There is renewed interest in Yoga currently all over the world. The .aw of supply and demand has ensured a constant supply of courses in Yoga as a cure for the ills from which modern society is suffering. This study brings out very clearly the essentials of Yoga as explained in the Yoga sutras of Patanjali, which is the most ancient and authoritative text on the subject. The author further suggests a methodology of textual interpretation i.e. how to determine the original message of an author, when his work is overlaid by a number of commentaries and further commentaries on these commentaries. He has also made an attempt to present a historical exposition of the origin and the influence of Yoga on the other indigenous systems and vice versa.
Although there is a widespread interest in Yoga, there is very little understanding that Yoga is something more than a physical or mental drill, that it is a way of life, a preparation for the realization of one’s spiritual destiny. It is not only meant for those who are willing to take to an ascetic life, but is equally relevant to one who wishes to live a normal life as a member of society. It is an instrument for the simultaneous growth of intellect and character, which is essential for the total development of his personality. Yoga is, therefore, a method for the development of human potentialities.
Author was born in the year 1916 in a small village Supa, which is now in Karnataka State. He had the good fortune to study Sanskrit and read Bhattoji Dixit?s Sivddhanta Kaumudi with his sixth form teacher, Shri V. H. Nijsure, a Sanskrit scholar of repute, in Garud High School, Dhulia. He was awarded the Jagannath Shankarset scholarship in Sanskrit in his matriculation examination. He stood first in the first class in the BA. And MA. Examination of the then Bombay University and topped the list of successful candidates in the Indian Civil Service Competive Examination held at Delhi in 1940.
He served the then Bombay and later Maharashtra State as Collector of Poona, Dove opment Commissioner, Bombay are Finance and Planning Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra. During his stay at Nasik, he had the privilege of reading Sankara Bhasya on the Brahmasutras with His Holiness,. Kurtakoti, Sankaracarya of Karavira Peetha. He went to the Govern c of India in 1962 and held the position of Programme Advisor Planning Commission, Additional Secretary, Ministrv of home Affairs and Finance Secretary. After his retirement in 1974, he S devoting he time to the study of Yoga and Mahabharata.
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Preface iii Scheme of Transliteration xi List of Abbreviations xii Introduction 1 Yogasutras First Part: On Contemplation I What is Yoga 116 II Classification of Mental States 119 III Two Planks of Yoga 124 IV Kinds of Samadhi 127 V The Attributes of God 132 VI Obstacles and Purificatory Action 136 VII Four Kinds of Conscious Contemplation 143 VIII Contemplative Insight 150 IX Superconscious Contemplation 152 Second Part: On Aids to Yoga X Yoga of Action 154 XI The Affiliations 155 XII The Deposit of Action 162 XIII Four Divisions of Yoga 169 XIV Aids to Yoga 184 Third Part: On Miraculous Powers XV Aids to Yoga (contd.) 200 XVI Concentration (Samyama) 201 XVII Modifications of Quality, Limitation and Condition 203 XVIII Nature of a Substrate 207 XIX Miraculous Powers 210 Fourth Part: On Isolation XX Sources of Supernormal Powers 236 XXI Four Kinds of Karma 239 XXII Subconscious Tendencies 239 XXIII Reality of External Objects 244 XXIV Self and the mind 247 XXV The Characteristics of an Adept 252 XXVI Liberation 255 Notes A. The Authorship and Date of the Yogasutras 259 B. Three Principal Commentators of Yogasutras Vyasa, Vacaspati and Vijnana Bhiksu 265 C. Refutation of Some, Buddhist Doctrines by Vyasa and Vacaspati 274 D. Sankhya Teachers mentioned or quoted by Vyasa 293 E. Some Nyaya-Vaisesika Doctrines as contrasted with Sankhya-Yoga Doctrines. 297 F. The Sphota Theory 300 G. The Seven Worlds 308 Select Bibliography 312 Glossary of yogic Terms 315 Index 336
