Meditation Its Theory and Practice
Book Details
Author(s)Hari Prasad Shastri
PublisherShanti Sadan
ISBN / ASINB00ETEH3OO
ISBN-13978B00ETEH3O9
Sales Rank2,625,308
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This clearly written book gives the methods of meditation revealed by the enlightened sages.
They taught that the real purpose of life was to know God, or Truth. This knowledge becomes possible when the latent spiritual faculties of the mind are awakened by the practice of meditation.
The author, Hari Prasad Shastri, learnt the traditional methods of meditation practice and enquiry from his own teacher, the Mahatma Shri Dada of Aligarh, and also visited many of the Yogis and Mahatmas who were living in the region of the Himalayas. As a result, as well as being a scholar of wide experience, Dr Shastri also became a teacher in the direct line of one of the oldest teaching schools of the classical methods of meditation and spiritual practice, Adhyatma Yoga, the way of Self-knowledge.
The teachings given in this book are in accord with those found in the holy classics of India, China and Iran. They include the science of meditation as taught by Patanjali, Shri Krishna, the Zen Buddhists and the Sufis.
The first part of the book presents the essential principles on which meditation is based. The second part gives details of practices that will be of particular value to those who wish to start meditation practice for themselves. The more advanced forms of meditation require the guidance of a teacher, and an outline of the principles involved is given in the last section of this book.
Hari Prasad Shastri (1882-1956) was a distinguished scholar of Sanskrit and other classical literature. From an early age his main interest was spiritual practice and its ideal of enlightenment. He learnt the traditional methods from his own teacher, the Mahatma Shri Dada of Aligarh, and Yogis and Mahatmas living in the region of the Himalayas, and thus became a teacher in the direct line of one of the oldest teaching schools of the classical spiritual practices, Adhyatma Yoga, the way of Self-Knowledge. He taught at centres of learning and spirituality in India, Japan and China, before settling in London in 1929. There he gave hundreds of lectures on the non-dual teachings and produced many original writings and translations. He combined wide knowledge of contemporary thought and culture together with a direct knowledge of the spiritual ideal, and his writings provide reliable guidance for men and women in the modern world seeking to realize the highest potentials for fulfilment and illumination. He founded Shanti Sadan, a centre where the teachings continue to be practised and passed on in the traditional way.
They taught that the real purpose of life was to know God, or Truth. This knowledge becomes possible when the latent spiritual faculties of the mind are awakened by the practice of meditation.
The author, Hari Prasad Shastri, learnt the traditional methods of meditation practice and enquiry from his own teacher, the Mahatma Shri Dada of Aligarh, and also visited many of the Yogis and Mahatmas who were living in the region of the Himalayas. As a result, as well as being a scholar of wide experience, Dr Shastri also became a teacher in the direct line of one of the oldest teaching schools of the classical methods of meditation and spiritual practice, Adhyatma Yoga, the way of Self-knowledge.
The teachings given in this book are in accord with those found in the holy classics of India, China and Iran. They include the science of meditation as taught by Patanjali, Shri Krishna, the Zen Buddhists and the Sufis.
The first part of the book presents the essential principles on which meditation is based. The second part gives details of practices that will be of particular value to those who wish to start meditation practice for themselves. The more advanced forms of meditation require the guidance of a teacher, and an outline of the principles involved is given in the last section of this book.
About the Author
Hari Prasad Shastri (1882-1956) was a distinguished scholar of Sanskrit and other classical literature. From an early age his main interest was spiritual practice and its ideal of enlightenment. He learnt the traditional methods from his own teacher, the Mahatma Shri Dada of Aligarh, and Yogis and Mahatmas living in the region of the Himalayas, and thus became a teacher in the direct line of one of the oldest teaching schools of the classical spiritual practices, Adhyatma Yoga, the way of Self-Knowledge. He taught at centres of learning and spirituality in India, Japan and China, before settling in London in 1929. There he gave hundreds of lectures on the non-dual teachings and produced many original writings and translations. He combined wide knowledge of contemporary thought and culture together with a direct knowledge of the spiritual ideal, and his writings provide reliable guidance for men and women in the modern world seeking to realize the highest potentials for fulfilment and illumination. He founded Shanti Sadan, a centre where the teachings continue to be practised and passed on in the traditional way.
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