The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevents all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Like the healing light of the sun, yoga is beneficial equally to men of the East and to men of the West. The thoughts of most persons are restless and capricious; a manifest nee
... See moreParamahansa Yogananda • Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)
and meditative perspective, is examined in Beyond The Mind. The present volume falls inbetween these two books. It has points in common with Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda, which deals with the chakras and the energetics of the subtle body. The reader can look into these books for more information on the greate
... See moreDr. David Frawley • Ayurveda and the Mind: The Healing of Consciousness
By refining awareness of inner experience, yoga is both a method and its outcome, as described in the commentary accompanying Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (3.6): Yoga is to be known by yoga, and yoga itself leads to yoga. He who remains steadfast in yoga always delights in it.
Daniel Simpson • The Truth of Yoga: A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga's History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices
In the Yoga Sūtra, the kleśas are identified as the causes of suffering, all of them arising from the first, which is avidyā, or ignorance.