Download or read book Padma Purana Pt. 8 (Aitm Vol. 46) Ancient Indian Tradition And Mythology written by N.A. Deshpande (tr.) and published by . This book was released on 1991-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vijnanabhairava is a very ancient book on Yoga. It studiously eschews mechanical worship, external rites and ceremonies and goes directly to the heart of the problem of the union of human consciousness with the Divine. There is no theoretical discussion in the book. It describes 112 types of yoga each of which is a precious gem delineating the mystic approach to the Divine. for this purpose, it makes full use of all the aspects of human life--prana, manas, imagination and intuition.