Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: With The Commentary Of Vyāsa And The Gloss Of Vāchaspati Miśra
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the very heart of classical Indian philosophy lies a text so precise and profound that it has guided seekers of truth for over two millennia — Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, presented here in Rama Prasada's authoritative English translation, enriched by the celebrated commentary of Vyāsa and the illuminating gloss of Vāchaspati Miśra. Composed of 196 terse aphorisms, the Yoga Sutras systematically maps the architecture of the human mind and presents a rigorous eightfold path — Ashtanga Yoga — toward the liberation of consciousness, drawing the reader into a world where discipline, perception, and transcendence converge. This edition stands as a landmark in the Western transmission of yogic philosophy, as Prasada's meticulous scholarship renders the Sanskrit source material with rare fidelity, while the layered commentaries of Vyāsa and Vāchaspati Miśra illuminate the text's deeper metaphysical dimensions across centuries of interpretive tradition. Far more than a manual of postures, the Yoga Sutras argues for a complete science of the self — one that challenges modern assumptions about the nature of consciousness, identity, and freedom. Whether approached as sacred scripture, philosophical treatise, or psychological inquiry, this volume rewards every reader with a question it refuses to answer for them: what does it truly mean to still the fluctuations of the mind?
Author: Rama Prasada
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Oriental Books Reprint Corporation.
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the very heart of classical Indian philosophy lies a text so precise and profound that it has guided seekers of truth for over two millennia — Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, presented here in Rama Prasada's authoritative English translation, enriched by the celebrated commentary of Vyāsa and the illuminating gloss of Vāchaspati Miśra. Composed of 196 terse aphorisms, the Yoga Sutras systematically maps the architecture of the human mind and presents a rigorous eightfold path — Ashtanga Yoga — toward the liberation of consciousness, drawing the reader into a world where discipline, perception, and transcendence converge. This edition stands as a landmark in the Western transmission of yogic philosophy, as Prasada's meticulous scholarship renders the Sanskrit source material with rare fidelity, while the layered commentaries of Vyāsa and Vāchaspati Miśra illuminate the text's deeper metaphysical dimensions across centuries of interpretive tradition. Far more than a manual of postures, the Yoga Sutras argues for a complete science of the self — one that challenges modern assumptions about the nature of consciousness, identity, and freedom. Whether approached as sacred scripture, philosophical treatise, or psychological inquiry, this volume rewards every reader with a question it refuses to answer for them: what does it truly mean to still the fluctuations of the mind?