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YOGA AND PHILOSOPHIES
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Sacrifice; the First Rudiments of the Law of Karma. It will howener be wrong to suppose that these monotheistic tendencies were gradually supplanting the polytheistic sacrifices. On the other hand, the complications of ritualism were gradually growing in their elaborate deails. The direct result of this growth contributed however to relegate the gods to a relatively unimportant position, & to raise the dignity of the magical characteristice of the sacrifice as an institution which could give the desired fruits of themselves. The offerings at a sacrings at a sacrifice were not dictated by a devotion with which we are familiar under Christianor Vaisnava influence.
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Introduction:- This book & depth of knowledge it contains provides the link between you, the practitioner of yoga, & an experienced guide & teacher. This link is your sadhana (spiritual practice), the beginning of your inner transformation, spiritual awakening & realization of higher ideals in life. The techniques covered in this book have their basis in the ancient Vedic (tantric & yogic) shastras & were handed down over the centuries from to disciple until they reached the late great Swami Sivananda Saraswati of Rishikesh, who further possed them on to his disciple, Swami Satyananda. Now in an age when travel & communication have become almost instantaneous affairs & there are more efficient methods of dissemination wisdom than the human voice & ear, we wish to offer these transcendental instruments of grace to all who have eyes to read & ears to hear. The original text was compiled from teachings given by Swami Satyananda to his closest disciples for the ultimate benefit of mankind. According to tradition of the practices of yoga, especially the advanced practices of kriya yoga, were kept secret & passed on by word of mouth only between guru & disciple. However, modern man in his intense search for an underlying meaning in life has now come to a point of evolution where he is ready to integrate the practices of yoga both physically & spiritually. There is more guidance available also to help him understand & practice the more advanced techniques. This book is our effort to keep this valuable tradition alive & to spread the message of yoga further into homes & into your inner being. It is a complete work on yoga — a complete course in the practices of integral yoga. It presents a synthesis of the various paths of yoga in a scientific & systematic manner to ensure the harmonious development & unfoldment of every aspect of the individual. The different branches – hatha yoga, raja yoga, mantra yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga & kriya yoga—are progressively introduced with special emphasis on practice & application in day life. Through the practice of integral yoga this book aims to develop in the aspirant a state of prefect body health, peace of mind & mental stability, perfect intellectual clarity & higher spiritual knowledge & awareness, a state where one is both usful to himself & to mankind. It contains the essence of Swami Satyananda’s teaching & in this respect is an ideal single source of information for both teachers & students alike. We have tried to present the book in such a way as to lead one gradually & progressively through the practices as if learning directly from a devoted teacher. If your approach is sincere & you follow your program regularly, the benefits will unfold themselves into all the different aspects of your life. There are three main parts, divided into thirty-six lessons, containing various topics on both the theoretical & practical aspects of yoga, & eventually a full exposition of the ancient system of kriya yoga. The first book of practices for beginners is systematically prepare the mind & body for the more advanced practices in Book II and eventually to the higher practices of kriya yoga in Book III. The ultimate aim to progressively lead you step by step through the different techniques so that by the end of this sadhana course you will have an integrated approach & a full theoretical understanding of kriya yoga, as well as many other facets of yoga.
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INTRODUCTION:- A comprehensive statement on the anatomy and physiology of hatha yoga ought to have written years ago. But it hasn’t happened, and my aim is to remedy the deficiency. After considering the subject for twenty-five years, it’s clear that such a work might well interweave two themes: for the benefit of completeness, a traditional, treatment of how to do yoga postures(yoga asanas) using anatomically precise terminology, and for correlations with medical science, an objective analysis of how those postures are realized in some great systems of the body. In that regard, special emphasis is placed on the musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems—the musculoskeletal system because that is where all our actions are expressed, the nervous system because that is the residence of all the managerial functions of the musculoskeletal system, the respiratory system because breathing is of such paramount importance in yoga, and the cardiovascular system because inverted postures cannot be fully comprehended without understanding the dynamics of the circulation. Most of the emphasis is practical—doing experiments, learning to observe the body, and further refining and observations. The discussion is intended for an audience of yoga teachers, health professionals, and anyone else who is interested in exploring some of the structural and functional aspects of hatha yoga. The work can also serve as a guide for students of alternative medicine who would like to communicate with those who place their faith more strictly in contemporary science. To help everyone in that regard I’ve included only material that is generally accepted in modern biomedical sciences, avoiding comment on non-physical concepts such as prana, the nadis, and the chakras, none of which are presently testable in the scientific sense, and none of which have obvious parallels in turn-of-the-millennium biology. The book begins with an introductory discussion of some basic premises that set philosophical tone and suggest a consistent mental and physical approach to postures. Ten chapters follow, the first three fundamental to the last seven. Chapter 1 summarizes the basic principles of the anatomy and physiology of hatha yoga. Breathing is next in chapter 2 since the manner in which we breathe in hatha yoga is important for expediting movement and posture. Breathing is followed by pelvic and abdominal exercises in chapter 3 for three reasons: many of those exercises use specialized methods of breathing they are excellent warm-ups for other postures, and the pelvis and abdomen form the foundation of the body. Standing postures will then be covered in chapter 4 because these poses are so important for so important for beginning students, and because they provide a preview of backbending forward bending, and twisting postures, which are covered in detail in chapters 5, 6, 7. The headstand and shoulderstand, including a brief introduction to cardiovascular function, are included in chapters 8 & 9. Postures for relaxation and meditation are treated last in chapter 10.
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The origins of this book ddte from twenty-five years ago when I was teaching various neurosience, microscopic anatomy, and elementary anatomy courses in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy at the University of Minnesota.(MOTILAL BANARSIDASS)
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The Caraka Samhita stands top of the ancient texts representing the School of Medicine in Ayurveda founded by the great Scholar-Sage Punarvasu Atreya.
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