Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
          

                                                                                                                         
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A Modern Interpretation by Richard Jewell

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION (below)
  

CHAPTER 1: SAMADHI–THE "CRYSTAL-CLEAR MIND”

Sutras 1.01-1.03: What is Yoga's Goal?

Sutras 1.04-1.11: Whirlpoolings: What Are Mental Energy-forms?

Sutras 1.12-1.16: Practice vs. Old Desires

Sutras 1.17-1.22: Reaching for Pure Awareness or Gnosis

Sutras 1.23-1.29: The Universal Being, and Saying Its Sound

Sutras 1.30-1.40: Resolving Obstacles to the Clear Mind

Sutras 1.41-1.45: Signs of the Clear Mind Growing

Sutras 1.46-1.51: How the Clear Mind Appears

CHAPTERS 2-4: TBA

APPENDIX:

       A. Who Was Patanjali?

       B. How Should Patanjali Be Interpreted?

       C. How Should You Breathe?

       D. What Is Nirvana?

       E. What Is Ultimate DarhmaMegha?

       F. Who Is the Author-Interpreter?

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Updated Sept. 1, 2021