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Yoga’s roots go back several thousand years and are intertwined with the Hindu religion.
The Bhagavad Gita is a classical yoga text that describes the philosophy of yoga within the context of a story. Patanjali’s yoga sutras provide a compact treatise on yoga philosophy and this is where the 8 limbs of yoga come from (asana being one of the 8 limbs). The Upanishads are the essential teachings from the Hindu Vedas and give many insights into the spiritual aspects of yoga philosophy.
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda
This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic Sutras (thought-threads), at least 4,000 years old, cover the yogic teachings on ethics, meditation, and physical postures, and provide directions for dealing with situations in daily life. The Sutras are presented here in the purest form, with the original Sanskrit and with translation, transliteration, and commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda, one of the most respected and revered contemporary Yoga masters. In this classic context, Sri Swamiji offers practical advice based on his own experience for mastering the mind and achieving physical, mental and emotional harmony.
Excerpted from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda. (Copyright(c) 1978, 1984, 1990 by Satchidananda Ashram - Yogaville. All rights reserved.):
The following is from the preface by Swami Satchidananda to his book The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Beloved students, It gives me great joy to witness the publication of this book. For many years these Yoga Sutras have been like a Bible to me. They have helped me in very many situations on my own path of Yoga and given me invaluable guidance at many points. I appreciate the clarity, simplicity and thoroughness with which Patanjali Maharishi has presented the entire Yoga. He has beautifully presented it as a rigorous and complete science with all its ramifications, from the most elementary to the most highly advanced points. I feel it is a living scripture to illumine our spiritual path.
The Yoga Sutras are very concentrated and terse. Study them slowly and carefully and meditate on them. You can even learn some of the most important and useful ones by heart. This is not just a book to be quickly tossed away like a popular novel. Nor is it a scholarly work to fill your mind with a lot of philosophy and theories. It is a practical handbook. Every time you pick it up you can absorb more for your growth. Let us slowly try to understand more; and, what little we understand, let us try to practice. Practice is the most important factor in Yoga.
Let us know that all these ideas and practices are there to help us forget our personal selfishness and broaden our minds more and more. As my Master Swami Sivanandaji used to say: "Just be good and do good." It's very simple. Be good and do good and the entire wisdom will be yours.
Every day let us check our progress...
Bhagavad Gita by Swami Nikhilananda
Time:
The first really readable, authoritative English translation of one of the world's oldest and greatest religious classics.
John Haynes Holmes, Unity:
Here is a translation which seems to meet every test of literature and learning. I have been reading it with ease and unflagging delight. At last I seem to have found the Gita and to know why it is so great. Swami Nikhilananda is to be congratulated and thanked for his great achievement. Every student of religion and lover of the spirit stands in his debt.
The Upanishads : Volume I by Swami Nikhilananda
E. A. Burtt:
In comparisons with many other translations the rendering is clear, straightforward, and readable. I have no doubt that it communicates to modern readers of English the essential spiritual insights of these great documents.
Philosophy East and West:
Swami Nikhilananda's volumes of The Upanishads are valuable contributions to the study of The Upanishads and can be confidently recommended to those who want to acquaint themselves with these treasures of Indo-Arayan wisdom . . . they often shed new light on old concepts and bring out their significance in the perspective of modern Western thought.
The Upanishads : Volume II by Swami Nikhilananda
Philosophy East and West:
Swami Nikhilananda's volumes of The Upanishads are valuable contributions to the study of The Upanishads and can be confidently recommended to those who want to acquaint themselves with these treasures of Indo-Arayan wisdom . . . they often shed new light on old concepts and bring out their significance in the perspective of modern Western thought.
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