The Yoga sūtras of Pata˝jali: a new edition, translation, and commentary with insights from the traditional commentators
A landmark new translation and editionWritten almost two millennia ago, Pata˝jaliĺs work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of the purusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. Edwin F. Bryantĺs translation is clear, direct, and exact. Each sutra is presented as Sanskrit text, transliteration, and precise English translation, and is followed by Bryantĺs authoritative commentary, which is grounded in the classical understanding of yoga and conveys the meaning and depth of the su-tras in a user-friendly manner for a Western readership without compromising scholarly rigor or traditional authenticity. In addition, Bryant presents insights drawn from the primary traditional commentaries on the sutras written over the last millennium and a half.
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Foreword by B K S Iyengar
The History of Yoga
The Subject Matter of the Yoga Sutras
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absorption activities ahankara asana asmita atman attained awareness becomes Bhagavata Purana Bhoja Raja birth body Brahman buddhi Buddhist cause chapter citta cognition commentary commentators consciousness considered context dharma dhyana discrimination discussion distinct entity evolutes example existence experience external Gita goal of yoga gross gunas Hariharananda Hindu ignorance Indic Isvara karma klesas knowledge kriya-yoga Krsna liberation limbs of yoga manifest means metaphysics mind nature niyamas noted notion Nyaya one's Patanjali perceived perception performed person pervaded philosophical practice of yoga prakrti pranayama present previous sutra pure purusa rajas and tamas reality refer samadhi samskaras samyama Sankara Sankhya Karika sattva sattvic says Vacaspati says Vijnanabhiksu says Vyasa scripture sense objects siddhis siitra soul specific stage subtle tanmatras term theistic things thought tion ultimate underpinning Upanisads Vacaspati Mis'ra Vedanta Sutras Vedic verse Vijnanabhiksu Visnu vrttis words yamas Yoga school Yoga Sutras Yoga tradition yogi yogi's yogic