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Authors: Annie Besant
ISBN-13: 9781604502091, ISBN-10: 1604502096
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Arc Manor
Date Published: April 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
An outline of Yoga philosophy.
Lecture I. | The Nature of Yoga | 1 |
1. | The Meaning of the Universe | 1 |
2. | The Unfolding of Consciousness | 4 |
3. | The Oneness of the Self | 7 |
4. | The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment | 7 |
5. | Yoga is a Science | 10 |
6. | Man a Duality | 14 |
7. | States of Mind | 18 |
8. | Samadhi | 20 |
9. | The Literature of Yoga | 24 |
10. | Some Definitions | 28 |
11. | God Without and God Within | 31 |
12. | Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter | 32 |
13. | Mind | 36 |
14. | Stages of Mind | 37 |
15. | Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness | 40 |
16. | The Cloud | 42 |
Lecture II. | Schools of Thought | 45 |
1. | Its Relation to Indian Philosophies | 48 |
2. | Mind | 67 |
3. | The Mental Body | 70 |
4. | Mind and Self | 73 |
Lecture III. | Yoga as Science | 77 |
1. | Methods of Yoga | 77 |
2. | To the Self by the Self | 80 |
3. | To the Self through the Not-Self | 84 |
4. | Yoga and Morality | 87 |
5. | Composition of States of the Mind | 92 |
6. | Pleasure and Pain | 98 |
Lecture IV. | Yoga as Practice | 108 |
1. | Inhibition of States of Mind | 109 |
2. | Meditation with and without Seed | 114 |
3. | The Use of Mantras | 120 |
4. | Attention | 121 |
5. | Obstacles to Yoga | 124 |
6. | Capacities for Yoga | 125 |
7. | Forthgoing and Returning | 131 |
8. | Purification of Bodies | 138 |
9. | Dwellers on the Threshold | 141 |
10. | Preparation for Yoga | 147 |
11. | The End | 149 |