Synopses & Reviews
• Over 35,000 copies of the english edition sold.
• Includes full-color illustrations of the chakras to be used with the meditation exercises in the book and provides the tools necessary to activate these centers of transformative energy.
In the ancient science of tantra, the human body is viewed as the most perfect instrument for the expression of consciousness, a perfection realized through the development of psychic centers known as chakras. Located within the cerebrospinal system, the chakras are the stage upon which the interaction between higher consciousness and desire is played out. Consequently, it is through understanding and utilizing the energies of the chakras that we ultimately reach an enlightened state of being.
In Chakras, Indian scholar and tantra practitioner Harish Johari introduces the classical principles of the chakras as well as their practical application for today. Unlike other books in its field, Chakras provides the tools to activate subtle centers of transformative energy and elevate one's intellectual knowledge to an experience of spiritual growth.
Meditating on the beautiful, full-color illustrations of each chakra vitalizes the cerebrospinal centers and harmonizes the entire system both physically and psychically. Explanations of each chakra elaborate on the chakra's connection to elements, colors, sounds, sense and work organs, desires, planets and deities, as well as on behavioral characteristics and particular effects of meditation. For scholars and spiritual aspirants of every level, Chakras is an invaluable, practical source of information and techniques.
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"For Harish Johari--artist, composer, teacher, tantric devotee--desire is the brush and the five senses are the palette."
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"A beautifully crafted book. Johari skillfully takes us into the machinery of Hindu metaphysics, a nerve system vehicle that navigates the invisible frontiers of consciousness. . . compressed with detail."
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"For Harish Johari--artist, composer, teacher, tantric devotee--desire is the brush and the five senses are the palette."
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"Johari shows us the mysteries of these subtle centers of transformation with visualization techniques essential to a fully realized tantric practice."
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"Unlike other books in its field, Chakras provides the tools to activate . . . and elevate one's intellectual knowledge to an experience of spiritual growth. Nowhere else will the Western reader find so much valuable information on this ancient tradition in one place."
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"Among the best of Western explications, combining traditional, visionary, and practical views. . . illustrated, detailed, and accessible to the neophyte."
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"A beautifully crafted book. Johari skillfully takes us into the machinery of Hindu metaphysics, a nerve system vehicle that navigates the invisible frontiers of consciousness...compressed with detail." < i=""> Hinduism Today <>
Synopsis
En la ciencia antigua del tantra se considera al cuerpo como el instrumento mas perfecto para la expresion de la conciencia. Esa perfeccion se lleva a cabo gracias al desarrollo de los centros psiquicos, o chakras. Localizados en el sistema cerebroespinal, los chakras son el escenario sobre el que se representa la interaccion entre la conciencia superior y el deseo. En consecuencia, conseguiremos un estado iluminado del ser mediante la comprension y utilizacion de la energia de los chakras.
Harish Johari, estudioso y practicante indu del tantra, nos presenta los principios clasicos de los chakras, asi como la aplicacion practica que tienen actualmente. Despliega los misterios de estos centros sutiles de la transformacion con tecnicas de visualizacion que son esenciales para la practica y la comprension tantrica.
Con bellas ilustraciones a todo color, Johari nos proporciona imagenes, al mismo tiempo adicionales y visionarias, de cada chakra; la meditacion sobre esas imagenes vitaliza los centros cerebroespinales al tiempo que armoniza fisica y psiquicamente todo el sistema. Los dibujos lineales permiten al aspirante colorear las imagenes a modo de ejercicio de visualizacion y contemplacion de los chakras. Las secciones dedicadas a cada uno de ellos revelan las correspondencias que tienen con los mantras, colores, signos astrologicos y deidades, asi como con los diversos tipos de personalidad y las caracteristicas conductuales.
A diferencia de otros libros sobre el tema, este proporciona las herramientas que permiten activar los centros de la energia transformadora y elevar el conocimiento intelectual, convirtiendolo en una experiencia del crecimiento espiritual. Solo en este libro encontrara el lector occidental reunida tanta informacion valiosa sobre esta antigua tradicion. Los chakras sera una valiosisima fuente de informacion y conocimiento tecnico tanto para el estudioso como para el aspirante espiritual de cualquier nivel.
Synopsis
• Over 35,000 copies of the english edition sold.
• Includes full-color illustrations of the chakras to be used with the meditation exercises in the book and provides the tools necessary to activate these centers of transformative energy.
In the ancient science of tantra, the human body is viewed as the most perfect instrument for the expression of consciousness, a perfection realized through the development of psychic centers known as chakras. Located within the cerebrospinal system, the chakras are the stage upon which the interaction between higher consciousness and desire is played out. Consequently, it is through understanding and utilizing the energies of the chakras that we ultimately reach an enlightened state of being.
In Chakras, Indian scholar and tantra practitioner Harish Johari introduces the classical principles of the chakras as well as their practical application for today. Unlike other books in its field, Chakras provides the tools to activate subtle centers of transformative energy and elevate one's intellectual knowledge to an experience of spiritual growth.
Meditating on the beautiful, full-color illustrations of each chakra vitalizes the cerebrospinal centers and harmonizes the entire system both physically and psychically. Explanations of each chakra elaborate on the chakra's connection to elements, colors, sounds, sense and work organs, desires, planets and deities, as well as on behavioral characteristics and particular effects of meditation. For scholars and spiritual aspirants of every level, Chakras is an invaluable, practical source of information and techniques.
About the Author
Harish Johari unfolds the mysteries of these subtle centers of transformation with visualization techniques essential to a fully realized tantric practice.
Chakras
Energy Centers of Transformation
Acknowledgments
1. Principles of Tantra Yoga
2. Kundalini and Yoga
3. The Essentials of the Chakras
4. Chakras, Rebirth, and Spirituality
Appendix: Extracts from Hindu Scriptures on the Various Stages of Yoga
Glossary
Index"
Harish Johari"(1934-1999) was a well-known author, scholar, artist, and composer who made it his life's work to introduce the culture of his homeland to the West.
andquot;A beautifully crafted book. Johari skillfully takes us into the machinery of Hindu metaphysics, a nerve system vehicle that navigates the invisible frontiers of consciousness...compressed with detail.andquot;"
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andquot;For Harish Johari--artist, composer, teacher, tantric devotee--desire is the brush and the five senses are the palette.andquot; <>em > Yoga Journal <>/em > andquot;Johari shows us the mysteries of these subtle centers of transformation with visualization techniques essential to a fully realized tantric practice.andquot;
<>em > Share Guide <>/em > , March/April 2001
andquot;Unlike other books in its field, Chakrasprovides the tools to activate . . . and elevate one's intellectual knowledge to an experience of spiritual growth." Nowhere else will the Western reader find so much valuable information on this ancient tradition in one place.andquot;
<>em > Branches of Light <>/em > , Spring into Summer 2001 andquot;Among the best of Western explications, combining traditional, visionary, and practical views...illustrated, detailed, and accessible to the neophyte.andquot;"
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Principles of Tantra Yoga
2. Kundalini and Yoga
3. The Essentials of the Chakras
4. Chakras, Rebirth, and Spirituality
Appendix: Extracts from Hindu Scriptures on the Various Stages of Yoga
Glossary
Index