Jnâna Yoga, Part II · Swami Vivekananda
BY SWÂMI VIVEKÂNANDA
Jnâna Yoga.--Part I. 12mo. 356 pages. Cloth, $1.50. Postage, 11 cents. “One of the great thought challengers of the day is this work by the Swâmi Vivekânanda. The book goes deep and treats of startling things, but when analyzed and viewed from the author’s standpoint, they are found to be links in the great chain of truth. He alone will deny who is out of sympathy or limited in vision.”--_Transcript_, Boston, Sept. 24, 1902. “Students of religion will find much of interest in it; those who care for India in any way will be glad to receive an indication of high Hindu thought in one of the most striking religious movements of the day; while the orthodox Christian will derive some information from the work regarding the attitude of cultured Hindus toward Christianity and its Founder. After reading the book one is inexcusable if his ideas concerning Vedânta are hazy.”--_New York Saturday Review of Books_, July 12, 1902. “The lectures show a wonderful insight into great truths which underlie all religious aspiration.”--_Courier Journal_, Louisville, July 5, 1902. “The altruism with which his preaching is permeated attracts and inspires. The love of humanity which he inculcates harmonizes with the spirit of the age, His English is good, his style easy to read, his sincerity unquestionable. Merely as an intelligent presentation of what is best in the ancient Hindu Scriptures, the Swâmi Vivekânanda’s book is deserving of attention at the hands of religious students.”--_Record-Herald_, Chicago, Aug. 19, 1902.
“The lectures are all extremely interesting, the style brilliant, the reasoning often subtle. Whether the philosophy advanced is satisfactory or not to those whose theories are the outgrowth of a different system of thought, his method of presenting it affords an intellectual pleasure.”--_Journal_, Indianapolis, Oct. 13, 1902. “It is a book which appeals to the intellectual, and no one could be the worse for reading it, since it contains much of truth even as Christians measure truth.”--_Milwaukee Sentinel_, Aug, 15, 1902. “The Vedânta Philosophy as explained by Vivekânanda is interesting.... As given by him and his followers, no more lofty teachings can be found. The work is a valuable addition to the literature of religions.”--_Toledo Blade_ Oct. 11, 1902. VEDÂNTA PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 135 West 80th St., New York. Râja Yoga 376 pages. Cloth, $1.50. Postage, 11 cents. Portrait of author, frontispiece. Besides lectures on Râja Yoga the book contains Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms with Commentary, a copious Sanskrit Glossary, a lecture on Immortality, and the Swâmi’s lectures on BHAKTI YOGA. “The whole spirit of the book is candid in the extreme. It appeals to what is best and noblest in man. It makes no foolish mysteries and demands no blind belief. It puts forth its system in a plain and simple manner. It is able to present its own method without in any way attacking the method of others. It manifests a charity that it is usual to call Christian but which Vivekânanda proves is equally the property of the Hindu. If this little book had nothing to teach but the beautiful toleration it advocates, it would be well worth reading; but many will find in it valuable suggestions to aid in reaching the higher life.”--_Arena_, Mar., 1897.
“A large part of the book is occupied with that method of attaining perfection known as Râja Yoga, and there are also translations of a number of aphorisms and an excellent glossary.”--_Living Age_, August 5th, 1899. “A valuable portion of the volume to students is the glossary of Sanskrit technical terms. This includes not only such terms as are employed in the book, but also those frequently employed in works on the Vedânta philosophy in general.”--_New York Times_, July 22d, 1899. “A new edition with enlarged glossary, which will be welcomed by students of comparative religion, who are already familiar with the author’s lectures in this country.”--_Review of Reviews_, Oct., 1899. “The methods of practical realization of the divine within the human are applicable to all religions, and all peoples, and only vary in their details to suit the idiosyncrasy of race and individuals.”--_Post_, Washington, D. C., June 12th, 1899. Sent on receipt of price and postage by the VEDÂNTA PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 135 West 80th St., New York. _Agents for Europe_--Messrs. LUZAC & CO., London, W. C., 46 Great Russell St. The Sayings of Sri Râmakrishna.
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