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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... experience . The extra - ordinary experience gained by controlling the modifications of the mind is itself called Yoga . Chittam is the sum total of mind . To have a full picture of what Patanjali means by mind , you should know that ...
... experience . The extra - ordinary experience gained by controlling the modifications of the mind is itself called Yoga . Chittam is the sum total of mind . To have a full picture of what Patanjali means by mind , you should know that ...
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... experience . Many people simply become walking libraries . They have thousands of books recorded in their brains like computers , but that doesn't mean they have actually experienced the Self . The Self cannot be known by theory alone ...
... experience . Many people simply become walking libraries . They have thousands of books recorded in their brains like computers , but that doesn't mean they have actually experienced the Self . The Self cannot be known by theory alone ...
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... experience we cannot understand or learn anything . Even books can only remind us of something we have experienced in the past . They help kindle up a fire which is already in us . The fire must be there first for the kindling stick to ...
... experience we cannot understand or learn anything . Even books can only remind us of something we have experienced in the past . They help kindle up a fire which is already in us . The fire must be there first for the kindling stick to ...
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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