower chakras — mooladhara, swadhisthana and manipura, which are often not mentioned in other upanishadic or classical yogic text because of their relation with the instinctive nature. Special emphasis is given to the origin, location and function of the ten major nadis, or energy channels, including ida, pingala and sushumna. The prana vayus are also discussed in detail and in relation to jiva, the soul, and guna, the constituents of Prakriti. Next the text provides a description of ajapa gayatri, which is an older vedic and upanishadic vidya showing the harmonious integration of these two ancient systems.
Following these detailed discussions on yogic physiology and ajapa gayatri, the kundalini shakti is described along with its pathway, method of awakening and the necessary dietary and disciplinary observances. The text further deals with the theory of the red and white bindus, rajas and shukla, which represent the vital and conscious as well as the female and male forces. This is an important tantric concept which actually completes the theory of kundalini, but has been omitted from many of the later yogic texts due to its association with the sexual aspects of Tantra. The processes of retention and reversal of the bindus are clearly described here along with the relevant practices utilized in the different stages of this process. In this context several important mudras and bandhas, such as khechari, vajroli, maha mudra, jalandhara, moola and uddiyana, are described in detail.
At this point the text takes a more Vedantic turn and discusses the states of consciousness in relation to Pranava or Aum and how Brahman manifests in the form of Pranava. The meaning and symbology of Pranava are described in elaborate detail in accordance with the Vedantic system of philosophy and practice. This discussion further points out the relation between the three major deities, the three shaktis or powers, and the three lokas or dimensions of existence, with the three letters, ‘A’, ‘U’ and ‘M’, comprising the Aum mantra. The importance of Pranava as an uasana, or meditative discipline, which leads the practitioner into the subtle sphere of nada yoga, is further explained along with its benefits.
After this, the text again takes a different turn. Pranava is followed by discussions on the importance of the control and retention of Prana which result in longevity. In order to control and retain prana the practice of Pranayama is a necessity. Here the methods of Pranava Pranayama Chandra bheda surya bheda, nadi shodhana and kumbhaka are described along with their particular esoteric significance and forms of concentration which are not found in other yogic or upanishadic texts. Finally the text draws to a close with further discussion on the limbs of yoga their benefits and progression bringing it back again to the topic on which it had begun. Bu this time however the reader has become a participator in the yogic process and not just an intellectual observer.
Yoga Chudamani is a manual of higher sadhana which is meant for advanced and initiated aspirants. It delineates the ancient path of kundalini awakening in its original and pure form before the proliferation of more modern yogic literature. Mantra by mantra the texts points out the necessary means of transformation which lead to an experience of the deeper aspects of Yoga sadhana and its culmination in the expansion of consciousness and self realization. Thereby the text becomes a practical and experiential proof of the compatibility of Yoga and Vedanta or the tantric and Vedic systems of philosophy and practice.
Specification
- Publisher : Yoga Publications Trust
- Edition : December 2003
- Pages : 315
- Weight : 410g.
- Size : 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
- Cover : Paperback
- Auther : Swami Satyadharma
- Language : English
- ISBN : 978-8186336274, 8186336273
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- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2002
- Pages : 486
- Weight : 850 gm.
- Size : 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485326
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485320
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2005
- Pages : 583
- Weight : 1 kg.
- Size : 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485334
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485337
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2004
- Pages : 286
- Weight : 550 gm.
- Size : 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485342
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485344
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 568
- Weight : 1.200 kg.
- Size : 9.7 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485385
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485382
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 2004
- Pages : 495
- Weight : 850 gm.
- Size : 9.3 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485318
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485313
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Specification:
- Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
- By : Robert Butera (Author), Erin Byron (Author), Staffan Elgelid (Author)
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 352 pages
- Weight :
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-13 :9386348837
- ISBN-13 :978-9386348838
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"Create a Personalized Holistic Plan to Balance Your Life
A step-by-step guide to holistic change
Comprehensive and accessible no matter your skill level, Yoga for Stress and Anxiety will create a stress-free life for you. Through practice and the lesser-known lifestyle aspects of yoga, you will learn to face any kind of situation calmly.
Incorporating exercises, breathing techniques, meditation and many other tools, this guide provides effective methods for repairing areas of imbalance and identifying your needs. Learn about the five yogic paths of psychology, intellect, health, work and relationships. Apply a variety of yoga postures for relaxation, improved attitude and sleep, self-acceptance and more. Achieve wellness in your mind, body and soul with the transformative power of a whole-lifestyle approach.
This book also offers a personalized approach to recovering from anxiety and transforming stress into ease. It is for everyone, no matter your age, beliefs or physical fitness.
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- Product Code :BK9039
- Weight : 500 gm.
- Author : Yatentra Dutt Amoli
- ISBN : 9383721820, 978-9383721825
- Publisher :Chaukhamba Sanskrit Prakashan
- Edition :2016
- Cover :Hardcover
- Language :English
- Pages :20+142
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- About the Book
Kashmir Saivism constitutes the central Philosophy of the entire tantric wisdom. From vasugupta to Abhinavagupta, we have a systematic approach in the Philosophy and practice of this system. In the same way Yoga plays the central role among the practices of Indian Philosophies and Patanjalis contribution makes its systematic understanding.
This books aims to bringing Patanjala Yoga and Kashmir Saivas yogic approaches together without making any critical conversation of differences. Even, Divergences and convergences observed in both system give us a vision to look into the internal agreements or interaction between them. Hence, this book gives an understanding of Kashmir Saivistic Yoga in the light of structured scheme of Patanjala Yoga.
This work also gives a systematic approach for the higher practices of Kashmir Saiva as a yogic discipline without disturbing the original scheme.
- About the Author
Dr. Yatendra Dutt Amoli has his graduation purely in Science stream and got his Masters degree in yoga Philosopy and did his Ph.D. in Kashmir Saivism. He turned his attention on the Tantric school in general and Kashmir Saivism in particular and also learned major philosophical concepts of Kashmir Saivism under the guidance of Prof. Navjivan Rastogi, Pt. Vrija Vallabha Dwivedi and Pt. Hemendra Nath Chakravarti.
Presently as an Asst. Professor, Dr, Yatendra is teaching Yoga, Tantra and Vedanta Philosophies at Dev Sanskrit University, Haridwar (Uttarakhand-India)
- Introduction
A great thinker of Hindu traditions of sadhana and philosophy Gopinath Kaviraj once remarked, It is a truism that every system of theocratic culture in India has behind it a
consistently evolved system of philosophical though
Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 258
- Weight : 360 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485504
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485504
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Swami Maheshananda, B. R. Sharma, G. S. Sahay, R. K. Bodhe
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1991
- Pages : 325
- Weight : 650 gm.
- Size : 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485296
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485290
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : G. S. Sahay, Subodh Tiwari
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : 72
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-10: 8189485512
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485511
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Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : R. S. Bhogal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2017
- Pages : 136
- Weight : 360 gm.
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485511
Description:
An In-depth understanding of yoga and psychology has been delineated so
as to perceive in synthesis of both the sciences towards bridging them, in the
process of evolving further the science of Yoga Psychology, towards
highlighting the significance of experiential modes of yoga practices for the
purpose of tapping fully all potential advantages of yoga in solving our life
related problems, before achieving a complete state of jubilant holistic
health.
Foreword
Yoga Sadhaka and the visionary yogi scientist as he was, Swami
Kuvalayananda ji had perceived the importance of approaching yoga through
scientific and psychological understanding, as way back as in 1924. Swami ji
was passionate about engaging practical sessions in yoga often himself, as he
always thought of integrating research findings of the institute's scientific
laboratory into practical teaching classes. Him self having an illustrious
educational background he always insisted on a thorough study of yoga
practices on scientific lines. It is noteworthy that all his 84 odd research
articles and three books he authored reflected his panache for presenting his
research findings and original views with a psychological penchant. To him
psychology is part and parcel of communicating yoga science as he always
insisted, the physical side is only a minor aspect of yoga which is chiefly
mental and spiritual." His literary articles on yoga also reflected
psychological orientation to the subject matter he dealt with. He was an
expert teacher of Patanjala Yoga and Hatha Yoga alike. In my studentship at
the institutional yoga college for 2-year course Yoga Pravistha, I found him
dealing with the psychological nuances of subtler concepts of Patanja
The Yoga-Sutra is a significant landmark in the protracted evolution of the yogic tradition. It formed the foundation text for an extensive commentarial literature stretching from the Yoga-Bhasya of Vyasa to modern traditionalist interpretations in Hindi and other Indic vernaculars as well as various European languages, notably English.
The present volume by Swami Veda Bharati provides a learned commentary on the second chapter of the Yoga-Sutra i.e., Sadhana Pada. This contains the core of Patanjali’s philosophical and meta-psychological framework, and it also defines both the components of kriya-yoga and the first five components of eight limbed astanga-yoga. This chapter demonstrates very clearly that in Yoga, theory and practice form a homogenous whole. The theoretical concepts were largely distilled from practical experience and, in turn, informed further experimentation on the path. How could we hope to travel the path mapped out by Patanjali without recourse to such pregnant concepts as citta, vrtti, pratyaya, samskara, vasana, asaya, nirodha, parinama, guna, pratiprasava? All these ideas were shaped in the intense practice environment of Yoga over many generations.
Swami Veda Bharati brings to his exegesis a singular sensitivity and wonderful comprehension of yogic concepts, which are rooted in his extensive traditional training as a Sanskrit scholar and also his personal yogic practice. This latest contribution to our comprehension of Patanjali’s teachings takes us a lot further than other similar endeavors.
About the Author
Born in a Sanskrit-speaking family in 1933, Swam Veda Bharati started teaching the Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali from 1942, at the age of nine. In 1946 a number of article appeared in the Hindi press proclaiming this child prodigy's exceptional knowledge of the Vedas. He then began to be invited to address crowds of thousand as well as colleges and universities throughout north India.
From February 1947 he travelled worldwide giving discourses and establishing meditation centres. He has, to his credit. 4,000 hours of recorded lectures on history, philosophy and practices of meditation and has written eighteen boo including a 1,500 page commentary on the first two padas of the Yoga-Sutras, a highly scholarly and meticulous work.
Between 1965 and 1967 he obtained all his degree: BA (Honours) London, MA (London), D.Litt. (Holland), and FARS. He has varying degree of depth in seventeen languages.
In 1969 he met his yoga guru Swami Rama of Himalayas (author of Living with Himalayan Masters) who initiated him into the highest path of dhyana-Yoga.
Swami Veda Bharati taught meditation from within the religious. spiritual and literary traditions of different world cultures-from China to Africa to different parts of Europe. In each culture he taught meditation from within that culture, for example, in Italy he taught Dante' Il Paradiso as a text of the experience of divine light in meditation; he was visited by masters of the Sufi orders; and has forty-five hours of recordings of lectures on Christian tradition of meditation.
He has also been engaged in neurological research in meditation and maintains a sophisticated laboratory in his asrama for testing brain waves and other neuro-physiological patterns during meditation.
He run over fifty meditation groups and centres in twenty-five countries; hold the prestigious title of Mahamandalesvara in the community of the Swami Order of monks. He was spiritual guide to two asramas in Rishikesh where seekers from twenty-five countries come to learn meditation and undergo varying periods of guided silence.
Swami Veda Bharati also maintained keen interest in the relationship of science and meditation, run a research laboratory practices of meditation.
In that context, he has been the subject of several experiments in the neurology of meditation in institutions like the Institute of Noetic Sciences, California; in a unique experiment, sitting outside a Faraday Chamber, nine times in a row, proving the power of the volition of consciousness over material energies. The result of this experiments have been published in the Scientific Press.
He spent much of his time travelling worldwide, lecturing and participating in relevant conferences and giving guidance to sixty meditation groups on all continents. Swamiji passed away on July 14th, 2015 in Rishikesh at his asrama.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Om Books International
- By : Swami Vivekananda
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2020
- Pages : 464 pages
- Weight : 330 g
- Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-10 : 9353764815
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353764814
DESCRIPTION:
Swami Vivekananda combines the yogas of the Bhagat Gita and patanjali's yoga sutras, with the wisdom of India's rich philosophical tradition in yoga: the spiritual path, a definitive guide to self-realization
Specification:
- Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
- By : Georg Feuerstein PhD (Author), Brenda Feuerstein (Author)
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : 144 pages
- Weight :
- Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-13 : 978-8184956245
Description
New Enlarged Edition Though he is considered one of the foremost of India’s philosophers, Shankara is also one of the most misunderstood. Much of the misunderstanding of Shankara’s position may be due to the absence of a lucid presentation of his life and works in a comprehensive and readable form. This short monograph is an attempt to meet that need for the benefit of those who have no previous acquaintance with philosophy. Shankara was one of the most subtle of Indian philosophers, and though for him intellectual dexterity was not an end in itself, the reader will find some reasoning worthy of his steel in the following pages.
Specification:
- Publisher : Kaivalyadhama
- by : Manohar Laxman Gharote Shrimant Kumar Ganguly
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : Hindi
- Edition : 2001
- Pages : 138
- Weight : 360 gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
- ISBN-10: 8189485253
- ISBN-13: 978-8189485252