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Commentaries
Four Chapters on Freedom
(Commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
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This text contains the full Sanskrit text of Rishi Patanjali's
Yoga Sutras, along with transliteration, translation and commentary.
The Yoga Sutras, containing 196 epithets or threads of yoga, is
the most respected treatise on yoga. This extensive commentary on
each sutra fully explains the text and the path of raja yoga.
Serious yogic aspirants and spiritual seekers will find invaluable
guidance within these pages.
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400 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings, diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-18-2
(English and Hindi)
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
by Maharishi Swatmarama translation and commentary
by Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Muktibodhananda
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This book is a thorough commentary on the original text by Maharishi
Swatmarama. It elucidates the entire science of hatha yoga as it
was conceived and practised, not for health and fitness only, but
for awakening the pranas, chakras and kundalini shakti. This text
points out that hatha yoga is not just a physical practice but a
process of cellular transmutation from gross, to subtle to divine.
Thus hatha yoga was considered the foundation of all higher yogas.
This text clearly shows the link between tantra and hatha yoga,
and also emphasises that hatha yoga leads to raja yoga, otherwise
it is practised in vain.
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641pp, Soft cover
Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-85787-38-7
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Nine Principle Upanishads
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
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The Nine Principal Upanishads are the culmination of vedic thought
and contain the essence of the original vedantic teachings. They
impart sublime truths about the nature and destiny of mankind revealed
by great sages and seers during informal discussions with disciples
and spiritual seekers. These upanishads describe the direct experience
of transcendence which results in the unity of the individual with
the highest consciousness. They also provide methods of meditation
to realize the nature of Atman, the supreme soul, and to attain
the immortal Brahman.
This text includes the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration
and translations of the following nine major upanishads: Prashnopanishad,
Kenopanishad, Mandukyopanishad, Mundakopanishad, Ishavasya Upanishad,
Kathopanishad, Aitareya Upanishad, Shvetashvataropanishad and Taittiriya
Upanishad.
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274pp
Soft cover
ISBN 81-85787-21-2
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Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (The Ascent)
Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati
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The theme of Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is dharana, or concentration,
a subject most relevant today. This new translation and commentary
of a classical tantric text sheds much light on the practice of
dharana, which until now has been revealed only by peripheral explanations.
The text comprises 112 different dharanas, or techniques of concentration,
which can easily be incorporated into one’s daily life. Although
dharana is a practice intended for an adept, whose mind is steady
and controlled, the techniques contained within this book provide
a way even for the aspirant with a distracted mind to gradually
develop concentration and meditation.
This work is the result of an in-depth study of dharana in relation
to the tantric view of meditation, substantiated by the personal
experience of the author. Included is a detailed introduction followed
by the original Sanskrit slokas, with transliteration, translation
and extensive commentary.
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522 pp
Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-86336-32-X
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Yoga Chudamani Upanishad (Crown Jewel of Yoga)
Swami Satyadharma Saraswati
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Yoga Chudamani Upanishad is a manual of higher sadhana for advanced
and initiated aspirants. It delineates the ancient path of kundalini
awakening in its original and pure form before the proliferation
of modern yogic literature. The text elucidates a unique combination
of kundalini yoga and vedantic upasana. It discusses the nadis,
prana vayus, chakras and kundalini shakti, and also provides detailed
descriptions of ajapa gayatri and pranava, which are older vedic
and upanishadic meditative disciplines.
The text includes the original Sanskrit verses, along with transliteration,
anvay, translation and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma
Saraswati under the guidance of Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.
For students of Indian philosophy, it provides a valuable study
of the compatibility of Yoga and Vedanta, or the tantric and vedic
systems of philosophy and practice.
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330 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
ISBN 81-86336-27-3
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Nirvanopanishad
translation and commentary by Swami Niranjanananda
Saraswati
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This book contains the complete original Sanskrit text of the
Upanishad on Nirvana, one of the Sannyasa Upanishads, with translation
and commentary by a modern master.
Nirvanopanishad explains the nature of Paramahamsa sannyasins,
who are one with the divine. It elaborates on their connection with
disciples, spiritual path, lifestyle, and the teachings that they
embody and live.
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274pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
(English and Hindi)
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Prashnopanishad
translation and commentary by Swami Niranjanananda
Saraswati
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This book contains the complete Sanskrit text of Prashnopanishad,
the 'Upanishad of Questions', along with the transliteration, translation
and commentary of a modern master. Subjects covered are tapasya
(austerity), brahmacharya (celibacy), faith, the process of creation,
the supporters of life, the senses and prana, and how the life force
originates.
The text is thoroughly explained from the yogic and scientific
points of view, and many points relating to yoga philosophy are
clarified. The commentary of Adi Shankaracharya is also given in
Sanskrit with each verse and an explanation of the Vedantic interpretation.
The practices necessary to understand and experience the teachings
are distilled in the final section.
Suitable for advanced practitioners, yoga teachers
and scholars.
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274pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
(English and Hindi)
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Swara Yoga (The Tantric Science of Brain Breathing)
Swami Muktibodhananda Saraswati
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This book contains the original Sanskrit text of the Shiva Swarodaya
with a translation in English. The theory section includes references
to scientific research into the influence of breathing patterns
on the right and left hemispheres of the brain, instinctual behaviour
and higher brain functions, which is correlated with the tantric
view of human physiology.
In the practice section the techniques of this ancient yoga are
explained in detail. For this practice prior experience in pranayama,
mudras and some pratyahara techniques including mantra japa, trataka
and visualisation are necessary.
This is an important text for advanced yoga practitioners and
yoga teachers.
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248 pp, Soft cover, Line drawings and diagrams
(English and Hindi)
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Ishavasya Upanishad
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
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Sanskrit text, English translation and detailed commentary on this
most important "principal" Upanishad, considered to be
the seed of Indian philosophy in general and of Vedanta philosophy
in particular. Includes a useful introduction to the essence and
wisdom of the Upanishads.
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82 pp, Soft cover
ISBN 81-85787-21-2
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