Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

40 Light on Yoga me. Thy will be done.' Others pray to have their own desires gratified or accomplished. In bhakti or true love ...

Introduction 41 across a balanced personality among them. They often put the body above all else. Though the yogi does not under ...

42 Light on Yoga The yogi never neglects or mortifies the body or the mind, but cherishes both. To him the body is not an impedi ...

Introduction 43 system will be shattered. By its proper practice one is freed from most diseases. Never attempt to practise pra� ...

44 Light on Yoga the respiratory system, soothe the nervous system and reduce craving. As desires and cravings diminish, the min ...

Introduction 4 5 praJ?a and the manas (mind) have been absorbed, an undefinable joy ensues.' (Hafha Yoga Pradfpikii, chapter IV, ...

46 Light on Yoga other hand, if there is rhythmic control of breath, the senses instead of running after external objects of des ...

Introduction- 4 7 The quality of sattva leads towards the divine and tamas towards the demonic, while in between these two stand ...

48 Light on Yoga tamas and he works to achieve a sattvika frame of mind. When the sattva-gu!:fa alone remains, the human soul ha ...

Introduction 49 state of the mind is the ekagra (eka=one; agra =foremost) state, where the mind is closely attentive and the men ...

50 Light on Yoga Aum: According to Sri Vinoba Bhave, the Latin word Omne and the Sanskrit word Aum are both derived from the sa ...

Introduction 51 end. It does not grow or change. Many change and pass, but Brahman is the One that ever remains unchanged. The l ...

52 Light on Yoga Him, frees himself from the bondage of karma (action) and becomes a ]Ivana Mukta (a Liberated Soul). 'What beco ...

Introduction 53 Song of the Soul I am neither ego nor reason, I am neither mind nor thought, I cannot be heard nor cast into wor ...

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PART II Yogasanas_, Bandha and Kriya Hints, Cautions, Technique and Effects (After the name of each asana, there is a number wit ...

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Yogasanas Hints and Cautions for the Practice of Asanas The requ£sites Without firm foundations a house cannot stand. Without t ...

58 Light on Yoga diminish as time goes by. The stiffness of the body is conquered by regular practice and one is able to do the ...

Breathing Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 59 I4. In all the asanas, the breathing should be done through the nostrils only and not ...