| The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man Contributor(s): Patanjali (Author), Johnston, Charles (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1406541168 ISBN-13: 9781406541168 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - Ritual & Practices - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.35 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pata jali was the compiler of the Yoga Sutra, (a major work containing aphorisms on the philosophical aspects of mind and consciousness), and also the author of a major commentary on Panini's Ashtadhyayi. He was a Hindu Vedantist. He compiled the Yoga Sutras from Vedic Knowledge on Hinduism. In recent decades the Yoga Sutra has become quite popular worldwide for the precepts regarding practice of Raja Yoga and the philosophical basis of the Yoga movement for health and harmonizing bodymind. "Yoga" in traditional Hinduism involves inner contemplation, a rigorous system of meditation practice, ethics, metaphysics, and devotion to the one common soul, God, or Brahman. Pata jali is known to be an incarnation of Adi S'esha who is the first ego-expansion of Vishnu, Sankarshana. He was born to Atri (First of the Saptha Rishis) and his wife Anusuya. He was one of the very important of the 18 siddhas. Their very essence was they were masters of Ashtanga Yoga otherwise called as Raja Yoga or Kundalini Yoga or Tantrik yoga. |