by M. Govindan, 2003. 424 pages total.
Volume 1 narrates the life of Bogar and his teachings, Kundalini-Yoga, Astanga-Yoga, samadhi, and a translation and commentary of about seventy-five selected poems. By contemplating the verses, the conscious-energy of Boganathar may be absorbed, and their hidden meaning may be revealed.
Boganathar was the Siddha guru of Kriya Babaji
Nagaraj, the famed Himalayan master, of whom much has been
written. Boganathar lived an extremely long life through the
use of alchemical rejuvenation formulae and special breathing
techniques. He traveled all over the world, chronicled the
lives of Siddhas much older than himself, and provided his
disciples an illumined path to Self-realization and integral
transformation of human nature into divinity. His astounding
life provides a shining example of our human potential. The
present work provides a biography of Boganathar, as we can
glean it from his writings alone, as well as introductory
chapters on the Siddha tradition and Kundalini Yoga.
The present work also provides a translation
and commentary of about seventy-five selected poems, which
serious students of all traditions of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra
will find illuminating. By meditating upon the verses, the
reader will be able to draw much inspiration.
The present work provides a word-by-word
translation, with alternative meanings, as well as a literal
translation, and finally an interpretative translation, to
balance the need for precision and understanding and to facilitate
a deeper meditative approach to the various layers of meaning
of each verse.
"The Yoga traditions of India have been frequently
neglected. This book, the first in a new series, seeks to
remedy this situation. Dr Ganapathy and his team have labored
hard to launch this series, and they do so with one of the
most illustrious masters of Siddha Yoga - Bogar. This volume
is a great starting point for exploring the Tantric Yoga of
the Siddhas." - Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D., author of "The
Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga".
"The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar"
by T.N. Ganapathy, Ph. D., is the first in a series of publications
produced by the Yoga Siddha Research Project sponsored by
Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas and Yoga Research and
Education Center.
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 February, 2015.