Swami Vivekananda - Raja Yoga, @Yoga
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Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
by
Swami Vivekanda
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Raja Yoga
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Raja Yoga
Table of Contents
Prefix....................................................................................................................................4
Preface..................................................................................................................................6
Introductory........................................................................................................................10
The First Steps................................................................................................................... 20
Prana.................................................................................................................................. 28
The Psychic Prana..............................................................................................................39
References................................................................................................................ 43
The Control Of The Psychic Prana....................................................................................44
Pratyahara And Dharana....................................................................................................48
Dhyana And Samadhi........................................................................................................ 54
Raja-Yoga In Brief.............................................................................................................62
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms...............................................................................................67
Introduction...................................................................................................................67
Concentration: Its Spiritual Uses.................................................................................. 71
References................................................................................................................ 97
Concentration: Its Practice............................................................................................ 98
Powers.........................................................................................................................124
References.............................................................................................................. 136
Independence...............................................................................................................138
References.............................................................................................................. 149
Appendix - References To Yoga......................................................................................151
Shvetashvatara Upanishad - Chapter II.......................................................................151
Yajnavalkya quoted by Shankara [1].......................................................................... 152
Sankhya - Book III......................................................................................................153
Sankhya - Book IV......................................................................................................153
Sankhya - Book V.......................................................................................................154
Sankhya - Book VI......................................................................................................154
Vyasa-Sutras - Chapter IV, Section I..........................................................................155
References.............................................................................................................. 155
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Raja Yoga
Prefix
If there is such a thing as an Age of Aquarius, it began in the late 19
th
and
early 20
th
centuries. This time period saw the birth of our modern model of
the universe as physicists and mathemeticians looked at the world with new
eyes. This time period also saw something of a spiritual revival in the United
States and Europe as work in Eastern religions began to make its way into
the public consciousness. One of the first missionaries from India came in
1893 to the United States of America to attend, and speak at, the World
Parliament of Religions that was taking place in Chicago in that year.
That young man, Swami Vivekananda, electrified his audience. He became
something of a spiritual rock star of the era. Swami Vivekananda swayed an
entire generation, both in the West and in his home country of India, with his
lectures, books, and individual work.
This book,
Raja Yoga
, is one of his most influential works. When I first
came across it in my early 20s it was a shock that set me on a path that has
lasted my lifetime. It was my first introduction to the philosophy of Vedanta
and the practice of meditation, practices that weren't so common in the
1970s as they are now. It helped shaped the basic threads of my philosophy
of life more than any other.
The first half of the book is based on a series of lectures that Swami
Vivekananda gave on the subject of raja yoga. It contains a great deal of
practical information on meditation and psychology from the Vedantic point
of view.
The second half of the book is a translation and commentary on Patanjali's
Yoga Sutras
. The practices espoused in the
Yoga Sutras
have been
accepted by most, if not all, of India's schools of philosophy.
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Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
, as with all of Swami Vivekananda's writing, is in the public
domain. It is, however, difficult to find on the internet, except for a text
version on Wikipedia. It is this that I have used to create this formatted
version of the text. I trust that the book will be as useful to you as it has been
to me.
Richard Cockrum
Shards of Consciousness
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