the celebrated founder of the Yoga system, Patanjali was one of the earliest and greatest of Indian philosophers and mystics. He recorded or systematized an ancient stream of knowledge. His Yogasutra text is perhaps as old as the beginning of the Christian era. He believed in seeking truth not by moral precepts but by the means of meditation and contemplation that purify the soul. After the Upanishad and the Bhagwad Gita, his commentary is the most important text for any reader seeking to explore Indian thought. This translation is of value to all student of Sanskrit philosophy, and to those who cannot read the original it is indispensable.

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Shree Purohit Swami, being fluent in both Sanskrit and English, was instrumental in popularizing the wisdom of Indian spirituality and philosophy through his translations of ancient Indian texts. His other books include The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna, The Ten Principal Upanishads, An Indian Monk, The Song of Silence, In Quest of Myself, Harbinger of Love, Honeycomb, and Gunjarao. This book carries an introduction by the noted Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).

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