Table of Contents: “Patanjali's Yoga Sutras As It Is": The Yoga Sutras in Patanjali's Own Words

 

Introductory Volume to The Yoga Sutras As-It-Is

Preface
Foreword to the Yoga Sutras As-It-Is
Introductory Chapter
Short History
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Made Accessible: The Heart of the Muddle: An Essay Designed to Rescue the Yoga Sutras from Excess Intellectualization/Elaboration
Yoga FAQs
A Plain Language Short Translation
Annotated Sanskrit to English Glossary

Volume One: Samadhi Pada: Coming Home: The Goalless Goal of Yoga
Volume Two: Sadhana Pada: The Practice of Yoga
Volume Three: Vibhuti Pada: On Proficiency and Ability
Volume Four: Kaivalyam Pada: Absolute and Unconditional Liberation

Index (in progress)

Recommended Links

An Ashtanga (Eight Limbed) Yoga Meditation Practice

Beloved Yoga Teacher, Sri Dr. G. K. Pungaliya Essay on Patanjali and Jnaneshwar Sri Pungaliya was an ardent student of yoga, and subsequently became a modern master. Here Sri Pungaliya shares his insight on Samkhya, Patanjali, and Sri Jnaneshwar.

Yogiraj Shyamacharan Lahiri's Translation of the Yoga Sutras A more classic but inspired translation by the Grandson of Lahiri Mahasaya. This is very long download in PDF format.

Yoga Sutra Translation by Chester Messenger A refreshing, little known, and sincere work of a life-long meditator.

Links to over 25 Different Web Based English Translations of the Yoga Sutras. at HRIH.NET. Most of these translations are unoriginal and offer little insight. They are mostly an exercise in grammar, semantics, and epistemology.

A Sanskrit to English Annotated Glossary

Professor Whicher's commentary on Prakrti and Purusa

Countering World-Negation: The World Affirming and Integrative Dimension of Classical Yoga by Ian Whicher

Alien Gods: Samkhya Interpretation of Nature (using Brahmacarya as the example)

A Review of S. N. Tandon's. A Re-appraisal of Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutras in the Light of the Buddha’s Teaching by Georg Feuerstein

A Review of Ian Whicher's. The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana: A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga by Georg Feuerstein

Yoga as seen in the Light of Vipassana by S. N. Goenka

Yoga Sutras FAQ

A Short History of the Yoga Sutras

"Is Yoga a Religion": an astute and concise article by Georg Feuerstein

An article entitled "Is Yoga a Religion", by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati 

Yoga is not a Religion, by Shakti Das

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