The Essential Yoga Sutra: Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga
by Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally
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Author: Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNallyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-27
ISBN: 0385515367
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9780385515368
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The Essential Yoga Sutra: Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga
by Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally
The Yoga Sutra is the first and most important book ever written about yoga. It was composed by the Indian master Patanjali about 17 centuries ago, in Sanskrit. The sutra is accepted as the ultimate source by all modern schools of yoga, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Anusara, and Tibetan Heart Yoga. It's a book that every teacher and practitioner of yoga should read and use-a guide to our yoga and our life.
This new translation and explanation of the sutra make it easy to actually use for your own yoga practice. It's clear and accurate, based on over 100 ancient manuscripts from India and Tibet which have never been available in English.
The authors have spent more than 25 years in Asia mastering and refining the techniques found in the sutra. They are a popular team who have helped students in yoga centers around the world apply this ancient knowledge immediately for better health, energy, and clarity.
About the authors:
Geshe Michael Roach is the first American ever to be awarded the title of Geshe, after 25 years of study in a Tibetan monastery. He has received the Presidential Scholar medal at the White House, and is the author of the best-selling spiritual classic, The Diamond Cutter.
Christie McNally is a professor of religious studies at Diamond Mountain University. She has trained at Sera Mey and Kopan Tibetan monasteries, as well as with many major Indian and Western yoga teachers. She is a translator of Tibetan and Sanskrit, and co-author of The Tibetan Book of Yoga. She and Geshe Michael recently completed a 3-year retreat in the Arizona desert
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Summary of The Essential Yoga Sutra: Ancient Wisdom for Your Yoga
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is a classic Sanskrit treatise consisting of 195 ?threads,? or aphorisms, describing the process of liberation through yoga. Although little is known about Patanjali (most scholars estimate that he lived in India circa 200?300 b.c.), his writings have long been recognized as a vital contribution to the philosophy and practice of yoga. This new, expert translation of the original Sanskrit text of Patanjali?s best-known work presents his seminal ideas and methods in accessible, plain-language English.Patanjali organized the sutra into four parts: Samadhi (absorption), Sadhana (practice), Vibhuti (supernatural powers), and Kaivalya (liberation). Each represents a step in breaking free of our limited definition of consciousness and training the mind to achieve oneness with the universe. Geshe Michael Roach, one of the most respected teachers of Tibetan Buddhism in America and a renowned scholar of Sanskrit, provides authoritative commentary on each of the sutras. His notes and clarification are straightforward and highly readable, untainted by obscure, academic terminology or New Age jargon. The first edition of the Yoga Sutra to present a Buddhist perspective, this paperback original will be welcomed by students and spiritual seekers alike.
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