Author: Swami Sarvabhutananda
Swami Prabhananda/Several Contributors
Publisher: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 389
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788187332671
Description
Classical Yoga may be defined as yoga that is based on the instructions of the Siva-samhita, Gheranda-samhita, and Patanjala Yoga-Sutra. The word 'yoga' is derived from two roots, one meaning 'concentration' and the other meaning 'union—that is, the union of the individual self and the Supreme Self.
The word 'yoga' is derived from the same Sanskrit root as the English word 'yoke', meaning 'to join. According to Patanjala Yoga-Sutra, yoga is cittavrtti nirodha-that is, restraining the citta, or mind, from taking various forms. Here yoga Means concentration.
But in Raja-yoga, which is traditionally considered a branch of the Tantra-sastra, yoga means both concentration and union, in the sense of union of the individual self with the Supreme Self. Again, yoga is broadly divided into two parts, Hatha-yoga and Raja-yoga, Hatha-yoga, also known as Kriya-yoga, is primarily concerned with keeping the Body strong and healthy.
Contents
Contents
Publisher's Note
I. INAUGURAL SESSION :
1. Welcome Address/Swami Sarvabhutananda
2. Inaugural Address/Swami Prabhananda
3. Keynote Address/B.R. Sharma
4. Presidential Address/Ramaranjan Mukherji
5. Vote of Thanks/A.K. Sharma
II. FIRST ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Basic Principles of Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra-an Integral Approach/Swami Bhajanananda
2. Kriya-yoga and Classical Yoga/K.V. Rama Rao
III. SECOND ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Smrty-upa-sthana and Sati-patthana-Bauddha or Putanjala/Swami Veda Bharati
2. Principles of Traditional Yogic Systems and their Synthesis in the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo/Sraddhalu Ranade
III. THIRD ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Scientific Basis of Patanjali's Raja-yoga/N.V.C. Swamy
2. Yoga and Psychoanalysis/Amarendra Nath Basu
3. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Approaches to Yoga Practice and Yoga Philosophy to bring fulfilment to the Individual and Society/Alex Hankey
IV. FOURTH ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Responses to Classical Yoga from the Saiva-Sakta Tantrika Tradition/Debabrata Sen Sharma
2. Akhanda Mahayoga of Gopinath Kaviraj/Hemendra Nath Chakravarty
3. Swami Vivekananda's Raja-yoga-a Unique Response to Classical Yoga in the Modern Age of Science/Swami Atmapriyananda '
V. DISCUSSION :
1. Discussions on the Paper of Swami Bhajanananda
2. Discussions on the Paper of K.V. Rama Rao
3. Discussions on the Paper of Sraddhalu Ranade
4. Discussions on the Paper of Amarendra Nath Basu
5. Discussions on the Paper of Alex Hankey
6. Discussions on the Paper of Debabrata Sen Sharma
7. Discussions on the Paper of Swami Atmapriyananda
VI. VALEDICTORY SESSION :
1. Concluding Address/Swami Sarvabhulananda
2. Summing-up of the Proceedings/Krishna Hoy
3. Classical Yoga/J.N. Mohanty
4. Panel Discussion :
i. Swami Bhajanananda
ii. Amarendra Nath Basu
iii. Debabrata Sen Sharma
iv. Swami Atmapriyauanda
5. Presidential Address/GeraldJames Larson
6. Vote of Thanks/Saroj Ghose
Appendix
A Line of the Inner Experiences from Vipasyana to Atiyoga/S K Pathak
The Contributors