The Yoga Tradition

  Yogâcâra (“Yoga way”). The Mahâyâna Buddhist school founded by Asanga.

  Yoga-Sûtra (“Yoga aphorism”). The source text of Classical Yoga, compiled by Patanjali. See also sutra.

  Yoga-Vâsishtha. A massive poetic treatment of nondualist Yoga, composed sometime in the tenth century C.E.

  Yogin. A male practitioner of Yoga.

  Yoginî. A female practitioner of Yoga.

  Yuga (“yoke”). A world age. According to Hindu cosmology, there are four such world ages, each of several thousand years’ duration. The kali-yuga is held to be the darkest period and precedes another golden age. Cf. kalpa.

  Please note that this bibliography contains only books. Additional books and articles are mentioned in the endnotes. Also, only long vowel sounds of Sanskrit words appearing in titles have been transliterated with circumflexes. All other Sanskrit diacritics, with the exception of the tilde (~), have simply been omitted.

  Abbegg, Emil. Indische Psychologie. Zurich: Rascher Verlag, 1955.

  Abbott, Justin E. The Life ofEknath. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1981.

  Abhayânanda, S. Jnaneshvar: The Life and Works of the Celebrated Thirteenth Century Indian Mystic-Poet. Olympia, Wash.: Atma Books, 1989. Abhishiktânanda, Swami. Guru and Disciple. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1974.

  Agni Purânam: A Prose English Translation. Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt Shastri. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 1967. 2 vols.

  Aguilar, H. The Sacrifice in the Rgveda. Delhi: Bharatiya Vidyâ Prâkâsham, 1976.

  Aivanhov, Omraam Mikhael. Toward a Solar Civilisation. Frejus, France: Prosveta, 1982.

  ———. The Yoga of Nutrition. Frejus, France: Prosveta, 1982.

  ———. The Seeds of Happiness. Frejus, France: Prosveta, 1992.

  ———. “Know Thyself—Jnâna Yoga. Frejus, France: Prosveta, 1994.

  Aiyar, K. Nârâyânasvami, trans. Thirty Minor Upanishads, Including the Yoga Upanishads. El Reno, Okla.: Santarasa Publications, repr. 1980.

  Ajaya, Swami. Yoga Psychology: A Practical Guide to Meditation. Honesdale, Penn.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 3d ed., 1978.

  Allchin, Raymond. Tulsî Dâs: Kavitavali. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1964.

  Alper, Harvey, ed. Mantra. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1989.

  ———, ed. Understanding Mantras. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1989.

  Alston, Anthony J. Samkara on the Absolute. London: Shanti Sadan, 1980.

  ———. Samkara on the Creation. London: Shanti Sadan, 1980.

  ———. Samkara on the Soul. London: Shanti Sadan, 1980.

  ———. Yoga and the Supreme Bliss: Songs of Enlightenment by Swami Râma Tîrtha. London: A. Z. Alston, 1982.

  ———. Samkara on Discipleship. London: Shanti Sadan, 1989.

  ———. Samkara on Rival Views. London: Shanti Sadan, 1989.

  ranya, Hariharânanda. Yoga Philosophy ofPatanjali. Translated by P. N. Mukerji. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, rev. ed., 1983.

  Arya, Usharbudh. Mantra & Meditation. Honesdale, Penn.: Himalayan International Institute, 1981.

  ———. Philosophy of Hatha Yoga. Honesdale, Penn.: Himalayan International Institute, 1985.

  ———. Yoga-Sûtras ofPatanjali with the Exposition of Vydsa: A Translation and Commentary. Vol. 1: Samâdhi-pâda. Honesdale, Penn.: Himalayan

  International Institute, 1986. [Translation remains incomplete.]

  Ashokânanda, Swami. Avadhûta Gitä of Dattätreya. Mylapore, India: Sri Râmakrishna Math, [n.d.].

  Asvaghosha. The Awakening of Faith. Translated by Yoshito S. Hakeda. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.

  Atisa. A Lamp for the Path and Commentary. Translated by Richard Sherburne. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1983.

  Atreya, B. L. The Yogaväsistha and Its Philosophy. Moradabad, India: Darshana Printers, 3d ed., 1966.

  Aurobindo, Sri. Essays on the Gila. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1949.

  ———. On the Veda. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1964.

  ———. The Synthesis of Yoga. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1976.

  ———. The Life Divine. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 10th ed., 1977. 2 vols.

  Avalon, Arthur [see also Woodroffe, John]. The Serpent Power, Being the Satcakranirûpana and the Pädukäpanchaka. Madras, India: Ganesh & Co., 10th ed., 1974. First published in 1913.

  ———. Principles of Tantra. The Tantratattva ofSriyukta Siva Candra Vidyärnava Bhattacharya. Madras, India: Ganesh & Co., 3d ed., 1960.

  ———, trans. Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahânirvâna Tantra). New York: Dover, 1972.

  Ayyangar, T. R. Srinivasa, and G. Srinivasa Murti. The Yoga Upanisads. Adyar, India: Adyar Library, 1952.

  Bagchi, P. C. Studies in Tantras. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1975.

  Bahirat, B. P. The Philosophy of Jnänadeva as Gleaned from the Amrtänubhâva. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1984.

  Banerjea, Akshaya Kumar. Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vâcana-Sangraha. Gorakhpur, India: Mahant Dig Vijai Nath Trust, [1961], Banerjea, Kitendra Nath. Pauranic and Tantric Religion. Calcutta: University of Calcutta Press, 1966.

  Barua, Benimadhab. A History of Pre-Buddhistic Philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1970.

  Barz, Richard. The Bhakti Sect ofVallabhacärya. Faridabad, India: Thomson Press, 1976.

  Basham, A. L. The Wonder That Was India. New York: Grove Press, 1954.

  Basu, Manoranjan. Fundamentals of the Philosophy of Tantras. Calcutta: Mîrâ Basu Publishers, 1986.

  Beck, Guy L. Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1987.

  Behanan, K. Yoga: A Scientific Explanation. New York: Dover, 1937.

  Berendt, Joachim-Emst. Nâda Brahma: The World Is Sound. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1987.

  Bernard, Theos. Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience. London: Rider, 1968.

  Berry, Thomas. Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism. New York: Bruce Publishing/London: Collier-Macmillan, 1971.

  Bhagat, Mansukh Ghelabhai. Ancient Indian Asceticism. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1976.

  Bhâgavata-Puräna. Translated by Board of Scholars. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1986. 5 vols.

  Bhaktivedânta Swami, A. C. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. New York: Bhaktivedânta Book Trust, 1975. 17 vols.

  ———, trans. Srimad-Bhâgavatam. New York: Bhaktivedânta Book Trust, 1972-89. 30 vols.

  Bhandarkar, R. G. Vaisnavism, Saivism and Minor Religious Systems. Varanasi, India: Indological Book House, repr. 1965. First published 1913. Bharadwaj, K. D. The Philosophy of Râmânuja. New Delhi: Sri Shankar Lall Charitable Trust Society, 1958.

  Bharati, Agehânanda. The Tantric Tradition. London: Rider and Co., 1965; New York: Samuel Weiser, rev. ed., 1975.

  Bhat, M. S. Vedic Tantrism: A Study ofRgvidhana ofSaunaka with Text and Translation. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987.

  Bhattacharji, S. The Indian Theogony. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 1970.

  Bhattacharya, Brâjamadhava. Saivism and the Phallic World. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1975. 2 vols.

  ———. The World of Tantra. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1988.

  Bhattacharya, Deben. Songs of the Bards of Bengal. New York: Grove Press, 1969.

  Bhattacharya, N. N. History of the Säkta Religion. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974.

  ———. History of the Tantric Religion. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1982.

  Bhattacharya, Râm Shankar. An Introduction to the Yogasutra. Delhi: Bharatiya Vidyä Prakâsana, 1985.

  Bhattacharya, Siddhesvara. The Philosophy of The Srimad-Bhägavata. Santiniketan, India: Visva-Bharati, 1960,1962. 2 vols.

  Bhattacharyya, Haridas, ed. The Cultural Heritage of India. Calcutta: Râmakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 1956
. 4 vols.

  Bhishagratna, K., trans. Sushrut Samhitâ. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, 1981. 3 vols.

  Birven, Henri. Lebenskunst in Yoga und Magie. Zurich: Origo, [1953?].

  Blair, C. J. Heat in the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda. New Haven, C!.: American Oriental Society, 1961.

  Blofeld, John. The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1970.

  Bloomfield, Maurice. The Religion of the Veda. New York: G. B. Putnam’s Sons, 1908.

  ———. The Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior Pärsvanätha. Baltimore, Md.: University of Maryland Press, 1919.

  ———. Hymns from the Atharva Veda. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1964. First published 1897.

  Bosch, F. D. K. The Golden Germ: An Introduction to Indian Symbolism. The Hague: Mouton, 1960.

  Bose, M. M. The Post-Caitanya Sahajiyä Cult of Bengal. Calcutta: University of Calcutta Press, 1930.

  Bouanchaud, Bernard. The Essence of Yoga: Reflections on the Yoga Sûtras ofPatanjali. Translated by Rosemary Desneux. Portland, Oreg.: Rudra Press, 1997.

  Brahma, Nalini Kanta. Philosophy of Hindu Sädhanä. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1932],

  Briggs, George W. Gorakhnath and the Känphata Yogis. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1973.

  Brooks, Douglas Renfrew. The Secret of the Three Cities. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990.

  ———. Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions ofSrividyä Säkta Tantrism in South India. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1992.

  Brown, Cheever Mackenzie. The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Visions of the Devî-Bhâgavata Purâna. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1990.

  Brown, Norman O., ed. and trans. The Saundaryalahari, or Flood of Beauty: Traditionally Ascribed to Sankarâcârya. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958.

  Brunton, Paul. The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, 2d rev. ed., 1984. First published 1941.

  ———. The Notebooks of Paul Brunton. Burdett, N.Y.: Larson Publications, 1984-88. 16 vols.

  ———. A Search in Secret India. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, rev. ed., 1985. First published 1935.

  Bubba [Da] Free John. The Paradox of Instruction. San Francisco: Dawn Horse Press, 1977.

  ———. The Enlightenment of the Whole Body. Middletown, Calif.: Dawn Horse Press, 1978.

  Buddhaghosa. The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga). Translated by Bhikkhu Nyanamoli. Berkeley and London: Shambhala, 1976. 2 vols. Buhler, Georg, trans. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As Taught in the Schools of pastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhâyana. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1969. 2 vols.

  Buitenen, J. A. B. van. The Mahâbhârata, Books l-V. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973-1978. 3 vols.

  ———. Râmânuja on the Bhagavadgîtâ. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1968.

  ———, trans. Râmânuja’s Vedarthasangraha. Poona, India: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, 1956.

  Carman, John. The Theology of Râmânuja. New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press, 1974.

  ———, and Vasudha Nârâyânan. The Tamil Veda: Pillan’s Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.

  Carter, John Ross, and Mahinda Palihawadana, trans. The Dhammapada. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.

  Chakravarti, Chintaharan. Tantras: Studies on Their Religion and Literature. Calcutta: Punthi Pustak, 1972.

  Chakravarti, Pulinbihari. Origin and Development of the Sâmkhya System of Thought. Calcutta: Metropolitan Printing and Publishing House, 1951. Chang, Garma C. C. The Hundred Thousand Songs ofMilarepa. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1962.

  ———. Teachings of Tibetan Yoga. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1963.

  Chappie, Christopher K. Karma and Creativity. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1986.

  ———, and Yogi nanda Virâj (Eugene P. Kelly, Jr.). The Yoga Sûtras of Patanjali: An Analysis of the Sanskrit with Accompanying English Translation. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1990.

  Chatteijee, A. K. A Comprehensive History of Jainism. Calcutta: University of Calcutta Press, 1978, 1984. 2 vols.

  Chattopadhyâya, Debiprasâd. Lokâyata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism. New Delhi: People’s Publishing House, 1959.

  Chattopadhyâya, Sudhakar. Reflections on the Tantras. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1978.

  Chaudhûri, Haridas. Integral Yoga. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965.

  ———, and Frederic Spiegelberg. The Integral Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1960.

  Chaudhûiy, Sukomal. Analytical Study of the Abhidharmakosa. Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1983.

  Ch’en, Kenneth K. S. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964.

  Chetanânanda, Swami. Dynamic Stillness, Part One: The Practice ofTrika Yoga. Cambridge, Mass.: Rudra Press, 1983.

  ———. Dynamic Stillness, Part Two: The Fulfillment ofTrika Yoga. Cambridge, Mass.: Rudra Press, 1991.

  Chinmayânanda, Swami. Ashtâvakra Geeta. Madras, India: Chinmâyâ Publications Trust, 1972.

  Cleary, Thomas, transl. Buddhist Yoga: A Comprehensive Course. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, 1995.

  Cobum, Thomas B. Devî Mâhâtmya: The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984.

  ———. Encountering the Goddess: A Translation of the Devî-Mâhâtmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1991.

  Cole, Colin A. Asparsa Yoga: A Study of Gaudapâda’s Mândûkya Karikd. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982.

  Conze, Edward, ed. Buddhist Texts Through the Ages. New York: Harper & Row, 1954.

  ———. Buddhist Meditation. New York: Harper & Row, 1956.

  ———. Buddhist Thought in India. London: Allen & Unwin, 1962.

  ———. Buddhism: Its Essence and Development. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.

  ———, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, Calif.: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.

  Coomaraswamy, nanda K. The Dance of Shiva: Fourteen Indian Essays. Bombay and Calcutta: Asia Publishing House, repr. 1956.

  Coster, Geraldine. Yoga and Western Psychology. London: Oxford University Press, 1957.

  Cowell, E. B., and A. E. Gough, trans. Sarvadarsanasamgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy of Mâdhava Acharya. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., repr. 1914.

  ———, and F. M. Muller, and J. Takakusu, tians. Buddhist Mahâyâna Sûtras. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894.

  Cozort, Daniel. Highest Yoga Tantra: An Introduction to the Esoteric Buddhism of Tibet. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1986.

  Criswell, Eleanor. How Yoga Works: An Introduction to Somatic Yoga. Novato, Calif.: Freeperson Press, 1989.

  Da Free John. See Bubba [Da] Free John.

  Dalai Lama. The Buddhism of Tibet. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1987.

  ———. Path to Bliss: A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation. Translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa and edited by Christine Cox. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1991.

  Dange, Sadashiv Ambadas. Legends in the Mahâbhârata. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1969.

  ———. Sexual Symbolism from the Vedic Ritual. Delhi: Ajanta Publications, 1979.

  Danielou, Alain. Yoga: The Method of Re-Integration. London: Christopher Johnson, 1949.

  ———. Shiva and Dionysus: The Religion of Nature and Eros. Translated by K. F. Hurry. New York: Inner Traditions International, 1984.

  ———. The Gods of India: Hindu Polytheism. New York: Inner Traditions International, 1985.

  ———. While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind. Translated by Barbara Bâîley,

  Michael Baker, and Deborah Lawlor. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1987
.

  Das Gupta, Shashi Bhushan. An Introduction to Tantric Buddhism. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1958.

  ———. Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature. Calcutta: Firma KLM, 3d ed., 1969.

  Dasgupta, Surendranath. The Study ofPatanjali. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1920.

  ———. Yoga as Philosophy and Religion. London: Kegan Paul, 1924.

  ———. Hindu Mysticism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1927.

  ———. Yoga Philosophy in Relation to Other Systems of Indian Thought. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1930.

  ———. A History of Indian Philosophy. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 1952-55. 5 vols.

  Datta, Aswini Kumar. Bhahiyoga. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidyâ Bhavan, 1981.

  De Nicolas, Antonio T. Avatära: The Humanization of Philosophy Through the Bhagavad Gîtâ. New York: Nicolas Hays, 1976.

  De, Sushil Kumar. Early History of the Vaisnava Faith and Movement in Bengal. Calcutta: General Printers and Publishers, 1942.

  Dehejia, Vidyâ. Slaves of the Lord: The Path of the Tamil Saints. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1988.

  ———. ntâl and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 1990.

  De Rose, Maestro. Practica de YogaAvanzado (Swasthya Yoga Shâstra). Sao Paulo, Brazil: UniYoga, 1997.

  Der Weg des Yoga: Handbuch ßr Ûbende und Lehrende. Edited by Berufsverband Deutscher Yogalehrer. Petersberg, Germany: Verlag Via Nova, 1994.

  Desai, S. M. Haribhadra’s Yoga Works and Psychosynthesis. Ahmedabad, India: L. D. Institute of Indology, 1983.

  Desikachar, T. K. V. The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1995.

  Deussen, Paul. The Philosophy of the Upanisads. Translated by A. S. Geden. New York: Dover, repr. 1966.

  ———. Sixty Upanisads of the Veda. Translated by V. M. Bedekar and G. B. Palsule. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, repr. 1980. 2 vols.

  Deutsch, Eliot. Advaita Vedânta: A Philosophical Reconstruction. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1969.