How to be a Yogi E-Book

Swami Abhedananda

• Herausgeber: Youcanprint
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Swami Abhedananda (1866-1939) was a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa. He was one of the firsts to spread the message of Vedanta Philosophy into the western world. "How to Be a Yogi" is one of the most influential spiritual books of all time, a must-read for anyone interested in the art of meditation and self-realization. First published in 1902, it is a suggestive journey into the philosophy and the practice of Yoga.

Leseprobe

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTORY

WHAT IS YOGA?

HATHA YOGA

RÂJA YOGA

KARMA YOGA

BHAKTI YOGA

JNÂNA YOGA

SCIENCE OF BREATHING

WAS CHRIST A YOGI?

HOW TO BE A YOGI

by

Swâmi Abhedânanda

AUTHOR OF "INDIA AND HER PEOPLE", "SELF-KNOWLEDGE", "DIVINE HERITAGE OF MAN", "REINCARNATION", ETC.

FOURTH EDITION

PUBLISHED BY THE VEDANTA SOCIETY

135 WEST BOTH STREET NEW YORK

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1902

© David De Angelis 2017 [all rights reserved]

SWAMI ABHEDANANDA

PREFACE

THE Vedânta Philosophy includes the different branches of the Science of Yoga. Four of these have already been treated at length by the Swâmi Vivekananda in his works on "Râja Yoga," "Karma Yoga," "Bhakti Yoga," and "Jnâna Yoga"; but there existed no short and consecutive survey of the science as a whole. It is to meet this need that the present volume has been written. In an introductory chapter are set forth the true province of religion and the full significance of the word "spirituality" as it is understood in India. Next follows a comprehensive definition of the term "Yoga," with short chapters on each of the five paths to which it is applied, and their respective practices. An exhaustive exposition of the Science of Breathing and its bearing on the highest spiritual development shows the fundamental physiological principles on which the whole training of Yoga is based; while a concluding chapter, under the title "Was Christ a Yogi?" makes plain the direct relation existing between the lofty teachings of Vedânta and the religious faiths of the West. An effort has been made, so far as possible, to keep the text free from technical and Sanskrit terms; and the work should therefore prove of equal value to the student of Oriental thought and to the general reader as yet unfamiliar with this, one of the greatest philosophical systems of the world.

THE EDITOR.

INTRODUCTORY

TRUE religion is extremely practical; it is, indeed, based entirely upon practice, and not upon theory or speculation of any kind, for religion begins only where theory ends. Its object is to mould the character, unfold the divine nature of the soul, and make it possible to live on the spiritual plane, its ideal being the realization of Absolute Truth and the manifestation of Divinity in the actions of the daily life.