Description
The purpose of this book is to present a systematic discussion of the philosophy of classical yoga as an interpretation and further elucidation of the philosophy of classical samkhya, based upon new translations into English of the three most important texts of philosophical yoga, namely, the Yoga-sutra-s, attributed to a certain Patanjali and usaully called the Patanjala-yoga-sutra or Patanjala-yogasastra (hereafter simply YS) (ca. CE 350-450), its basic commentary (the Bhasya) attributed to the legendary vedavyasa (hereafter the VB) (likewise ca CE 350-450); and a long sub-commentary called a Tika (or Vyakhya) entitled Tattvavaisaradi (“A Skilled Clarification of the Truth”) (of Yoga) (hereafter TV) Composed by the well known scholar of Indian Philosophy Vacaspatimisra (hereafter VM) (ca CE 950). The total complex of the translation includes the four sections (or Pada-s) of the YS, inclusive of the “Samadhi Pada, “the Concentration Sectionî (with 51 sutras), the “Sadhana Pada, “the meditative practice section” (with 55 sutra-s), the “Vibhuti Pada, “the extraordinary cognitive states sectionî (with 55 sutra-s) and “Kaivalya Pada, “the spiritual freedom section” (with 34 sutra-s). The sutra-s, taken together alone (without commentary), or what is known as the “sutrapatha,” number 195.
