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1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Yoga Ser. ; v. 4 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Yoga Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Foreword; Contents; Introduction; Chapter I. The Meaning of Yoga; Yoga as a Pivotal Concept; Misconceptions about Yoga; Essence of Yoga; Yoga and Religion; Yoga and Ethics; Beyond Good and Evil; Yoga and Philosophy; Yoga and Psychology; Yoga and Mysticism; Chapter II. The Aim of Integral Yoga; Integral Yoga as Harmonious and Creative Living; Life and Yoga; Inadequacy of the Ascetic Ideal; Transformation of Existence; Dynamic Union with Being; Collective Liberation of Mankind |
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The Reign of RighteousnessModern Political Ideologies; A Unified World-order; Chapter III. The Synthesis of Yogas: Hatha, Rāja, Tantra and Jñāna; The way of Physical Discipline (hatha); The way of Mental discipline (rāja); The way of Power (tantra); The way of Knowledge (jñāna); Chapter IV. The Synthesis of Yogas: Bhakti, Karma and Pūrna; The way of Love and Devotion (bhakti); The way of Action (karma); The way of Integral Self-development (pūrna); A Critique of the Ascetic Tendency; Chapter V. Basic Principles of Integral Yoga; Psychic Integration; Cosmic Integration; Existential Integration |
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The Eternal and the HistoricalPrinciples of Creative Existence; Principles of Meditation; The Concept of Creative Love (lilā); Chapter VI. The Philosophy of Integral Yoga; The Quest of Unity; Different Forms of Cosmic Unity; Pluralism Examined; The Non-temporal Dimension of Being(Śiva); Conscious Union with the Eternal; The Evolutionary World-spirit; The Dynamic Universal (Śakti); Individuality as an Emergent Value; Man's Relationship to nature, Time, Society, Self and the Supreme; History and Eternity; Chapter VII. Some Methods of Meditation; Meditation as Psychological House-cleaning |
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ConcentrationCommunion with Nature; Centres of Consciousness; Practice of]apam; Mechanical and Logical Concentration; Concentration on the Flow of Breath; Concentration on the Abstract; Dynamic Self-opening; Self-surrender; Cosmic Love; Chapter VIII. More Methods of Meditation; Free Self-inquiry; Detached Self-observation; Free Thinking; Spiritually Oriented Action; The Integral Approach; Meditation in Zen Buddhism; The 'Dust-wiping' Type of Meditation; The 'Self-seeing' Type of Meditation; Gradual and Abrupt Schools of Zen Reconciled; Whether Meditation is Continuous or Discrete |
| Summary |
Originated by the great sage of modern India, Sri Aurobindo, integral yoga has been presented in this volume, first published in 1965, in the context of modern western thinking. It expounds the concept of harmonious and creative living on the basis of a fruitful reconciliation of the self-perfecting mysticism of the East and the rationalistic humanism of the West. It gives a dynamic form, an evolutionary perspective, and a creative impetus to the ancient mystic idea of union with the eternal |
| Notes |
Harmony of Meditation and ActionIndex |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Yoga.
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Yoga (philosophy)
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Yoga
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429677243 |
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0429677243 |
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9780429677236 |
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0429677235 |
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9780429398810 |
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0429398816 |
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9780429677229 |
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0429677227 |
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