Royal Yoga: Insights into the Eightfold Path of Raja Yoga (Foreword written by David Frawley)

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Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, 30 jun 2025 - 281 pagina's

Royal Yoga offers a clear and systematic exploration of Raja Yoga as outlined in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Based on a series of lectures delivered between 2020 and 2021, the book presents the eightfold path (Ashtanga Yoga)-from ethical foundations to meditative absorption as a practical framework for cultivating inner clarity and self-awareness. Rather than portraying yoga as a set of external techniques, the author emphasizes its deeper psychological and spiritual dimensions, rooted in silence, discipline, and insight.

Drawing on classical teachings and personal experience, the book bridges the timeless wisdom of the Yoga tradition with contemporary perspectives. In his foreword, Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) writes: "This is one of the most experiential and authentic commentaries on the Yoga Sutras in recent decades. It corrects many modern misunderstandings while staying rooted in yogic practice."

 

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FIRST SPEECH
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SECOND SPEECH
21
THIRD SPEECH
55
FOURTH SPEECH
79
FIFTH SPEECH
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SIXTH SPEECH
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SEVENTH SPEECH
185
EIGHTH SPEECH
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NINTH SPEECH
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INDEX
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absorption According achieved ākāśa aligned ānanda ancient aphorism approach āsana asmitā asteya ātman attain awareness balance becomes Bhagavad Gītā bliss body brahmacarya breath concept consciousness cycle deeper desires dhāraṇā dhyāna dimensions discussed doctrine of yoga domain duality emotions establishment existence existential expansion external objects external world five senses fluctuations focus focused fundamental Gheranda hatha-yoga human psyche individual inhalation and exhalation inner insight interaction interpretation kāraṇa layers manifestation meaning meditation mental mind nature niyama observation Pāda Patañjali perception perspective phenomena physical practice prajñā prakrti prāna prāṇāyāma principles of yama profound psyche puruṣa realization realm refers root Sādhanā Sage Patañjali samādhi sāmkhya sattva sattvic Satya śauca self-awareness sensory significant Śiva stage subtle subtler sūkṣma sūtras Svādhyāya symbolizes tamasic teachings term tradition transcend true essence truth ultimate unconscious understanding union unity Upaniṣads vedic vibrations vital energy words yama yama and niyama Yoga Sutras Yoga-Sūtras yogi yogic yogic concentration Yuga

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelRoyal Yoga: Insights into the Eightfold Path of Raja Yoga (Foreword written by David Frawley)
AuteurBorzou Ghaderi
UitgeverMotilal Banarsidass Publishing House, 2025
ISBN9368539847, 9789368539841
Lengte281 pagina's
  
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