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Introducción al yoga
Annie Besant
Explica el yoga como «la aplicación racional de las leyes del despliegue de la conciencia, aplicadas por uno mismo a un caso individual» y como ciencia, no ensoñación. Recorre las escuelas del yoga, los obstáculos, las capacidades y los métodos, con los Yoga Sutras de Patañjali como base. Uno de los primeros tratados occidentales sobre el yoga como disciplina mental y no solo postural.
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· 44 capítulos · 2 h de lectura
- 1An Introduction to Yoga1′
- 2BY ANNIE BESANT, President of the Theosophical Society.1′
- 3Foreword1′
- 4Lecture I THE NATURE OF YOGA1′
- 5The Meaning of the Universe2′
- 6The Unfolding of Consciousness3′
- 7The Oneness of the Self1′
- 8The Quickening of the Process of Self-unfoldment2′
- 9Yoga Is a Science4′
- 10Man a Duality4′
- 11States of Mind3′
- 12Samadhi3′
- 13The Literature of Yoga4′
- 14Some Definitions2′
- 15God Without and God Within2′
- 16Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter3′
- 17Mind1′
- 18Stages of Mind3′
- 19Inward and Outward-Turned Consciousness1′
- 20The Cloud2′
- 21Lecture II SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT3′
- 22Its Relation to Indian Philosophies17′
- 23Mind3′
- 24The Mental Body3′
- 25Mind and Self3′
- 26Lecture III YOGA AS SCIENCE1′
- 27Methods of Yoga2′
- 28To the Self by the Self4′
- 29To the Self Through the Not-self2′
- 30Yoga and Morality6′
- 31Composition of States of the Mind5′
- 32Pleasure and Pain10′
- 33Lecture IV YOGA AS PRACTICE1′
- 34Inhibition of States of Mind5′
- 35Meditation With and Without Seed6′
- 36The Use of Mantras1′
- 37Attention3′
- 38Obstacles to Yoga1′
- 39Capacities of Yoga6′
- 40Forthgoing and Returning7′
- 41Purification of Bodies3′
- 42Dwellers on the Threshold6′
- 43Preparation for Yoga1′
- 44The End2′