This affordable, authoritative Edition of the Shiva Samhita contains a new introduction, the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, nine full-page photographs, and an index.
In this way, many means to liberation are taught..
Some praise Mantra Yoga and pilgrimage.
Some wise men praise the rites of the householder and some say that rites such as the fire sacrifice are the best.
Some praise action and some absolute indifference.
Some praise charity and others ancestor worship.
Some praise patience and others equanimity and honesty.
Some praise truth and others asceticism and purity.
Affectionate toward his devotees, the Lord, having cast aside opinions born of the ignorance of sophists, shall now pronounce a Yoga teaching that bestows liberation on the selves of all beings, so that beings whose minds are set on no other destiny may have knowledge of their selves.
The diversity which is found in this world appears through the imposition of the senses on knowledge and for no other reason.
No other real entity exists.
Excerpt The Lord said, There is one eternal true knowledge, without beginning or end.
It also features photographs of the asanas and mudras described therein.
This Edition contains the original Sanskrit, properly edited and printed for the first time, and a new, accurate Translation thereof.
It includes beautiful teachings found nowhere else.
From the Introduction Composed over five centuries ago, the Shiva Samhita is one of the most celebrated root texts of Hatha Yoga.
It\'s for people who practice Yoga, and for anyone with an interest in health and fitness, philosophy, religion, spirituality, mysticism, or meditation.
This is the first Edition of this classic Yoga text to meet both high academic and literary standards, the first to be based on a truly Critical study of the Sanskrit manuscripts.
It includes beautiful teachings found nowhere else.
This affordable, authoritative Edition of the Shiva Samhita contains a new introduction, the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, nine full-page photographs, and an index
