Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali With The Exposition of Vyasa (Volume I - Samadhi Pada)

Details : 

Publisher : The Himalayan International Institute Press
Author : Swami Veda Bharati
Language : English
Pages : 507
Cover : Paperback
Dimension : 23 cm x 15 cm
Weight : 690 gm
Edition : 2015
ISBN  : 9780893890926

About the book 

The "Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali" with Vyasa's exposition is a foundational text of yoga philosophy. This volume focuses on Samadhi Pada, exploring the nature of concentration, meditation, and absorption. Vyasa's commentary provides insight into Patanjali's teachings, offering a deeper understanding of yoga's spiritual dimensions. A valuable resource for yoga practitioners, scholars, and spiritual seekers.

Back of The Book

Designed expressly for the serious practitioner of yoga, this is an outstanding work of scholarship that is meant to be eminently practical even to those students who have no previous familiarity with the Yoga sutras.
This volume the first of multi volume work contains an extremely valuable and highly readable general introduction that includes an overview of Samkhya-Yoga, as well as an extensive Glossary and index.
For each sutra a word by word translation is supplied followed by vyasa's commentary and then the author's discussion which presents the views of more than a dozen preeminent commentators in the process of explicating and clarifying the text.

About The Author

Swami Veda Bharati was born in 1933 in Dehradun, India, and raised in the centuries-old Sanskrit tradition. Holding a BA and MA (London) and DLitt (Holland), Swami Veda Bharati has been a world-renown teacher for over 60 years. Initiated into sanyasa in 1992 by his master, Sri Swami Rama, Swami Veda Bharati is the spiritual director of Sadhana Mandir and Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, both in Rishikesh. A prolific writer and speaker, he is author to numerous books, including Yoga-sutras of Patanjali, Philosophy of Hatha Yoga, and God.