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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1885 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 285 Language: English.
Published by Printed at the Subodha-Prakash Press, Bombay, 1885
Book First Edition
"YOGA FOR THE MASSES. 8vo. [2] ff, xxxviii, [1 leaf of errata], 226 pp. Bound in original contemporary printed boards, rebacked in calf. First 15 pages annotated by a contemporary English hand. Closed tear to pp. 59/60, otherwise a very good copy. Second edition of this early document in the Western rediscovery of yoga. Traditional Hindu philosophical practices dating from the 2nd century BC remained of little interest to Westerners until the late 19th century, thanks to the activities of the Anglo-Indian Theosophical Society . Tatya s text bears little relation to the modern preoccupation with physical poses, but instead offers commentaries on techniques of what is today termed transcendental meditation . "The Edition now offered is calculated to help counteract the materialistic tendencies of the present age, and to re-open the path of the true spiritual philosophy and science of the ancient Aryans . The leading feature of [Bhakti Yoga] is devotion without intermission, and absorbing, ecstatic thought regarding the Deity. The difference between this and Raj Yoga is that the former is based on pure and rational metaphysics, while the latter is founded on mere faith. In their results the former is by most considered superior to the latter." (Author s preface, pp. iv-v). Tatya s publication somewhat predates the activities of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), who did much to disseminate yoga to a western audience through his tours of Europe and the United States in the 1890s. OCLC shows US copies at the Newberry, Harvard, Minnesota, and the Theosophical Society (IL); the first edition (1882) is held at Stanford and Concordia Seminary.".