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An Introduction to Yoga

Annie Besant (1847 - 1933)

Four lectures by Annie Besant to give an outline and better understanding of Yoga - Summary by Ritu Aarcee

Genre(s): Philosophy

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Foreword	Ritu Aarcee	00:01:38
Play 01	Lecture 1. The Nature of Yoga, The Meaning of the Universe	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:22
Play 02	The Unfolding of Consciousness	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:52
Play 03	The Oneness of the Self	Ritu Aarcee	00:00:56
Play 04	The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:54
Play 05	Yoga is a Science	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:37
Play 06	Man a Duality	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:44
Play 07	States of Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:18
Play 08	Samadhi	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:24
Play 09	The Literature of Yoga	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:43
Play 10	Some Definitions	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:38
Play 11	God Without and God Within	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:33
Play 12	Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:12
Play 13	Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:01:52
Play 14	Stages of Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:29
Play 15	Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:32
Play 16	The Cloud	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:17
Play 17	Lecture 2. Schools of Thought, Its Relation to Indian Philosophies	Ritu Aarcee	00:33:07
Play 18	Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:02
Play 19	The Mental Body	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:23
Play 20	Mind and Self	Ritu Aarcee	00:06:00
Play 21	Lecture 3. Yoga as Science, Methods of Yoga	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:01
Play 22	To the Self by the Self	Ritu Aarcee	00:06:36
Play 23	To the Self through the Not-Self	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:58
Play 24	Yoga and Morality	Ritu Aarcee	00:08:14
Play 25	Composition of States of the Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:08:00
Play 26	Pleasure and Pain	Ritu Aarcee	00:14:31
Play 27	Lecture 4. Yoga as Practice, Inhibition of States of Mind	Ritu Aarcee	00:09:02
Play 28	Meditation with and without Seed	Ritu Aarcee	00:09:22
Play 29	The Use of Mantras	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:13
Play 30	Attention	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:48
Play 31	Obstacles to Yoga	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:04
Play 32	Capacities for Yoga	Ritu Aarcee	00:08:46
Play 33	Forthgoing and Returning	Ritu Aarcee	00:10:56
Play 34	Purification of Bodies	Ritu Aarcee	00:05:10
Play 35	Dwellers on the Threshold	Ritu Aarcee	00:08:58
Play 36	Preparation for Yoga	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:06
Play 37	The End	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:28

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