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An Introduction to Yoga
Annie Besant
Foreword
These lectures[FN#1: Delivered at the 32nd Anniversary of the Theosophical Society held at Benares, on Dec. 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1907.] are intended to give an outline of Yoga, in order to prepare the student to take up, for practical purposes, the Yoga sutras of Patanjali, the chief treatise on Yoga. I have on hand, with my friend Bhagavan Das as collaborateur, a translation of these Sutras, with Vyasa's commentary, and a further commentary and elucidation written in the light of Theosophy.[FN#2: These have never been finished or printed.] To prepare the student for the mastering of that more difficult task, these lectures were designed; hence the many references to Patanjali. They may, however, also serve to give to the ordinary lay reader some idea of the Science of sciences, and perhaps to allure a few towards its study.
Annie Besant
| Lecture I. The Nature of Yoga 1. The Meaning of the Universe 2. The Unfolding of Consciousness 4. The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment 11. God Without and God Within 12. Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter 15. Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness
Lecture II. Schools of Thought 1. Its Relation to Indian Philosophies
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Lecture III. Yoga as
Science
3. To the Self through the Not-Self 5. Composition of States of the Mind
Lecture IV. Yoga as Practice 1. Inhibition of States of Mind 2. Meditation with and without Seed
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