R Y AJA OGA rajyage S V WAMI IVEKANANDA CELEPHAÏS PRESS Issued by Celephaïs Press, somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills (i.e. Leeds, England), August 2003 E.V. Revised and corrected, November 2003. This work is in the public domain. EACH SOUL IS POTENTIALLY DIVINE. THE GOAL IS TO MANIFEST THIS DIVINE WITHIN, BY CONTROLLING NATURE, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL. DO THIS EITHER BY WORK, OR WORSHIP, OR PSYCHIC CONTROL, OR PHILOSOPHY, BY ONE, — OR MORE, OR ALL OF THESE AND BE FREE. THIS IS THE WHOLE OF RELIGION. DOCTRINES, OR DOGMAS, OR RITUALS, OR BOOKS, OR TEMPLES, OR FORMS, ARE BUT SECONDARY DETAILS. PREFACE S ECNI eht nwad fo ,yrotsih suoirav yranidroartxe anemonehp evah neeb dedrocer sa gnineppah tsgnoma namuh. sgni eb Witnesse s era ton gnitnaw ni nredom semit ot tsetta eht tcaf fo hcus ,stneve neve ni seiteic ogsnivil rednu eht lluf ezalb fo nredom .ecneics ehT tsav ssam fo hcus ecnedive s i ,elbailernu sa gnimoc morf ,tnarongi ,suoititsrepus r o tneluduarf .snosrep nI ynamsni tances the so - dellac selcarim era .snoitatimi tuB tahw od yeht ?etatimi tI si ton ehtn gis fo a didnac dna cifitneics dnim ot worht draobrevo gnihtyna tuohtiw reporp .noitagitsevni ecafruS ,stsitneics elbanuo t nialpxe eht suoirav yranidroartxe latnemp ,anemonehe virts ot erongi rieht yrev .ecnetsixe yehT ,era ,eroferehte rom elbapluc naht esoht ohw kniht taht rieht sreyarp era derewsna yb a ,gnieb ro ,sgnieb evoba eht ,sduolc ro naht esohto hw eveileb taht rieht snoititep lliw ekam hcus sgnieb egnahct he esruoc fo eht .esrevinu ehT rettal evah eht esucxe f o ,ecnarongi ro ta tsael fo a eslaf metsys fo noitacude nir ieht ,doohdlihc hcihw sah thguat meht ot dneped nopu h cus sgnieb rof ,pleh dna siht ecnedneped sah on emoceb a trap fo r ieethatreneguetdan .er ehT remrof evah on hcus.esucxe roF sdnasuoht fo sraey hcus anemonehp evah n eeb ,detagitsevni ,deiduts dna ,desilareneg eht elohw dnuorgf o eht suoigiler ytlucaf fo nam sah neeb ,desylana dna e ht practical result is the science of R a ajagoY . R a ajgoY a does ,ton retfa eht elbanodrapnu rennam fo emos n redom ,stsitneics yned eht ecnetsixe fo stcaf hcihw era yrev tluciffid to explain; on the other hand, it gently, yet in no uncertain ,smret sllet eht suoititsrepus taht selcarim dna srewsna o t prayers, and powers of faith, though true as facts, are not v vi RAJA YOGA deredner elbisneherpmoc hguorht eht s uoititsrepus noitanalpxe fo gnitubirtta meht ot eht ycnega fo a ,gniebr o ,sgnieb evoba eht .sduolc tI seralced ot dniknam tahth cae gnieb si ylno a tiudnoc rof ehtnifni eti naeco foe gdelwonk dna rewop taht seil .dniheb tI sehcaet taht serised dna stnaw era ni ,nam taht eht rewop fo ylppus si osla ni ;nam dna taht wherever and whenever a desire, a want, a prayer, has been ,dellifluf ti saw tuo fo siht etinifni enizagamt hat the supply ,emac dna ton morf yna larutanrepus .gnieb ehT aedif o larutanrepus sgnieb yam esuor ot a niatrec tnetxe ehtr ewop fo noitca ni ,nam tub ti osla sgnirb lautirips .yaced tI sgnirb ;ecnedneped ti sgnirb ;raef ti sgnirb .noititsrepus t I eged setaren otni a elbirroh feileb ni eht larutan ssenkaewf o man. There is no supernatural, says the goY i, but there are in erutan ssorg snoitatsefinam dna eltbus .snoitatsefinam e hT eltbus era eht ,sesuac eht ssorg eht .stceffe ehT ssorg nac eb easily per deviec yb eht ;sesnes ton os eht .eltbus e hT practice of R a ajagoY lliw dael ot eht noitisiuqca fo eht erom subtle perceptions. llA eht xodohtro smetsys fo naidnI yhposolihp evahe no laog ni ,weiv eht noitarebil fo eht luos hguorht. noitcefrep ehTdohtem si yb agoY . The word agoY srevoc na esnemmi ,dnuorg tub htob eht S ankhya and the deV atsitn schools point ot agoY ni em omsrof r.orehto ehT tcejbus fo eht tsrif serutcel ni eht tneserp koob si taht mrof fo agoY nwonk sa R a aj agoY . ehT smsirohpa f o nataP ilaj era eht tsehgih ytirohtua dna txet koob no R a aj agoY . ehT rehto ,srehposolihp hguoht yllanoisacco gnireffid morf ilajnataP ni emos lacihposolihp ,tcepsa ,evah sa a ,elur dedecca ot sih dohtem fo ecitcarp a dediced .tnesnoc e hT first part of this boo k si desirpmoc fo lareves serutcelo t sessalc dereviled yb eht tneserp retirw ni weN .kroY e hT dnoces trap si a rehtar eerf noitalsnart fo eht s msirohpa AUTHOR’S PREFACE vii ( S usart ) of ilajnataP , htiw a gninnur .yratnemmoc t roffE sah neeb edam ot diova seitilacinhcet saraf as possible, and ot peek eht eerf dna ysae elyts fo .noitasrevnoc nI ehtt srif trap emos elpmis dna cificeps snoitcerid era nevig rofe ht student who wants to practice, but all such are especially and earnestly reminded that, with few exceptions, agoY ca n only be safely learned by direct contact with a teacher. If these snoitasrevnoc deeccus ni gninekawa a erised rof r ehtruf noitamrofni no eht ,tcejbus eht rehcaet lliw ton eb.gnitnaw ehT metsys fo ilajnataP si desab nopu eht metsys fo eht S ankhyas , the stniop fo ecneref fgindieb yrev.wef ehT owt tsom tnatropmi secnereffid ,era tsrif t aht ilajnataP stimda a lanosreP doG ni eht mrof fo a t srif teacher, while the only God the S ankhyas timda si ay lraen detcefrep ,gnieb yliraropmet ni egrahc fo a .elcyc eS cond, the goY is dloh eht dnim ot eb yllauqella - gnidavrep htiw eht soul, or uruP sa , and the S ankhyas do not. T HE A ROHTU . CONTENTS ———— R AAG OAYJ A ROHTU ’ S P ECAFER . . . . . . . . . v C PAH . I. IYROTCUDORTN . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .II T SPE TTSSR IEFH . . . . . . . . . . 16 .III P R ANA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .VI T EH P CIHCYS P R ANA . . . . . . . . . 41 .V T FLOORTN OECH P CIHCYS P R ANA . . . . . . 48 .IV P DN AARAHAYTAR D ANARAH . . . . . . . 53 .IIV D YH A DN AAN S MA AIHD . . . . . . . . . 61 .IIIV R AAJ Y FEIR BN IAGO . . . . . . . . . 72 ———— SMSIROH PAAG OSY’ILAJNATAP INOITCUDORTN . . . . . . . . . . . 81 I. C NOITARTNECNO . STI S SES ULAUTIRIP . . . . 87 .II ” STI P ECITCAR . . . . . . 123 .III T FROETPA HECH P SREWO . . . . . . . . 158 .VI IECNEDNEPEDN . . . . . . . . . . . 174 A XIDNEPP . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 ———— YRASSOLG . . . . . . . . . . . 195 iiiv RÂJA YOGA OR C EH TGNIREUQNO I LANRETN N ERUTA