MP3 talks by Swami Dayatmananda of Vedanta Society UK on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Swami Dayatmananda is President of the Vedanta Society UK.
Hindu orthodox tradition holds the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali to be one of the foundational texts of classical Yoga philosophy. (Yoga here means development of the mind as opposed to Hatha Yoga which is basically exercise).
cf. Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
The Patanjali Yoga Sutras (Talks)
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The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are a collection of 196 Indian sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga. The Yoga Sutras were compiled prior to 400 CE by Sage Patanjali who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from older traditions. The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali was the most translated ancient Indian text in the medieval era, having been translated into about forty Indian languages and two non-Indian languages: Old Javanese and Arabic. The text fell into relative obscurity for nearly 700 years from the 12th to 19th century, and made a comeback in late 19th century due to the efforts of Swami Vivekananda, the Theosophical Society and others. It gained prominence again as a comeback classic in the 20th century.
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