Beschreibung
Das Buch enthält 3 der wichtigen Grundlagentexte: die Shiva Samhita, die Gheranda Samhita und das Patanjali Yoga Sutra – als Originaltexte in Sanskrit (Devanagari) und deren Übersetzung ins Englische.
Klappentext: Very little is known about the author of this book apart from the facts that he is a retired Government of India office, now in his late nineties, apparently hoary, but healthy. When requested for more bio-data, he wrote back:
… The real author of The original Yoga is the Lord Siva. In the mundane world, Patanjali is the prime propagator of yoga. Any othe claim to authorship, therefore, cannot but be spurious.
… It is Truth that matters, not the utterer of the Truth. No Truth ever becomes a bit truer even when repeated by the most distinguished person.
… Hence all genuine aspirants of yoga should be content to remain unknown and unnoticed by others.
Aus dem Inhalt:
- Book I: Sivasamhita
- Chapter I: The path of harmony
- Chapter II: Fundamentals of Yoga
- Chapter III: The system and its practice
- Chapter IV: Postures and preludes
- Chapter V: Rajayoga
- Book II: Gherandasamhita
- Lesson One: The six-fold system
- Lesson Two: Asanas or modes of installation
- Lesson Three: Mudras or mystic excercises
- Lesson Four: Control od senses
- Lesson Five: Breath-Control
- Lesson Six: Meditation
- Lesson Seven: Superconsciousness
- Book III: Patanjala Yogasutra
- Chapter I: Types of Yoga
- Chapter II: Practice of Yoga
- Chapter III: Powers of Yoga
- Chapter IV: Towards emancipation
- Glossary, Index
Leseempfehlung: zu empfehlen für Leser, die mit den Originaltexten arbeiten möchten und Devanagari lesen können
