Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu PDF

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Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu PDF

Yantra Yoga, the Buddhist parallel to the Hathayoga of the Hindu tradition, is a system of practice entailing bodily movements, breathing exercises, and visualizations. Originally transmitted by the mahasiddhas of India and Oddiyana, its practice is nowadays found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism in relation to the Anuttaratantras, more generally known under the Tibetan term trulkhor, whose Sanskrit equivalent is yantra. The Union of the Sun and Moon Yantra (Phrul 'khor nyi zla kha sbyor), orally transmitted in Tibet in the eighth century by the great master Padmasambhava to the Tibetan translator and Dzogchen master Vairochana, can be considered the most ancient of all the systems of Yantra, and its peculiarity is that it contains also numerous positions which are also found in the classic Yoga tradition.

This remarkable book comprises three texts on yoga, written down in the 8th century by Vairocana (the earliest known writings on yoga in human history). Additionally, the book contains approximately 350 pages of detailed commentaries made by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (Tibetan yoga master who passed away in 2018). His commentary first of all clarifies how and what to do, but also explains every statement of the original texts to a modern reader. The books contains 341 footnotes. It is the most undervalued book on yoga ever written, which will become a must read for any yoga practicioner and for teachers' certification very soon.

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