[PDF] The Bhakti Yoga Handbook eBook

Author : Stephen Knapp
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781490302287

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The Bhakti-yoga Handbook A Guide for Beginning the Essentials of Devotional Yoga This book is a guide for anyone who wants to begin the practice of bhakti-yoga in a practical and effective way. This supplies the information, the principles, the regular activities or sadhana, and how to have the right attitude in applying ourselves to attain success on the path of bhakti-yoga, which is uniting with God through love and devotion. This outlines a general schedule for our daily spiritual activities and a typical morning program as found in most Krishna temples that are centered around devotional yoga. In this way, you will find the explanations on how to begin our day and set our mind, what meditations to do, which spiritual texts are best to study, and how we can make most everything we do as part of bhakti-yoga. All of these can be adjusted in a way that can be practiced and applied by anyone by anyone regardless of whether you are in a temple ashrama or in your own home or apartment. Such topics include: The secret of bhakti-yoga and its potency in this day and age, The essential morning practice, the best time for meditation, The standard songs and mantras that we can use, as applied in most Krishna temples, Understanding the basics of the Vedic spiritual philosophy, such as karma, reincarnation, the Vedic description of the soul, etc., How Vedic culture is still as relevant today as ever, Who is Sri Krishna, How to chant the Hare Krishna mantra, Standards for temple etiquette, The nine processes of bhakti-yoga, a variety of activities from which anyone can utilize, How to make our career a part of the yoga process, How to turn our cooking into bhakti-yoga, How to set up a home altar or temple room, depending on what standard you wish to establish, How to take care of deities in our home, if we have Them, How to perform the basic ceremonies like arati, How to take care of the Tulasi plant if you have one, And the spiritual results you can expect to attain through this yoga. All of the basics and effective applications to get started and continue with your practice of bhakti-yoga is supplied so you can progress in a steady way, from beginner to advanced.

Author : Rusty Wells
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1611802393

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A guide to Bhakti Flow Yoga, a style of yoga that emphasizes a seamless connection between the breath and the movements of the body--by a popular San Francisco-based yogi. This is a comprehensive guide to the history and practice of Bhakti Flow Yoga, a synthesis of Bhakti yoga (the yoga of devotion) and Vinyasa Flow. This book describes • the foundations of Bhakti Flow Yoga, with an historical overview and an explanation of the basics of practice • the energetic side of this practice, including subtle body, meditation, sound (Nada Yoga), prana, pranayama, koshas (sheaths of the subtle body), chakras, nadis (energy pathways), and bandhas (energy locks), and more • the Bhakti Flow Yoga lifestyle: An overview of Ayurveda, including the doshas (constitution), nutrition, taste, and digestion, along with recommended Ayurvedic diet guidelines for general health. The section on vegetarianism offers practical advice on making the diet work for you. • the practice of Bhakti Flow Yoga: The section is divided into pose families, which include Basics, Standing Poses, Standing Balance Poses, Core, Arm Balances and Inversions, Backbends, Seated Poses and Twists, and Restorative Poses. The author unpacks each of the yoga poses, with details on both physical and spiritual considerations of each pose. There are also discussions on drishti (point of focus), how to start a home practice, and practical tips for pregnant students or those with high blood pressure. Rusty Wells includes two sample sequences, along with recommendations on sequencing in general. The Beginner's Sequence is gentle, complete, and accessible for all body types. The Surya Flow 1 Sequence is an example of a strong one-hour vinyasa practice that can easily be a launching pad for more creativity. Wells also provides valuable insights on teaching yoga.

Author : Sumukhi Finney
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1435853598

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Presents an introduction to the principles of Hatha yoga and provides explanations and illustrations of the physical postures and relaxation and breathing exercises, and an introduction to meditation.

Author : Swami Vivekananda
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 3849695395

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Bhakti-Yoga is a real, genuine search after the Lord, a search beginning, continuing, and ending in love. One single moment of the madness of extreme love to God brings us eternal freedom. This love cannot be reduced to any earthly benefit, because so long as worldly desires last, that kind of love does not come. Bhakti is greater than karma, greater than Yoga, because these are intended for an object in view, while Bhakti is its own fruition, its own means and its own end. This edition includes the Swami's ten lectures on Bhakti Yoga, plus ten more on the Supreme Devotion called Para-Bhakti.

Author : Swami Vivekananda
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
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Category : Religion
ISBN : 8175058234

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Love in its varied aspects is the motive force behind all the actions of living beings. But love takes its highest form when directed towards the God. Among the different paths leading man towards the attainment of the Supreme Truth is the one of love, devotion, and complete surrender. In this book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication centre of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, Swami Vivekananda expounds how this path of Bhakti leads man to God. Being an exposition by one of the pioneers in the religious and spiritual realm of the modern times, the value of this work need not be emphasized. Lucid, simple, and to the point, the words of the Swami touch the hearts of the readers and puts them on to the divine path of love supreme. Note: This book has some Sanskrit text with embedded Devanagiri fonts. Kindly use the 'Original' font option in Google Play Books Android app.

Author : Stephen Knapp
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 2017-09-23
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ISBN : 9781977610195

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This is a systematic description of how bhakti-yoga works, the practice and philosophy of it, and how to become successful on this spiritual path. Bhakti-yoga is the process that can take a person beyond mere faith and give direct experience of the spiritual strata and one's real spiritual identity, beyond the body, and to the joy that is on that plane of consciousness. It is the spiritual process that is especially recommended for these difficult times. Herein is a revelation that such a realization and experience is not only possible, but leads us to taste the greatest happiness when the soul finally reconnects to its natural condition and joyful disposition. It is like finding the home you have been looking for all your life. And now, at long last, you can reach the ultimate platform of realization, peace, comfort, bliss, and connection with Divine Love. The hankering for this has motivated all of us to seek out our real spiritual nature for many lifetimes, and now upon attaining this knowledge we have found our real destiny. Some of the additional topics within include:* What is so special about bhakti-yoga, the universal path.* Mantra-yoga, the importance of it in this day and age.* How to make sure you have a genuine guru.* Feeling ecstatic reciprocation from the Lord. * Beginning to understand and perceive God.* How the Lord reveals Himself to His devotee.* Having your own realizations of the highest levels of spiritual truth.* Manifesting your spiritual identity.* And ultimately attaining freedom from material existence and entering the spiritual world. This book is based on and includes numerous quotes and references from the Vedic literature to authorize the knowledge that is presented within.

Author : SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
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Swami Vivekananda was a great social reformer and a very inspiring personality of India. Vivekananda was called by the name Narendranath Datta.. He was born in Kolkata on 12 January 1863 to Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. His father was a successful attorney. He used to practice meditation even from his boyhood, and was associated with Brahmo Movement for some time. At the threshold of youth Narendra had to pass through a period of spiritual crisis when he was assailed by doubts about the existence of God. In November 1881, Narendra went to meet Sri Ramakrishna who was staying at the Kali Temple in Dakshineshwar. Narendra became a frequent visitor to Dakshineshwar and under the guidance of the Sri Ramakrishna, he made rapid strides on the spiritual path.

Author : Swami Vivekananda
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 3849695743

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The goal of life is really knowledge, of the reality of things. We are apt to think that it is pleasure, and seeking pleasure in sense-gratification, we meet with so many disappointments and sorrows that we sometimes almost despair and are led to believe that all life is a vain dream with no sure foundation anywhere. It is an endless chain of cause and effect in which we are involved, and from which only knowledge of how to act without producing reaction can ever free us. Karma Yoga is meant to teach us exactly this, to make clear to us first the causes of our bondage, and secondly the method of getting rid of the causes and to avoid the effects.

Author : Swami Vivekananda
Publisher : Sanage Publishing House Llp
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
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ISBN : 9789391560782

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Concept and practice of yoga originated in India several thousand years ago. Its founders were great saints & sages. The great yogis gave rational interpretation to their experience of Yoga & brought about a scientific and practical method within everyone's reach. This edition combines the four paths of yoga as expounded by Swami Vivekananda in the nineteenth century. They include the three Yoga's mentioned in the Bhagwat Gita, Raja yoga, Jnana yoga, Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga, which is based on Patanjali's yoga sutras, and together they speak to the active, the emotional, the mystic, and the philosophical inside us. Complete with timeless universal wisdom, and not restricted to as and physical exercises, The yogic practices explained by Vivekananda become a way of life and hence lead to the realisation of the absolute.