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| |  | Yoga | Home » » » » The Yoga-Sutra of Patañjali: A New Translation and Commentary | | | | | | | Description: | | Approximately two thousand years old, The Yoga-Sutra of Pataꡬi is the landmark scripture on classical yoga. The translation and commentary provided here by Georg Feuerstein are outstanding for their accessibility and their insight into the essential meaning of this ancient and complex text.
A scholar of international renown who has studied and practiced yoga since the age of fourteen, Feuerstein also brings to The Yoga-Sutra of Pataꡬi his experience as a professional indologist. His faithful and informed rendering of the aphorisms (sutras) is based on extensive personal research into the Sanscrit sources. Each word is explained so that the entire text becomes readily available to the western reader and student of yoga.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Georg Feuerstein Ph.D. | | Paperback:
| 196 pages | | Publisher:
| Inner Traditions | | Publication Date:
| December 01, 1989 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0892812621 | | Product Length:
| 8.23 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.39 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.58 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.51 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.23 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.39 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.58 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.51 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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40 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 A clear translation and worthwhile quide.Dec 06, 1999
By John Hughes
I am presently studying Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras with about sixteen other students. The fact that Patanjali's sutras are, by there very nature, brief to the extreme (sometimes only sentence fragments) presents a real challenge and a dilemma for the student. What is the real meaning of these sutras as intended by Patanjali and how is this meaning to be understood in the larger context of yoga philosophy and practice? One has only to see the large number of translations available in the market, all differing on key points of philosophy and understanding, to experience this dilemma. In Georg Feurstein's book "The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali" I found the translation and commentary to be straight to the point and very useful. In his book,, Feurstein first examines and exposes the philosophical ground of Yoga philosophy thus helping the student to build a basis on which to understand Patanjali's sutras. Then Feurstein, prior to beginning the translation of the sutras, presents an overview of the topics discussed by Patanjali. And then, in translating and commenting on the sutras, Feurstein first presents the sutra in transliterated Roman script and then gives a word by word translation along with the Sanskrit breakdown and derivation, if important. He then translates the sutra and offers a detailed commentary. At the end of the book he offers two appendices which I found quite useful; "Continuous translation" of the sutras; and Word Index of the Yoga-Sutra. Feursteins understanding of the "language of yoga" is apparent. With confidence, Feurstein easily guides us through bumpy and difficult terrain which are the Yoga Sutras. His translations of the sutras were perceptive and understandable and his commentary was illumined. I continue to find this book to be very helpful in my yoga studies and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interesting in understanding Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
A lucid, approachable commentaryNov 22, 1999
By Prem Prakash
Georg Feuerstein is one of the great scholar/practitioners of our generation, and he has done tremendous service in the transmission of authentic yoga from India to the West. In the "Yoga Sutra of Patanjali" He shines the sun of his intellect and the moon of his devotion on one of the principle yogic texts. This light has produced an important book which I highly recommend. It is obvious that Feuerstein has studied Patanjali's work extensively, and he shares the results of his labors in a lucid, approachable manner. He reviews the history of the Yoga Sutra and the significant commentaries that have shaped the structure of Classical Yoga. Feuerstein's translation is penetrating and rings with the honesty of a scholar, while his commentary is infused with the insight of a yogi who has struggled with the labors of spiritual growth. I think anyone wishing to deepen his or her knowledge of the yogic tradition will enjoy this book.
24 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Among the best - still missing somethingsNov 22, 2000
I have looked at atleast 8 translations of Patanjali. Dr. Feurstein's is among the best. Particularly appealing is his defining Sanskrit roots, however, I wish he would have had the text in Sanskrit as well as transliteration. At times he gets overly pedantic and I believe misses the meaning of the sutra. It is the problem with all the available translations. Some of his translations don't make sense. Once again a common problem. At times he comes forth with very astute observations. It is not easy to get to Kaivalya from here.
26 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth the timeJan 11, 2001
Criticizing other's interpretations of the sutra is not the way to expound your own understanding (or lack of it) of this classic yoga text. Yoga is a practical science, not an academic exposition of your point of view. If you want to gain a working, practical understanding of the sutra to deepen your own personal practice, try a translation by one of the Indian interpreters such as I.K. Taimni.
14 of 20 found the following review helpful:
can't say good or bad, depends on your interest, who you areOct 27, 2001
By niels
what's so opaque about the aphorisms that writers start to pre-interpret them for you, invariably tinted with their own precepts and ideas? It's a little like somebody chewing your food for you. The aphorisms are not that opaque and its an enjoyable and useful excercise to read them in their simple, bare and clear form, until the understanding comes - your own realizations rather then someone elses. You could read a book like this over the weekend, but I'm not sure it's supposed to be read like that. It seems better you should do the mental work yourself, aphorism by aphorism. There is an effect to this, which could be lost if it's all been solved and explained for you. Therefore I prefer authors that appeared to be going to great lengths to avoid adding too much of their own coloring, like William Q. Judge's interpretation from 1914. That is regrettably only available from Kessinger in bound photocopy format. I wish somebody would make a decent new print of it.Anyways, Patanjali's aphorisms are worth the time in any form and I shall thank any author who spent his time to bring them to more of us, different introductions will appeal to different people.
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