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YANTRA YOGA: The Tibetan Yoga of Movementby Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, trans. by Adriano ClementeYantra 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. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, one of the great living masters of Dzogchen and Tantra, started transmitting this profound Yoga in the seventies, and at that time wrote this commentary which is based on the oral explanations of some Tibetan yogins and siddhas of the twentieth century. All Western practitioners will benefit from the extraordinary instructions contained in this volume. He was a professor at the Oriental Institute of "the University of Naples, Italy, and is the author of The Crystal and the Way of Light and Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State. Adriano Clemente first studied Yantra Yoga with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu in the 1970s. He is the co-author of The Supreme Source. EXPLORE THIS TITLE FURTHER... For information about Yantra Yoga instructors authorized by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu please contact the Dzochen Community in America through: www.tsegyalgar.org To learn more about the Fall-Winter Book Tour, please visit www.tsegyalgareast.org/pages/yantra-yoga-book-tour.html . REVIEWS "...magnificent.... There is nothing like [this book]. That is why you should read it even if you never plan to do yoga.... For any who have studied yantra this is a deep reference space to which they will return again and again. For those who have not practiced this profound method it is a full picture of the precision and depth of this way and an invitation to enter this practice in an experiential way.... By the excellence of the translation and the fullness of details this work can nourish the understanding of practitioners everywhere."--The Mirror "Such a beautiful book about a system of practice that involves bodily movements, breathing exercises and visualizations. We learn to twist like a conch, arch like a camel, flame like a lotus, curve like a bow—and know exactly why we are doing it.... All Western practitioners will benefit from the clear and precise instructions."—Mandala "...the definitive work on yantra...Practitioners of hatha yoga will be interested."—Shambhala Sun "...an enthusiastically recommended addition to Tibetan Buddhist studies shelves."—Wisconsin Bookwatch "This is a must-have for anyone interested in an authentic lineage of hatha yoga practice."—Sandra Anderson, Yoga + Joyful Living Magazine 9781559393089 1559393084 | |
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