Spirituality
Self Help
THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI
Description
Edwin F. Bryant's translation of and commentary on Patañjali's Yoga Sütras set a new standard for readers interested in one of the most important classical texts of Eastern and world thought. Written almost two millennia ago, Patañjali's great work focuses on how to attain direct experience and realization of the purusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the reli-gious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West.