The Yoga of Discipline [Paperback]

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (Author), David Katz (Introduction)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1996

In this collection of fourteen talks, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda teaches students how to cultivate yoga discipline of the senses on the Siddha Yoga path.

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Gurumayi Chidvilasananda is a spiritual teacher, author, musician, and the head of the Siddha lineage of meditation masters in the ancient yogic tradition of India.

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Discipline gives total freedom; it allows you to go beyond limitations, to break through boundaries and reach the highest goal. The path of discipline will not only save a person's life, it will also give it meaning. How? By introducing him to deeper joy and deeper longings, by creating a silence in which the whisper of the heart can be heard.

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: SYDA Foundation (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911307443
• ISBN-13: 978-0911307443
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book!!!!, August 25, 1999

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This review is from: The Yoga of Discipline (Paperback)

The chapter on eating is absolutely essential for anyone with food issues. It's a totally spiritual approach to eating and food that has changed my life, and my health. Don't be fooled by the word "discipline." Gurumayi is a yogi and when she talks about discipline it has nothing to do with harsh restrictions or anything like that. With food, for example, she talks about its sacredness, and how it is a form of God. One of her main teachings is that God dwells within everyone and she goes into an explanation of how when we eat we are actually feeding God within us. She presents the body as a temple of God, something that's sacred because of that and so it's important to treat the body with the highest respect. Eating, she says, is an incredibly sacred act. Food itself is sacred. This is such an uplifting and life-changing book for me. Since reading it I have come to respect my body and take care of it. I've changed my dietery habits and feel much better about the way I eat, what I eat. I'm more conscious. I highly recommend this book.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, July 24, 1998

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This review is from: The Yoga of Discipline (Paperback)

This is an excellent book which not only shows you the sweetness of the Yoga of Discipline but that makes you believe in your own capacity of becoming the person you've always wanted to be! Very practical, very inspiring, very helpful! I loved it!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Yoga of Discipline, May 15, 2008

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This book didn't say too much about how to achieve discipline of the senses, it just said to do it. But learning to use the word discipline was helpful. EDIT, several days later. This poor rating is my fault and not the book's. I got an email prompting me to rate the book and I wasn't but about half way through it. I'm edgy about deleting emails and so I wrote the review too soon, I retract that opinion. It is very helpful with eating issues. By saying that nobody ever died from a little starvation but lots of people have died from overeating, this book has helped me with overeating. It gets much better in the second half, I love it. My previous bad review is my bad. signed Lisa, not John