Secret of the Siddhas

by Muktananda

Book Overview

Essential for students who want to understand the lineage of Siddhas and the roots of Siddha Yoga meditation, this book introduces many of these great masters and comments on key teachings of Kashmir... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914602527
• ISBN13: 9780914602521
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Siddha Yoga Meditation Publications
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Reveals Swami Muktananda's spiritual wisdom.......

This important book is divided into 37 chapters, containing 414 groups of paragraphs. This enables the reader to easily go through each of the different points of the philosophy of the siddhas. Swami Muktananda also introduces the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism (which is little understood in the west) in this priceless book. The reason why I love this book is because the contents are easy to read and understand. Moreover, there is a comprehensive glossary and index at the back of the book. Readers who are unfamiliar in Sanskrit would find the glossary index invaluable. I would recommend this book to those readers who have a deep interest in Siddha Yoga and who are followers of Swami Muktananda. Although this book is NOT an introduction to the basics of Siddha Yoga, the beginner reader would be able to understand the meaning (at least on an intellectual level) of Siddha Yoga and the philosophy behind it. However, it would prove to be beneficial to the reader if he/she practices meditation before reading each paragraph of this book. Only then will the reader have a deeper understanding on what the Swami is trying to reveal to the world through this simple yet complex philosophy of Siddha Yoga.

Dive deep into Siddha philosophy

Swami Muktananda goes to new depths of revealed knowlege, explaining such things as the origins of Kashmir Shaivism, cause and release from bondage, and the nature of Spanda. All the subjects in this book are very relevent to the student of Siddha Yoga, as they expand on Muktanada's previous publications. The first chapter begins with these words: 'Siddha Yoga and meditation on the Self do not oppose any religion, sect, or code of ethics', so anyone interested in the deeper study of this type of Yoga can benefit from this publication. I found chapter 19 which goes into 'The Additude of Nonduality' and the extensive discussions on Spanda to be very helpful. These seem to be diffucult subjects to grasp onto. Swami Muktananda also goes over the basics of Kundalini, Shaktipat, the nature of Siddha Yoga, and the Guru with a differant twist than I have seen in his other books.The format of this book is very interesting as each paragraph or group of paragraphs are numbered(414 in all), making it easy to refer back to specific thoughts. There is a glossary for help with unfamiliar words too. Swami does refer extensively to the Shiva Sutras when making certain points. Not having read the Sutras myself was not a handicap in understanding the material the way it was presented.I would recommed that anyone wanting to get the most out of this book take the time to read some of Swami Muktananda's other publications such as 'Where Are You Going?', and/or 'The Perfect Relationship'. Being familiar with The Bhagavad Gita is also a great help in getting a good grasp of the matter in this publication.