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14: Yoga and Buddhism as Personality Development Paths
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14.1: Chapter Introduction
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14.2: Zen Buddhism in America
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14.3: Historical Description of Yoga
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14.4: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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14.5: The Bhagavad Gita
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14.6: Pathways to Personal Growth - Schools of Yoga
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In her discourse accompanying the translation of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Bailey refers to four types of Yoga that developed as humanity developed (1927). In chronological order they are Hatha-Yoga, Laya-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga, and Raja-Yoga (also known as Kriya-Yoga). Feuerstein adds three more to what he describes as the seven major branches of the tree of Hindu Yoga: Jnana-Yoga, Karma-Yoga, and Mantra-Yoga.
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14.7: Obstacles to Personal Growth- Patanjali's Five Hindrances
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14.8: Yoga in America- The Self-Realization Fellowship and Transcendental Meditation
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14.9: Historical Description of Buddhism
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14.10: The Four Noble Truths of Human Life
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Following his enlightenment, the Buddha began to teach what he had realized. In his first lesson, he described the Four Noble Truths: 1) suffering is an unavoidable reality in human life; 2) the source of suffering is craving or desire, and the bad karma it creates; 3) the craving that leads to suffering can be destroyed; 4) the Middle Way is the path to eliminate craving and suffering (Suzuki, 1960; World’s Great Religions, 1957; Wilkins, 1967).
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14.11: Obstacles to Personal Growth- The Three Poisons of Buddhism
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14.S: Chapter Summary
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