Witness, 4, 5, 200, 201, 223, 273, 274, 310
wives, Uddhâva-Gîtâ on, 283, 284
Wolf, Fred Alan, xxvii
womb. See yoni
women: Allâma Prabhudeva’s order and, 390; Bauls and, 292; Bhakti-Sûtra of Nârada on, 45, 432n. 24; Devî- Bhâgavata-Purâna and, 299; Jainism and, 140–141; Pâshupâtas and, 261; Sanskrit texts and, xix; Sikhism and, 335; Vaishnavism and, 283, 284, 291. See also feminine principle; rajas; yoni
Wood, Ernest, 51
Woodroffe, Sir John, 343, 359, 399
World Pillar, 116
world renunciation. See renunciation; samnyâsa
world welfare, 49, 57, 94, 167, 190–191, 278, 374, 433n. 7
worship. See devotion; ritual
wu-wei, 48
Y
yab-yum, 111, 345
Yâdavaprakâsha, 288
yâga. See sacrifice
yajna. See sacrifice
Yâjnavalkya (Hatha-Yogic), xviii, 422, 423
Yâjnavalkya (Upanishadic): date of, 209; Dharma-Sûtra of, 120; illustrated, 10; inner sacrifice and, 106; Maitreyî and, 10; Paingala-Upanishad and, 237; Shata- Patha-Brâhmana and, 124, 435n. 2; Smriti of, 103, 209; teachings of, 10, 70, 106, 174, 175, 237; Upanishads and, 125. See also Brihad-ranyaka-Upanishad; Mandala-Brâhmana- Upanishad
Yâjnavalkya-Smriti, 103, 209
Yajur-Veda, 62, 124, 125, 131, 133, 134, 206
yam, 354
Yama, 134, 195
Yâmalas, 347
yamas: described, 224–225, 245–246, 318; Gheranda-Samhitâ on, 393; Kâlâmukhas and, 263; liberation and, 372; Purânas on, 281, 298, 301; Râmâyana on, 185; Tantras on, 372; Upanishads on, 318, 324, 331; Yoga-Sûtra on, 67, 224–225, 244, 245–246
Yamunâ, 288
yantras, 111, 298, 360, 364, 368. See also mandalas
yawning, 351, 404
year, 121, 124, 434n. 38
Yoga: benefits of, 137; conditions for practicing, 296–297; defined, 3–7; —, in Ahirbudhnya-Samhitâ, 280; —, in Bhagavad-Gîtâ, 6–7; —, Jainism and, 145; —, by King Bhoja, 4–5; —, in Kula-Amava-Tantra, 372, 395; —, in Mahâbhârata, 6; —, meaning of term yoga, xiii, 4, 5–7, 27–28; —, in Nirvâna- Shâkta, 5; —, by Pâshupâtas, 260; —, in Purânas, 297, 298–299; —, in Rig-Veda, 6; —, in Tattva-Vaishâradî, 6; —, in Upanishads, 5, 6, 132, 135, 206; —, in Vâsishtha-Dharma-Shâstra, 209; —, Vedânta and, 5; —, in Yoga-Bhâshya, 3, 6; —, in Yoga-Bîja, xviii, 421; —, in Yoga-Sûtra, 4–5, 217; —, in Yoga-Sûtra- Bhâshya-Vivarana, 3; —, in Yoga- Vâsishtha, 304; —, in Yoga-Yâjnavalkya, xviii; experience and, 237, 241–242, 252–253, 328, 400; father of, 214; first occurrence of the word yoga, 132; as spirituality rather than religion, 59, 83; as technology, 3, 28, 239; versatility of, xxvi, 27–28; wheel of, 27, 28
Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy (Feuerstein), xvii-xviii
yoga-âsana, 315, 393
Yoga-Bhâshya. commentaries on, 234, 235, 236; on contentment, 246; date of, 234, 438n. 7; described, 234–235, 438n. 7; on devotion to Lord, 248; on faith, 37; on illness, 80; on liberation, 211; on purity, 246; on serpent lord, 214; on siddhis, 367–368; on spiritual maturation, 8; on time, 227; on wisdom, 214, 224; Yoga definition in, 3, 6
Yoga-Bhâshya-Vivarana, 235, 236, 367, 368
Yoga-Bîja, xviii, 367, 382–383, 397, 421
Yoga-Bindu, 142, 148
Yogâcâra Buddhism, 157, 171, 174
Yoga-Cintâmani, 443n. 44
Yoga-Cûdâ-Mani-Upanishad, 128, 312, 331
Yoga-Darpana, 214
Yoga-Drishti-Samuccaya, 142, 151-153
yoga-indra, 8
Yoga-Karnikâ, 365-366, 425
Yoga-Kundalînî-Upanishad, 34, 128, 312, 329
Yoga-Mârtanda, 400
Yogânanda Nâtha, 81
yoga-nidrâ, 325
yoga-patta, 25, 431n. 42
yoga-pattaka, 431n. 42
Yoga-Rahasya, 288
Yoga-Râja-Upanishad, 28, 431n. 1
Yoga-Sâra-Samgraha, 1, 236
yoga-shâstra, defined, 188
Yoga-Shâstra (Dattâtreya), 236-237, 424
Yoga-Shâstra (Hemacandra), 142, 144, 150, 151
Yoga-Shâstra (Yâjnavalkya), 422
Yoga-Shataka, 82, 437n. 19
Yoga-Shikhâ-Upanishad, 11, 16, 29, 128, 249, 312, 329–330, 367, 382, 421
Yoga-Siddhânta-Candrikâ, 236
Yoga-Sûtra, 215–254; on ahimsâ, 208, 224, 245, 246; on apavarga, 78; Arabic translation of, 235; on âsanas, 224, 225, 244, 248–249; on asceticism, 221, 224, 225, 230, 246, 247; on asmitâ, 218, 221, 230, 231, 244; on attachment, 221, 222, 229, 230, 241, 245, 246; yur-Veda and, 81; on chastity, 67, 208, 224, 225, 245, 246; commentaries on, 29, 93, 214, 216, 217–233, 234–237, 241 (see also specific commentaries); on concentration, 219, 220, 224, 226, 244, 245, 250–251; on conceptualization, 217; on consciousness, 217–221, 226, 228, 229, 230–233; date of, 64, 214; described, 215–216; on devotion, 219, 221, 224, 225, 246, 247–248; on discernment, 224, 230, 233; on ecstasy (samâdhi), 216, 217–221, 224, 225–226, 229, 230, 244, 245, 252–254; eightfold path of, 208, 216, 224, 244–254, 311; on God, 219, 224, 225; on gunas, 218, 223, 231, 233, 242, 244; on health/illness, 81, 219, 251; on ignorance, 221, 223, 224, 233, 241; on illness, 219, 251; on kleshas, 219, 221–222, 233; on knowledge, 217, 221, 228–229; on liberation, 216, 230–233, 254; on Lord, 219, 224, 225; on meditation, 220, 222, 224, 226, 244, 245, 251–252; on memory, 217, 218, 220, 231, 232, 252; mental consciousness and, 93; on mind, 217–221, 223, 230; Moksha- Dharma and, 200; on morality, 208, 245–248; on Nature (see Nature, Yoga- Sûtra on); on niyamas, 67, 224–225, 244, 246–248; on perception, 217, 227–228, 230; on perfection of body, 247; philosophy of, 239–244; on prânâyâma, 219, 224, 225–226, 229, 244, 249, 424; precursors to, 198; on purity, 224, 225, 246; Sâmkhya-Kârikâ and, 240; on sam-skâras (see samskâras, Yoga-Sûtra on); Sanskrit text of first fifteen aphorisms, 215; on Self, 4, 77, 215, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222–223, 228–229, 230, 232–233, 241, 243–244, 247–248, 254, 311; on sense-restraint, 224, 225, 226, 244, 250, 252, 424; on senses, 219, 227, 229, 230; on siddhis, 28, 198–199, 216, 226–230, 246, 367; source reading from, 217–233; on study, 221, 224, 225, 246, 247; on suffering, 217, 222, 233, 241; on târaka, 320; Tattva-Artha-Sûtra and, 150; on union, 4, 223–224, 241, 257–258; on wisdom, 224, 226, 230; on yamas, 67, 224–225, 244, 245–246; on Yoga of Action, 216, 221–226
Yoga-Sûtra-Bhâshya-Vivarana, 3
Yoga-Sûtra of Patanjali, The (Feuerstein), 216, 217-233
Yoga-Tattva-Upanishad, 128, 312, 329, 330, 419
Yoga therapy, 393, 395, 442n. 14. See also illness
Yoga-Upanishads, 128, 131, 258, 311-331, 352, 422, 440n. 2. See also specific Yoga- Upanishads
Yoga-Vârttika, 211, 234, 235, 236, 239
Yoga-Vâsishtha, 50, 185, 258, 303-310
Yoga-Vâsishtha-Sâra, 303
Yoga-Vâsishtha-Sâra-Samgraha, 303
yoga-vid, 8
Yoga-Vishaya, 405, 423
Yoga-Yâjvanalkya, xviii, 422, 423
yoga-yuj, 8
Yogeshvari Ma, 292
Yogi Bhajan, 336–337
yoginî-jnâna-mudrâ, 418
yoginîs, xix, 7, 430n. 8. See also yogins
yogins, xix, 7–8, 66, 104, 420, 422, 424
yogists, 8
yoni, 84, 101, 265, 402, 403
yoni-mudrâ, 363, 395–396, 407
yoni-pûjâ, 366
Yudhishthira, 70, 186, 200–205
yugas, 86, 123, 460. See also kali-yuga
yvj, 7
yukta, 8
Yukti-Dîpikâ, 214
Z
Zatvomik, Saint Isaac, 19
Zen Buddhism, 6, 173–174, 181
Zvelebil, Kamil V., 383, 384
Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., is internationally respected for his many interpretative studies of the Yoga tradition and translations of yogic scriptures. Since the early 1970s, he has made significant con
tributions to the East-West dialogue and has been particularly concerned with preserving the authentic teachings of Yoga in its various forms.
His passion for India’s spirituality was awakened on his fourteenth birthday when he was given Paul Brunton’s A Search in Secret India, and he has followed the yogic path from then on. Since 1993, he has applied himself to the study and practice of Vajrayana Buddhism.
He has published over thirty books, including The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Yoga Morality, Holy Madness, The Deeper Dimension of Yoga, The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali, Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy, and Transparent Leaves From the Tree of Life: Metaphysical Poems. He has also authored a manual on the philosophy and history of Yoga for 200- to 500-hour teacher training programs, and has written several distance-learning courses on Yoga, which are all available through Traditional Yoga Studies (www.traditionalyogastudies.com).
Since relocating to Canada in 2004, he has become increasingly involved in exploring and promoting a green lifestyle, especially among contemporary Yoga practitioners. This is reflected in the book Green Yoga, which is coauthored with his wife, Brenda. Together they are enjoying the open spaces of Saskatchewan and the seasons of the Prairies
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