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What Is the True Purpose of Yoga?

By Deepak Chopra — 2013

In his classic work the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes yoga as “the progressive quieting of the fluctuations of the mind.” He then explains that through dedicated practice and the cultivation of detachment, we will stop identifying with the thoughts, feelings, and sensations that can cause us so much emotional pain—and we will open to an experience of our true self. - Deepak Chopra

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The Eight Limbs of Yogic Meditation—Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

All forms of Yogic Meditation practiced today are based on the Yoga Sutras—a Sanskrit scripture by the ancient Indian sage, Patanjali. This famous text prescribes a sequence of eight specific practices, ending with samadhi, to reach the ultimate goal of spiritual life.

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Patanjali
2019
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Yoga—Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali

Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms.

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Patanjali
1998
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics)

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.

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Patanjali
2025
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A Gnostic Prayer Book: Collected Prayers, Mantras, and Meditations: Practical Techniques to Develop the Soul

This pocket-sized compilation gathers essential prayers, mantras, and spiritual practices for daily use, healing, protection, and more.

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Surekha Minati Keerthana
2010
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Who Is Patanjali and What Is Yoga? | A Film About Yoga in Simple Words | Project Shivoham

A compehensive documentary on Yoga, curated for a simple understanding!

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Patanjali
2021
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. ... "Patanjali has in mind the spiritual man, to be born from the psychical.

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Patanjali
2016
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: “The Book of the Spiritual Man”

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is one of the most important texts of Yoga. This is an early 20th century translation and interpretation made by the author accessible for any non-specialized reader.

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Charles Johnston
2025
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Yoga Psychology - Nicolai Bachman - History of Yoga and Therapeutic Applications of the Yoga Sutras

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Nicolai Bachman
2018
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"So Hum" Meditation by Thomas Amelio

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Thomas Amelio
2013
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Meditating with the Body: A Course in Somatic Practices to Unlock Your Journey

A montage of interviews with Meditating with the Body(R) founder, Reginald A. Ray, teachers Tami Simon and David Iozzi; and participants in a meditation retreat. Filmed during retreat at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, where the course retreats are held.

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Reginald Ray
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