> YOGA DARSHAN, par Paramahansa Niranjanananda - Swam Editions, 40 €, 547 pages. — Le petit garçon dont parle Swami Satyananda page 29, n'est autre que Niranjanananda. Il dirige aujourd'hui la Bihar School of Yoga ! Niranjanananda expose dans ce livre, avec méthode et poésie, les différents aspects de la tradition du yoga, les différents moyens habiles pour retrouver notre véritable nature. Le goût du silence et la méditation, ne s'explique pas, il se communique. Ce livre que nous avions déjà signalé, donne ce goût.
—Infos Yoga, (43), Eté 2003, (p. 45)

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Yoga Darhan gives a contemporary vision of the Upanishads as expounded by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati - a yoga master.Taking a holisitic and practical view of spiritual life, this text provides a picture of yoga that is both panoramic and precise .In the theoretical section the different traditions and philosophies of yoga are clearly identified and explained along with clear expositions on hatha, raja, mantra, karma, jnana, laya and esoteric yogas.The practical section highlights the classical practices from the Yoga Upanishads and the yogic perspective on physiology and health.

Yoga Darshan is a central text book for all the undergraduate and post grasduate courses conducted by the Bihar Yoga Bhararti in India and Satyananda Yoga centres in the West.

About the Author

Swami Niranjanananda was born in Madhya Pradesh, India in 1960 and was initiated into Dashnami Sannyasa at the age of ten. In 1983 he was appointed President of the Bihar School of Yoga. Since then he has guided the development of Ganga Darshan, Sivananda Math, Yoga Publications Trust and the Yoga Research Foundation. In 1990 he was initiated as a Paramahansa and in 1993 anointed preceptor in succession to to Swami Satyananda. Bihar Yoga Bharati was founded under his direction in 1994. He has authored over 20 books, travels and lectures widely and guides national and international programmes. ( )