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above into fourteen Chapters to render the subject very veryclear and attractive. By so doing many repetitions and confusionsare avoided. By the present arrangement, it is very easyto remember the Sutras and the different headings and subjectmatter connected with each heading. The Raja Yoga philosophyis now rendered attractive and easy for digestion and assimilation.The eight limbs of Raja Yoga viz., Yama, Niyama,Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhiare treated separately under 8 Chapters along with manyother Chapters on Yoga Sadhana, Mind, lts Mysteries andControl, etc. Theword-to-word meaning willbe of immense useforthe students in understanding the meaning of the Sutra. TheChapter on mind in 6 Sections willhelp the student much in hispracticalSadhana. I have added copious annotations and commentaryunder each Sutra. This will throw a flood of light whereverthe students come across with abstruse, knotty andintricate points on Yoga. This book will supply a long-felt want.It has its own charm, beauty and attractive features. ln the AppendixD, the original Sutras in Sanskrit in 4 Chapters are givenin order for easy reference of the students. Page number withreference to the Sutras is also given. There will be no difficultyat all in finding out any particular Sutra.(9) The Yogic CharlatansAYogi came to Calcutta and exhibited in the University thefeats of drinking pure Nitric acid, swallowing nails and chewingglass pieces. My friend Sri Srinivasa Poddar was'present onthe occasion. People were struck with wonder. He ticked theNitric acid like honey. But he was a purely commercial man. Hemade a demonstration of these feats to any one who could payRs.ji3O. Can there be any iota or grain of spirituality or realYoga where business transactions are made? I leave this forthe readers to judge. The poor Yogi died in Rangoon on accountof some carelessness in his Kriya. There is nothing reallyextraordinary in these feats.'lt is rnere Sammohana Vidya,lndrajala or Preta-vidya. There are some herbs to destroy theevi! effects of acids and glass pieces- Such feats are not asymptom of spiritual knowledge. Living for four hundred yearsalso is not a sure criterion of advanced spirituality. Through(21).