- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Mandala; Reprint edition (16 Nov 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0044405200
- ISBN-13: 978-0044405207
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.8 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,213,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These yoga sutras comprise one of the earliest texts written on yoga. Compiled 23 centuries ago they are not tied to any specific religion, culture or period. Patanjali traces the stages of meditation leading to enlightenment and reminds us that the goal of life is the state of effortless being.
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Interpretation of Patanjali from the TM POV,
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This review is from: Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patangali (Paperback)
Alistair's book is a joy to behold. However, his association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation (TM) bring an interpretation to Patanjali's Yogadarshanam that might not have been intended by Patanjali. Checking Alistair's translation of the key verse, verse two of the first book gives us:- 'Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence' which is so-o-o much of a departure from a literal translation as to question the motives of the translater. There are only four words to this verse, Yoga, chitta, vritti & nirodha, & of those four only three require translation since they are the definition of the other. So of the three words (chitta, vritti & nirodha), only chitta is given a translation that is in keeping with dictionaries. The other two words, vritti and nirodha are nowhere translated as 'settling' and 'silence'. This is just mucking about with the text.
If the book was promoted as an interpretation rather than a translation then this would be acceptable, but since it is not then it is not. I have come to understand that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's own translation/interpretation is/was 'Yoga is bringing transcending to the activity of the mind'. Translation is translation, interpretation is interpretation, why confuse the two?
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This review is from: Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patangali (Paperback)
The author tells me it is being reprinted and will be available in October 1999 kali yuga. Details from London 0171-835-1636 (tel & fax).
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