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Abdominal muscles, exercise of, 25
Abstentions, the five, 27
Accomplishments, the four, 67
Antagonism, cessation of, 29
Āsanā (proper sitting), 29, 87, 95-6
Attention, withdrawal of, 32
Āvarana, (the "covering-up"), 76, 78-9
Āvidyā, (ignorance), 80
Bandhas, (body-purifications), 87
Beauty, of images etc., 121
Bhakta, (devotee), the, 111
Bhāvas, (forms of being), 44
Brahman, knowledge of, 64, 66, 105
Breathing, correct, 29-31, 87-93
Brotherhood, 56
Buddha, doctrine of sorrow of, 126
the Path of, 125
Burton, Richard, quoted, 158
Chan, (meditation), 138
Chess, simile of, 82
Chit, (consciousness), 79
Chitta, (mind), 15
Christ, reference to, 45
Concentration, defined, xv
practice of, 33
Consciousness, essentiality of, ix, 139
Contemplation, 35
Desire, versus knowledge, 141
Devotion, two kinds of, 45, 48, 49
Dhāranā, (concentration), 32, 33
Dharma, (way of life), 47, 48, 49, 66, 128
Dhyāna, (meditation), 32, 33, 138
Egotism, 20
Emerson, quoted, 3, 157, 158, 163
Enweri, quoted, 158
Fetters, the, in Buddhism, 130-31
Foods, recommended, 90
Forms, production of, 77
Gheranda-Sanhitā, quoted, 91, 95, 113
Gifts, simple, 48
Gitā-yoga, 41
Giving, life of, 59
God, as greatest yogī, 46
as supporter, 48
ideas about, xvii
love of, for man, 49
Sufi union with, 154
unity of all life in, 50
Goddesses, the, of mantras, 120
Goodness, truth and beauty, 54, 111
Growth, seven stages of, 57
Happiness, fundamental, 79, 84
Hatha, meaning of, 9
Hatha-yoga-pradīpikā, quoted, 91, 101
I, you and it, 83
Ideas, in the mind, 17
Ignorance, the chief trouble, 20, 65, 82
Illusion, theory of, 76
Independence, 17
Intuition, nature of, 145
Ishwara-pranidhāna, (attentiveness to God), 26, 55
Jivabhūtas, (living beings), 43
Kaivalya, (independence), 17
Karma-yoga, 45
Kleshas, (sources of trouble), 18
Knowledge, the best gift, 54
the greatest, 64
versus desire, 141
Krishna, Shrī, time of, 41
Kriyāshakti, (thought-power), 73
Kriyā yoga, 19
Laws, natural, 51
spiritual, 53
Laya, meaning of, 97
Light, uncovering the inner, 37
Light of Asia, quoted, 129, 132
Loka, (habitat), 45
Love, is wisdom, 43
values measured by, 46
Māndūkya Upanishad, quoted, 148
Mantras, (words of power), 115-19
Māyā, ("illusion"), 74, 76, 78, 80
Meditation, defined, xv
the practice of, 34, 35, 59, 70, 137, 143-4, 155
invulnerability of, 42
loved by God, 49
Mind, does not know, 135
ideas in the, 16
powers of the, xvi
steadiness of, 18
the sub-conscious, 136
Mystic, meaning of, xvii
Nature, laws of, 51
qualities of, 51
Nirvāna, of Buddha, 132-33, 140, 154
Niyama (abstention), 28
Observances, the five, 28
Occultism, avoids display, 7
defined, 3
Vedāntic, 65
Om, as a mantra, 119
Omar Khayyam, quoted, 156
Pain and Pleasure, xii
Patanjali, 15
Path, of Buddha, 127
Prānāyāma, (regular breathing), 31, 87-93
Pratyāhāra, (control of senses), 31
Principles, are living laws, 53-4
Psychic, powers and faculties, 6, 36
Psychology, Introspectional, 4
Reality, the, 64
Rebirth, 43
Relaxation, voluntary, xvi
Renunciation, 57
Sacrifice, meaning of, 58
Samādhi, (contemplation), 33, 35, 37, 105, 146
Sannyāsa, (renunciation), 57
Sanyama, (mind-poise), 36
Sat, (being or reality), 79
Self-personality, 21
Sensations, the, 122
Service, 56
Shankarāchārya, Shrī, 63
meditations of, 83
Shatsampatti, (six accomplishments), 72
Shiva Sanhitā, quoted, 89, 93, 96
Sitting, correct, 29, 30, 87-8, 95-6
Sixth Patriarch, quoted, 148
Sorrow, Buddha on, 126
Soul, immortality of, 43
Success, the six forms of, 73
Sufis, aspirations of, 159
love of simplicity of, 154
meditation of, 155
union with God, 155
Swādhyāya, (study concerning self), 26, 55
Tamas, rajas and sattwa, (qualities of Nature), 51
Tapas, (mastery of body, etc.), 23, 55
Thinking, practice in, xii
Thought, governs things, 18
growth of, 9
Thought—Continued
"I am this," 20
Trouble, causes of, 19
Uddiyāna, (an abdominal exercise), 25
Understanding, hunger for, 67
Upanishads, and Vedānta, 63
Vairagya, (uncoloredness), 18, 42, 70-2
Valuables, the eternal, 54
Vedānta, 63
Vikshepa, (the "throwing-out"), 76, 78
Virtues, the ten, results of, 29
Viveka, (discrimination), 66, 68
Vritti, ("whirlpool" in the mind), 16
Wall-gazing, the, 145
Whirlpools, in mind, 16
Will, the, 17
Withdrawal, of attention, 32
Worship, individual and collective, 112
Yajna, (sacrifice), 58
Yama, (abstinence), 28
Yoga, and modern man, 11
comparison of three schools of 75
eight limbs of, 27
highest reward of, 49
kriyā, 19
list of schools, 8
many people practice, 8
modern utility of, vii
preliminary, 29
Yogī, real interest of, 6
favorite scriptures of, 146