The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (The Book of the Spiritual Man)

Details : 

Publisher : Rupa Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Author : Charles Johnston
Language : English
Pages : 133
Cover : Paperback
Dimension : 20.5 cm x 12.5 cm
Weight : 110 gm
Edition : 2016
ISBN : 9788129139825

About the Book

The Yoga sutras of Patanjali, a foundational Yoga Text, forms part of the corpus of Sutra literature dating back to India’s Mauryan period. The purpose of this text is to reveal the practical means for the birth of the spiritual being from the psychical body and to indicate the glory and power of this rebirth, In this text, writer, journalist and theosophist Charies Johnston sets forth Patanjali’s instructions in an understandable manner, so as to make his learning accessible to all.

About the Author

Writer, journalist and theosophist, Charles Johnston (1867-1931) was born in Northern Ireland to William Johnston, an Irish politician and a member of the Orange Order. While he was a student of Oriental Studies with an interest in the occult, his classmates W.B. Yeats and George William Russell befriended him and together the three founded the Hermetic Society in Dublin (1885). He also co-founded in 1886 the Theosophical Lodge and later headed the Irish Literary Society as its President.
Johnston entered India in 1888 as a Civil Servant and even served in the British Bengal Service. A well-known Sanskrit scholar, his works include Kela Bai: An Anglo- Indian Idyll, The Bhagvad Gita: The songs of the Master and Karma: Works and Wisdom.