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He is the Soul of the Universe; he is immortal. His is the Rulership. He is the all-knowing, the all-pervading, the Protector of the Universe, the Eternal Ruler. None else is there efficient to govern the world eternally. 

The soul must be eternal. Why? In the first place we see that the soul is not matter. It is neither a gross body, nor a fine body, which we call mind or thought. It is neither a physical body, nor what in Christianity is called a spiritual body. It is the gross body and the spiritual body that are liable to change. The gross body is liable to change almost every minute and dies, but the spiritual body endures through long periods, until one becomes free, when it also falls away. 

The goal of mankind is knowledge. That is the one ideal placed before us by Eastern philosophy. Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness come to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. The cause of all the miseries we have in the world is that men foolishly think pleasure to be the ideal for which to strive. After a time, man finds it is not happiness, but knowledge, toward which he is going, that both pleasure and pain are great teachers, and that he learns as much from evil as from good.  

Yogi Swami Vivekananda, rappresentante per vari anni della religione indù negli Stati Uniti alla fine del 1800, nato in India il 12 gennaio 1863, morto in India il 4 luglio 1902. Allievo di Sri Ramakrishna. In questo libro una discepola americana di Swami Vivekananda riporta gli ammaestramenti che il Guru lasció a lei e ai suoi compagni durante la sua permanenza a Thousand Island Park dal giugno all'agosto 1895. L'opera si dipana giorno dopo giorno, dandoci modo di entrare in contatto con la religione indù e con le sue connessioni con il cristianesimo.

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja knigu "Radzha-joga. Uchenie jogov o psihicheskom mire cheloveka" pisatelja, perevodchika, okkul'tista Uil'jama Uokera Atkinsona, izvestnogo pod literaturnym psevdonimom Jog Ramacharaka. V jetoj knige v prostoj i jasnoj forme izlozheny principy uchenija Radzha-jogi. Osnovnaja cel' Radzha-jogi - kontrol' uma posredstvom meditacii (dh'jana), osoznanie raznicy mezhdu real'nost'ju i illjuziej i dostizhenie osvobozhdenija.

This short account of Swami Vivekananda, the Vedantist who brought Hinduism to America, focuses on the years 1893 to 1897. After a famous speech at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, Vivekananda promoted his religious beliefs and practices by lecturing extensively across the United States, teaching and attracting devotees, producing a wealth of publications and tracts on Hinduism, encouraging vegetarianism, writing the first book on yoga to appear in America and so on, for a new and enthusiastic audience.

Sometimes known as royal yoga or sahaja marg, Raja yoga represents Swami Vivekananda's classic interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The author details the path of meditation and control of the mind, gives a scientific treatment of yogic philosophy, describes methods of concentration, psychic development, and how to ultimately liberate the soul from the prison of the body.

Gli Yoga sutra sono un sistema filosofico indiano dei primi secoli, e consiste di aforismi, come era costume presso i maestri indù che trasmettevano la loro conoscenza per tradizione orale. Swami Vivekananda, allievo diretto di Sri Ramakrishna e da lui definito Siddha (cioè saggio fin dalla nascita per meriti acquisiti nella vita precedente) ha tradotto dal sanscrito e commentato questo testo.

Il libro è tratto da una serie di insegnamenti e conferenze effettuate alla fine del 1800 in Inghilterra e negli Stati Uniti, in cui il maestro indiano, allievo filiale di Sri Ramakrishna, spiega, con parole semplici e accessibili a tutti, le quattro vie dello Yoga: Karma Yoga, la via del lavoro; Raja Yoga, la via della psicologia, Jnana Yoga, la via della conoscenza; Bhakti Yoga, la via della devozione.

The complete eleven (11) classes that Swami Vivekananda gave on Bhakti Yoga in New York City, 1895-96. Narrated by Varun Narayan. Recorded with permission from Advaita Ashrama, publisher. For more information about Swami Vivekananda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda To order books by or about Swami Vivekananda: https://www.vedanta.com If you would like to make donation to help fund the recording and production of this and the next three series of yoga classes, please email info@vedantaworks.com for more information.