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| Santosha.com's Shopper's Guide to Books on Yoga
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri S. Satchidananda

This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic Sutras (thought-threads), at least 4,000 years old, cover the yogic teachings on ethics, meditation, and physical postures, and provide directions for dealing with situations in daily life...
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation and Commentary Georg Feuerstein

Approximately two thousand years old, The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali is the landmark scripture on classical yoga. In this book the author provides a faithful and informed rendering of the aphorisms (sutras) of Patanjali with a word-by-word analysis. A succinct, penetrating commentary adds further insight, making this a work that no serious student of yoga should be without...
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Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali by Barbara Stoler Miller (Translator)

This new translation, hailed by Yoga Journal for its "unsurpassed readability," is by one of the leading Sanskrit scholars of our time, whose Bhagavad Gita has become a recognized classic. It includes an introduction to the philosophy and psychology underlying the Yoga Sutra, the full text with explanatory commentary, and a glossary of key terms in Sanskrit and English...
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Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali by Swami Hariharananda Aranya

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are universally acknowledged as the fundamental text on yoga and meditation in the Indian classical tradition. This English translation of Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali is widely regarded as the most authoritative and authentic that has been available in recent times. It is a serious and clear presentation of Patanjali's sutras and Vyasa's Bhasya, providing these basic texts both in the original Sanskrit and in readable and accurate English...
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation With Commentary by Chip Hartranft

In just 196 short aphorisms, this classic work of Indian philosophy spells out succinctly how the mind works, and how it is possible to use the mind to attain liberation. Compiled in the second or third century C.E., the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness--and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices. It expresses the truths of the human condition with great eloquence...
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Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

Raja-Yoga, the path of meditation and control of the mind, gives a scientific treatment of Yoga philosophy describing methods of concentration, psychic development and the liberation of the soul from bondage of the body. Raja-Yoga also includes Swami Vivekananda's translation and commentary of the "Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali...
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Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by B.K.S. Iyengar

A fresh translation of the writings of Patanjali, the first man to record the ancient practice of yoga, by Iyengar, the man who introduced yoga to the West. Serious students and teachers of yoga, especially those studying Iyengar yoga (the most popular form in North America), will find this an indispensable guide to wholeness, poise, and peace
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