tailieunhanh - YOGA SŪTRAS of Patañjali

Anyone who does not have a basic knowledge of sanskrit is at a disadvantage when studying a translation. This is because the reader is at the mercy of the translator and is liable to be exploited. Texts like the Bhagavad-gita and the Yoga Sūtras were and are being translated by many writers. Each translator has a motive. If the reader is naieve, he can hardly sort between the intentions of the original writer and the agenda of the translator. I was prompted to attempt this translation by Sir Paul Castagna, but I did have some schooling in the practice of this yoga by Srila Yogeshwarananda, one of my yoga. | The Yoga Sutras of Sri Patanjali Maharshi is a premium text of psychological discipline. If there ever was a curriculum for yoga Sri Patanjali wrote it. Who is a student of yoga Who is the yoga teacher What is the step-by-step process of yoga Is yoga arbitrary Can yoga be adopted to the various types of psychologies in human beings What are the components of human consciousness Does each psyche have the same number of psychological parts These questions and many more are answered in Patanjali s exposition of yoga. Yogi Madhvãchãrya Michael Beloved offers US an outstanding and faithful translation of Patanjali s Yoga Sutras one the jewels of ancient Indian spirituality. The translation from the original Sanskrit is supplemented by a useful word by word rendering and a verse by verse commentary written from the perspective of a contemporary and yet traditional yoga practitioner. The commentary is psychologically profound and spiritually refreshing. Scholars and anyone interested in an authentic and philosophically rigorous presentation of yoga will find this a compelling read. Abraham Velez de Cea Department of Philosophy and Religion Eastern Kentucky University Cover Art by Paul Castagna Large acrylic painting titled The Wheel. Traditionally the wheel or Yantra was depicted in a very orderly geometric manner. Everything was composed in a harmonious manner. However at the onset of the yoga practice this is not our actual experience. In fact when we look into the content of consciousness and begin looking at the inner components we find something very different. We find disorder and chaos and oftentimes people turn away discouraged and frustrated because their meditation experience did not match the order they hoped to find. The order is there but we are unable at the onset to see or appreciate it. It is unfortunate t hat people have these debilitating expectations which deprive them of the riches of meditation but this too is a fact to be seen and noted in our study