Index
Boldface page references indicate photographs.
A
Abhinivesa. See Fear of Death or
Clinging to Life
Abhyasa (practice), 93-94, 99-100,
102-3, 112
Action
complementary, 43
direct, 137
intelligence and, 28
precision in, 42
silence and, 31-32
teaching and, 221
types of, 24 7
Adam and Eve, 170-71
Addictions, 96, 143, 169
Adho Mukha Svanasana (resting head
on support), 267, 267
Afflictions (klesa)
Attachment, 195-96, 199-200
Aversion, 195 -97
concept of, 190-91
Fear of Death or Clinging to Life,
197-99,256-57
Ignorance, 191-93, 199
interference of, 151
Inward Journey and, 199-200
mastering, 256-57
Pride, 194-95
Aggression, 41-42
Ahamkara (!-shape), 111 -13,117-22,
124
Ahamkara (small self), 111 , 117-22,
215
Ahimsa (nonviolence), 25 1-52
AIDS epidemic, 116
Aims of Life (Purusartha), 237-41
Aloneness, 184
Analysis (vitarka), 39, 154
Anandamaya kosa. See Divine body;
Sheaths of being
Anger, 88-90, 1.H
Annamaya kosa. .'iel' Physical hody;
Slwarhs of ll("in�o:
Anrahkaran.t (n•mn<'lllT), I 0 I,
1711 110, !. ()
Antara kumbhaka (retention of breath
after inhalation), 72, 75, 77, 93,
184-85
Aparigrahah (non-covetousness or
modesty of life), 254
Architecture, 203
Ardha chandrasana (half-moon asana
pose), 141
Arrogance, 194-96
Artha (self-reliance of earning own
living), 237-39
Art (kala), 204
Asanas. See Postures of yoga
Ascension, final, 201- 7
Ashrama (Stages of Life), xiii, 24 1-46
Asmita (l-am-ness), 120, 122, 188-90
Asmita (pride), 87-88, 194-95
Asteya (non-stealing), 253-54
Atma. See Soul
Attachment (raga), 195 -96, 199-200
Aum Namo Narayanaya ("seed
prayer"), 252
Aurobindo, 170
Aversion (dvesa), 195-97
Avidya (Ignorance), 121-22, 191 -93, 199
Awareness (prajna), 171
balance of, 42
consciousness and, 145
cosmic, 149
intellectual body and, 155, 162-65
meditation and, 15
mind and, 155
physical body and, 28-33B
Baddhakonasana pose, 269, 269
Bahya kumbhaka (retention of breath
after exhalation), 72, 76, 93,
184-85
Balance
of awareness, 42
of elements, 206
life and, 44
physical hody and, 25, 42-47
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