Satyadharma Saraswati

Yoga Darshana Upanishad: Ancient Insight into the System of Ashtanga Yoga

Übersetzer: Perini, Ruth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Yoga Darśana Upaniṣad is Volume 3 in the Yoga Upaniṣad series. Yoga Chudamani Upaniṣad and Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad are Volumes 1 and 2 in the series. Yoga Darśana Upaniṣad has ten sections which describe in detail the eightfold path of yoga. The topics of the ten sections are the ten ethical behaviours (yama), ten inner disciplines (niyama), the nine main physical and meditative postures, the subtle or energetic body, the breath and breathing practices, withdrawal of the senses (pratyāhāra), concentration ( dhāraṇā), meditation (dhyāna) and transcendence (samādhi), the eighth limb of rāja yoga. These teachings on pratyāhāra and dhāraṇā are unique, and will not be found in other texts on yoga or meditation. Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings, translation by Ruth Perini and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Produktdetails

• Yoga Upanishad Nr.3
• Verlag: Thomas Nelson
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780648910732
• ISBN-10: 0648910733
• Artikelnr.: 69192076

Autorenporträt

Swami Satyadharma is a senior sannyasin, a yoga acharya, and a versatile teacher of yogic meditation and allied philosophies, having a Master of Arts in Yoga Philosophy with First Class Honors from Bihar Yoga Bharati, India. Born in Connecticut USA, she lived in India for over 35 years under the direct tutelage of her yoga master, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, where she imbibed the traditional yogic teachings, and became Director of the Department of Undergraduate Studies at Bihar Yoga Bharati. Now based in Australia, she lives a life of sadhana and introspection, while continuing to elucidate the ancient teachings of yoga in the form of the 20 Yoga Upanishads.