Yoga and Meditation for Self Healing - Softcover

Sarasvati, Brahmananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 189096400X ISBN 13: 9781890964009

Publisher: Baba Bhagavandas Publication Trust, 2000

Synopsis

"Yoga means to experience that dimension of life where there is no object, either external or internal. Thus it is not being conscious of something but being conscious of consciousness itself."

"Meditation is the removal of identity with the psychosomatic organism. If one is free from this false identity even for a moment, one becomes able to heal oneself by opening the door to the ultimate resources of energy."

— Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati

Here Shri Brahmananda elucidates the real purpose of human life, that is, to become conscious of our natural state of union with all existence. This is not only the purpose of Yoga, he declares, but also it is the aim of all systems and branches of science, psychology and philosophy.

In this small volume, numerous methods of yoga and meditation are presented, showing the way to experience our natural being, pure consciousness beyond the body and thinking mind, which is the source of all health and healing and of final enlightenment.

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About the Author

Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, also known as Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D., had an extensive background in Eastern and Western medicine. In 1955, after years of practicing and teaching medicine and surgery in his native India, he came to the West for further research and advanced medical studies. In the years that followed, he served as a resident physician at leading university hospitals in the United States and Canada.

In 1958, Dr. Mishra founded the Yoga Society of New York, Inc. In 1966 he gave up his medical career to concentrate on his spiritual teaching, founding ashrams and centers of meditation and learning in the United States, Canada and Europe. His two leading centers today are Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York (opened in 1964 as the country retreat center for the Yoga Society of New York) and Brahmananda Ashram (founded in 1973 at the Yoga Society of San Francisco, Inc). Year-round courses and programs are offered at both locations in all aspects of Yoga, in Sanskrit, East-West dance, music, drama, arts and natural healing.

Dr. Mishra was a widely recognized scholar and authority on the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Yoga and Vedanta. He is author of Fundamentals of Yoga, The Textbook of Yoga Psychology (on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras), Self Analysis and Self Knowledge (based on Shankaracharya's Atma Bodha), modern translations of several Upanishads and other classical Sanskrit scriptures, as well as many essays, stories and unpublished manuscripts. Much of his teaching also exists on audio and video recording.

Dr. Mishra's life was dedicated to the integration of ancient and modern, Eastern and Western science, culture and philosophy for transformation, Self-realization and universal peace through spiritual unity. He left his body in September 1993, yet his spiritual presence continues to pervade his ashrams, and his timeless teachings remain a source of inspiration and guidance for all.

To inquire further, contact the Baba Bhagavandas Publication Trust, the nonprofit entity established by Dr. Mishra at the end of his life for the preservation and perpetuation of his life work. Trust offices are located at Ananda Ashram, 13 Sapphire Road, Monroe, New York 10950, 845.782.4009, contact@babatrust.org.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baba Bhagavandas Publication Trust
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 189096400X
• ISBN 13: 9781890964009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90