Japa Yoga

by Swami Sivananda

The subject of this book is such that it become a vade mecum for all seekers on the path. We cannot think of another book on the subject so handy and exhaustive to place in the hands of Sadhaks. The chapters are methodically arranged to suit the conveniences of readers and provide a graduated series of lesson on this significant aspect of Bhakti Yoga.

We need not emphasize the importance of this work as its subject-matter firms the foundation of spiritual Sadhana. Yajnanam Japayajnosmi - I am the sacrifice of Japa among all sacrifices, says the Lord in the Gita. It is the continuous recitation of the Divine Name that forms the first rung in the ladder of Yoga, as also the undercurrent that flows beneath the different processes of Yoga.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Satguru Stotram
• Dhyana Slokas
• Prayers to the Lord
• Universal Prayer
• Maha-Mrityunjaya Mantra
• Prayer to the Sun
• Prayer to Hari
• Introduction
• Philosophy of Japa
• Glory to the Name
• Mantras
• Sadhana
• Stories of Japa-Yogins
• Appendix

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivananda , born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta.

He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme. On 14th July, 163 he entered Mahasamadhi.