The Natha Philosophy and Ashtanga Yoga
Contents: Preface. 1. Evolution of Para Pinda Anadi Pinda Adya Pinda and Pancha Bhautika Jagata Manifestation of the supreme spiritual body of the Supreme reality and evolution of the world process. 2. Creation of gross material body Prakriti Pinda or human body and factors which influence mans nature mind and forms of self expression. 3. The cosmos in the individual body. 4. Inner aspects of the body. 5. The Ashtanga Yoga. 6. Siva and Sakti. 7. Paramapada Samarasya Sahaja jnana and the role of Sadguru. 8. Avadhuta. 9. Goraksha Sataka Hatha Yoga and some important concepts in the Natha philosophy. 10. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
There are very few studies on the Natha philosophy which is still not much known specially among the educated in India. It is a complex field of study but can be made more understandable by suitably clarifying the matter under the principal heads. The works of Matsyendranatha and his great disciple Gorakshanatha form a significant contribution to the exposition of the theory of the creation of the universe the working of mans mind and nature and the Ashtanga Yoga. These have been described in the present work in a simple language while tracing the origin of nearly all the concepts of the Natha philosophy to the Vedas Upanishads Smritis etc., and in a much more comprehensive form to Patanjali\'s Yoga Sutra. (jacket)
There are very few studies on the Natha philosophy which is still not much known specially among the educated in India. It is a complex field of study but can be made more understandable by suitably clarifying the matter under the principal heads. The works of Matsyendranatha and his great disciple Gorakshanatha form a significant contribution to the exposition of the theory of the creation of the universe the working of mans mind and nature and the Ashtanga Yoga. These have been described in the present work in a simple language while tracing the origin of nearly all the concepts of the Natha philosophy to the Vedas Upanishads Smritis etc., and in a much more comprehensive form to Patanjali\'s Yoga Sutra. (jacket)
