PATANJALI’S PATH TO YOGA

The celebrated founder of the
Yoga system, Patanjali was one of the earliest and greatest of Indian
philosophers and mystics. He recorded or systematized an ancient stream of
knowledge. His Yoga sutra text is perhaps as old as the beginning of the
Christian era. He believed in seeking truth not by moral precepts but by the
means of meditation and contemplation that purify the soul. After the
Upanishad and the Bhagwad Gita, his commentary is the most important text for
any reader seeking to explore Indian thought. This translation is of value to
all students of Sanskrit philosophy and to those who are it is indispensable.