Surgeon Paul, who had carefully studied it. It appears from this that the object of the whole system is to induce a state of mystical self-contemplation, tending (as these Hindoo Philosophers believe) to the absorption of the soul of the individual into... A Treatise on the Yoga Philosophy - Page 49by N. C. Paul - 1882 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
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...self-contemplation, tending (as these Hindoo Philosophers believe) to the absorption of the soul of the individual into the Supreme Soul, the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer of the World ; and that the lower forms of it consist in the adoption of certain fixed postures, which seem to act... | |
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| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1888 - 518 pages
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| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 578 pages
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