Integral Yoga: A Concept of Harmonious and Creative Living

By Haridas Chaudhuri

Book Overview

Six traditional yoga systems unified into a transcendent whole.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835604446
• ISBN13: 9780835604444
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Quest Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A great distillation of the thought of Sri Aurobindo and the principles of integral yoga

Dr. Chaudhuri is a philosopher and practioner who interpreted the works and thinking of Sri Aurobindo. This marvelous and well-written volume is a distillation of the ideas behind Integral Yoga into a very concise and well-organized form. It's structure is carefully thought out and it captures the spirit of integral yoga as well as the essential philosophical foundation for it. These interpretations and summaries were approved by this school of yoga and in my opinion this book is the best source of information on the topic. While Sri Aurobindo was certainly brilliant and his original writings valueable, they are not necessarily an easy read. Aurobindo tended to use long sentences, meander and not necessarily structure his writing in a way that lends itself to a "whole picture" view. This book is the roadmap that will allow you to contextualize Sri Aurobino's original works.

A very special spiritual book

I have read hundreds of religious and spiritual books, and Integral Yoga by Chaudhuri is in my top 5. It is incredible well written and thought out. Dr. Chaudhuri had a unique gift at being able to write intelligently, yet with great clarity that never goes over the head of the average seeker for truth. Chaudhuri seems to me to present the best ideas in common to all religions, and to link them together into a comprehensive system for life, that is dependent on faith and meditation, but not on belief in any particular creed. This is important for me--an on-again, off-again Christian--because my belief system wavers. One week I believe in the theology of Jesus, the next week I thrown out the baby with the bath water. Chaudhuri does talk about God, as the ultimate consciousness in the world, a very acceptable over-riding definition. Anyway, regardless of the shiftst that occur in me over time, this book Integral Yoga retains its validity for me constantly. I am writing this review because I wish to let people know that this is a very special book.