TY - BOOK AU - Besant, Annie TI - An Introduction To Yoga SN - 8170590515 U1 - 181.45 PY - 1987/// / 2002 CY - Chennai : PB - The Theosophical Pub. House KW - Yoga : Spiritual N1 - Lecture I. The Nature of Yoga : 1. The Meaning of the Universe ; 2. The Unfolding of Consciousness ; 3. The Oneness of the Self ; 4. The Quickening of the Process of Self - Unfoldment ; 5. Yoga is a Science ; 6. Man a duality ; 7. States of Mind ; 8. Samadhi ; 9. The Literature of Yoga ; 10. Some Definitions ; 11. God Without and God Within ; 12. Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter ; 13. Mind ; 14. Stages of Mind ; 15. Inward and Outward -Turned Consciousness ; 16. The Cloud ; Lecture II. Schools of Thought : 1. Its Relation to Indian Philosophies ; 2. Mind ; 3. The Mental Body ; 4. Mind and Self ; Lecture III. Yoga as Science : 1. Methods of Yoga ; 2. To the Self by the Self ; 3. To the Self Through the Not - Self ; 4. Yoga and Morality ; 5. Composition of States of the Mind ; 6. Pleasure and Pain ; Lecture IV. Yoga as Practice : 1. Inhibition of States of Mind ; 2. Meditation With and Without Seed ; 3. The Use of Mantras ; 4. Attention ; 5. Obstacles to Yoga ; 6. Capacities for Yoga ; 7. Forthgoing and Returning ; 8. Purifications of Bodies ; 9. Dwellers on the Threshold ; 10. Preparation for Yoga ER -