Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliThis valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic Sutras (thought-threads), at least 4,000 years old, cover the yogic teachings on ethics, meditation, and physical postures, and provide directions for dealing with situations in daily life. |
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Page 147
... DHĀRANĀ DHYĀNA SAMĀDHAYO ' STAV ANGĀNI . = Yama abstinence ; niyama = observance ; asana posture ; pranayama = breath control ; pratyahara = withdrawal of senses ; dharana = concentration ; dhyana = meditation ; samadhayah ...
... DHĀRANĀ DHYĀNA SAMĀDHAYO ' STAV ANGĀNI . = Yama abstinence ; niyama = observance ; asana posture ; pranayama = breath control ; pratyahara = withdrawal of senses ; dharana = concentration ; dhyana = meditation ; samadhayah ...
Page 201
... dharana = concentration . Dharana is the binding of the mind to one place , object or idea . When the chittam or sum - total of mind is being bound by one thing or bound in one place , it is in dharana . In other words , in dharana you ...
... dharana = concentration . Dharana is the binding of the mind to one place , object or idea . When the chittam or sum - total of mind is being bound by one thing or bound in one place , it is in dharana . In other words , in dharana you ...
Page 210
... [ dharana , dhyana and samadhi ] are more internal than the preceding five limbs . In the Ashtanga Yoga , dharana , dhyana and samadhi are the more antaranga or inner practices . Even to practice yama and niyama , you need the outside ...
... [ dharana , dhyana and samadhi ] are more internal than the preceding five limbs . In the Ashtanga Yoga , dharana , dhyana and samadhi are the more antaranga or inner practices . Even to practice yama and niyama , you need the outside ...
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actions ahimsa Ashtanga Yoga atom beautiful become Bhagavad Gita birth body Book breath bring called cause chitta comes completely concentration consciousness Cosmic created desire dharana dhyana discrimination energy everything example experience feel Gita gunas Guru happen happy Hatha Yoga Hindu ignorance impressions Integral Yoga Isvara japa jivanmukta jnanam kaivalyam karma klesas knowledge Kriya Kriya Yoga liberated light lives Lord mantram mastery means meditation mental mind mind-stuff modifications Narada nature never non-attachment object obstacles Once Pada pain Patanjali Patanjali gives peace perience person practice Prakriti prana pranayama prarabda pure purity Purusha Raja Yoga realize saint samadhi samyama Sanskrit sattva savitarka scriptures seed Seer selfish senses siddhis sound spiritual subtle supreme Swami Swami Satchidananda tapas Tatah things thought true truth understand unmanifested vritti words yama Yoga Sutras Yogi Yogic