The Great System of Yoga Propounded by Patanjali

by Swami Krishnananda

Table of Contents

• Publishers' Note

• Chapters

• Introduction
• The Process of Creation
• The Yamas of Patanjali
• The Study of One's Own Personality
• The Internal Discipline of the Niyamas
• The Wholeness to Which We Belong
• The Importance of the Yamas and Niyamas
• Asana, or Posture
• The Technique of Pranayama
• The Practice of Pratyahara
• An Outline of the Whole Course of Yoga
• Investing Our Object of Meditation with the Power of the Cosmos
• Understanding the Mind and Its Relationship to Meditation
• The Stages of Samapatti, or Samadhi
• Concluding Message