Patanjali's Yoga Sutras outline a path for obtaining divine oneness, self-realisation or, as Nicolai Bachman says, in his book The Path of the Yoga Sutras, a deep understanding of the core of who you are. Among yogis and spiritual seekers, this promise is very inviting. What is even more attractive is that the path is laid out in 195 short verses (or 196, depending on the school of thought). You could easily read the entire Yoga Sutras in 30 minutes or less. However, making sense of these pithy lines is a different, and much longer, story. Like yoga, studying the Sutras could span a lifetime. There are dozens of translations of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and they vary because the terse verses leave much room for interpretation. The tradition of Patañjali in the oral and textual tradition of the Yoga Sûtras is accepted by traditional Vedic schools as the authoritative source on Yoga, and it retains this status in Hindu circles into the present day. In contrast to its modern Western transplanted forms, Yoga essentially consists of meditative practices culminating in attaining a state of consciousness free from all modes of active or discursive thought, and of eventually attaining a state where consciousness is unaware of any object external to itself, that is, is only aware of its own nature as consciousness unmixed with any other object. The book delineates every aspects of Yoga. It not only provides the systematic history of succession of Yogic knowledge, starting from the beginning, but it also spreads light on the various aspects of Yoga.
Dr. R.N. Aggrawal, M.A., Ph.D., teaching at Savitri Devi College of Arts and Science for last twelve years. He joined the college in 2007. He possesses intense command over the subject. He has organized several work shops on educational system and attended many seminars and conferences
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Featured on Yoga; Tantra; Mantra, Yantra, Nyasa; Pre Patanjali Period; Bhakti Yoga Period; Karma, Jnana and Bhakti: The Three Paths of the Vedas; Mantra Yoga; Tantra Yoga; Hatha Yoga; Kriya Yoga; Other Forms of Yoga; Jnana Yoga - is the way of wisdom • Pratyahara: Raja Yoga Sadhana The Role of Svadhyaya in Arousing Viveka; Pratyahara: The Art of Sense Withdrawal; Light on Different Aspects of Pratyahara; Practice of Pratyahara—An Exercise as well as a Process; Types of Pratyahara Eight Limbs Yamas; The Five Yamas; The Niyamas—Effective Weapons ; Niyama; Yama & Niyama: The Path of Ethical Discipline; Pranayama; Asana; Pratyahara; Dhâranâ; Pranava Yoga • Tradition of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Meaning and Purpose of Yoga; Dating; The Meaning or Meaninglessness of Mantras; Nâda Yoga; Yogi; Yogini; Siddhi; Shaiva Siddhanta; Kundalini; Samadhi Patanjali’s Conception of the Mind in Yoga • Meaning, Properties and Functions of Mind; Dhyâna (meditation) –moving beyond the mind; Techniques To Control The Mind; Patanjali's Kriya Yoga; The mind and the three bodies: the functions and interactions • The Paths of Yoga Elements Of Yoga; Yoga and Hinduism Bhakti Yoga and Devotion Different Kinds of Bhakti; Bhakti Yoga Sadhana; Vedic Yoga, the Oldest Form of Yoga; Vedic Yoga; Samadhi Yoga: The Ultimate Yoga • Bibliography • Index
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