Authors: Mukunda Stiles
ISBN-13: 9781578632015, ISBN-10: 1578632013
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Mukunda Stiles has been a student of yoga since 1969 and living and teaching in ashrams in both India and America. He has been on the board of directors of several international yoga organizations and has directed residential yoga centers in California, Massachusetts, and most recently the Yoga Therapy Center near Boulder, Colorado. Stiles is the author of Structural Yoga Therapy.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a concise English rendering of the classical text on yoga and meditation. Patanjali is to Yoga what Buddha is to Buddhism. His sutras--defined literally as "the path to transcendence"--are a means to self-realization. With over thirty years of spiritual yoga practice, Mukunda Stiles has written a translation and interpretation which is precise and insightful. He provides a clear understanding of Patanjali's works for students of yoga, Eastern philosophy, or psychology, who want to use the sutras for spiritual practice or further study. Also inlcuded is a complete Sanskrit/Englishe keyword section. Text: English (translation)
Invocation to the Lord of Yoga | vii | |
Preface | ix | |
Introduction | xi | |
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | ||
Chapter I | Samadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit | 2 |
Chapter II | Sadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit | 16 |
Chapter III | Vibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts | 31 |
Chapter IV | Kaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom | 47 |
Summary of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras | ||
Chapter I | Samadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit | 58 |
Chapter II | Sadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit | 59 |
Chapter III | Vibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts | 60 |
Chapter IV | Kaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom | 61 |
Sanskrit Text with Word-by-Word Translation | ||
Chapter I | Samadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit | 64 |
Chapter II | Sadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit | 79 |
Chapter III | Vibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts | 95 |
Chapter IV | Kaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom | 112 |
Sources | ||
Primary Sources for Sanskrit Translations | 122 | |
Secondary Sources (without word-by-word translation) | 122 | |
Books about the Yoga Sutras and Yoga Philosophy | 123 |