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Long Description
This is the first comprehensive and systematic analytical study of the major philosophical concepts of classical yoga. The book consists of a series of detailed discussions of the key concepts used by Pata-jali in his Yoga-Sutra to describe and explain the enigma of human existence and to point a way beyond the perpetual motion of the wheel of becoming. Feuerstein's study differs from previous ones in that it seeks to free Pata-jali's aphoristic statements from the accretions of later interpretations; instead, the author places the Sutra in its original context and sees it as the source of the whole edifice of classical yoga and not just as a summary of previous developments. This book will be of interest to comparative reliogionists, Indologists, and practitioners of yoga who wish to deepen their understanding of its philosophical basis.
About the Author(s) of The Philosophy of Classical Yoga
Georg Feuerstein is a widely respected yoga scholar, and has written a number of books on yoga and related topics, including Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy, Enlightened Sexuality, The Essence of Yoga, Lucid Waking, and The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation and Commentary.
Praise for The Philosophy of Classical Yoga
"An all too rare combination of sound scholarship, common sense and personal experience. Feuerstein's views, born of a long acquaintance with the original texts and tested against a large critical reading, are both fresh and mature, and he at last emerges from the role of skillful adaptor to be given his rightful place among the great masters of philosophy."
Dr. Daniel Mariau
"This is certainly one of the most profound and original contributions to the understanding of classical yoga."
Mircea Eliade
