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The deeper dimension of Yoga, theory and practice, Georg Feuerstein

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-386) and index

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The deeper dimension of Yoga

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Georg Feuerstein

theory and practice

1. What is Yoga? -- 2. Mapping Yoga -- 3. Yoga: What For? -- 4. Yoga: For Whom? -- 5. Guidelines for Selecting a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Or Class -- 6. Ten Fundamental Principles of Yoga -- 7. Is Yoga a Religion? -- 8. Yoga as Art and Science -- 9. The Yoga of Science -- 10. Traditional Definitions of Yoga -- 11. Yoga in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism -- 12. Forty Types of Hindu Yoga -- 13. The Tree of Hindu Yoga -- 14. Styles of Hatha-Yoga -- 15. Crossing the Boundary Between Hinduism and Buddhism Via Tantra-Yoga -- 16. Vajrayana Buddhist Yoga -- 17. Introducing the Great Literary Heritage of Hindu Yoga -- 18. Yoga Symbolism -- 19. Approaching Spiritual Practice -- 20. The Twelve Steps of Spiritual Recovery -- 21. Happiness, Well-Being, and Reality -- 22. The Quest for Happiness -- 23. Spiritual Discipline -- 24. Life Is an Earthquake -- 25. Samsara Means Running Around in Circles -- 26. Spiritual Friendship -- 27. The Guru: Dispeller of Darkness -- 28. The Guru Function: Broadcasting Reality -- 29. Understanding the Guru -- 30. Holy Madness -- 31. Grace Has a Place in Yoga -- 32. Tapas, Or Voluntary Self-Change -- 33. The Art of Purification -- 34. Obstacles on the Path According to Patanjali -- 35. In Praise of Study -- 36. Silence Is Golden: The Practice of Mauna -- 37. Die While You Live and Last-Hour Yoga -- 38. Living in the Dark Age (Kali-Yuga) -- 39. Yoga and Terrorism -- 40. Yoga Begins and Ends With Virtuous Action -- 41. Is Nonharming (Ahimsa) an Old-Fashioned Value? -- 42. Nonharming According to Jaina Yoga -- 43. Yoga and Vegetarianism -- 44. The Practice of Eco-Yoga -- 45. Overcoming Greed -- 46. Authenticity, Integrity, Unity -- 47. The Power of Truth -- 48. Compassion -- 49. Ethical Guidelines for Yoga Teachers -- 50. Asanas for the Body and the Mind -- 51. Shava-Asana, Or Corpse Posture -- 52. The Breath of Life -- 53. Cultivating Wisdom -- 54. Buddhi-Yoga -- 55. Jnana-Yoga: The Path of Wisdom -- 56. "That Art Thou" -- The Essence of Nondualist Yoga -- 57. Discernment and Self-Transcendence -- 58. Karma-Yoga: The Way of Self-Transcending Action -- 59. Bhakti-Yoga: "Worship Me With Love" -- 60. Degrees of Love -- 61. The Kriya-Yoga of Patanjali -- 62. Faith and Surrender: A New Look at the Eightfold Path -- 63. Mantra-Yoga: Sounding Out the Depth Within -- 64. The Gayatri-Mantra -- 65. The Sacred Syllable Om -- 66. Mudras: Gestures of Wholeness -- 67. Taraka-Yoga: Seeing the Light -- 68. Yantra-Yoga: Divine Geometry -- 69. What Is Tantra? -- 70. Sex, Asceticism, and Mythology -- 71. Pathways to Relaxation and Meditation -- 72. What Is Meditation? -- 73. Prayer in Yoga -- 74. The Ecstatic State -- 75. The Serpent Power and Spiritual Life -- 76. Who Or What Is the Self in Self-Realization? -- 77. Emptiness -- 78. Liberation -- Glossary: Key Sanskrit Terms of Hindu Yoga