The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary

A classic work of Indian philosophy that succinctly spells out how the mind works and what is needed to attain liberation

Compiled in the second or third century CE, the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness—and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices. It expresses the truths of the human condition with great eloquence: how we know what we know, why we suffer, and how we can discover the way out of sufferin...