"The Yoga Sutra", dating from about the third century AD, distills the essentials of a complex system of physical and spiritual discipline into 200 brief aphorisms. Yoga is at the heart of all meditative practice in Asia. This translation offers guidance to those seeking to understand Indian philosophy or the practice of yoga.
"A text that is really essential to anyone's understanding of Indian philosophy or the practice of yoga. Barbara Stoler Miller's translation is her masterpiece, a great swan song. It is a most extraordinary translation, a great translation."-Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago Divinity School
