An Introduction to Yoga by Annie Besant ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

An Introduction to Yoga by Annie Besant audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

First delivered as four public lectures in Benares in 1907, Annie Besant's An Introduction to Yoga invites the listener into yoga not as a set of gymnastic poses, but as a disciplined science of consciousness. Speaking as a leading figure in the Theosophical movement, Besant sets out to make India's spiritual psychology intelligible to Western readers while remaining rooted in the classical tradition of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. She begins by asking what yoga is really for: the gradual unfolding of awareness and the realization of the deeper Self, explored through familiar and mysterious states of mind, from waking and dreaming to profound inner stillness. From there, she maps the major Indian schools of thought, clarifying how different philosophies explain the soul, the world, and liberation. The heart of the book is practical in the most demanding sense: training attention, mastering distraction, and using concentration and meditation to transform character and perception. As Besant connects ethics, mind control, and spiritual evolution, the central struggle becomes clear: can an ordinary life, with its scattered thoughts and restless desires, be reorganized into a purposeful path toward inner freedom?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:38) Chapter 01

(00:06:00) Chapter 02

(00:10:52) Chapter 03

(00:11:48) Chapter 04

(00:15:42) Chapter 05

(00:21:19) Chapter 06

(00:27:03) Chapter 07

(00:31:21) Chapter 08

(00:36:45) Chapter 09

(00:42:28) Chapter 10

(00:47:06) Chapter 11

(00:49:39) Chapter 12

(00:54:51) Chapter 13

(00:56:43) Chapter 14

(01:02:12) Chapter 15

(01:04:44) Chapter 16

(01:08:01) Chapter 17

(01:41:08) Chapter 18

(01:46:10) Chapter 19

(01:51:33) Chapter 20

(01:57:33) Chapter 21

(02:02:34) Chapter 22

(02:09:10) Chapter 23

(02:13:08) Chapter 24

(02:21:22) Chapter 25

(02:29:22) Chapter 26

(02:43:53) Chapter 27

(02:52:55) Chapter 28

(03:02:17) Chapter 29

(03:04:30) Chapter 30

(03:08:18) Chapter 31

(03:10:22) Chapter 32

(03:19:08) Chapter 33

(03:30:04) Chapter 34

(03:35:14) Chapter 35

(03:44:12) Chapter 36

(03:46:18) Chapter 37

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