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082 _a181.45
_bBES/I
100 _aBesant, Annie
245 _aAn Introduction To Yoga
_cby Annie Besant
260 _aChennai :
_bThe Theosophical Pub. House
_c1987 / 2002
300 _aviii ; 150 p. + 2 p.
505 _aLecture 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
650 _aYoga : Spiritual
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