Raja Yoga - Hardcover

Vivekananda, Swami

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8180900363 ISBN 13: 9788180900365

Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004

Synopsis

Raja Yoga is a book by Swami Vivekananda about the path of Raja Yoga. The book was first published in July 1896. It is one of the most well-known books by Vivekananda. According to Vivekananda, the goal of Raja Yoga is how to concentrate the mind, how to discover the innermost recesses of our own mind and how to generalise their contents and form our own conclusions from them. In order to obtain the goal, practice is absolutely necessary. The appendix contains the translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendra Nath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. Born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality. He was influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna, from whom he learnt that all living beings were an embodiment of the divine self; therefore, service to God could be rendered by service to mankind. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda toured the Indian subcontinent extensively and acquired first-hand knowledge of the conditions prevailing in British India. He later travelled to the United States, representing India at the 1893 Parliament of the World Religions. Vivekananda conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in the United States, England and Europe. In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint and his birthday is celebrated there as National Youth Day.

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Luego de su primera visita al occidente, Swami Vivekananda retornó a la India, donde fundó la Orden Ramakrishna en 1898.

La vida y obra de Swami Vivekananda tienen la vastedad y profundidad que corresponde a un gigante espiritual de su talla. Él construyó su obra sobre la base de su total renunciación. Su mensaje está atravesado por una fuerza incontenible que ha levantado, y levanta, a miles del pozo del pequeño yo. Su pasión fue demostrar a todos su inherente grandeza, hacer de los hombres un sólido bastión de espiritualidad.

Vivekananda quería que cada uno reconociera su naturaleza divina y se erigiera como un faro en la costa, arrojando luz para guiar a otros a través de la oscuridad del océano del mundo.

Amaba a Dios en todas sus manifestaciones, pero especialmente en su pura expresión humana. Invocó como uno, sino el único, de los principios de la Orden, el del servicio a Dios en el hombre, destacando que servicio y adoración son uno. Quería que cada uno se volviera consciente de su propia fuerza espiritual como la de otros y que manifestara esta conciencia en un incansable servicio a la humanidad toda.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8180900363
• ISBN 13: 9788180900365
• Binding: Hardcover