Yoga Sutras

August 31, 2018Philosophy, Sanskrit, Yoga, Yoga Sutras

The Yoga tradition is much older, there are references in the Mahabharata, and the Gita identifies three kinds of yoga, and it is also the subject of the late Upanishad, Yogatattva. The Yoga Sutras codifies the royal or best (raja) yoga practices, presenting these as an eight-limbed system (Ashtanga). The philosophic tradition is related to … Read More