The Four Yogas: A Guide to the Spiritual Paths of Action, Devotion, Meditation and Knowledge
Choose the Yoga path that best suits you, and you choose the way to know God.
The philosophy of Yoga tells us that the root cause of our sorrows and suffering is loss of contact with our true Self. Our recovery is only possible by reestablishing contact with our innermost Self, the Reality of all realities, and by recognizing that knowledge of Self is our salvation.
In this comprehensive guide, Swami Adiswarananda introduces the four spiritual paths of Yoga—Karma-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga, Raja-Yoga and Jnana-Yoga—and what you can expect as an aspirant on each path. Covering the message and practice of each of the Yogas as well as philosophy and psychology, preparatory practices, common obstacles and ways to overcome them, this accessible book will prove invaluable to anyone wishing to follow a Yoga practice in order to realize the goal of Self-knowledge.
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Book details
- Author
- Swami Adiswarananda
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Hinduism
- Topics
- Hinduism · karma yoga · bhakti yoga · raja yoga · jnana yoga · spiritual self-knowledge
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732232 (Paperback)9781683363668 (Hardcover)
About the author
SWAMI ADISWARANANDA was a monk of the Order of Sri Ramakrishna and Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York. His books include The Four Yogas, The Spiritual Quest and the Way of Yoga, and The Vedanta Way to Peace and Happiness.
Adiswarananda held a Master’s degree from the University of Calcutta. He taught religious subjects at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Belur, West Bengal, and served as editor of Prabuddha Bharata: Awakened India, the Order’s English-language journal on religion and philosophy.
Adiswarananda was born in West Bengal, India, in 1925. He joined the monastic Order of Sri Ramakrishna in 1954, was ordained a monk in 1963, and led the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York from 1973 until his death in 2007.