foreword
Saint Guru Chod's rediscovered yogic technology ushers a renaissance in mystical asceticism. It is also at the cutting edge of therapeutic strategies. Comprehending Guru Chod's crucial findings and their single-handed re-presentation to the world is tantamount to grasping his unimpeachable sainthood. And yet these notes must in no way be viewed or heard as the 'hagiographical singing of the glories.' This study is an accurate historical depiction of the man and his teaching, as none but the present writer is capable of establishing.
Accordingly, this project is guided by four clear-cut aims throughout. First and foremost is to honour Saint Guru Chod (1900-1988), modern Thailand's seminal yoga master. Second is to document a five-year period of personally private training undergone with Saint Guru Chod himself. Third is to document the radical restoration of Guru Chod's rediscovered ascetic principles, as marked by tremendous beauty and grace. Fourth is to survey, examine and rearticulate what the present writer has come to understand as the rediscovered yoga of our present era, disburdened of its useless cultural accretions.
These notes may be seen as an accompanying module to my earlier published Yoga Sritantra (2002) and other forthcoming notes and articles of which I have reprinted some passages herein.
[Note: For most recent edition see pdf file saint guru chod (1900-1988).]
