Product Description

Sure Ways o Self-Realization is a practical and informativwe text on systems of meditation from cultures all over the world.To assist today's seekers to find a suitable path back to the source,the real self,and to find stability of mind in a rapidly changing world,Swami Satyananda Saraswati describes the path of meditation,the obstacles confronting the practitioner and the means to overcome them.

Both Theory and practical instructions for a vast range of age-old meditation practices are presented, including yogic techniques such as antar mouna, yoga nidra and ajapa japa, as well as mediations from ancient Egypt and Greece, the celtic and Taoist traditions,Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, Sifism and alchemy. Moving meditations as well as meditation techniques for children and for the dying are included.

Sure ways to self realization is suitable for all levels from beginners to advanced and is an ideal reference Book for yoga teachers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #346120 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06
• Released on: 2002-06-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 454 pages

About the Author
Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the disciple of swami Sivananda and became a wandering mendicant and he founded the the International Yoga Fewllowship in 1963 and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1964. He now lives as a paramahansa sannyasin.

Customer Reviews

Storehouse of Knowledge
The book presents a wonderful spectrum of spiritual knowledge. It would have been greater to go deeper on each of the paths (but then the book would have been, like 5000 pages)
Many of the practices also need a living guide / teacher

Another gem from BSY
Like every book I have picked up by the Bihar School of Yoga publishers, it is sensational. Extremely readable and absolutely packed with information.

In essence it is a history/discussion of meditation in all its forms, through history and all over the world. The questions of using biofeedback and psychedelics, and even sensory deprivation tanks, are addressed in a balanced way. A large section then covers various forms of yogic meditation. The final section summarizes meditation methods and origins in essentially every world tradition: shamanism, the druids, neo-Platonists, Hinduism, many schools of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and so on. The author is a yogi, however, so the more rationally-minded will have to take discussion of chakras, nadis, and so on with a grain of salt. That said, this kind of dogma is very minimal in the book and does not detract from its value or clarity. Parallels (alleged) are pointed out, but no strenuous effort is made to cram all forms of meditation into a yogic framework or philosophy.

It is an introduction of course, each technique is glossed over fairly superficially, but then that's the idea. An incredible introduction and source book to lead you onto many further studies.

I can't recommend it enough.