Yoga: Discipline of Freedom
Subtitle: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 11, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780520201903
Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy; Religions of Indic & Oriental origin; Religious rites & ceremonies; Indian Philosophy; Philosophy; Religion; India; Eastern; Yoga; Philosophy / General; Early works to 1800
First sentence: This is the teaching of yoga. (1)
Description: The Yoga Sutra, dating from about the third century A.D., distills the essentials of a complex system of physical and spiritual discipline into not quite two hundred brief aphorisms. Yoga is at the heart of all meditative practice in Asia, yet until now there has been no first-rate English version of this primary text.

Barbara Stoler Miller's translation admirably fills that gap - her clear, strong style and sensitive phrasing convey every nuance of Patanjali's words, and her commentary offers invaluable guidance to anyone seeking to understand how yoga describes our relation to the world.