Author: Jayadeva Yogendra
Hansaji Jayadeva Yogendra/Sadhakas
Publisher: The Yoga Institute
Year: 2015
Language: Bi-Lingual
Pages: 682
ISBN/UPC (if available): 988185053790
Description
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras belong to the classical age when a learned person thought of writing only when he was sure of the purpose. It was never so mundane as making money or writing for the sake of writing. The various aspects and studies of the subject were considered around the nucleus of the subject matter itself consisting of definition, classification, methods and evaluative results. The practical purpose behind the writing was to aid the students in attaining spiritual realisation.
It was a matter of crucial importance that only an adhikari i.e., person who was interested in attaining spiritual realization studied such classical works. This cautions us that the Yoga Sutras should be studied only by those persons who posses such an interest. The author who wrote the Yoga Sutras had a very important purpose in writing them.
The Thoughts on the Yoga Sutras of Pantajali Presented in this book are made simple and are free rendering of the talks by Dr. Jayadeva who has experienced Yoga and is Practising what he preaches.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Notes to the Reader
Yoga Sutra of Pantajali
Chapter – I Samadhi Pada
Chapter – II Sadhana Pada
Chapter – III Vibhuti Pada
Chapter – IV Kaivalya Pada
Further Readings
Scope of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Chitta
1. Mind and Consciousness
2. Analysing Our Mind (Vrittis)
3. The Divine and the Demonical Qualities
4. Yoga Philosophy and Practice
5. One-Pointed Be life in Higher Reality
6. If you Practice Yoga
7. Mind and Matter – ( Gunas and Personality – Mind)
8. Matter and Beyond Matter – (Gunas)
9. The Three Actors – (Gunas)
Eightfold Path
10. The Eight Steps of Yoga
11. The Eightfold Path
Practice and Detachment
12. Abhyasa
13. Vairagya
On Faith
14. Faith
15. The Larger Process
16. Diminishing Returns
17. Discipline and Discrimination
18. Duty
Karma & Karma Yoga
19. Idealism & Realism
20. We Create our World
21. Karma Yoga
22. Secret to Live A Joyful Life – (The ‘I’ and ‘Not I’)
Kleshas
23. Integrating Habits
24. Structural Defects of the Mind
25. Higher Reality
26. Patanjali’s View on The States of Consciousness
On Prakriti – Purusha
27. Matter and Spirit
Prana & Pranayana
28. Thoughts on Prana
29. On Pranayama
30. Theory of Prana
31. Pranayama in the Yoga Sutras
On Yamas & Niyamas
32. Yama, Niyama
33. Value of Restraint
34. Are we True to Ourselves?
35. Simple Excercises on a Yama
36. Niyamas
On Samadhi
37. From Dhyama to Samadhi
38. Samprajnata and Asamprajnata
39. Samprajna and Samapatti
40. Savitarka Samadhi
41. Nirvitarka Samadhi
42. Savichara to Nirvichara
43. Truth Bearing (Rtambhara) Consciousness
Appendix
The Entire Yoga Sutras