Kriya-Yoga
Giri, Swami Nityananda
Kriya-Yoga The Science of Life-Force - New Delhi Concept Publishing Company 2018 - 390p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Introduction ....1 Yoga ....1 Kriya-yoga: A brief note .....2 Simple and for all .....3 Brings unity among sects ....3 History .....4 Theme ....5 Pranavidya the philosophy .....6 Life and breeath ....6 Righeousness is the precondition ....6 Hamsa sadhana is the foundation ....7 Kevala kumbhaka makes the difference .....7 Dvija- A twice born ....7 Meditation is possible ......8 Mother nature is the practitioner .....8 Breath is our teacher .....8 A yogi is always associated with the self .....9 Lion in the body-forest ....9 Kriya-yoga for happy life .....9 Mind deludes ....9 The mind needs to be purified .....10 Following ego is catastrophic ......10 Right understanding ....11 The breath Pranavay, Strengthens the discriminating intellect ....11 Worshiping prana is Kriya-yoga .....12 Kriya-yoga evolves to kaivalya-yoga .....13 Healthy individual and healthy society ....13 2 Prannvidya: The knowledge of the life-force .....15 The goal .....15 Hamsah , to know the self is the route ....15 The knowledge, the fire and the pranya hamsaly is same ....17 Many routes are creations of the ignorance .....19 Result of Karma actions ....21 Two types of humans, deva-s and asura-s ....22 Vidya, the knowledge is the higher .....23 Two types of vidya para and apara .... 24 Apara vidya the inferior knowledge ....24 Para vidya, the superior knowledge ....24 The ultimate state ....25 How to have the knowledge? .......26 The way of fish ....27 The ense enjoyments kill .....27 control of the sense-organs and the mind .....29 The supreme is not comprehended through the mind .....30 Know that through the mind ....31 Possible through a mind at rest .....31 Citta, the mind stuff .....32 Five states of the citta ....24 The whirls of mind, cittavrtti-s ....35 Actions are done by the qualities of nature .....36 The ego must be finished .....38 Control of the mind is the precondition again .....39 The self should be taught after purification .....40 Prana holds the key to purify the mind .....40 The prana principle .....43 Prana is the mother nature, aditi .....43 The knowledge is gained through the grace of Uma haimavati .....45 Gopis achieve srikrsna by worshiping katayani ....45 Mahakali is Mahaprana .....49 Prana is bhubanesvari ....50 Aditiis everything ....53 Whose nature is this ....55 The supreme brahman is the prana .....56 The prana is born from the supreme .....60 The prana is Isvara the hiranysgarbha .....60 Hiranyagarbha is sutratma .....63 Hiranyagarbha-sukta ....63 Adhyatma prana, the prana in the context of body .....70 Adhidaiva prana the prana in the context of gods, it is air .....70 3 Understanding the principles and the practices of Kriya-yoga ....106 Core-practices of the observances, niyama-s are Kriya-yoga .....106 External cleanliness .....108 The kriya-yoga ......115 Sucessin highest goal is through the self-effort .....127 Kriya-yoga helps in following righteousness .....132 Kriya-yoga is self-restraint, samyama: The spiritual path is from self-restraint to self-restraint ...140 Kriya-yoga teaches how to keep equanimity of the mind ....146 Devotion, bhakti in kriya-yoga .....154 The journey obstacles in the path and the remedies .....163 Practice, abhyasa, and detachment, vairagya is name of the route ....164 4 The body principle, Sarira tativa ......175 Three bodies ......179 Five vital airs or breaths, pancaprana .....188 Relation of five breaths with seed sounds and elements ....193 Tje energy centers cakra-s Four chapters of life .....221 The enigma named death ....230 Biology and spirituality of death ....236 5 Kriya practice ....249 Preparing the gross body .....258 Nabhikriva .....262 Khecari mufra ......266 Guru pranama ....271 Hamsah sadhana ....276 Contemplation on hamsa ....280 Vyana viksana .....285 Mahamudra ....293 Kriya proper I ....299 Jyoti mudra ....318
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Kriya-Yoga The Science of Life-Force - New Delhi Concept Publishing Company 2018 - 390p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Introduction ....1 Yoga ....1 Kriya-yoga: A brief note .....2 Simple and for all .....3 Brings unity among sects ....3 History .....4 Theme ....5 Pranavidya the philosophy .....6 Life and breeath ....6 Righeousness is the precondition ....6 Hamsa sadhana is the foundation ....7 Kevala kumbhaka makes the difference .....7 Dvija- A twice born ....7 Meditation is possible ......8 Mother nature is the practitioner .....8 Breath is our teacher .....8 A yogi is always associated with the self .....9 Lion in the body-forest ....9 Kriya-yoga for happy life .....9 Mind deludes ....9 The mind needs to be purified .....10 Following ego is catastrophic ......10 Right understanding ....11 The breath Pranavay, Strengthens the discriminating intellect ....11 Worshiping prana is Kriya-yoga .....12 Kriya-yoga evolves to kaivalya-yoga .....13 Healthy individual and healthy society ....13 2 Prannvidya: The knowledge of the life-force .....15 The goal .....15 Hamsah , to know the self is the route ....15 The knowledge, the fire and the pranya hamsaly is same ....17 Many routes are creations of the ignorance .....19 Result of Karma actions ....21 Two types of humans, deva-s and asura-s ....22 Vidya, the knowledge is the higher .....23 Two types of vidya para and apara .... 24 Apara vidya the inferior knowledge ....24 Para vidya, the superior knowledge ....24 The ultimate state ....25 How to have the knowledge? .......26 The way of fish ....27 The ense enjoyments kill .....27 control of the sense-organs and the mind .....29 The supreme is not comprehended through the mind .....30 Know that through the mind ....31 Possible through a mind at rest .....31 Citta, the mind stuff .....32 Five states of the citta ....24 The whirls of mind, cittavrtti-s ....35 Actions are done by the qualities of nature .....36 The ego must be finished .....38 Control of the mind is the precondition again .....39 The self should be taught after purification .....40 Prana holds the key to purify the mind .....40 The prana principle .....43 Prana is the mother nature, aditi .....43 The knowledge is gained through the grace of Uma haimavati .....45 Gopis achieve srikrsna by worshiping katayani ....45 Mahakali is Mahaprana .....49 Prana is bhubanesvari ....50 Aditiis everything ....53 Whose nature is this ....55 The supreme brahman is the prana .....56 The prana is born from the supreme .....60 The prana is Isvara the hiranysgarbha .....60 Hiranyagarbha is sutratma .....63 Hiranyagarbha-sukta ....63 Adhyatma prana, the prana in the context of body .....70 Adhidaiva prana the prana in the context of gods, it is air .....70 3 Understanding the principles and the practices of Kriya-yoga ....106 Core-practices of the observances, niyama-s are Kriya-yoga .....106 External cleanliness .....108 The kriya-yoga ......115 Sucessin highest goal is through the self-effort .....127 Kriya-yoga helps in following righteousness .....132 Kriya-yoga is self-restraint, samyama: The spiritual path is from self-restraint to self-restraint ...140 Kriya-yoga teaches how to keep equanimity of the mind ....146 Devotion, bhakti in kriya-yoga .....154 The journey obstacles in the path and the remedies .....163 Practice, abhyasa, and detachment, vairagya is name of the route ....164 4 The body principle, Sarira tativa ......175 Three bodies ......179 Five vital airs or breaths, pancaprana .....188 Relation of five breaths with seed sounds and elements ....193 Tje energy centers cakra-s Four chapters of life .....221 The enigma named death ....230 Biology and spirituality of death ....236 5 Kriya practice ....249 Preparing the gross body .....258 Nabhikriva .....262 Khecari mufra ......266 Guru pranama ....271 Hamsah sadhana ....276 Contemplation on hamsa ....280 Vyana viksana .....285 Mahamudra ....293 Kriya proper I ....299 Jyoti mudra ....318
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