Download or read book Yoga Chudamani Upanishad written by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to serve as a manual of higher sadhana for advanced and initiated aspirants. This title describes the ancient path of Kundalini awakening in its original form before the proliferation of modern Yogic literature.

Download or read book Thirty Minor Upanisha s written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yoga Kundali Upanishad written by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga Kundalini Upanishad is arranged in three parts. Chapter one contains the yogic physiology of kuṇḍalinī and the requisite disciplines necessary to undertake her activation and awakening. Chapter two contains an exposition of the important practices of khecarī mudrā and sūtra neti. Chapter three contains more specific instructions on how to maintain a higher sādhana, including meditation practices on sound and Soham, on the ātman, spontaneous jñāna yoga, and merging with the ātman. Finally the master tells how to become a supreme yogī.Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings, translation and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Download or read book Yoga Tattwa Upanishad written by Satyadharma Saraswati and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad is Volume 2 in the Yoga Upaniṣad series. Volume 1 is Yoga Chudamani, commentary by Swami Satyadharma, published by Yoga Publications Trust in 2003. Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad is an ancient treatise of 142 verses which deals with the philosophy, systems and practices of yoga. It is a significant integration of Vedānta and Tantra, expounding important topics such as mantra yoga, laya yoga, haṭha yoga, raja yoga, and the four stages of yoga. The text discusses particular practices of yoga: nāḍīśodhan prāṇāyāma, kumbhaka, bandhas, mahāvedha, khecarī mudra, viparītakaraṇī mudra, vajrolī mudra, and amarolī. It further discusses the five tattwas, or elements of creation: earth, water, fire, air and ether, and provides detailed instructions on how to meditate upon and realize these elements and their associated powers. Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings and translation by Ruth Perini, as well as a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Download or read book Vedic Yoga written by David Frawley and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Path of the Rishi is one of the first and most detailed books published in the West on the ancient Vedic origins of Yoga, including all aspects of its philosophy and practice. The book reveals secrets of the Vedic Yoga from the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, Ganapati Muni, Brahmarshi Daivarat, and Swami Veda Bharati as well as Vamadevas own insights. It challenges popular ideas of the meaning of Yoga and brings Yoga back to the vision of the ancient Himalayan Rights.

Download or read book The Upanishads written by Lahiri Mahasaya and published by Ancient Kriya Yoga Mission. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a scriptural commentary of Lahiri Mahasaya on The Upanishads. If we scan the word Upanisad, we see that Upa means sitting and nisad means near. Thus, the very word Upanisad specifies personal relationship: the Guru-param-para, Master to Disciple learning from the living lips of a Guru. In ancient times, the disciples sat near the Guru to learn the spiritual discipline from the living lips of their Guru to realize the supreme Self. They practiced strictly in accordance with the instructor they received personally from the living lips of their Guru. This is a Kriya Yoga book intended to be read and practiced by everyone, with/without initiation. Please note that the Guru here means the Kutastha, i.e., the place between the eyebrows, also known as The Third Eye. Every word uttered by a Yogi has a special meaning that is totally unintelligible to even the highly intellectual people. This book is written in such a way that everyone can follow it up while trading the path of Kriya. People think that they are very intelligent, but if they try to understand very seriously, they realize perfectly that nothing is happening according to their intellect. Only those whose breath is not blowing in the left or right nostril are intelligent in this world. When breathing is faster, then in one day and one night respiration can flow up to 113,680 times. Normally during the same time, the figure is 21,600 times. During a day and night, if respiration is faster than usual, the breath can flow in and out 113,680 times. Normally, in the course of a day and night, there are 21,600 breaths. This figure is reduced by Kriya practice to 2,000 times. So, breathing 1,000 times in the day and 1,000 times in the night, in a normal course, provides greater Tranquility to a Yogi. One of his breaths takes about 44 seconds. Such a Yogi is matured in Kriya practice. Thoughts are inseparably related to breathing. So, when the number of breaths is reduced, thoughts are reduced proportionately. Eventually, with the tranquilization of breath, thoughts are dissolved. Thereby, the seeker can attain the After-effect-poise of Kriya, or eternal Tranquility, which is Amrita, nectar proper.

Download or read book Yoga and Alignment written by Gitte Bechsgaard and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an accessible and lively look at yoga philosophy and psychology. Following the model of the eight limbs of yoga the authors engage the tradition from its foundational ethics to the highest states of consciousness. Based on 30 years of research and practice, it connects the insights of this ancient tradition to our lives and the challenges facing us today. This work will appeal to a broad audience including scholars, yoga teachers and practitioners. and general readers who have an interest in philosophy, meditation and psychology.

Download or read book The Essence of the Hindu Religion written by Sudhir Anand and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Focus Of This Book Is On The Essential Beliefs Of The Hindu Religion; It Introduces The Reader To The Vedas Including Sanskrit To English Translation Of Mantras. The Book Also Focuses On Spiritual Aspects Of The Raj Yoga, Definitions Of Certain Words Like Mantra, Karma, Etc.

Download or read book Yoga Darshan written by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nadabindu and Dhyanabindu Upanishads written by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included is a foreword on the life and teachings of Swami Satyadharma, who passed away while writing the commentary on Dhyānabindu. Her commentary on Nādabindu is complete. The Dhyāna and Nādabindu Upaniṣads were probably composed between the ninth and fourteenth centuries CE. The bindu is a psychic centre located in the brain at the top back of the head. These upaniṣads focus on meditation on the bindu, the source point or origin of individual creation, where begins the primal sound or first vibration, the mantra Om. They define and describe in detail the mantra Om, the effects of meditating on it until one attains perfect liberation, merging with the Divine.Nādabindu describes the components of Om, that is, its three and a half measures (mātrā) which are the sounds a u m, and the half measure, the echo of m. Always meditating on Om, the yogin is liberated from worldly life, unaffected by his/her karmas. The nāda is first heard through the right ear, and many other inner sounds are heard. Eventually the yogin hears no other sounds and transcends duality.Dhyānabindu, an expansion of Nādabindu, confirms that meditation on Om can destroy all karmas. The yogin should meditate on the lotus of the heart, then at the eyebrow centre, then on the Sun, Moon and Agni, leading to the ātman. The six parts of yoga, the cakras, nāḍīs and prāṇas are described. Kuṇḍalinī Śakti can be awakened by the repetition of the mantra haṃsa, ham spontaneously accompanying the inhalation, and sa the exhalation, as well as uḍḍiyāna and jālandhara bandhas, khecarī mudrā and mahāmudrā. The ātman is described in detail. Finally, the teacher recommends meditating on the bija mantras of the five elements, the five prāṇas and the nāda.

Download or read book Roots of Yoga written by James Mallinson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An indispensable companion for all interested in yoga, both scholars and practitioners' Professor Alexis G. J. S. Sanderson Despite yoga's huge global popularity, relatively little of its roots is known among practitioners. This compendium includes a wide range of texts from different schools of yoga, languages and eras: among others, key passages from the early Upanisads and the Mahabharata, and from the Tantric, Buddhist and Jaina traditions, with many pieces in scholarly translation for the first time. Covering yoga's varying definitions, its most important practices, such as posture, breath control, sensory withdrawal and meditation, as well as models of the esoteric and physical bodies, Roots of Yoga is a unique and essential source of knowledge. Translated and Edited with an Introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton

Download or read book Upanishads and Yoga written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essence of the Upanishads written by Eknath Easwaran and published by Nilgiri Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Katha Upanishad embraces the key ideas of Indian mysticism in a mythic story we can all relate to – the quest of a young hero, Nachiketa, who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality. But the insights of the Katha are scattered, hard to understand. Easwaran presents them systematically, and practically, as a way to explore deeper and deeper levels of personality, and to answer the age-old question, “Who am I?” Easwaran grew up in India, learned Sanskrit from a young age, and became a professor of English literature before coming to the West. His translation of The Upanishads is the best-selling edition in English. For students of philosophy and of Indian spirituality, and readers of wisdom literature everywhere, Easwaran’s interpretation of this classic helps us in our own quest into the meaning of our lives. (Previously published as: Dialogue With Death)

Download or read book Nadabindu Dhyanabindu Upanishads written by Satyadharma Saraswati and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nadabindu and Dhyanabindu Upanishads comprise Volume 5 in the Yoga Upanishad series. These Upanishads focus on meditation on the bindu, the source point or origin of individual creation, where begins the primal sound or first vibration, the mantra Om. They define and describe in detail the mantra Om, the effects of meditating on it until one attains perfect liberation, merging with the Divine. Nadabindu states that always meditating on Om, the yogin is liberated from worldly life, unaffected by his/her karmas. The nada is first heard through the right ear, and many other inner sounds are heard. Eventually the yogin hears no other sounds and transcends duality. Dhyanabindu, an expansion of Nadabindu, recommends many practices including mudras, bandhas, bija mantras and raising kundalini shakti. This volume includes a foreword on the life and teachings of Swami Satyadharma, who passed away while writing her commentary on Dhyanabindu.

Download or read book Yoga Kundalini Upanishad written by Swami Vishnuswaroop and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Upaniṣad on Kuṇḍalinī Yoga belongs to Kriśna Yajurveda. There are three chapters in it. In the first chapter, the two causes of Citta Vṛtti, the three methods of controlling Prāna - moderation in diet, Āsana and Śakti Cālini Mudrā are described. Then Sarasvati Cālana, types of Prānāyāma - Sūryabhedi, Ujjāyi, Shītali, Bhastrikā, etc., three Bandhas - Moola Bandha, Uddiyāna Bandha and Jālandhara Bandha, obstacles in yoga and protection from them, awakening of Kuṇḍalinī through yoga practice, penetration of three Granthis Brahmagranthi, Viśṇugranthi and Rudragranthi, Kuṇḍalinī entering Sahasrāra Cakra (thousand petalled lotus), dissolution of Prāna, etc. into Śiva, realization of Self everywhere during Samādhi and subjects like Samādhi Yoga, etc. are described in detail.The second chapter begins with the lucid explanation of Khecari Mudrā. The features of Khecari, its results, perfection of Khecari by Mantra Japa, sequence of Khecari practice, etc., are described elaborately.In the beginning of third chapter the Khecari Melana Mantra for Khecari Siddhi is described specifically. The vision of a Sādhaka during his Sādhanā is described by giving examples of new moon, first lunar date and full moon. Then attaining perfection for the union with macrocosm through Prānāyāma, impossibility of Self-realization without practice, knowledge of the Brahman through the discourse of a Sadguru, manifestation of Brahma in the form of Vāk, Vṛtti and Vishva, etc., the nature of Parabrahma and at the end, means to attain Brahma - Dhyāna, Jīvanmukti and Videhamukti, etc., topics are explained.Thus, the major subjects of Yoga are presented in this Upaniṣad, which makes it unique and complete.

Download or read book Ten Upanishads written by Swami Sivananda and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Truth of Yoga written by Daniel Simpson and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A succinct, approachable guide to the origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices of yoga. Yoga is practiced by many millions of people worldwide and is celebrated for its mental, physical, and spiritual benefits. And yet, as Daniel Simpson reveals in The Truth of Yoga, much of what is said about yoga is misleading. For example, the word “yoga” does not always mean union. In fact, in perhaps the discipline’s most famous text—the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali—its aim is described as separation: isolating consciousness from everything else. And yoga is not five thousand years old, as is commonly claimed; the earliest evidence of practice dates back about twenty-five hundred years. (Yoga may well be older, but no one can prove it.) The Truth of Yoga is a clear, concise, and accessible handbook for the lay reader that draws upon abundant recent scholarship. It outlines these new findings with practitioners in mind, highlighting ways to keep traditions alive in the twenty-first century.