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 194
... senses ; pratyaharah = abstraction . When the senses withdraw themselves from the objects and imitate , as it were , the nature of the mind - stuff , this is pratyahara . With pranayama the mind is still not completely fit because there ...
... senses ; pratyaharah = abstraction . When the senses withdraw themselves from the objects and imitate , as it were , the nature of the mind - stuff , this is pratyahara . With pranayama the mind is still not completely fit because there ...
Page 195
... senses are like a mirror - turned outward they reflect the outside , turned inward they reflect the pure light . By themselves the senses are innocent but when allowed to turn outside they attract everything and transfer those messages ...
... senses are like a mirror - turned outward they reflect the outside , turned inward they reflect the pure light . By themselves the senses are innocent but when allowed to turn outside they attract everything and transfer those messages ...
Page 197
... senses . By the proper practice of pratyahara your senses come fully under your control . They become obedient horses , taking you wherever you want . You become a complete master over them . We shouldn't think we lose anything by ...
... senses . By the proper practice of pratyahara your senses come fully under your control . They become obedient horses , taking you wherever you want . You become a complete master over them . We shouldn't think we lose anything by ...
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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