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Vedic literature, the ancient spiritual treasure of India, is an invaluable gift to us today. The most important questions of human existence and the final answers are discussed and revealed on its pages.
Those who are seeking perfection often wonder what right way to choose in order to achieve the state of perfect bliss and freedom. They are yearning for the freedom that is not restrained by time or space, or in other words, by the limits of the material world.
Freedom and happiness are the two genuine qualities of the original state of the soul, and by achieving liberation, it is possible to experience this original state once more. Liberation, the first stage of our spiritual existence, can be attained by the process of self-realization, and this is called yoga.
The author of this volume, Gaura K???a D?sa (László Tóth-Soma), who is a professor at the Bhaktivedanta College of Budapest, translated Patañjali's Yoga-s?tras from the original Sanskrit text in a very authentic way. His commentaries contain theoretical and philosophical teachings on yoga, as well as various instructions for those practicing yogis who have already stepped on the path of self-realization. His in-depth knowledge and an over two-decade-long practice make his work a reliable help for those who would like to know their real self and their relation to the final source of all.
The present volume elaborates on the first part of Patañjali's Yoga-s?tras,
the so-called Sam?dhi-p?da. The following three parts will soon be available.

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Yes, you can access The Yoga-sūtras of Patañjali by Gaura K???a D?sa (László Tóth-Soma),Gaura Kṛṣṇa Dāsa (László Tóth-Soma), Alexandra M. Szabó,?y?masundara D?sa (Zoltán Bakaja),Tibor Körtvélyesi,Śyāmasundara Dāsa (Zoltán Bakaja), Revat? Dev? D?s? (Rita Renner),Revatī Devī Dāsī (Rita Renner) in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Eastern Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Auspicious Invocation
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Teachings on Samādhi
  5. Bibliography
  6. Abbreviations
  7. The English Aphorisms in Sequence
  8. The Sanskrit Aphorisms in Alphabetical Order
  9. Glossary