ABOUT THE BOOK

The role of the sage in the Himalayan Tradition of Yoga is to awaken within the student the divine flame, that spark of divinity all human beings carry within them, and which the late Sri Swami Rama called the Teacher within, the Inner Guru, or Centre of Consciousness. Once that divine flame is lit one truly becomes a disciple on the Spiritual Path. The authors first review the Yoga of the Centre of Consciousness and then describe in depth the nature of the spiritual practice (sadhana) for the new disciple as a metaphor of a chariot with two wheels: dispassion (vairagya) and practice (abhyasa) as described in the first chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra, the core text of Raja Yoga. Both wheels must turn together for the chariot to advance. The book presents a unified system based in Raja Yoga that integrates the Yogas of life and discipline on a foundation of meditation suitable for this stage of the Spiritual Path. The book concludes with an exploration of the role of grace in the guru-disciple spiritual relationship.

The Chariot of Sadhana is a refreshing and insightful alternative to the common mass approaches to Yoga. It is one of the most in depth and sophisticated explanations of Yoga Dharma today. It provides a clear and authentic presentation of traditional Yoga, including key teachings of the Yoga-Sutra, examined with logic, clarity and insight, faithful to the tradition, the meaning of the text and to an experiential application in sadhana today. The book is one of the best new in depth studies of Yoga as a spiritual practice, an exploration of consciousness and a means of taking us to the highest Self-realization.

—David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri),
Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies

Both devoted practitioner and neophyte will be captivated by the yoga teachings brought alive in this road map to the ultimate experience of Presence. Be prepared to mark nuggets of knowledge throughout as you refer to this helpful guide again and again.

—Valery Petrich, Founder and Director,
The Yoga Studio College of Canada, Calgary

Inspiration and Impact! This remarkable book has both. You will find yourself reading and re-reading material not found elsewhere. You will then be inspired to make profound changes that will propel your life forward. Such is the impact.

—Mayanne Krech. Past President,
the Meditation Centre, Minneapolis

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

DRS. MARTIN and MARIAN JERRY, physician-scientist and clinical psychologist respectively, have studied and practiced Yoga since 1968 and were initiated into the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters first by Swami Veda Bharati and then by the late H.H. Sri Swami Rama, with whom they studied directly for ten years in both North America and India. In 2000 they authored the first book in this series: Sutras of the Inner Teacher: The Yoga of the Centre of Consciousness. They are founding teachers of the Foothills Yoga Society in Calgary, Canada.

MAHAMANDALESHVARA SWAMI VEDA BHARATI, current Spiritual Director and Preceptor of Sadhana Mandir, Swami Rama’s Ashram, and of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India, has spent the past 60 years teaching and providing spiritual guidance around the world. Raised in the five-thousand-year-old tradition of Sanskrit-speaking scholar-philosophers of India, Swami Veda is a poet, scholar, research guide and international speaker par excellence. He is author of the most comprehensive commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra and many other books including Superconscious Meditation, Mantra and Meditation, Meditation and the Art of Dying, Philosophy of Hatha Yoga, God, Sayings.

Chariot of Sadhana ISBN-10: 1-58832-173-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-58832-173-2 Retail: $27.99 U.S. Edition: First Specs: 8.25 x 11 Trade Paperback Length: 332 Released: December 2006 Subject(s): Philosophy