Integral Yoga [Paperback]

Haridas Chaudburi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1990

Six traditional yoga systems unified into a transcendent whole.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Unwin Hyman (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0041490312
• ISBN-13: 978-0041490312
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great distillation of the thought of Sri Aurobindo and the principles of integral yoga, December 17, 2006

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This review is from: Integral Yoga (Paperback)

Dr. Chaudhuri is a philosopher and practioner who interpreted the works and thinking of Sri Aurobindo. This marvelous and well-written volume is a distillation of the ideas behind Integral Yoga into a very concise and well-organized form. It's structure is carefully thought out and it captures the spirit of integral yoga as well as the essential philosophical foundation for it. These interpretations and summaries were approved by this school of yoga and in my opinion this book is the best source of information on the topic.

While Sri Aurobindo was certainly brilliant and his original writings valueable, they are not necessarily an easy read. Aurobindo tended to use long sentences, meander and not necessarily structure his writing in a way that lends itself to a "whole picture" view. This book is the roadmap that will allow you to contextualize Sri Aurobino's original works.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very special spiritual book, October 3, 2005

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johnnyqb (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Integral Yoga: A Concept of Harmonious and Creative Living (A Quest book) (Paperback)

I have read hundreds of religious and spiritual books, and Integral Yoga by Chaudhuri is in my top 5. It is incredible well written and thought out. Dr. Chaudhuri had a unique gift at being able to write intelligently, yet with great clarity that never goes over the head of the average seeker for truth. Chaudhuri seems to me to present the best ideas in common to all religions, and to link them together into a comprehensive system for life, that is dependent on faith and meditation, but not on belief in any particular creed. This is important for me--an on-again, off-again Christian--because my belief system wavers. One week I believe in the theology of Jesus, the next week I thrown out the baby with the bath water. Chaudhuri does talk about God, as the ultimate consciousness in the world, a very acceptable over-riding definition. Anyway, regardless of the shiftst that occur in me over time, this book Integral Yoga retains its validity for me constantly. I am writing this review because I wish to let people know that this is a very special book.