num_pages: 130
description: Book This is a short review of the major schools of yoga including Hindu Buddhist and Sufi varieties. Wood whose translation of the The Garuda Purana is also at this site was a founding Theosophist and wrote extensively on Hinduism and Yoga in particular. His works on the subject are written for Western readers and where he needs to use Sanskrit or other esoteric terms he takes care to explain them. He was a practicing Yogi for most of his lifetime. (Quote from sacred-texts.com)Table of Publisher's Preface; Preface; The Ten Oriental Yogas; Patanjali's Raja Yoga; Shri Krishna's Gita-yoga; Shankaracharya's Gnyana-yoga; The Hatha And Laya Yogas; The Bhakti And Mantra Yogas; The Occult Path Of Buddha; The Chinese Yoga; The Sufi YogasAbout the Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings such Philosophy Classics Science Religion Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.orgForgotten Books is about sharing information not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
language: English
title: Great Systems of Yoga
publisher: None