Sacred Wisdom: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Essential Yoga Texts for Spiritual Enlightenment - Couverture rigide

Vivekananda, Swami

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1905857071 ISBN 13 : 9781905857074

Editeur : Watkins Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The practical and philosophical foundations of Raja Yoga, the most important text in Eastern religion, translated by the great Swami Vivekananda, with his illuminating commentary.

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À propos de l'auteur

Swami Vivekananda:  12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born in Narendranath Datta (Bengali), was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.  He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.
Born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality. He was influenced by his Guru, Ramakrishna Deva, from whom he learnt that all living beings were an embodiment of the divine self; therefore, service to God could be rendered by service to mankind. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda toured the Indian subcontinent extensively and acquired first-hand knowledge of the conditions prevailing in British India. He later travelled to the United States, representing India at the 1893 Parliament of the World Religions. Vivekananda conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in the United States, England and Europe. In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint and his birthday is celebrated there as National Youth Day.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Watkins Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905857071
• ISBN 13: 9781905857074
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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