Yoga Sutras
Yoga Sutras by Dennis Hill, published by Trafford Publishing in 2007, presents a comprehensive exploration of the teachings attributed to the sage Patanjali, compiled approximately 2,000 years ago. This edition, consisting of 132 pages, delves into the essential wisdom for practicing yoga and meditation, guiding readers toward understanding their true Self and the conscious essence that animates the body. The text emphasizes the importance of achieving a state of undisturbed joyous tranquility and outlines the traditional transmission of wisdom from master to student.
Readers will find detailed insights into the nature of the Self, the practices necessary for awakening, and the attainments that arise from these practices. The book highlights two fundamental practices: vairagya, or non-attachment, and viveka, or discrimination, which are essential for reaching the final state of liberation, known as kaivalya. Through the exploration of these concepts, the Yoga Sutras encourages a deeper understanding of consciousness and the distinction between the mind and the observer of the mind. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in health, fitness, and the transformative power of yoga.
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The Yoga Sutras were compiled about 2,000 years ago by the sage Patanjali from an oral tradition reaching back into unknowable antiquity. He gives us the essential wisdom for the practice of yoga and meditation to know, first hand, the essence of our true Self-the conscious indweller that enlivens this body. Experiencing the fully conscious state shows us the essential transcendent nature of the universe to bring us a state of undisturbed joyous tranquillity. Traditionally, this wisdom has been handed down from master to student as a transmission of the means to liberation. Patanjali tells us that the pure blissful inner Self is already attained and all that is required is to lose interest in that which is not the Self. This is pretty straight forward, and we learn all we need to know in the first three sutras. Presuming we will not get it the first time, he goes on to detail the nature of the Self, the practices that will awaken us, the attainments that arise from the practices and then explains about the state of final liberation. Throughout the book we are reminded of two fundamental practices that lead to the final state, kaivalya. One practice is vairagya (dispassion, non-attachment) and the other is viveka (discrimination). In the practice of viveka, we learn to discriminate between the mind and the watcher of the mind (consciousness itself). When we can rest in the state of consciousness knowing itself; we answer the question, “Who am I?”
Also available from this author: The Inner Yoga of Happiness
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