Yoga: Discipline of Freedom
The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali
$32.33
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1998
Summary
Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms. It is the core text for any study of meditative practice, revered for centuries for its brilliant analysis of mental states and of the process by which inner liberation is achieved. Yet its difficulties are legendary, and until now, no translation has made it fully accessible.
This new translation, hailed by Yoga Jo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553374285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553374281 |
| Author: | Barbara Stoler Miller |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1998 |
| Weight: | 113g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 131mm x 7mm |
About The Author
Barbara Stoler Miller
Barbara Stoler Miller was Samuel R. Milbank Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University, until her death in 1993. A leading translator of Sanskrit literature and well-versed in Indian music and art, Dr. Miller edited and translated numerous works of poetry and drama, including her much-praised translation of the Bhagavad-Gita. Dr. Miller studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Barnard College and held a doctorate in Sanskrit and Indic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at Barnard for twenty-five years.
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