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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. A very difficult subject dealt with excellent commentaries by Swami Prabhananda & Isherwood. I am glad that I have read the book and do doubt will go back to this book again and again. ( ) This translation of the Yoga Sutras by Swami Prabhavananda and his Western devotee Christopher Isherwood, is considered a classic. It contains a lucid translation and detailed commentary. This title - "Patanjali Yoga Sutras" - is the Indian edition of the book, which in the West is titled - "How to Know God' . This is book of aphorisms (teachings) by Patanjali. He restates yoga philosophy and its practice in "bite-size" sentences. Christopher Isherwood and Swami Prabhavananda are credited with the translation and commentary of each aphorism. What is an aphorism: "11. The knowledge which is gained from inference and the study of scriptures, is knowledge of one kind. But the knowledge which is gained from samadhi [an intense state of concentration, achieved through meditation] is of a much higher order. It goes beyond inference and scriptures. [Commentary:] Here Patanjali describes the two kinds of knowledge: knowledge obtained through mediation of the senses and the reason, and knowledge obtained by direct superconsciousness experience. . . ." The commentary and aphorisms continue by defining and discussing each new thought and/or word and always building to the next aphorism. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
The aphorisms collected in this book, first published in 1953, were composed by Patanjali, a great Indian sage, over 1,500 years ago, and here translated into clear English prose. The accompanying commentary interprets the sayings for the modern world, and in doing so gives a full picture of what yoga is, what its aims are, and how it can be practised. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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