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  • Blessing p. xi

    Foreword p. xiii

    Preface p. xv

    Acknowledgments p. xxi

    Transliteration and Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words p. xxiii

    Introduction: The Impulse Toward Transcendence p. xxv

    Foundations

    Building Blocks p. 3

    The Essence of Yoga

    What's in a Name?--The Term Yoga

    Degrees of Self-Transcendence--The Practitioner (Yogin or Yogini)

    Guiding Light--The Teacher

    Dakshinamurti-Stotra

    Learning Beyond the Self--The Disciple

    Giving Birth to a New Identity--Initiation

    Crazy Wisdom and Crazy Adepts

    Siddha-Siddhanta-Paddhati (Selection)

    The Wheel of Yoga p. 35

    Overview

    Raja-Yoga--The Resplendent Yoga of Spiritual Kings

    Hatha-Yoga--Cultivating an Adamantine Body

    Jnana-Yoga--Seeing with the Eye of Wisdom

    Amrita-Bindu-Upanishad

    Bhakti-Yoga--The Self-Transcending Power of Love

    Bhakti-Sutra of Narada

    Karma-Yoga--Freedom in Action

    Mantra-Yoga--Sound as a Vehicle of Transcendence

    Laya-Yoga--Dissolving the Universe

    Integral Yoga--A Modern Synthesis

    Yoga and Other Hindu Traditions p. 79

    A Bird's-Eye View of the Cultural History of India

    The Glow of Psychic Power--Yoga and Asceticism

    Delight in Nothing--Yoga and the Way of Renunciation

    Yoga and Hindu Philosophy

    Yoga, Ayur-Veda, and Siddha Medicine

    Yoga and Hindu Religion

    Pre-Classical Yoga

    Yoga in Ancient Times p. 121

    History for Self-Understanding

    From Shamanism to Yoga

    Yoga and the Enigmatic Indus-Sarasvati Civilization

  • Sacrifice and Meditation--The Ritual Yoga of the Rig-Veda

    Rig-Veda (Selection)

    Spells of Transcendence--The Magical Yoga of the Atharva-Veda

    Atharva-Veda (Selection)

    The Mysterious Vratya Brotherhoods

    The Whispered Wisdom of the Early Upanishads p. 165

    Overview

    The Brihad-Aranyaka-Upanishad

    The Chandogya-Upanishad

    The Taittiriya-Upanishad

    Other Ancient Upanishads

    The Early Yoga-Upanishads

    Jaina Yoga: The Teachings of the Victorious Ford-Makers p. 187

    Historical Overview

    The Sacred Literature of Jainism

    The Path of Purification

    Yoga-Drishti-Samuccaya (Selection)

    Yoga in Buddhism p. 207

    The Birth and Evolution of Buddhism

    The Great Teaching of the Small Vehicle--Hinayana Buddhism

    The Yogic Path of Hinayana Buddhism

    Wisdom and Compassion--The Great Idealism of Mahayana Buddhism

    Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya-Sutra

    Mahayana-Vimshaka of Nagarjuna

    The Jewel in the Lotus--Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism

    The Flowering of Yoga p. 245

    Overview

    Heroism, Purity, and Asceticism--The Ramayana of Valmiki

    Immortality on the Battlefield--The Mahabharata Epic

    The Bhagavad-Gita--Jewel of the Mahabharata

    Bhagavad-Gita (Selection)

    The Yogic Teachings of the Anu-Gita

    The Liberating Gospels of the Mahabharata Epic--The Moksha-Dharma

    Moksha-Dharma (Selection)

    The Sixfold Yoga of the Maitrayaniya-Upanishad

    The Intangible Yoga of the Mandukya-Upanishad

    Morality and Spirituality--Pre-Classical Yoga in the Ethical-Legal Literature

    Classical Yoga

    The History and Literature of Patanjala-Yoga p. 283

    Patanjali--Philosopher and Yogin

    The Codification of Wisdom--The Yoga-Sutra

  • Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

    The Elaboration of Wisdom--The Commentarial Literature

    The Philosophy and Practice of Patanjala-Yoga p. 317

    The Chain of Being--Self and World from Patanjali's Perspective

    The Eight Limbs of the Path of Self-Transcendence

    Liberation

    Post-Classical Yoga

    The Nondualist Approach to God Among the Shiva Worshipers p. 341

    Overview

    The Left-Hand Followers of Shiva--"Skull-Bearers," "Phallus-Wearers," and Other Ascetics

    The Power of Love--The Shiva Worshipers of the North

    Shiva-Sutra of Vasugupta

    For the Love of God--The Shiva Worshipers of the South

    The Vedantic Approach to God Among the Vishnu Worshipers p. 371

    God is Love: The Vishnu Worshipers of the North and the South

    The Alvars

    The Bhagavata-Purana

    Uddhava-Gita (Selection)

    The Gita-Govinda

    The Bhakti-Yoga of the Vaishnava Preceptors

    Jnanadeva and Other Saints of Maharashtra

    The Minstrel-Saints of Medieval Bengal

    Popular Love Mysticism of the North

    Yoga and Yogins in the Puranas p. 391

    The Naked Ascetic

    Yogic Teachings in the Puranic Encyclopedias

    Markandeya-Purana (Selection)

    The Yogic Idealism of the Yoga-Vasishtha p. 401

    Overview

    Mind Only--The Idealistic Approach

    The Yogic Path

    Yoga-Vasishtha (Selection)

    God, Visions, and Power: The Yoga-Upanishads p. 413

    Overview

    Sounding Out the Absolute

    Amrita-Nada-Bindu-Upanishad

    Sound, Breath, and Transcendence

    Photistic Yoga

    Advaya-Taraka-Upanishad

    Cutting Through the Knots of Ordinary Awareness

    Kshurika-Upanishad

  • Bodily Transmutation--The Upanishads of Hatha-Yoga

    Yoga in Sikhism p. 443

    Overview

    The Yoga of Unity

    Yoga in Contemporary Sikhism

    Power and Transcendence in Tantrism

    The Esotericism of Medieval Tantra-Yoga p. 453

    Bodily Pleasure and Spiritual Bliss--The Advent of Tantra

    The Hidden Reality

    Tantric Ritual Practice

    The Magic of Powers

    Kula-Arnava-Tantra (Selection)

    Yoga as Spiritual Alchemy: The Philosophy and Practice of Hatha-Yoga p. 505

    The Enlightenment of the Body--The Origins of Hatha-Yoga

    Walking the Razor's Edge--The Hatha-Yogic Path

    The Literature of Hatha-Yoga

    Goraksha-Paddhati

    Epilogue p. 567

    Notes p. 569

    Chronology p. 589

    Glossary of Key Terms p. 601

    Select Bibliography p. 613

    Index p. 643

    About the Author p. 685

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