Foreword; References; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Demystification; 1: Yoga: Original Concepts and History; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Yoga as a Mystery and Need for Demystification; 1.2.1 Some Other Reasons for the Misconceptions; 1.3 Original Definitions of Yoga; 1.3.1 Yoga, Its Meanings and the Minor Conceptual Differences from the Samkhya; 1.3.2 Various Forms of Yoga; Hatha Yoga (Sanskrit: Persistence or Physical Force); Mantra Yoga (Sanskrit: Man = Mind, to Think; tra = Tools or Instruments); Laya Yoga (Sans: Dissolution, Merger, Absorption, Yoga)

Raja Yoga and Its Differences from the Hatha Yoga1.4 Yoga: Origins and Scriptures; 1.4.1 Origins of Yoga from the Samkhya System in Ancient India; 1.4.2 The Oral Tradition of Yoga; 1.4.3 Sanskrit (Vedic) and Pali (Buddhist): The Original Languages of Yogic Scriptures; 1.4.4 The Varieties of Yogic Scriptures; Approximate Time Lines for Compositions of Yogic Scriptures; 1.4.5 Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A Brief Summary; 1.4.6 Classics on Hatha Yoga; 1.5 The Four Major Philosophical Systems of Yoga: The Vedas, Vedanta, Shramana, and Tantra; 1.5.1 Yoga in the Vedas (Samkhya/Rig-Vedic Philosophy)

1.5.2 Yoga in the Vedanta (Upanishads)1.5.3 Summary of Yoga in the Veda (Samkhya) and Vedanta (Upanishad); 1.6 Great Contribution of the Shramanic (Non-Hindu) Philosophies: Rise of Meditation in the System of Yoga; 1.6.1 Yoga Versus Meditation; 1.6.2 Seminal Contributions of Gautama Buddha into the Meditative System of Yoga; 1.6.3 Buddha's Middle Way; 1.7 Tantra: The Fourth and the Newest System of Yogic Philosophy; 1.8 Yogic Philosophies Bridge Across the Ideologies of All Four Schools: The Veda (Samkhya), Vedanta (Upanishads), Shramana, and Tantra; 1.9 History of Yoga

1.9.1 Yoga in Ancient India1.9.2 Yoga in Medieval India; 1.9.3 Yoga in Modern India; 1.9.4 Yoga Beyond India: Spread to the Far East; 1.9.5 Yoga Beyond India: Spread to the West; 1.10 Some Further Clarifications; 1.10.1 Spirituality Versus Religiousness; 1.10.2 Yoga Is Not Religious; Yoga in Ancient Greek Thoughts: As Metaphysics in the Teachings of Socrates and Plato; Yoga-Meditation in Certain Judeo-Christian Traditions (Kabbalah, Hesychasm); 1.11 Concluding Remarks; References; 2: Yoga, Mind, and the Psychosomatics; 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Yoga and the Mind (Consciousness, [Sans. chitta]): Some Key Terms2.3 Yogic Consciousness (Mind [Sans. chitta]) and Its Varieties as the Meditator Ascends in the Meditative Path; 2.4 Phenomenology of Human Experience and Role of the Mind (Consciousness) in Its Creation; 2.5 Mind (Consciousness): A Bundle of Five Things (Aggregates); 2.6 Central Problem Inherent in the Nature of the Mind: Projection (Vikshepa) That Causes Illusion (Maya) and Ignorance (Avidya) About the Reality; 2.6.1 Reversal of the Projections Is the Key Mechanism of Action of Yoga