From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance: Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Viewpoint - Hardcover

Swami Sivananda Radha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 093145431X ISBN 13: 9780931454318

Publisher: Timeless Books, 1992

Synopsis

What part do love and marriage play in the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment? Do the bonds of love, sex, and marriage preclude achieving spiritual liberation? In a daring and ground-breaking book, Swami Radha addresses many of the fundamental questions of relationships. She invites readers to inquire into the purpose of life and to explore the mating dance, often mistaken for love, as well as the cosmic dance—that ultimate potential that is available to anyone willing to go in search of it.

With the accumulated wisdom of years of doing spiritual practice and leading workshops with individuals and couples, she illuminates a path for those seeking a purpose and direction in life. Ultimately, she says, the path of spiritual evolution must be traveled alone, and the intimacy of love, sex and marriage can profoundly affect the journey’s progress. With an approach that is pragmatic and down-to-earth, Swami Radha discusses how intimate relationships can further one’s efforts to attain a higher, cosmic consciousness or, conversely, impede the struggle.

For those who wish to pursue further reading, a comprehensive, annotated bibliography appears at the end of the book.

Also available are the following audiotapes by Swami Radha on the same subject: Yoga, Love, Sex, and Marriage; Sexuality and Celibacy; Fulfillment

About this title

About the Author:

Swami Sivananda Radha (1911 – 1995) is the author of ten classic books on yoga, including Kundalini Yoga for the West and Hatha Yoga: The Hidden Language, and the originator of Ascent magazine. After being initiated by her teacher, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India, Swami Radha returned to North America in 1956. She founded Yasodhara Ashram in Canada and the Association for the Development of Human Potential in the United States. Swami Radha dedicated her life to updating the Eastern teachings for the Western mind. By the time of her death at age 84, she had become one of the West’s most highly regarded spiritual teachers.

Review:

She offers us the pearls (and pitfalls) of sex, love, and marriage on the spiritual path. -- Dr. John Grimes

...contains wisdom about love relationships that is both timely and timeless. -- Dr. Stanley Krippner

About this edition

• Publisher: Timeless Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 093145431X
• ISBN 13: 9780931454318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 196