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Authors: Mukunda Stiles
ISBN-13: 9781578632015, ISBN-10: 1578632013
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Mukunda Stiles

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.

Book Synopsis

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)

Table of Contents

Invocation to the Lord of Yogavii
Prefaceix
Introductionxi
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Chapter ISamadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit2
Chapter IISadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit16
Chapter IIIVibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts31
Chapter IVKaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom47
Summary of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
Chapter ISamadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit58
Chapter IISadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit59
Chapter IIIVibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts60
Chapter IVKaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom61
Sanskrit Text with Word-by-Word Translation
Chapter ISamadhi Pada: On Being Absorbed in Spirit64
Chapter IISadhana Pada: On Practices for Being Immersed in Spirit79
Chapter IIIVibhuti Pada: On Supernatural Abilities and Gifts95
Chapter IVKaivalya Pada: On Absolute Freedom112
Sources
Primary Sources for Sanskrit Translations122
Secondary Sources (without word-by-word translation)122
Books about the Yoga Sutras and Yoga Philosophy123

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