{"product_id":"2940015739183","title":"A Series Of Lessons In Gnani Yoga","description":"INDEX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLESSON                                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I.  The One                              1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II.  Omnipresent Life                    27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III.  The Creative Will                   51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV.  The Unity of Life                   75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V.  The One and the Many               101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI.  Within the Mind of the One         127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII.  Cosmic Evolution                   153\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  The Ascent of Man                  177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX.  Metempsychosis                     203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   X.  Spiritual Evolution                229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI.  The Law of Karma                   253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XII.  Occult Miscellany                  277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST LESSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Yogi Philosophy may be divided into several great branches, or\u003cbr\u003efields. What is known as \"Hatha Yoga\" deals with the physical body and\u003cbr\u003eits control; its welfare; its health; its preservation; its laws, etc.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is known as \"Raja Yoga\" deals with the Mind; its control; its\u003cbr\u003edevelopment; its unfoldment, etc. What is known as \"Bhakti Yoga\" deals\u003cbr\u003ewith the Love of the Absolute--God. What is known as \"Gnani Yoga\" deals\u003cbr\u003ewith the scientific and intellectual knowing of the great questions\u003cbr\u003eregarding Life and what lies back of Life--the Riddle of the Universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach branch of Yoga is but a path leading toward the one\u003cbr\u003eend--unfoldment, development, and growth. He who wishes first to\u003cbr\u003edevelop, control and strengthen his physical body so as to render it a\u003cbr\u003efit instrument of the Higher Self, follows the path of \"Hatha Yoga.\" He\u003cbr\u003ewho would develop his will-power and mental faculties, unfolding the\u003cbr\u003einner senses, and latent powers, follows the path of \"Raja Yoga.\" He\u003cbr\u003ewho wishes to develop by \"knowing\"--by studying the fundamental\u003cbr\u003eprinciples, and the wonderful truths underlying Life, follows the path\u003cbr\u003eof \"Gnani Yoga.\" And he who wishes to grow into a union with the One\u003cbr\u003eLife by the influence of Love, he follows the path of \"Bhakti Yoga.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it must not be supposed that the student must ally himself to only\u003cbr\u003ea single one of these paths to power. In fact, very few do. The\u003cbr\u003emajority prefer to gain a rounded knowledge, and acquaint themselves\u003cbr\u003ewith the principles of the several branches, learning something of\u003cbr\u003eeach, giving preference of course to those branches that appeal to them\u003cbr\u003emore strongly, this attraction being the indication of _need_, or\u003cbr\u003erequirement, and, therefore, being the hand pointing out the path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is well for every one to know something of \"Hatha Yoga,\" in order\u003cbr\u003ethat the body may be purified, strengthened, and kept in health in\u003cbr\u003eorder to become a more fitting instrument of the Higher Self. It is\u003cbr\u003ewell that each one should know something of \"Raja Yoga,\" that he may\u003cbr\u003eunderstand the training and control of the mind, and the use of the\u003cbr\u003eWill. It is well that every one should learn the wisdom of \"Gnani\u003cbr\u003eYoga,\" that he may realize the wonderful truths underlying life--the\u003cbr\u003escience of Being. And, most assuredly every one should know something\u003cbr\u003eof Bhakti Yogi, that he may understand the great teachings regarding\u003cbr\u003ethe Love underlying all life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have written a work on \"Hatha Yoga,\" and a course on \"Raja Yoga\"\u003cbr\u003ewhich is now in book form. We have told you something regarding \"Gnani\u003cbr\u003eYoga\" in our Fourteen Lessons, and also in our Advanced Course. We have\u003cbr\u003ewritten something regarding \"Bhakti Yoga\" in our Advanced Course, and,\u003cbr\u003ewe hope, have taught it also all through our other lessons, for we fail\u003cbr\u003eto see how one can teach or study any of the branches of Yoga without\u003cbr\u003ebeing filled with a sense of Love and Union with the Source of all\u003cbr\u003eLife. To know the Giver of Life, is to love him, and the more we know\u003cbr\u003eof him, the more love will we manifest.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164888252656,"sku":"2940015739183","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015739183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}