This Volume Of Lectures On Hindu Religion Philosophy And Yoga

This book is a volume of 1893 lectures on Hindu religion, philosophy and yoga.

Excerpt from This Volume of Lectures on Hindu Religion, Philosophy and Yoga: As a Mark of Admiration for His Many Inestimable Qualities and of Gratitude for the Encouragement It has devolved on me, as Secretary of the Calcutta psycho-religious Society, to. Deliver a lecture \at one bf their general meetings during the current year on any subject that may tend to advance the cause of the society generally, and be useful to it in particular. To choose such a subject is by no means an easy matter. I have thought of divers themes, but one appears to me suitable to the present stage of the institution, and that is an attempt to trace the various phases of Spirit-worship in India from the earliest Vedic age to the age, of the Tantras, or the age in which spiritualism, almost as understood at present, was sedu lously, cultivated - an age in which the lamp of Hindoo intel lect burnt with supernatural lustre. The task, though self imposed, is by no means a light one, especially as no competent writer took it up before me and as the materials to be worked upon, lie so wildly scattered all about, that the idea of raising a superstructure out of them is fraught with misgivings. My position appears to me like that of a solitary traveller, standing in moonlight in the midst of a vast ruin, and wishing to build a' hamlet out of the grand and dilapidated edifices around him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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1902 Five lectures on the subject. All the orthodox systems of Indian philosophy have one goal in view, the liberation of the soul through perfection. Each soul is potentially divine. Contents: Raja Yoga - The First Steps, Prana, the Psychic Prana, e.

This is the first volume of the collection of the books, lectures, letters, poetry of Swami Vivekananda. This Special Master Edition has been crafted with great care in a 7.5" x 9.5" two-columns format. Contents Addresses at The Parliament of Religions Response to Welcome, Why We Disagree, Paper on Hinduism, Religion not the Crying Need of India, Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism, Address at the Final Session. Karma-Yoga Karma in its Effect on Character, Each is great in his own place, The Secret of Work, What is Duty?, We help ourselves, not the world, Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation, Freedom, The Ideal of Karma-Yoga. Raja-Yoga Preface, Introductory, The First Steps, Prana, The Psychic Prana, The Control of Psychic Prana, Pratyahara and Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, Raja-Yoga in brief Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms: Introduction, Concentration: Its spiritual uses, Concentration: Its practice, Powers, Independence, Appendix. Lectures and Discourses Soul, God and Religion, The Hindu Religion, What is Religion?, Vedic Religious Ideals, The Vedanta Philosophy, Reason and Religion, Vedanta as a Factor in Civilisation, The Spirit and Influence of Vedanta, Steps of Hindu Philosophic Thought, Steps to Realisation, Vedanta and Privilege, Privilege, Krishna, Gita I, Gita II, Gita III, Mohammed, Vilvamangala, The Soul and God, Breathing, Practical Religion: Breathing and Meditation. "In the volumes of the works of the Swami Vivekananda we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also to its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda. For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalisation of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother who would teach her children, what was the faith of their ancestors will turn to the pages of these books for assurance and light. Long after the English language has disappeared from India, the gift that has here been made, through that language, to the world, will remain and bear its fruit in East and West alike. What Hinduism had needed, was the organising and consolidating of its own idea. What the world had needed was a faith that had no fear of truth. Both these are found here. Nor could any greater proof have been given of the eternal vigour of the Sanâtana Dharma, of the fact that India is as great in the present as ever in the past, than this rise of the individual who, at the critical moment, gathers up and voices the communal consciousness." - Sister Nivedita Editor's Note: This Special Master Edition has been crafted with great care. In order to be more enjoyable during reading and research, it has been set in a 7.5" x 9.5" two-columns format. All our publications are carefully crafted, both in terms of typography as well as design.

This is the third volume of the collection of the books, lectures, letters, and poetry of Swami Vivekananda. This Special Master Edition has been crafted with great care in a 7.5" x 9.5" two-columns format. Contents Lectures and Discourses Unity, the Goal of Religion, The Free Soul, One Existence Appearing as Many. Bhakti-Yoga Definition of Bhakti, The Philosophy of Ishvara, Spiritual Realisation, the aim of Bhakti-Yoga, The Need of Guru, Qualifications of the Aspirant and the Teacher, Incarnate Teachers and Incarnation, The Mantra: Om: Word and Wisdom, Worship of Substitutes and Images, The Chosen Ideal, The Method and the Means. Para-Bhakti or Supreme Devotion The Preparatory Renunciation, The Bhakta's Renunciation Results from Love, The Naturalness of Bhakti-Yoga and its Central Secret, The Forms of Love -- Manifestation, Universal Love and How it Leads to Self Surrender, The Higher Knowledge and the Higher Love are One to the True Lover, The Triangle of Love, The God of Love is His Own Proof, Human Representations of the Divine Ideal of Love, Conclusion. Lectures from Colombo to Almora First Public Lecture in the East (Colombo), Vedantism, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Pamban, Address at the Rameswaram Temple on Real Worship, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Ramnad, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Paramakudi, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Shivaganga and Manamadura, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Madura, The Mission of the Vedanta, Reply to the Address of Welcome at Madras, My Plan of Campaign, Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life, The Sages of India, The Work before us, The Future of India, On Charity, Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and Reply, The Vedanta in all its phases, Address of Welcome at Almora and Reply, Vedic Teaching in Theory and Practice, Bhakti, The Common Bases of Hinduism, Bhakti, The Vedanta, Vedantism, The Influence of Indian Spiritual Thought in England, Sannyasa: Its Ideal and Practice, What have I learnt?, The Religion we are born in Reports in American Newspapers India: Her Religion and Customs, Hindus at the Fair, At the Parliament of Religions, Personal Traits, Reincarnation, Hindu Civilisation, An Interesting Lecture, The Hindoo Religion, The Hindoo Monk, Plea for Tolerance, Manners and Customs in India, Hindoo Philosophy, Miracles, The Divinity of Man, The Love of God, The Women of India Buddhistic India Editor's Note: This Special Master Edition has been crafted with great care. In order to be more enjoyable during reading and research, it has been set in a 7.5" x 9.5" two-columns format. All our publications are carefully crafted, both in terms of typography as well as design.

-: ADDRESSES AT THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS :--: 1. RESPONSE TO WELCOME :--: 2. WHY WE DISAGREE :--: 3. PAPER ON HINDUISM :--: 4. RELIGION NOT THE CRYING NEED OF INDIA :--: 5. BUDDHISM, THE FULFILMENT OF HINDUISM :--: 6. ADDRESS AT THE FINAL SESSION :--: KARMA-YOGA :--:1. KARMA IN ITS EFFECT ON CHARACTER :--: 2. EACH IS GREAT IN HIS OWN PLACE :--: 3. THE SECRET OF WORK :--: 4. WHAT IS DUTY? :--: 5. WE HELP OURSELVES, NOT THE WORLD :--:6. NON-ATTACHMENT IS COMPLETE SELF-ABNEGATION :--: 7. FREEDOM :--: 8. THE IDEAL OF KARMA-YOGA :--: RAJA-YOGA :--: 1. INTRODUCTORY :--: 2. THE FIRST STEPS :--: 3. PRANA :--: 4. THE PSYCHIC PRANA :--: 5. THE CONTROL OF PSYCHIC PRANA :--: 6. PRATYAHARA AND DHARANA :--: 7. DHYANA AND SAMADHI :--: 8. RAJA-YOGA IN BRIEF :--: LECTURES AND DISCOURSES :--: 1. SOUL, GOD AND RELIGION :--: 2.THE HINDU RELIGION :--: 3. WHAT IS RELIGION? :--: 4. VEDIC RELIGIOUS IDEALS :--: 5. THE VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY :--: 6. REASON AND RELIGION :--: 7. VEDANTA AS A FACTOR IN CIVILISATION :--: 8.THE SPIRIT AND INFLUENCE OF VEDANTA :--: 9. STEPS OF HINDU PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHT :--: 10. STEPS TO REALISATION :--: 11. VEDANTA AND PRIVILEGE :--: 12. PRIVILEGE :--: 13. KRISHNA :--: 14. THE GITA I :--: 15. THE GITA II :--: 16. THE GITA III :--: 17. MOHAMMED :--: 18. VILVAMANGALA :--: 19. THE SOUL AND GOD :--: 20. BREATHING :--: 21. PRACTICAL RELIGION: BREATHING AND MEDITATION :-