Abdominal muscles, exercise of, 25 Abstentions, the five, 27 Accomplishments, the four, 67 Antagonism, cessation of, 29 Āsanā (proper sitting), 29, 87, 95-6 Attention, withdrawal of, 32 Āvarana, (the "covering-up"), 76, 78-9 Āvidyā, (ignorance), 80 Bandhas, (body-purifications), 87 Beauty, of images etc., 121 Bhakta, (devotee), the, 111 Bhāvas, (forms of being), 44 Brahman, knowledge of, 64, 66, 105 Breathing, correct, 29-31, 87-93 Brotherhood, 56 Buddha, doctrine of sorrow of, 126 the Path of, 125 Burton, Richard, quoted, 158 Chan, (meditation), 138 Chess, simile of, 82 Chit, (consciousness), 79 Chitta, (mind), 15 Christ, reference to, 45 Concentration, defined, xv practice of, 33 Consciousness, essentiality of, ix, 139 Contemplation, 35 Desire, versus knowledge, 141 Devotion, two kinds of, 45, 48, 49 Dhāranā, (concentration), 32, 33 Dhyāna, (meditation), 32, 33, 138 Egotism, 20 Emerson, quoted, 3, 157, 158, 163 Enweri, quoted, 158 Fetters, the, in Buddhism, 130-31 Foods, recommended, 90 Forms, production of, 77 Gheranda-Sanhitā, quoted, 91, 95, 113 Gifts, simple, 48 Gitā-yoga, 41 Giving, life of, 59 God, as greatest yogī, 46 as supporter, 48 ideas about, xvii love of, for man, 49 Sufi union with, 154 unity of all life in, 50 Goddesses, the, of mantras, 120 Goodness, truth and beauty, 54, 111 Growth, seven stages of, 57 Happiness, fundamental, 79, 84 Hatha, meaning of, 9 Hatha-yoga-pradīpikā, quoted, 91, 101 I, you and it, 83 Ideas, in the mind, 17 Ignorance, the chief trouble, 20, 65, 82 Illusion, theory of, 76 Independence, 17 Intuition, nature of, 145 Ishwara-pranidhāna, (attentiveness to God), 26, 55 Jivabhūtas, (living beings), 43 Kaivalya, (independence), 17 Karma-yoga, 45 Kleshas, (sources of trouble), 18 Knowledge, the best gift, 54 the greatest, 64 versus desire, 141 Krishna, Shrī, time of, 41 Kriyāshakti, (thought-power), 73 Kriyā yoga, 19 Laws, natural, 51 spiritual, 53 Laya, meaning of, 97 Light, uncovering the inner, 37 Light of Asia, quoted, 129, 132 Loka, (habitat), 45 Love, is wisdom, 43 values measured by, 46 Māndūkya Upanishad, quoted, 148 Mantras, (words of power), 115-19 Māyā, ("illusion"), 74, 76, 78, 80 Meditation, defined, xv the practice of, 34, 35, 59, 70, 137, 143-4, 155 invulnerability of, 42 loved by God, 49 ideas in the, 16 powers of the, xvi steadiness of, 18 the sub-conscious, 136 Mystic, meaning of, xvii Nature, laws of, 51 qualities of, 51 Nirvāna, of Buddha, 132-33, 140, 154 Niyama (abstention), 28 Observances, the five, 28 Occultism, avoids display, 7 defined, 3 Vedāntic, 65 Om, as a mantra, 119 Omar Khayyam, quoted, 156 Pain and Pleasure, xii Patanjali, 15 Path, of Buddha, 127 Prānāyāma, (regular breathing), 31, 87-93 Pratyāhāra, (control of senses), 31 Principles, are living laws, 53-4 Psychic, powers and faculties, 6, 36 Psychology, Introspectional, 4 Reality, the, 64 Rebirth, 43 Relaxation, voluntary, xvi Renunciation, 57 Sacrifice, meaning of, 58 Samādhi, (contemplation), 33, 35, 37, 105, 146 Sannyāsa, (renunciation), 57 Sanyama, (mind-poise), 36 Sat, (being or reality), 79 Self-personality, 21 Sensations, the, 122 Service, 56 Shankarāchārya, Shrī, 63 meditations of, 83 Shatsampatti, (six accomplishments), 72 Shiva Sanhitā, quoted, 89, 93, 96 Sitting, correct, 29, 30, 87-8, 95-6 Sixth Patriarch, quoted, 148 Sorrow, Buddha on, 126 Soul, immortality of, 43 Success, the six forms of, 73 Sufis, aspirations of, 159 love of simplicity of, 154 meditation of, 155 union with God, 155 Swādhyāya, (study concerning self), 26, 55 Tamas, rajas and sattwa, (qualities of Nature), 51 Tapas, (mastery of body, etc.), 23, 55 Thinking, practice in, xii Thought, governs things, 18 growth of, 9 Trouble, causes of, 19 Uddiyāna, (an abdominal exercise), 25 Understanding, hunger for, 67 Upanishads, and Vedānta, 63 Vairagya, (uncoloredness), 18, 42, 70-2 Valuables, the eternal, 54 Vedānta, 63 Vikshepa, (the "throwing-out"), 76, 78 Virtues, the ten, results of, 29 Viveka, (discrimination), 66, 68 Vritti, ("whirlpool" in the mind), 16 Wall-gazing, the, 145 Whirlpools, in mind, 16 Will, the, 17 Withdrawal, of attention, 32 Worship, individual and collective, 112 Yajna, (sacrifice), 58 Yama, (abstinence), 28 Yoga, and modern man, 11 comparison of three schools of 75 eight limbs of, 27 highest reward of, 49 kriyā, 19 list of schools, 8 many people practice, 8 modern utility of, vii preliminary, 29 Yogī, real interest of, 6 favorite scriptures of, 146