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Product Description "Bhakti and Karma Yoga - The Science of Devotion and Liberation Through Action" covers the systematic application of the essential principles of desire and devotion to aid us in achieving our goals and spiritual aspirations. Through inspired action we can transform our life experience to one of ecstatic bliss and outpouring divine love. In combination with an effective daily routine of yoga practices, the applied principles of bhakti and karma yoga elevate the relationship of our desires and actions to divine expression, greatly hastening our progress toward enlightenment. Yogani is the author of two landmark books on the world's most effective spiritual practices: "Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living," a comprehensive user-friendly textbook, and "The Secrets of Wilder," a powerful spiritual novel. The "AYP Enlightenment Series" makes these profound practices available for the first time in a series of concise instruction books. "Bhakti and Karma Yoga" is the eighth book in the series, preceded by "Self-Inquiry," "Diet, Shatkarmas and Amaroli," "Samyama," "Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas," "Tantra," "Spinal Breathing Pranayama," and "Deep Meditation."
Customer Reviews:
Essential reading on the path to enlightenmentSeptember 1, 2008 Bhakti and Karma Yoga is the 8th book in the AYP Enlightenment series and a definite read for those who seek self-realization.
I've never found any other books by anyone else who lays out a more clear, effective and easy to follow path to self realization or enlightenment than Yogani. Many like to talk about what self-realization is like but few understand and effectively communicate the practical and easy to apply methods that will take you there as fast as possible. This little book is easy to understand, well-written and contains lot's of new material by Yogani.
I highly recommend Bhakti and Karma Yoga and will only add to your understanding of what is required on the path to self-realization.
The sparkle of a life of actions powered by loveJuly 17, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nothing is as sobering as facing oneself.
Our actions and their consequences are themselves devine teachers. This is what life is! Everything you need in order to realize your true nature is right here.....in every instant. You don't have to move, nor extract yourself from an ordinary life. When greater awarenes saturates our being (through deep meditation or other spiritual practises) it follows that desires transform into a conscious longing for the devine. The implicit intelligence that is life itself wants to know itself fully. So we long for this "coming home to ourselves". When your heart is turned towards the devine, it becomes obvious that your actions are powered by love. You then become even more aware through allowing life to live you. Through this great little book, Yogani explains the simple - yet profound - principles that together form the key to living in the lucid, loving freedom that is our true nature. Read and enjoy!
Nothing is as joyful as being a conscious expression of this love.
BlessingsJune 11, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bhakti and Karma Yoga- The Science of Devotion and Liberation has had such a positive effect on my understanding of Meditation, and the purification of the nervous system,that it's a pleasure to recommend to anyone on the path of enlightenment. TWO THUMBS UP!
a gem -- best small book on Bhakti and Karma YogaJune 11, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you aren't familiar with Bhakti or Karma Yoga, this is probably the best introduction you can get. If you are familiar, it's great review, and great inspiration. That's a pattern with Yogani's books: good introduction for the unfamiliar, good review and inspiration for people with some familiarity!
Bhakti and Karma yoga are roughly the 'yogas' of DEVOTION and ACTION. However, no yoga approach is fundamentally isolated, rather, they all belong to a bigger unified system whose common purpose is human spiritual development -- Yoga. Yoga is in a sense a system of tools for spiritual development. ( I mean 'tool' very broadly -- even a way of looking at things can count as a tool. ) The mind likes to usefully put these tools into boxes, and two of these boxes are called Bhakti and Karma yoga. Sometimes a tool fits in either box, and that is fine and to be expected. In fact, all the tools are related and have a common purpose -- spiritual carpentry.
You'll get one of the best explanations of Bhakti and Karma Yoga (and any of the types of Yoga) from Yogani, simply because yoga can only be properly explained by someone who really understands it intimately, as a master practitioner --- and he does. If you read the book, you'll understand the carpentry, and once the carpentry makes sense, the tools make sense, and once the tools make sense, the way all the tools fit together make sense.
Like all of Yogani's books on yoga, the book is aimed towards helping people practically on their spiritual journey. They keep to the essentials, emphasize the fundamentals, and clear away a lot of clutter, and in some cases, clear away a lot of confusion. But even though they are aimed for use in personal practice, they'd be great reading too for anyone who wants to really understand yoga from a Religious Studies perspective.
Pssst: I hear Yogani is publishing 'Eight Limbs of Yoga' soon (or some similar title) soon which will surely be another 'must have' for the shopping cart!
