Light of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Softcover

Iyengar, B. K. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855382253 ISBN 13: 9781855382251

Publisher: Thorsons, 1993

Synopsis

From the world's greatest and best-known teacher of yoga comes this guide to the discipline. Patanjali, an early Indian sage and mystic, was the first to systematize and codify the principle and practice of yoga. Patanjali's collection of 185 aphorisms, "Yoga Sutras", remains the classical work on the subject - this book provides a commentary on Patanjali's work.

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In this book you'll find so many reasoning which is not not even provided in the regular training.teaching us simplified methods and discussing yoga for various personal and health challenges in detail, and, for providing solutions for them through yoga. It is real light. --By Venkata A. on 7 April 2016

Excellent book which gives a detailed insight into the world of yoga & mysticism --By Amazon Customer on 29 April 2017

Sutras given by Patanjali is basics of the Yoga. You can fit it into the modern style of yoga. --By Amazon Customer on 8 March 2017

From the Back Cover:

The yoga philosophy was first described in the 'Yoga Sutras', a collection of aphorisms offered more than 2,000 years ago by the Indian sage, Patanjali.

The Sutras were the earliest – and are still the most profound and enlightening – study of the human psyche. In them, Patanjali describes the enigma of human existence. He shows how, through yoga practice, we can transform ourselves, gain mastery over the mind and emotions, overcome obstacles to our spiritual evolution and attain the goal of yoga: 'kaivalya', liberation from the bondage of worldly desires and actions, and union with the Divine.

This unique edition contains a new translation of the Sutras and also a commentary by the world's leading teacher of yoga, B K S Iyengar, who has enriched the text with the wealth of his own wisdom and experience of the subject. The result is an accessible, helpful book, of immense value both to students of Indian philosophy and practitioners of yoga.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1855382253
• ISBN 13: 9781855382251
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368