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Karma Yoga

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 ...

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Raja Yoga

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

Raja Yoga

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Raja Yoga.

ISBN: 9783849695750

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Yoga or the Art of Transformation

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 …

Yoga or the Art of Transformation

Yoga or the Art of Transformation

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