Yoga Sutras of Patanjali ~ Chapter One - Samadhi Pada

This is a reading of Chapter 1 of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras -
Samadhi - translated by Alistair Shearer. The Yoga Sutras of
Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the
theory and practice of yoga. The Yoga Sutras was compiled in the
early centuries CE, by the sage Patanjali in India who
synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older
traditions. The Yoga Sutras is best known for its reference to
ashtanga, eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi, and
also incorporate action yoga (Kriya yoga). The Yoga Sutras are a
composite of various traditions. The Yoga Sutras built on Samkhya
notions of purusha and prakriti, and is often seen as
complementary to it. It is also closely related to Buddhism,
incorporating some of its terminology such as the levels of
samādhi which resemble the Buddhist jhanas.


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