Demystifying Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras

Demystifying Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras

Author: Paramhansa Yogananda

Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1565895207

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What happens as we grow spiritually? Is there a step-by-step process that everyone goes through—all spiritual seekers, including those of any or no religious persuasion—as they gradually work their way upward, until they achieve the highest state of Self-realization? About 2200 years ago, a great spiritual master of India named Patanjali described this process, and presented humanity with a clear-cut, step-by-step outline of how all truth seekers and saints achieve divine union. He called this universal inner experience and process “yoga” or “union.” His collection of profound aphorisms—a true world scripture—has been dubbed Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Unfortunately, since that time many scholarly translators with little or no spiritual realization have written commentaries on Patanjali's writings that have succeeded only in burying his pithy insights in convoluted phrases like “becomes assimilated with transformations” and “the object alone shines without deliberation.” How can any reader understand Patanjali's original meaning when he or she has to wade through such bewildering terminology? Thankfully, a great modern yoga master—Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi—has cut through the scholarly debris and resurrected Patanjali's original teachings and revelations. Now, in Demystifying Patanjali, Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Yogananda, shares his guru's crystal clear and easy-to-grasp explanations of Patanjali's aphorisms. As Kriyananda writes in his introduction, “My Guru personally shared with me some of his most important insights into these sutras. During the three and a half years I lived with him, he also went with me at great length into the basic teachings of yoga. “I was able, moreover, to ask my Guru personally about many of the subjects covered by Patanjali. His explanations have lingered with me, and have been a priceless help in the [writing of this book].”


Bhakti and Philosophy

Bhakti and Philosophy

Author: R. Raj Singh

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0739114247

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Bhakti is a remarkable feature and tendency of human existence having to do with one's devoted involvement with a person, object, deity, or a creative project. Bhakti and Philosophy aims to trace the larger meanings and roles of bhakti as it historically emerged in some of the well-known thought systems of India, such as Vedanta and Buddhism.


The Power of Yoga

The Power of Yoga

Author: Yamini Muthanna

Publisher: Om Books International

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9383202017

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The Power of Yoga explores the profound nature of yoga by demystifying ancient Sanskrit texts on the subject and a plethora of philosophies governing its practice, and making them relevant to present times. While Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras provide us the roadmap to understand the way of this science, the 21 Yoga Sequences for modern lifestyle-related disorders elaborated upon in this book make it a valuable aid for the modern-day practitioner, more so since it is presented in simple language without diluting the authenticity of the techniques. Structured primarily as a Sequence Manual, this book offers customised yoga routines to help people cope better with their day-to-day demanding schedules. The sequences are also categorised and visually depicted for a better understanding. Ultimately, The Power of Yoga seeks to enlighten the readers on the deeper significance of yoga by encouraging them to further explore it as a time tested and an established science.


The Yogasūtras of Patañjali on Concentration of Mind

The Yogasūtras of Patañjali on Concentration of Mind

Author: Fernando Tola

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9788120802599

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The Yogasutra is one of the most important works of Indian culture. The present book is an attempt of interpretation of the Yogasutras based on some special criteria adopted by the authros: (1) To use the traditional commentaries as auxiliaries, not as guides, with prudence and freedom, (2) To interpret those Sutras, in which Patanjali analyzes real phenomena, as what they actually are: descriptions of facts of experience. To such an end the authors have tried to have a clear idea of the phenomena to which Patanjali refers, and in this task they have found extremely useful the descriptions of their mystical experiences by Yogis of India and Christian mystics. The book includes the Sanskrit text of the Sutras and an English translation by the authors.


Karmapa

Karmapa

Author: Lea Terhune

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0861711807

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Award-winning journalist Lea Terhune paints a portrait of an extraordinary young man who will likely play a key role in the future of Tibet & Tibetan Buddhism.


Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Author: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Publisher: Arktos

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1907166351

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are the foundational texts of the science of yoga. In this book, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a master of yoga for the 21st century, offers his own commentary on this fundamental work. "The aim of Patanjali Yoga is to set man free from the cage of matter. Mind is the highest form of matter and man freed from this dragnet of Chitta or Ahankara (mind or ego) becomes a pure being." - H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


A Recipe for Bliss

A Recipe for Bliss

Author: Carl Schmidt

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781561841592

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Kriya Yoga is a discipline which leads to Self-Realization through pranayama and meditation upon the Holy Cosmic Sound, Om. Babaji, the ageless saint dwelling in the remote regions of the Himalayas, introduced Kriya Yoga to our age through a lineage that includes Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda and many others. A Recipe for Bliss bridges the esoteric and the everyday, and draws you to the place that has no inside and no outside. It will open the doors of your perception to a new and authentic way to experience your True Self.


Bliss Now!

Bliss Now!

Author: Swami Ramananda

Publisher: Select Books (NY)

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781590790199

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All spiritual persons share the quality of Bliss. Swami Ramananda's insightful, illuminating book chronicles the remarkable spiritual journey of how he attained Bliss, and how readers can too. You can live a godly life of total happiness! Give yourself permission to feel Bliss! Learn "the yoga of laughter" from Sri Anandamayima and Swami Ramananda.