The History and Philosophy of Yoga

Suggested Schedule......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 17
Practical Guidelines for Students......Page 19
Overview......Page 29
Additional Source Materials......Page 34
Introduction......Page 45
Chapter I: Building Blocks......Page 63
Chapter 2: The Wheel of Yoga......Page 111
Chapter 3: Yoga and Other Hindu Traditions......Page 199
Chapter 4: Yoga in Ancient Times......Page 271
Chapter 5: The Whispered Wisdom of the Early Upanishads......Page 311
Chapter 6: Jaina Yoga......Page 353
Chapter 7: Yoga in Buddhism......Page 403
Chapter 8: The Flowering of Yoga......Page 503
Chapter 9: The History and Literature of Patanjala-Yoga......Page 579
Chapter 10: The Philosophy and Practice of Patanjala-Yoga......Page 609
Chapter 11 : The Nondualist Approach to God Among the Shiva Worshipers......Page 673
Chapter 12: The Vedantic Approach Among the Vishnu Worshipers......Page 743
Chapter 13: Yoga and Yogins in the Puranas......Page 813
Chapter 14: The Yogic Idealism of the Yoga-Vasishtha......Page 831
Chapter 15: God, Visions, and Power: The Yoga-Upanishads......Page 849
Chapter 16: Yoga in Sikhism......Page 875
Chapter 1 7 : The Esotericism of Medieval Tantra-Yoga......Page 881
Chapter 18: Yoga As Spiritual Alchemy......Page 957
Chapter 19: Nineteenth-Century Yoga......Page 977
Chapter 20: Twentieth-Century Yoga......Page 993