Living Yoga : The Value of Yoga in Today's Life.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (347 pages)
- Routledge Library Editions: Yoga Series ; v.5 .
- Routledge Library Editions: Yoga Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Introduction to the Series -- Dedication Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Photographic Illustrations -- Introduction -- First Day -- Getting Yourself Together -- Second Day -- The Divine Name -- Stick to One Thing -- Questions and Answers on Different Spiritual Paths -- Third Day -- The Three Mirrors -- The Secret Behind All Religions -- Questions and Answers on Attachment -- Fourth Day -- Let Go of the Cat's Tail -- Undoism -- Questions and Answers on Self-discipline and Meditation -- Fifth Day -- There Is Only One Light -- The Tenth Man -- Questions and Answers on the Philosophy of Yoga -- Sixth Day -- Wholeness and Holiness -- Internal Cleansing -- Questions and Answers on Health and Diet -- Seventh Day -- Practical Advice on Meditation -- Questions and Answers on Meditation -- The Mother and Her Children -- Questions and Answers on Women, Family Life and Monkhood -- Eighth Day -- A Great Morning -- Satsang with Swami Satchidananda 's Devotees -- Ninth Day -- Honoring Siva -- The Three Gunas and the Three Types of People -- Questions and Answers on Parents and Children -- Tenth Day -- Staying Together -- Questions and Answers on Yoga and Christianity -- Closing Comments by Retreatants -- Concluding Comments -- Glossary.
The talks presented in this volume, first published in 1977, were originally delivered during a retreat in New York, in which speakers from a variety of spiritual traditions were represented. It aims to show the value of yoga in everyday life, and its relation to many other religions and philosophies.