Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali: Containing His Yoga Aphorisms with Vyasa's Commentary in Sanskrit and a Translation with Annotations Including Many Suggestions for the Practice of Yoga (Paperback)

by Swami Hariharananda Aranya (Author), P. N. Mukherji (Translator)

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• Paperback: 483 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873957296
• ISBN-13: 978-0873957298
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most authentic commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, November 15, 1997

By	"abuddingimage" (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews

Though not for beginners, this version of Patanjali's yoga sutras is the best for serious students of yoga. Hariharananda Aranya dedicated his life to the practical understanding of the Sutras. His commentary is based on his own direct experiences. This is not a scholarly work, based on others' opinions. Instead, it is an in depth study of the most profound work of yoga through personal effort. The study of this book will benefit anyone committed to understanding the subtlest states of the mind.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book on Yoga and Samkhya, February 5, 2003

By	Reijo Elsner (Ikast, Denmark) - See all my reviews

For both theoretical and practical study of Yoga Sutras and Samkhya philosophy this is the book to buy, read and keep reading. I don't know of any book on Patanjali's Yoga and Samkhya that comes even near the quality of Hariharananda's book!
It has the original texts of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and Vyasa's commentary in both Sanskrit and English and Swami Hariharananda's own Commentary translated into English from the original Bengali in which he wrote.
Although the introduction says that some of the esoteric exercises are not included in the English translation it does go deep into both practice and theory.
The book can be recommended to both beginners and other students alike as the translation of the Sutras to English is so clearly done that it makes some of the difficult text easier to understand.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IMHO, the best discussion of Patanjali, January 6, 2003

By	James H. Luscombe (Monterey, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having read the works of Georg Feuerstein and Swami Satchidananda, this is my third foray into the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and I would have to rate this as the best of the lot. This is not to denegrate the fine works of Feuerstein and Satchidananda; I simply prefer the work by Swami Hariharananda and I highly recommend it. For someone new to the subject, Hariharananda is quite informative, with lots of background information.