Râja Yoga: Being Lectures by the Swâmi Vivekananda, with Patanjali’s Aphorisms, Commentaries and a Glossary of Terms PDF
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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: YOGA Volume 7 RÂJA YOGA RÂJA YOGA Being Lectures by the Swâmi Vivekananda with Patanjali’s Aphorisms, Commentaries and a Glossary of Terms SWÂMI VIVEKANANDA First published in 1922 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. This edition first published in 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-138-35089-2 (Set) ISBN: 978-0-429-39773-8 (Set) (ebk) ISBN: 978-0-367-02748-3 (Volume 7) (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-39802-5 (Volume 7) (ebk) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY RAJA YOGA BEING LECTURES BY T~E " S·WAMI VIVEKANAND/A WITH'PATANJALI'S APHORISMS, COMMENTARIES AND A GLOSSARY OF TERMS LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & Co.~ LTD., BROADWAY HOUS~, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. SSWW�A�AMMII VVIIVVEEKKAANNAANNDDAA RREEPPRREESSEENNTTAATTIIVVEE OOFF TTHHEE HHIINNDDUU RREELLIIGGIIOONN AATT TTHHEE WWOORRLLDD''SS PPAARRLLIIAAMMEENNTT OOFF RREELLIIGGIIOONNSS,, HHEELLDD IINN CCHHIICCAAGGOO,, 11889933 EACH SOUL I$ POTEN'riALLY DIVINE. . THE GOAL IS Tb MANIFEST THIS DIVINITY WITHIN, BY CON· TROLLING NATURE. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL. Do THIS EITHER BY WORK, OR WORSHIP, OR PSYCHIC CON· TROL, OR PHILOSOPHY, BY ONE~ OR MORE, OR ALL OF THESE AND BE FRER. THIS IS THE V\THOLE OE RELIGION~ DOCTRINES, OR DOGMAS, OR RITUALS, O·;R BOOI{S, OR TEMPLES, OR FORMS, ARE· BU'I SECONDARY DETAILS. [viq PREFACE SINCE the dawn of history, various extraordinary phenomena have been recorded as happening amongst . . ' . human beings. Witnesses are not wanting in modern times to attest to the-fact of such events, even in socie ties living under the full blaze of modern.. science. The vast mass ·of such evidence is unreliable, as coming from ignorant, superstitious, or fraudulent persons. In many instances the so-called miracles are imitations. But what do they imitate ? It is not the sign of a candid and scientific mind anything without to~throw,overboatd proper investigation. Surface scientists, unable to ex p~ain the vari9us extraordinary . mental phenomena, strive to ignore their very existence. They are, there. .. fore, more culpable . than those who think that their prayers are answered· by a being, or ·beings, above. the clouds, or than those believe that their petitions ~ho will make such beings change the course of the uni verse. The latter have the excuse of ignorance, or at least of a false system of education in their childhood, which bas taught them to depend upon such beings for. [ix]
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