Table of Contents
Foreword Richard Freeman ix
Preface to the Revised Edition xiii
A Note on Pronunciation of Sanskrit Terms xv
Introduction 1
1 Vidya: Seeing Things as They Are 7
2 Embracing Suffering 19
3 Marga: Establishing the Path 27
4 Embodying the Path 33
5 The Eight Limbs 45
6 Practicing the Yamas 53
7 The Yamas beyond Dualism 63
8 The Five Klesas 69
9 Freedom through the Klesas 87
10 Stillness and Movement 95
11 The Five Kosas: Sheaths of the Mind and Body 99
12 Working with the Kosas 113
13 Samskaras: Webs of Mind and Body 119
14 Prana: Energetic Flow 127
15 Body in Mind 135
16 Letting Go: Asana and Meditation Intertwined 141
17 Prana and Citta 151
18 The Empty Vessel 165
19 Sunyata: Boundless and Empty 179
20 Yoga, Death, and Dying: What Is Most Astounding? 193
Michael Sho Ken Stone: An Appreciation by Roshi Pat Enkyo G'Hara 213
Acknowledgments 215
Notes 217
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms 223
Credits 231
Index 233
