Sjálfsævisaga jóga endurútgefin?

 

The science of Kriya Yoga, mentioned so often in these pages, became widely known in modern India through the instrumentality of Lahiri Mahasaya, my guru's guru. The Sanskrit root of Kriya is kri, to do, to act and react; the same root is found in the word karma, the natural principle of cause and effect. Kriya Yoga is thus "union (yoga) with the Infinite through a certain action or rite." A yogi who faithfully follows its technique is gradually freed from karma or the universal chain of causation.

 

Because of certain ancient yogic injunctions, I cannot give a full explanation of Kriya Yoga in the pages of a book intended for the general public. The actual technique must be learned from a Kriyaban or Kriya Yogi; here a broad reference must suffice.

 

Kriya Yoga is a simple, psychophysiological method by which the human blood is decarbonized and recharged with oxygen. The atoms of this extra oxygen are transmuted into life current to rejuvenate the brain and spinal centers. By stopping the accumulation of venous blood, the yogi is able to lessen or prevent the decay of tissues; the advanced yogi transmutes his cells into pure energy. Elijah, Jesus, Kabir and other prophets were past masters in the use of Kriya or a similar technique, by which they caused their bodies to dematerialize at will.

 

Kriya is an ancient science. Lahiri Mahasaya received it from his guru, Babaji, who rediscovered and clarified the technique after it had been lost in the Dark Ages.

 

"The Kriya Yoga which I am giving to the world through you in this nineteenth century," Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya, "is a revival of the same science which Krishna gave, millenniums ago, to Arjuna, and which was later known to Patanjali, and to Christ, St. John, St. Paul, and other disciples."

 

 

Paramahansa Yogananda - Autobiography of a Yogi

 

 

Hér getið þið lesið bókina á netinu: http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/ay/contents.html 

 

 

 

Autobiography of a Yogi kom fyrst út í íslenskri þýðingu Ingibjargar Thorarensen árið 1956 og bar þá íslenska heitið Hvað er bak við myrkur lokaðra augna. Hún var svo endurútgefin árið 1970 en þá undir heitinu Sjálfsævisaga jóga. Bókin hefur ekki verið endurútgefin síðan þá og er því uppseld fyrir löngu og meira segja erfitt að fá hana að láni á bókasöfnum, því ásóknin í hana er mikil. Einnig fæst hún fyrir mikinn pening á fornbókasölum. Málið er að ég hef fengið leyfi til þess að endurútgefa þessa frábæru bók en mig vantar útgefanda, þannig að ef það er einhver sem les þetta sem veit um líklegan útgefanda þá væri mjög gott að fá að vita það. Þið getið sett inn athugasemd eða sent mér línu á netfangið: [e-mail]

Með þökk og kveðju, Leifur

Athugasemdir

[Ólafur Aron Sveinsson, 12.5.2008 kl. 23:09]

 Ætlar þú að þýða hana upp á nýtt? 

[OM , 12.5.2008 kl. 23:19]

Nei, ég hef hugsað mér að endurútgefa gömlu þýðinguna hennar Ingibjargar en lagfæra það sem til þarf.

Kv. Leifur