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Title: A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga

Author: Yogi Ramacharaka

Release Date: September 9, 2004 [EBook #13407]

Language: English

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A SERIES OF

Lessons in Gnani Yoga (The Yoga of Wisdom.)

BY YOGI RAMACHARAKA.

THIS BOOK GIVES THE HIGHEST YOGI TEACHINGS REGARDING THE ABSOLUTE AND
ITS MANIFESTATIONS.

INDEX.

LESSON PAGE

I. The One 1

II. Omnipresent Life 27

III. The Creative Will 51

IV. The Unity of Life 75

V. The One and the Many 101

VI. Within the Mind of the One 127

VII. Cosmic Evolution 153
VIII. The Ascent of Man 177

IX. Metempsychosis 203

X. Spiritual Evolution 229

XI. The Law of Karma 253

XII. Occult Miscellany 277

THE FIRST LESSON

THE ONE.

The Yogi Philosophy may be divided into several great branches, or
fields. What is known as "Hatha Yoga" deals with the physical body and
its control; its welfare; its health; its preservation; its laws, etc.
What is known as "Raja Yoga" deals with the Mind; its control; its
development; its unfoldment, etc. What is known as "Bhakti Yoga" deals
with the Love of the Absolute--God. What is known as "Gnani Yoga" deals
with the scientific and intellectual knowing of the great questions
regarding Life and what lies back of Life--the Riddle of the Universe.

Each branch of Yoga is but a path leading toward the one
end--unfoldment, development, and growth. He who wishes first to
develop, control and strengthen his physical body so as to render it a
fit instrument of the Higher Self, follows the path of "Hatha Yoga." He
who would develop his will-power and mental faculti