Hatha Yoga Pradipika – a guide to Hatha Yoga
Posted on | July 29, 2010 | 5 Comments
Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Yoga Swami Svatmarama with foreword by B K S Iyengar and commentary by Hans Ulrich Rieker is a fundamental book on the theories behind Hatha Yoga. You will find only a few positions here. From the foreword by B K S Iyengar:
“Hatha yoga, or hatha vidya (the science of hatha yoga) is commonly misunderstood and misrepresented as being simply a physical culture, divorced from spiritual goals. Hans−Ulrich Rieker shows the error of this idea by explaining the changes which take place, through the practice of hatha yoga, in the practitioner’s body, mind and self. He makes the reader aware of the subjective transformation that occurs as the consciousness penetrates inwards towards the Self, and as the Self diffuses outwards. He shows that hatha yoga is not just physical exercise, but an integrated science leading towards spiritual evolution.”
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
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July 29th, 2010 @ 1:16 pm
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July 30th, 2010 @ 3:15 am
Nice posting. Do you know about this edition of the Pradipika?
http://www.YogaVidya.com/hyp.html
July 30th, 2010 @ 11:12 am
Hi sfauthor, no I haven’t seen that one. I will take a look at it and post it here if the books is in Public Domain or I can get permission other ways.
Thanks
Admin
October 4th, 2011 @ 10:03 pm
[...] da grande vantagem de ter seu download gratuito, esta edição do tratado filosófico Hatha Yoga Pradipika de Swami Svatmarama tem um outro indiscutível motivo para ser a preferida dos praticantes de Iyengar [...]
October 6th, 2011 @ 9:17 pm
As you have already mentioned the article I posted about this book in my Yoga blog, I take this opportunity to thank you for your site.
Great resource for everybody! Keep on doing this wonderful work!
Unfortunately, there are no books in portuguese…Namaste!