New Release! Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Karma Yoga, by Swami Rama

In this lecture Swami Rama continues his discussion of Kriya Yoga and the Kleshas. He then proceeds to discuss Karma and to explain how to enjoy life and find liberation by performing (karma) action skillfully. He explains that renouncing action is not the path to...

New Release! Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Mind, by Swami Rama

Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Mind by Swami Rama Recorded live from lectures Swami Rama gave to the graduate students at the Himalayan Institute in Glenview, Illinois, in the late 1970s. In this lecture Swami Rama explains that by having control over the modifications of...

New Release! Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Raja Yoga

In this lecture Swami Rama systematically explains the eight limbs (astanga) or stages in the practice of Raja Yoga. He says that when we start practicing our awareness expands and we become conscious of the many obstacles on the path to realizing our goal. When these...

New Release! Lectures on Yoga Sutras: Kriya Yoga, by Swami Rama

In this lecture Swami Rama discusses Kriya Yoga. He explains that the three basic practices of Kriya Yoga–tapas, svadhyaya and ishwara pranidhana (self-discipline, self-study and surrender of the ego)–should be practiced by all students of yoga meditation,...