Mahamantra Yoga

by Whitehurst, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781594773716
• ISBN10: 1594773718
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-24
• Publisher: Destiny Books

Summary

This book is a guide for those looking to awaken spiritual devotion in their physical yoga practice. It shows how to coordinate the breath, vocal cords, and mouth to practice devotional chanting consciously and joyfully. Includes a CD of mahamantra chants.

Author Biography

Richard Whitehurst (Sridhara Das) is an initiated disciple of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He began his practice of mahamantra yoga in 1970 while a student of psychology at the University of Florida. For 10 years he lived as a wandering monk and traveled extensively throughout the Indian subcontinent. He has lectured about the tradition of bhakti yoga and mahamantra yoga at colleges and universities in India, England, the United States, and Australia and has appeared on radio and TV. An accomplished facilitator of kirtan and bhajan, he lives in New Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Edwin F. Bryant

Foreword by Charles S. J. White

Acknowledgments

Introduction The Internal Forest

1    The Physical Foundations of Mahamantra Yoga

2    The Mental Foundations of Mahamantra Yoga

3    Production

4    Identification

5    Intensification

6    Realizations

7    A Brief Sojourn within the Internal Forest

Epilogue

Appendix 1 Building a Context for Mahamantra Yoga

Appendix 2 Aphorisms of Mahamantra Yoga

Appendix 3 Elucidations

Appendix 4 The Ten Offenses to the Holy Names

Bibliography

Index

How to Use This CD