RAJA YOGA |
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| PART ONE | |
| CONTENTS | page5 |
| THE TWO PARTS OF THE BOOK | page7 |
| PREPARATION | page8 |
| REQUEST | page9 |
| WHERE THE PRESENT BOOK WAS WRITTEN | page9 |
| THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY AT THE ORDER IT HAS | |
| IN MY ESOTERIC KEY | page10 |
| NOTE | page11 |
| DEDICATION | page12 |
| PREFACE | page13 |
| INTRODUCTION | page17 |
| ANCIENT GREEK HINTS OF THOUGHT | page20 |
| SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORD YOGA AND OF THE | |
| PHRASE RAJA YOGA | page24 |
| THE SUPREME STEP OF THE VERY ANCIENT | |
| INITIATION WAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF | |
| THE HYPERCONSCIENCE, THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY | page26 |
| THE WISE WITH THE EIGHT HUMPS ASTAVAKRA | page29 |
| ANALYSIS OF THE RAJA YOGA STEPS | page33 |
| THE EIGHT YOGAS THAT GUIDE TO THE | |
| ACCOMPLISHMENT | page37 |
| 1) KRIYA YOGA | page41 |
| 2) HATHA YOGA | page43 |
| 3) MANTRAM YOGA | page44 |
| 4) KARMA YOGA | page46 |
| 5) BHAKTI YOGA | page47 |
| 6) SAMPTA YOGA | page50 |
| 7) GNANI YOGA | page52 |
| 8) RAJA YOGA | page53 |
| COMMENTS AND JUDJEMENTS ON YOGA GENERALLY AND | |
| PARTICULARLY ON RAJA YOGA | page58 |
| PRANAYAMA, THE LEVERY OF RAJA YOGA | page62 |
| PRATYAHARA: CUTTING OFF OF MIND | |
| AND SENSES | page69 |
| CONCENTRATION: THE BEGINNING OF THE HYPERMIND | |
| ELEVATION - DHARANA | page72 |
| MEDITATION: DHIANA | page75 |
| SAMADHI: THEOSIS - UNION - ARRIVAL TO THE | |
| HYPERCONSCIENCE | page79 |
| MIND AND INTELLECT IN A SEPARATE OBSERVATION | |
| FOR THEIR COOPERATION | page85 |
| SPIRITSOUL AND ITS PART | page90 |
| DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FAMILIAR MYSTICISM AND | |
| THE CURIOUS ELEVATIONS OF RAJA YOGA | page96 |
| KUNDALINI AND MIND | page100 |
| SHAKRA - KUNDALINI - AND MIND | page104 |
| PRATYAHARA AND MIND | page116 |
| INTELLECT AND MIND | page120 |
| DHARANA - DHIANA - SAMADHI AND MIND | page125 |
| PART TWO | |
| PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE OF RAJA YOGA | |
| DESCRIPTION WITHOUT IMAGES | page129 |
| POSE FOR THE STARTING. THE BODY TAKES ITS | |
| POSITION AND ITS ORIENTATION | page131 |
| PROGRAMMING BEFORE EVERY BEGINNING | page134 |
| PRACTICE IN PRANAYAMA OR IN THE TRAINING | |
| OF CONTROL AND GUIDANCE OF PRANA | page135 |
| PRACTICE IN PRATYAHARA | page141 |
| DHARANA: CONCENTRATION IN PRACTICE | page146 |
| DHIANA: TRUE MEDITATION IN PRACTICE | page151 |
| SAMADHI - THEORESIS - SUPERVISION - UNION - | |
| HYPERCONSCIENCE AND ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT | page156 |
| EIGHTSCALE EXERCISE. PRACTICAN DESCRIPTION 161 | |
| CONCLUSIONS | page165 |
| REFERRING TO THE TWO PARTS OF THE BOOK | page170 |
| INDIAN PHILOSOPHY | page190 |
| EPILOGUE | page199 |
| PUBLISHED WORKS BY SAME | page204 |
| UNPUBLISHED WORKS BY THE SAME WRITER | page206 |
| THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW SCHOOL | |
| RAJA YOGA | page207 |