The Yoga System Of Pata Jali

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali are universally acknowledged as the fundamental text on yoga and meditation in the Indian classical tradition. This English translation of Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali is widely regarded as the most authoritative and authentic that has been available in recent times. It is a serious and clear presentation of Patañjali's sutras and Vyāsa's Bhāsya, providing these basic texts both in the original Sanskrit and in readable and accurate English. These classical works are augmented by the commentary of Swami Hariharananda Aranya, a scholar and yogi of great repute, who, in his lifetime, was the foremost exponent in India of the Sāṃkhya Yoga system of which the Yoga Aphorisms of Patañjali are the principal work.

This book offers a systematic and radical introduction to the Buddhist roots of Pātañjala-yoga, or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sūtras) of the Yogasūtra and discussing the Yogabhāṣya, it shows that traditional and popular views on Pātañjala-yoga obscure its true nature. The book argues that Patañjali’s Yoga contains elements rooted in both orthodox and heterodox philosophical traditions, including Sāṅkhya, Jaina and Buddhist thought. With a fresh translation and a detailed commentary on the Yogasūtra, the author unearths how several of the terms, concepts and doctrines in Patañjali’s Yoga can be traced to Buddhism, particularly the Abhidharma Buddhism of Vasubandhu and the early Yogācāra of Asaṅga. The work presents the Yogasūtra of Patañjali as a synthesis of two perspectives: the metaphysical perspective of Sāṅkhya and the empirical–psychological perspective of Buddhism. Based on a holistic understanding of Yoga, the study explores key themes of the text, such as meditative absorption, means, supernormal powers, isolation, Buddhist conceptions of meditation and the interplay between Sāṅkhya and Buddhist approaches to suffering and emancipation. It further highlights several new findings and clarifications on textual interpretation and discrepancies. An important intervention in Indian and Buddhist philosophy, this book opens up a new way of looking at the Yoga of Patañjali in the light of Buddhism beyond standard approaches and will greatly interest scholars and researchers of Buddhist studies, Yoga studies, Indian philosophy, philosophy in general, literature, religion and comparative studies, Indian and South Asian Studies and the history of ideas.

Patanjali is the author of the book. Patanjali's sutras were written at some time in the fourth or fifth century of our era. The book 'Yoga-System of Patanjali' deals with Sanskrit Text with English Translation and Embracing the Mnemonic rules, called 'Yoga-system of Patanjali' and the comment, called 'Yoga Bhasya' attribute to Veda Vyasa and the explanation called 'Tattva-Vaisarsdi' of vacaspati-Misra. The book also deals with these topic like : Analytical summary of the yogs-sutras, The yoga-sutras translated without the comment of the explanation, Translation of patanjali yoga-sutra or mnemonic rules together with the Comment or Yoga-bhasya, attributed to Veda vyasa And Vacaspatimisra's Explanation or Tattva-vasisaradiBook 1, Concentration (Samadhi), 2. Book 2, Means of attainment (sadhana) Book 3, Supernormal powers (vibhuti) Book 4, Isolation (kaivalya) .

White retraces the strange and circuitous journey of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra from its ancient origins to today, bringing to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations and misappropriations led to its revered place in contemporary popular culture.

Three works in one pair of covers. The sutras are a set of mental pegs on which to hang the principles and precepts of a system which you must learn from a living teacher of your school. The bhasya of Vyasa is a reinvestiture of the skeleton of the sutras with the flesh and blood of comprehensible details. And the Tika of Vacaspati is of course a commentary on the Bhasya. The Bhasya is the oldest written systematic exposition of Yoga-doctrine in sanskrit that we posses.When one considers the floods of pseudoscientific writing with which the propagandists of Indian isms have deluged people one is better prepared to appreciate the self-restraint of Dr. Woods in keeping all that pertains to miracle mongering and sencationalism in the background and in devoting himself to the exposition of the spiritual and intellectual aspects of Yoga.

This book explores Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra from a contemporary scholarly perspective. Chapters in this book explore questions regarding its metaphysics, epistemology, and praxis. Contributors to this volume guide us in a philosophical journey through this text that will be of interest to scholars and yoga practitioners alike.