RAJA-YOGA – PREFACE
Since the dawn of history, various extraordinary phenom [...]
CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTORY
All our knowledge is based upon experience. What we cal [...]
CHAPTER II – THE FIRST STEPS
Rāja-yoga is divided into eight steps. The first is Yam [...]
CHAPTER III – PRANA
Prānāyāma is not, as many think, something about breath [...]
CHAPTER IV – THE PSYCHIC PRANA
According to the yogis, there are two nerve currents in [...]
CHAPTER V – THE CONTROL OF PSYCHIC PRANA
We have now to deal with the exercises in Prānāyāma. We [...]
CHAPTER VI – PRATYAHARA AND DHARANA
The next step is called Pratyāhāra. What is this? You k [...]
CHAPTER VII – DHYANA AND SAMADHI
We have taken a cursory view of the different steps in [...]
CHAPTER VIII – RAJA-YOGA IN BRIEF
The following is a summary of Rāja-Yoga freely translat [...]
PATANJALI’S YOGA APHORISMS – INTRODUCTION
Before going into the Yoga aphorisms I shall try to dis [...]