Author: Swami Sivananda
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 94
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
The present work, Yoga for the West, is meant not only for the westerners, but also for all true seekers in the path of Yoga. This book is bound to quench the spiritual thirst in thousands of souls all over the world. It will be observed from a glance through theses pages that this book brings Yoga within the reach of all, dispels wrong notions of Yoga as a Mystery of the Recluse, and awakens every man and woman to the truth that Yoga is the way of life.
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O Adorable Lord of Mercy and Love!
Salutations and prostrations unto Thee.
Thou art Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient.
Thou art Satchidannda
(Existence-Consciousness-Bliss-Absolute)
Thou art the Indweller of all beings.
Grant us an understanding heart,
Equal vision, balanced mind,
Faith, devotion and wisdom.
Grant us inner spiritual strength
To resist temptations and to control the mind.
Free us from egoism, lust, greed, hatred, anger and jealousy.
Fill our hearts with divine virtues.
Let us behold Thee in all these names and forms.
Let us serve Thee in all these names and forms.
Let us ever remember Thee.
Let us ever sing Thy glories.
Let thy name be ever on our lips.
Let us abide in Thee for ever and ever.
-Swami Sivananda
Contents
Publishers Note
This Is Yoga
God Exists: the Proofs
Nature of God
The Goal of Life
What Does Yoga Teach You?
The First Part of Yoga-Practice
Guiding Lights
Key to Peace
Yogic Home Exercises
The Science of Pranayama
Self-Culture
Meditation
Yoga Meditations-I
Yoga Meditations-II
Guide to Meditation
Cosmic Consciousness
The State of a Realised Yogi
Mystic Experience
Marks of Spiritual Progress
Appendix: Wisdom of Sivananda