The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Description

Edwin F. Bryant’s translation of and commentary on Patanjali’s yoga sutras 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 work focuses on how to attain the 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 religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West.

Bryant presents each sutra in Sanskrit text, in transliteration, and in precise, clear, direct English Translation. His authoritative commentary, drawing insights from the primary classical commentaries written on sutras over the last millennium and a half, conveys the meaning and depth of each sutra to the western readers in user-friendly manner but without compromising scholarly rigor or traditional authenticity.