Glimpses of Raja Yoga: An Introduction to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras PDF
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Table of Contents Title Page Preface CHAPTER ONE - The Foundation of the Science of Raja Yoga History of the Vedic Period Rishis Ṛṣi Saṃskṛti Kṛṣi Saṃskṛti Āśrama Saṃskṛti Yoga Raja Yoga Discoveries of the Vedic Period CHAPTER TWO - The Dimension of Silence CHAPTER THREE - The Yamas 1 Ahiṃsā Satya Asteya Brahmacharya Aparigraha CHAPTER FOUR - The Yamas 2 CHAPTER FIVE - The Niyamas Śauca Santoṣa Tapas Svādhyāya Īśvara Praṇidhāna CHAPTER SIX - The Yoga of Action Tapas Svādhyāya Īśvara Praṇidhāna CHAPTER SEVEN - The Kleshas Kleśa Avidyā Asmitā Rāga-dveṣa Abhiniveśa CHAPTER EIGHT - Dharana and Dhyana Dhyāna CHAPTER NINE - Prakriti and Purusha Prakṛti Puruṣa Freedom from Ignorance—Avidyā CHAPTER TEN - Raja Yoga and the Art of Living Freedom from Attachment—Rāga Freedom from Abhiniveśa Harmonious Living Pratyāhāra Dhāraṇā Dhyāna CHAPTER ELEVEN - Purification CHAPTER TWELVE - Indications of Samadhi Appendix I: Sutras Appendix II: Glossary About the Author Index Copyright Page E-mail Sign-Up Praise for Glimpses of Raja Yoga Despite yoga’s popularity, many students are unaware of the depth of its philosophy, its roots, and its applications. Vimala Thakar offers a remedy in Glimpses of Raja Yoga: An Introduction to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. With scrupulous attention to language, she presents a clear interpretation of yoga’s timeless principles in ways that inspire and encourage. A careful reading will provide a better understanding of the basic concepts of yoga philosophy and, more important, help you to live your understanding. —Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D, P.T., author of 30 Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers By Vimala Thakar Blossoms of Friendship (2003) Glimpses of Raja Yoga (2005) Preface At the request of friends who are yoga teachers in Italy, Vimalaji gave a series of talks and answered a number of questions on Patanjali’s Raja Yoga, in Italy in 1989. Outside India, Vimalaji has never spoken about yoga or about the Upanishads with non-Indians. It was in March 1989 when some friends from Italy came over to Mount Abu and spent ten days studying Ishavasya Upanishad, that Vimalaji first spoke about the Upanishads, and after Ishavasya Upanishad, in August 1989 Vimalaji spoke about Raja Yoga in Italy. As such talks on the ancient teachings of Indian sages and rishis are being published for the first time in English, we would like to draw the attention of all our readers, inquirers, and students of yoga to the fact that during the talks Vimalaji clarified that what was being said was about Patanjali Yoga. “Vimala is not sitting here to talk about her understanding of life. She is sitting here as a teacher would sit in a class to talk about Raja Yoga, which is a philosophy of Patanjali. So with great respect I share my understanding of those aphorisms.” As these dialogues were a response to questions on different sutras, they were in no way a complete study of the Yoga Sutras. In 1996 there was a request from the Yoga teachers of Europe for an in-depth study of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Vimalaji accepted their request and in September 1996 for two weeks Vimalaji took up the study of Patanjali’s Raja Yoga. We are happy to inform our readers that a book has now been published based on those dialogues titled Yoga Beyond Meditation. —Kaiser Irani Editor
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