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Introduction to Yoga

Name: Introduction to Yoga
Author: Annie Besant

Annie Besant

Read by Ritu Aarcee · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Foreword (1:38)
Lecture 1. The Nature of Yoga, The Meaning of the Universe (4:22)
The Unfolding of Consciousness (4:52)
The Oneness of the Self (0:56)
The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment (3:54)
Yoga is a Science (5:37)
Man a Duality (5:44)
States of Mind (4:18)
Samadhi (5:24)
The Literature of Yoga (5:43)
Some Definitions (4:38)
God Without and God Within (2:33)
Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter (5:12)
Mind (1:52)
Stages of Mind (5:29)
Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness (2:32)
The Cloud (3:17)
Lecture 2. Schools of Thought, Its Relation to Indian Philosophies (33:07)
Mind (5:02)
The Mental Body (5:23)
Mind and Self (6:00)
Lecture 3. Yoga as Science, Methods of Yoga (5:01)
To the Self by the Self (6:36)
To the Self through the Not-Self (3:58)
Yoga and Morality (8:14)
Composition of States of the Mind (8:00)
Pleasure and Pain (14:31)
Lecture 4. Yoga as Practice, Inhibition of States of Mind (9:02)
Meditation with and without Seed (9:22)
The Use of Mantras (2:13)
Attention (3:48)
Obstacles to Yoga (2:04)
Capacities for Yoga (8:46)
Forthgoing and Returning (10:56)
Purification of Bodies (5:10)
Dwellers on the Threshold (8:58)
Preparation for Yoga (2:06)
The End (3:28)