On Yoga: Extemporaneous Discussion

Recording Location
Lone Pine, Calif.
Recording Date
20 April 1980
Recording Information

In this “extemporaneous discussion on the subject of yoga,” Franklin Merrell-Wolff distinguishes between two types of yoga and their various forms: tantric yoga and the <em>trimarga</em>, which refers to the three forms of yoga given in the <em>Bhagavad Gita</em> (jnana yoga, karma yoga, and bhakti yoga). After discussing the dangers of the tantric forms of yoga, he discusses jnana yoga, which is the path that he chose to follow. He then notes that Aurobindo and Shankara differ as to their evaluation of the three forms of yoga delineated in the <em>Gita</em>, and considers Aurodindo’s suggestion that one should aim to pass through each of these yogas. He concludes with some Theosophical reflections, as well several personal anecdotes.

Transcript
Recording Duration
64 min
Sort Order
353.00