Chapter Seven. The Occult Path Of Buddha : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 123 THE OCCULT PATH OF BUDDHA p. 124 p. 125 CHAPTER SEVEN THE OCCULT PATH OF BUDDHA ALWAYS the Buddha spoke of two ways of life--one being the ordinary thoughtless course in which people seek happiness through various pleasures, always hoping...
Chapter Six. The Bhakti And Mantra Yogas : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 106 p. 107 THE BHAKTI AND MANTRA YOGAS p. 108 p. 109 THE BHAKTI AND MANTRA YOGAS CHAPTER SIX BHAKTI, or devotion, arises from the appreciation of goodness. There will be no devotional feeling towards what is not good. If some persons were...
Chapter Eight. The Chinese Yoga : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 133 THE CHINESE YOGA p. 134 p. 135 CHAPTER EIGHT THE CHINESE YOGA WHEN the Buddha wished to allude to the final achievement or attainment of human life he spoke of "nirvna", a "blowing-out." This means that in that experience, there will be...
Chapter Two. Patanjali's Raja Yoga : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 12 p. 13 p. 14 p. 15 CHAPTER TWO PATANJALI'S RAJA YOGA FOREMOST among the Yoga teachings of India comes that of Patanjali dating back, according to popular tradition, to at least 300 B.C. His "Yoga Stras" give definitions and instructions which...
Chapter Four. Shankaracharya's Gnyana Yoga : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 61 SHANKARACHARYA'S GNYANA-YOGA p. 62 p. 63 CHAPTER FOUR SHANKARACHARYA'S GNYANA-YOGA THIS Teacher, who founded monasteries in India for the study of Vednta philosophy, is believed by many of his followers to have lived several centuries before...
Chapter Nine. The Sufi Yogis : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 150 p. 151 THE SUFI YOGAS p. 152 p. 153 CHAPTER NINE THE SUFI YOGAS AS IS fitting in the field of a religion based upon the revelations through the Prophet Muhammad, the practices (or yogas) and fulfilments of the Sufis were and are entirely...
Untitled : This is a short review of the major schools of yoga, including Hindu, Buddhist and Sufi varieties. Wood, whose translation of the The Garuda Purana is also at this site, was a founding Theosophist and wrote extensively on Hinduism, and Yoga in particular. His works on the subject are written...
Preface : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. vii PREFACE THERE are many people in America and Europe who want to know what yoga is, and they say, "Do not tell us about the yoga of one particular school; we want a concise survey of the whole field." This need I have tried to fill...
Chapter Three. Shri Krishna's Gita Yoga : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 CHAPTER THREE SHRI KRISHNA'S GITA-YOGA WE HAVE used the new term Gt-Yoga here because it sums up the titles of all the eighteen chapters of the "Bhagavad Gt", each of which is called a yoga, such as "The Yoga of Knowledge...
Chapter One. The Ten Oriental Yogas : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 1 THE TEN ORIENTAL YOGAS p. 2 p. 3 CHAPTER ONE THE TEN ORIENTAL YOGAS THERE is great interest in the Western world at the present time on the subject of Oriental Occultism, and very rightly so, for the time has come for it to be blended in with...
Title Page And Front Matter : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], "Books by the Same Author" Practical Yoga: Ancient and Modern. The Glorious Presence: An Exposition of Vedanta. Mind and Memory Training. Concentration: A Practical Course. The Intuition of the Will. "ca 11th Century"--NORTH CENTRAL INDIAN STONE">...
Chapter Five. The Hatha And Laya Yogas : * "Great Systems of Yoga", by Ernest Wood, [1954], p. 85 THE HATHA AND LAYA YOGAS p. 86 p. 87 CHAPTER FIVE THE HATHA AND LAYA YOGAS THE practice of "hatha-yoga" is composed chiefly of "prnyma", which is regulation of breath, "san", the practice of various postures, and a set of six "bandhas"...
