Some Responses to Classical Yoga in the Modern Period

Hardcover - 389 Pages (Year: 2010)

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture ~ ISBN: 9788187332671

Classical Yoga may be defined as yoga that is based on the instructions of the Siva-samhita,
Gheranda-samhita, and Patanjala Yoga-Sutra. The word 'yoga' is derived from two roots, one
meaning 'concentration' and the other meaning 'unionthat is, the union of the individual self
and the Supreme Self.
The word 'yoga' is derived from the same Sanskrit root as the English word 'yoke', meaning
'to join. According to Patanjala Yoga-Sutra, yoga is cittavrtti nirodha-that is, restraining the
citta, or mind, from taking various forms. Here yoga Means concentration.
But in Raja-yoga, which is traditionally considered a branch of the Tantra-sastra, yoga means
both concentration and union, in the sense of union of the individual self with the Supreme
Self. Again, yoga is broadly divided into two parts, Hatha-yoga and Raja-yoga, Hatha-yoga,
also known as Kriya-yoga, is primarily concerned with keeping the Body strong and healthy.

Table of Contents
Contents
Publisher's Note

I. INAUGURAL SESSION :
1. Welcome Address/Swami Sarvabhutananda
2. Inaugural Address/Swami Prabhananda
3. Keynote Address/B.R. Sharma
4. Presidential Address/Ramaranjan Mukherji
5. Vote of Thanks/A.K. Sharma

II. FIRST ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Basic Principles of Patanjali's Yoga-Sutra-an Integral Approach/Swami Bhajanananda
2. Kriya-yoga and Classical Yoga/K.V. Rama Rao



III. SECOND ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Smrty-upa-sthana and Sati-patthana-Bauddha or Putanjala/Swami Veda Bharati
2. Principles of Traditional Yogic Systems and their Synthesis in the Integral Yoga of Sri
Aurobindo/Sraddhalu Ranade

III. THIRD ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Scientific Basis of Patanjali's Raja-yoga/N.V.C. Swamy
2. Yoga and Psychoanalysis/Amarendra Nath Basu
3. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Approaches to Yoga Practice and Yoga Philosophy to bring
fulfilment to the Individual and Society/Alex Hankey

IV. FOURTH ACADEMIC SESSION :
1. Responses to Classical Yoga from the Saiva-Sakta Tantrika Tradition/Debabrata Sen
Sharma
2. Akhanda Mahayoga of Gopinath Kaviraj/Hemendra Nath Chakravarty
3. Swami Vivekananda's Raja-yoga-a Unique Response to Classical Yoga in the Modern Age
of Science/Swami Atmapriyananda '

V. DISCUSSION :
1. Discussions on the Paper of Swami Bhajanananda
2. Discussions on the Paper of K.V. Rama Rao
3. Discussions on the Paper of Sraddhalu Ranade
4. Discussions on the Paper of Amarendra Nath Basu
5. Discussions on the Paper of Alex Hankey
6. Discussions on the Paper of Debabrata Sen Sharma
7. Discussions on the Paper of Swami Atmapriyananda

VI. VALEDICTORY SESSION :
1. Concluding Address/Swami Sarvabhulananda
2. Summing-up of the Proceedings/Krishna Hoy
3. Classical Yoga/J.N. Mohanty
4. Panel Discussion :
i. Swami Bhajanananda
ii. Amarendra Nath Basu
iii. Debabrata Sen Sharma
iv. Swami Atmapriyauanda
5. Presidential Address/GeraldJames Larson
6. Vote of Thanks/Saroj Ghose

Appendix
A Line of the Inner Experiences from Vipasyana to Atiyoga/S K Pathak
The Contributors
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