The Path of Perfection (Yog Path)

Description

When we see a book with a title like The Path of Perfection, we may react with a bit of common skepticism: ?Oh, another book claiming to give all the answers. One more do-it-yourself enlightenment scheme.? And certainly it seems that such skepticism is justified nowadays. Our natural desire for ultimate meaning, happiness, enlightenment, liberation, and salvation has become the most exploited commodity of the twentieth century, creating what one contemporary theologian termed a disastrous ?seduction of the spirit.? This seduction is, indeed, the most tragic kind of exploitation. And the unfortunate consequence of this exploitation is a kind of deadening cynicism that discourages our search for self-fulfillment and a means to attain it.

The Path of Perfection explains the highest standard for human beings, the practice of the science of self-realization, bhakti-yoga. A chronicle of an historic series of talks by Srila Prabhupada, this book probes deeply the nature of consciousness, meditation, karma, death and reincarnation. He prescribes a simple process to purify the mind and elevate the consciousness, which not only assures readers inner peace, but the power to change the chaotic trend of modern society.
Ultimately he describes in detail the process of bhakti-yoga, by which one can easily purify the mind and elevate the consciousness to a state of ultimate peace and happiness. In this collection of historic talks on the yoga process, set forth by Lord Sri Krishna in the sixth and eighth chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita.

The contemporary, thoughtful reader, weary of the many speculative, simplistic books cluttering the bookstore shelves, offering instant formulas for psychological or spiritual salvation, will find The Path of Perfection a welcome relief.