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Lectures Vol. 1 – Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. This book includes the following of his brilliant lectures:

Soul, God And Religion
The Hindu Religion
What Is Religion?
Vedic Religious Ideals
The Vedanta Philosophy
Reason And Religion
Vedanta As A Factor In Civilisation
The Spirit And Influence Of Vedanta
… and many more …

Lectures Vol. 1

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Lectures Vol. 1.

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Jnana Yoga – Swami Vivekananda

Students of religion will find much of interest in this book; those who care for India in any way will be glad to receive an indication of high Hindu thought in one of the most striking religious movements of the day; while the orthodox Christian will derive some information from the work regarding the attitude of cultured Hindus toward Christianity and its Founder. After reading the book one is inexcusable if his ideas concerning Vedanta are hazy. The lectures are all extremely interesting, the style brilliant, the reasoning often subtle. Whether the philosophy advanced is satisfactory or not to those whose theories are the outgrowth of a different system of thought, Vivekanandas method of presenting … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Karma Yoga – Swami Vivekananda

he goal of life is really knowledge, of the reality of things. We are apt to think that it is pleasure, and seeking pleasure in sense-gratification, we meet with so many disappointments and sorrows that we sometimes almost despair and are led to believe that all life is a vain dream with no sure foundation anywhere. It is an endless chain of cause and effect in which we are involved, and from which only knowledge of how to act without producing reaction can ever free us. Karma Yoga is meant to teach us exactly this, to make clear to us first the causes of our bondage, and secondly the method of getting rid of the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Raja Yoga – Swami Vivekananda

The subject of this book is the form of Yoga known as Raja-Yoga. The aphorisms of Patanjali are the highest authority on Raja-Yoga, and form its textbook. The other philosophers, though occasionally differing from Patanjali in some philosophical points, have, as a rule, acceded to his method of practice a decided consent. The first part of this book comprises several lectures to classes delivered by the writer in New York. The second part is a rather free translation of the aphorisms (Sutras) of Patanjali, with a running commentary.

Raja Yoga

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Raja Yoga.

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Yoga or the Art of Transformation – William J. Flagg

A comparative statement of the various religious dogmas concerning the soul and its destiny, and of Akkadian, Hindu, Taoist, Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Christian, Mohammedan, Japanese and other magic. Thirty chapters deal with topics like

Modern Spiritualism On The Soul
Hindu Souls
Egyptian Souls
Chaldean Souls
Greek And Roman Souls
Neoplatonism On The Soul
Christian Souls
Relic Worship
Chinese Souls
Japanese Souls
The Possibility Of A Spiritual World Considered
Religion In General
The Evolution Of Social Virtue
Hindu Yoga
Chinese Yoga
Egyptian Yoga
Akkadian Yoga
Mohammedan Yoga
Hebrew Yoga
Yoga Of The Essenes
… and many more …

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