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patanjali

Writings related to Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras.

The Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, March, 2013

“Let us divide Meditation into two sorts. First is the meditation practiced at a set time, or an occasional one, whether by design or from… Read More »The Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga

Patanjali

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, March, 2013

“About Patanjali’s life very little, if anything, can be said.” 1 A biography of Patanjali could almost begin and end with this simple statement. As… Read More »Patanjali

Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, March, 2013

For the first part of this article, see: “Patanjali.” While Patañjali is commonly referred to as the founder or father of the Yoga Darṣana (one… Read More »Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Patanjali and His Disciples

Article/Review/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Quarterly, April, 1915

Dr. J. Haughton Woods prints, in the November number of the Journal of the American Oriental Society, a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,… Read More »Patanjali and His Disciples

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Commentary/Translation/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Quarterly, October, 1909; January, April, October, 1910; January, April, July, October, 1911 [Serialized] [Published as a Book, First Edition, 1912; Revised Edition, 1917. Audiobook version]

[Note: The following is Johnston’s second, revised edition of the Yoga Sutras (1917), which is updated from the initial serialization in the Theosophical Quarterly.] Introduction… Read More »Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Yoga Sutras (Aphorisms) of Patanjali

Book/Commentary/Translation/ by W. Q. Judge with J. H. Connelly, , 1889

Dedication THIS BOOK IS LAID UPON THE ALTAR OF MASTERS’ CAUSE, AND IS DEDICATED TO THEIR SERVANT H. P. BLAVATSKY. ALL CONCERN FOR ITS FRUITS… Read More »Yoga Sutras (Aphorisms) of Patanjali

The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy

Article/ by A. J. Cooper-Oakley, The Theosophist, March, 1888

These two systems are so closely linked together that any attempt to treat the one without the other would be incomplete and unsatisfactory. The Sankhya… Read More »The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy

Sri Sankaracharya’s Date and Doctrine

Article/Q & A/ by T. Subba Row, The Theosophist, September, 1883

8. Sankaracharya’s date is variously given by Orientalists, but always after Christ. Barth, for instance, places him about 788 A.D. In Esoteric Buddhism he is… Read More »Sri Sankaracharya’s Date and Doctrine