Yoga as a Universal Science-12-1. Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================================== Thursday 12, February 2026, 06:45. Books Yoga & Meditation Yoga as a Universal Science-12-1. Chapter 12: Yogasana and Pranayama: 1. Tapas—Austerity of the Whole Personality Swami Krishnananda. ============================================================================================ Chapter 12: Yogasana and Pranayama: In the system of Yoga propounded by Patanjali, there is a gradual inward withdrawal and focussing of force for the purpose of achieving the universality of being, which is the establishment of the Purusha in himself. This system starts with the yamas and the niyamas which are disciplines connected, firstly, with the externalised form of consciousness in its movements in terms of social relationships, and secondly, with the externalisation of the very same consciousness in its relationship to the body. Now, a further step in the line of this practice takes the form of the...