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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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